JàrnFòlk
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The JàrnFòlk (literally 'Iron People') are a society of deep periphery denizens approximately 250 light years spin-ward of Columbus. The JàrnFòlk inhabit four worlds - Hamar, Trondheim (distinct from Trondheim located within the Inner Sphere), Ålborg and Hofn - which are loosely governed in a confederation-style council. As the JàrnFòlk confederation is rather weak, power within JàrnFòlk society mainly resides with nine familial clans which make up the JàrnFòlk population.
The JàrnFòlk speak a language most akin to Old Norse. It is unknown if the JàrnFòlk maintain many more Old Norse traditions, however the JàrnFòlk do decorate their space-faring vessels in [|Urnes-style] curvilinear artwork frequently seen in Terran Old Norse ruins.
JàrnFòlk society is generally not particularly aggressive, tending to engage in hostilities only when demanded by a blood feud between families. Killings not related to pre-established blood feuds are viewed with extreme intolerance, and perpetrators are mercilessly hunted for any transgressions.
As JàrnFòlk does not engage in large-scale combat, the JàrnFòlk maintain no standing army, nor field any BattleMechs or combat vehicles. However, JàrnFòlk customarily wear ornate sidearms of exquisite manufacture. These sidearms are surrendered only in the most dire of circumstances.
JàrnFòlk are explorers; each family maintains Jumpship(s) and Dropships, which can be spotted on shipping lanes within the deep periphery. Contact with the JàrnFòlk may have occurred as early as 2755, when an unidentified Jumpship arrived in the Pegasus system only to depart without deployment of a jumpsail