Alciswardias

Oldest of the six Aivathiuda tribes, the Alciswardias (Rh."Elk-Guardians") held the easternmost and northernmost of all Aivathiuda lands, those that stretched along the Celduin and extended as far as the foothills of the Eastern Hills.The westernmost Alciswardias pastures bordered Greenwood's East Bight.Their greatest chief was Thiudareik, an old and very deaf High-Thane.His son Thiudmari (b. 1606), formerly a captain in the cavalry of Gondor, was the effective leader after the Great Plague.Truly gigantic and an awesome warrior, he dominated the tribe  by the force of his personality, his personal strength, and his military genius.This tribe was composed of 10 clans and numbered  about a thousand fighting men in all.