House Datai’tsel was one of the noble houses of Haraf, also known as the Haraf'ne Kinah. It was the easternmost and largest Kinah, having acquired through time most of the savanna and desert east of the Nani Kinn. It was renowned for being the most warlike and oldest of the Great Kinah, its unification in 213 marking the start of the Era of the First Kinah. It was also the home of the Neàn’auvulin, elite horse archer regiments at the service of the Kinah’s chiefs and of the Federation. Power within the Kinah was divided between the ruling Datai’tsel dynasty and the most promising members of the Neàn’auvulin, who were organized into “the Roaming Assembly”. On succession, the oldest living son would inherit the title of “Dohon’ne Datai’tsel”, or “Lord of House Datai’tsel”, but he would have to legitimize his rule to the Roaming Assembly before actually being able to administer his lands. Most of the time, new lords of the Kinah would lead a raid on Mayte territory to legitimize themselves, but this tradition would also be the cause of the many attempts of the Kinah to unite the Haraf’ne under their rule, such as in 763 or in 1369. The Kinah would be disbanded along Houses Keiin’achi and Hoila’kosu during the breakdown of the Federation.
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