Branch Families

Branch Families (지파, Jipa) is a grouping system of families within the 10 Great Families.

About
The members and descendants from Branch Families are slightly different from members of the main family as their amount of potential talents, political influence or privileges were limited and this set them aside from the "direct descendants". However, the Branch Families can still hold certain influence towards the main family if they are capable to achieve certain things, such as having big business and wealth, controlling wide area of authority, or just simply producing strong descendants that could either become Zahard's Princesses or High Rankers. There are some special case like the Lo Po Bia Family who created their Branches based on certain animals or Shinheuhs in the Tower, because their family blood were mixed with animalistic race. The Lo Po Bia Family group its branches and members based on their animalistic traits and abilities.

Because they also have the blood of the 10 Great Families, Branch Families cannot to be underestimated. Their talents and strength clearly far surpassed Special Families and normal residents of the Tower.

Each of the 10 great families may have a different number of branch families, depending on the structure and needs of the families.

Being Adopted
A person can be adopted into a Branch Family and it is likely only a specific few are chosen to be adopted for a specific purpose.

For example, Androssi Zahard was adopted into an unknown branch Family of an unknown Great Family because she showed combat talent, as the branch Family was desperate to produce a Princess so they wouldn't be exiled. Another example is a Ranker being adopted into the Zahard Family to maintain and uphold a set of rules.

After a person has been adopted into a Branch Family, they may receive privileges and so on, in exchange for achieving certain purposes for the Family.

Known Branch Families

 * Arie Family
 * Arion
 * Ariran
 * Eurasia Family
 * Phonsekal Family
 * Lo Po Bia Family
 * Gray Wolf Family
 * Wind Bird Family
 * Spider Family
 * Snake Family
 * Big-Footed Owl Family
 * White Stallion Family
 * Green Lizard Family
 * Ashen Badger Family
 * Giant Turtle Family
 * Frosty Bear Family
 * Ancient Green Elephant Family
 * Chimera Family
 * Golden Carp Family

Notes and Trivia

 * SIU initially used the word Family (가문, Gamun) for both main and branch families, but would later change branch families to the word Branch (지파, Jipa).