the Cleavers

See The Cleave  and The Secrets of Farside 

The Cleave is the ceremony or ritual that will curse a clansman to become severed from his clan, and become an outsider or an 'outer'. The ritual usually makes his or her close Outers or Cleavers too. So called because during the ritual - a log is chopped in the middle (symbolizing the head of the clansman and his ties to his clan)
See The Hermit of The Muddy Isle and The Secrets of Farside

The Lost Coast

The fishing harbors of The Lost Coast or Ghost Coast are often referred to as The Lost Ports collectively. It is a place that in most Alvenites' mind signifies disgrace and doom. For some Alvenites, it means freedom.

The communities of ,as they are known throughout Alven, do not answer to any clan, and The Archive does not have any influence there either.

In view of its privileged position, it has become the refuge for a community of buccaneers whose specialty is contraband along the eastern shores of Alven. It is also home to eccentric archeologists and other would-be adventurers who have become fascinated with the magical world of the Ancestors.