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Ashlanders good or bad?
Should good characters join them? Or evil ones?
I haven't joined them so I wouldn't know.

you join them as part of the main quest dont you?
they are good. at least thats the impression i got

they are a bit pirmitiv but that's not evil. they have done nothing mean to me in the time i know them.

Both

There are both good and bad Ashlanders. Of the four main clans only the leaders of the Erabenimsun are warlike and bad. The Ahemmusa are peaceful and good - they don't have a leader (ashkan) at all. The Zainab are traders (that's probably why the master merchantile trainer lives there). The Urshilaku are friendly as well. Then you have the little 3 person nomadic settlements. Some are good and some attack you on sight. A good camp is just south of Molag Mar over the mountains - another master trainer resides there. Most are bad though and when I encounter a group I let them make the first move just to be sure. If they're bad they will attack you without provocation, but I won't kill them until I know they mean me harm. Also you have the rogue Ashlander witches that hate men - I think there is only one group of these that you can be friendly with (the ones like near Erabenimsun camp that have kidnapped the Imperial guy). I don't kill these witches because you can exchange the Imperial for a jerk from the Erabenimsun's. All of the Ashlander's that have kidnapped someone for ransom are actually decent folk - I just pay the ransoms or make deals with them (there's one camp near Ald Velothi who have kidnapped a woman and want 500 gold for her release and there is a camp near Bal Isra and Maar Gan that have kidnapped a pilgrim who you can get released for 5 gold). You don't really "join" them so much as they make you a clanfriend.