Editing Gharu'ndim Lore (section)

=== Present Day ===
In 1274 RC, the Malika [[Qadira bint Balj]] reigned in Gharu'n. In this time, there was always the threat of war, from both Viamont and Milantos, but the desert kingdom was once again a place where the sharpness of a man's mind is far more valuable than that of his sword.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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Later in 1274 RC, Portals began to appear in Aluvia. The appearance of these portals disrupted all of Ispar. No one knew what they were or why they had appeared. The people of Ispar were afraid, and the Viamontians took advantage of this situation.<ref name=InvasionOfIspar>10/2004 [[All That They Survey]] - [[Announcements - 2005/07 - Throne of Destiny (expansion)#Fiction|Throne of Destiny Fiction]]: [[The Invasion of Ispar]]</ref>
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Still later in 1274 RC, Viamont invaded Aluvia and Roulea. After early victories in Aluvia, the Aluvians put up a resistance, and the war fell into a stalemate. The [[Duke Bellenesse]] led the invasion of Roulea. The Roulean Empire collapsed, its imperial army annihilated and its Emperor killed in his palace by Bellenesse. The Viamontian army pressed on to Gharu'n.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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Within two years, after a siege by sea and by land, the Viamontians took Tirethas. Viamontian army marched east along the northern edge of the Naqut, pushing back the Gharu'ndim army. Gharu'ndim resistance solidified around the city of Shiryaz. Viamontians were fought to a standstill there, and Shiryaz remained free.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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Some years later, [[Talal ibn Qamuz]] of [[Nishadina]] was caught smuggling Old Roulean texts, saved from Tirethas, to sell to the Viamontians. The Malika of Gharu'n used this situation to her advantage, and ordered Talal to Viamont, with 1000 copies of the the Roulean text [[The Treatise of the Individual]]. He was sent to Viamont to peddle these copies to his Viamontian clients of nobility, including Countess Lotila, Count Renari, and Duke Bellenesse. As punishment for his crime, he was forever banished from Gharu'n.<ref name=TheMalikaAndTheIndividual>11/2004 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Announcements - 2005/07 - Throne of Destiny (expansion)#Fiction|Throne of Destiny Fiction]]: [[The Malika and the Individual]]</ref>
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In 1284 RC, portals began to appear in Gharu'n.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 /> In 1286 RC, the Viamontian army camped outside Shiryaz was recalled back to Viamont, to deal with a crisis in their homeland.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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In 1295 RC, the last remnants of Bellenesse's rebellion had been all but eradicated. The followers of Bellenesse had distracted King Varicci from his campaigns elsewhere on Ispar, but with the rebellion defeated, Varicci once again turned his attention to the other lands of Ispar.<ref name=LetterFromHomeViamontian>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - [[Training Academy Quest]]: [[Letter From Home (Viamontian)]] text</ref> The war between Aluvia and Viamont continued. Aluvia held their western borders, and both sides had taken heavy losses, but the tides seemed to be turning in favor of Viamont.<ref name=LetterFromHomeAluvian>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - [[Training Academy Quest]]: [[Letter From Home (Aluvian)]] text</ref> The war between Gharu'n and Viamont continued as well. The Gharu'ndim believe their nation only continues to exist because King Varicci had not yet chosen to press his attack.<ref name=LetterFromHomeGharundim>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - [[Training Academy Quest]]: [[Letter From Home (Gharu'ndim)]] text</ref> The Sho worried what will happen to them should the Viamontians conquer Gharu'n completely.<ref name=LetterFromHomeSho>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - [[Training Academy Quest]]: [[Letter From Home (Sho)]] text</ref>