Editing Gharu'ndim Lore (section)

== History on Dereth ==
Some the first Gharu'ndim arrived on Dereth while visiting Aluvia. Two such people are [[Jenavere]] and her father. When she was younger, Jenavere had traveled with her father, a silk trader, to Aluvia. While there they encountered a portal to Dereth.<ref name=OlthoiIllWind>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive]]: [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Olthoi|The Olthoi: Ill Wind]]</ref> After [[Elysa Strathelar]] and [[Thorsten Cragstone]] liberated the hive that Jenavere and her father were in, Jenavere had an opportunity to share a meal with Elysa and Cragstone. During this meal, Elysa shared the story of the time she encountered Asheron.<ref name=OlthoiIllWind /> This puts Jenavere's arrival in Dereth around -1 PY to 0 PY.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 />
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The Gharu'ndim began to arrive en masse on Dereth in 0 PY, after the Aluvians had freed themselves from the Olthoi.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 /><ref name=ACManualSamsur>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual]]: [[Asheron's Call Manual/Samsur|Samsur]]</ref> Soon after, the Sho began to arrive.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /><ref name=ZogblasterShoIntro>1996-1999 (unknown) [[Asheron's Call Beta]] - [[Zogblaster Archive]]: [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Sho|Sho Introduction]]</ref>  In the early days, the Gharu'ndim, Aluvian, and later Sho had some conflict between each other, but violence proved futile with the appearance of Lifestones.<ref name=WritOfRefugeText>2001/11 [[The Gathering Storm]] - [[Writ of Refuge]] text (see [[Writ of Refuge Text]])</ref>
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One of the first Gharu'ndim to arrive was [[Musansayn]], a minor noble from Ispar. He became the effective leader of his people. He made peace with the Aluvians, and arranged for his people to settle the lands west of the [[Falamar Hills]].<ref name=ACManualSamsur /> Another figure of note was [[Wari al Sha'im]], a great warrior and friend of Musansayn from Ispar.<ref name=MidnightRevelation>2000/09 [[Twilight's Gleaming]] - [[Zaikhal Library]]: [[Midnight Revelation]] text</ref> Wari was a great defender of his people, and helped found [[Samsur]] in the [[Yushad Ridge]].<ref name=ACManualSamsur /><ref name=MidnightRevelation /> Samsur was the first permanent settlement of the Gharun'dim under Musansayn's rule.<ref name=ACManualSamsur />
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Some of the Gharu'ndim who first arrived on Dereth had been life-long desert dwellers on Ispar, and rejected the idea of living in the Yushad Ridge. Their leader was a wizard named [[Raqur al-Hayra]], and he led his fellow desert dwellers across the [[A'mun Desert]] to a cove along the coast of the Inner Sea. In the cove they discovered an oasis. Raqur thrust his staff into the ground, bringing forth fresh water, and declared that all the desert folk would be welcome in this place. Raqur was later killed in a magic duel with a Mu-miyah archmage before the town, [[Yaraq]], was completed.<ref name=ACManualYaraq>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual]]: [[Asheron's Call Manual/Yaraq|Yaraq]]</ref>
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Far to the south, the isolated stronghold of [[Qalaba'r]] was constructed.<ref name=ACManualSamsur /><ref name=QalabarTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]: [[Qalaba'r (Town Network Sign)]] description</ref> [[Zaikhal]] was also founded around this time, as an early map of the Gharu'ndim kingdom on Dereth shows only Samsur, Yaraq, Zaikhal, and Qalaba'r.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimMap>1996-1999 (unknown) [[Asheron's Call Beta]] - [[Zogblaster Archive]]: [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Gharu'ndim/Gharu'ndim Kingdom in Dereth|Gharu'ndim Kingdom in Dereth]]</ref> 
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Musansayn and Wari continued to expand the Gharu'ndim Kingdom.<ref name=MidnightRevelation /> To the north, the town [[Al-Jalima]] was founded during the Gharu'ndim's efforts to expand their realm.<ref name=AlJalimaTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]: [[Al-Jalima (Town Network Sign)]] description</ref> The town of [[Uziz]] was settled after explorers trekking out south from Samsur discovered a calm, clear pool of fresh water, believed by some scholars to be a reservoir left behind by the Empyrean.<ref name=UzizTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]: [[Uziz (Town Network Sign)]] description</ref> Some time prior to 5 PY, Musansayn was known to have said that his realm included Yaraq, Al-Jalima, and Uziz.<ref name=MidnightRevelation />
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At some point prior to 5 PY, Wari al Sha'im chose to leave the safety of Samsur and headed into the desert. He said that, while many had declared their realm to be at peace, it was a false peace, and many dangers still threatened their people just beyond the patrols of their towns. <ref name=MidnightRevelation /> At some point later, Musansayn also wandered into the desert and disappeared.<ref name=ACManualSamsur /><ref name=MusansaynsLibrary>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Musansayn's Library]]: [[Rubid al-Jurma]] dialog</ref> Shortly after he vanished, the scribes and historians of [[Zaikhal]] descended upon Musansayn's library and made off with much of his literary collection.<ref name=MusansaynsLibrary /><ref name=MusansaynsHouseDirections>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Musansayn's Library]]: [[Musansayn's House Directions]] text</ref> The [[Fountain of Musansayn]] was constructed in Samsur in 5 PY, after the leader had vanished.<ref name=ACManualSamsur /> Some say that he died in the desert, while others claim that he will return one day.<ref name=ACManualSamsur /><ref name=MusansaynsHouseDirections />
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After the discovery of fresh water south of Samsur and subsequent founding of Uziz, the Gharu'ndim wished to connect the isolated southern village of Qalaba'r to the rest of their realm. Soon a great road stretched the whole of the Yushad Ridge, from the capital of Zaikhal to Qalaba'r. The distance from Uziz to Qalaba'r, however, was quite long and still dangerous. Travelers lobbied at the capital for a way-point between the two settlements. And so, thanks to the support of the wealthy Aluvian noble Lord [[Balthall]], the town of [[Khayyaban]] was founded.<ref name=KhayyabanTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]: [[Khayyaban (Town Network Sign)]] description</ref>
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In 9 PY, [[Al-Arqas]] was settled when Gharu'ndim desert-walkers discovered a spring. By 10 PY the town was flourishing, as it provided a convenient halfway-point for travelers moving between Yaraq an southern towns like Uziz and Khayyaban.<ref name=ACManualAlArqas>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual]]: [[Asheron's Call Manual/Al-Arqas|Al-Arqas]]</ref><ref name=AlAqrasTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]:
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In [[Solclaim, 11 PY]], the noble [[Jaleh al-Thani]] Led a caravan of like-minded Sho and Gharu'ndim across the Direlands and settled near the Darktide Festival Stone, establishing the town of [[Ayan Baqur]].<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 /><ref>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/A Brief History for Travelers/Heroes' Respite|A Brief History for Travelers - Heroes' Respite]]</ref> In [[Thistledown, 11 PY]], [[Tufa]], a tent village surrounding a desert oasis,<ref name=ACManualSamsur /> was obliterated by Shadow Spire attacks.<ref name=TufaTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]: [[Tufa (Town Network Sign)]] description</ref> The next month, in [[Harvestgain, 11 PY]], the Gharu'ndim uncovered the ancient Yalaini grottos of [[Laeraa]]. Deep inside, Zaikhal Arcanum scholars discovered one of the Seaborne Empire's archives, filled with thousands of Empyrean tomes.<ref name=XarabydunTNSign>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Town Network]]: [[Xarabydun (Town Network Sign)]] description</ref>