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| {{Related|Dereth: A Brief History for Travelers}}
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| | Title = A Brief History for Travelers
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| | Text = The members of the Arcanum would like to welcome you to Dereth. You must be bewildered by what has happened to you, and we hope that this and other documents will help familiarize you with our new world. We call it “our new world” because--and this may be difficult for you to accept--there is no way for you to return to Ispar. Before your arrival here, you may have heard rumors of mysterious spinning discs and missing people; as you now know, these tales are true. In time, we hope that you will accept your fate and see the many opportunities our new homeland offers. Few people get the chance to make a world, and while we may have lost our old world, together we can make this one just as much ours.
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| <br><br>To begin, you will need to understand a little history about our new world. Over 25 years ago, the first Isparians began arriving on this planet Auberean, and specifically here on the island of Dereth. Those first brave souls met the Olthoi, a horrible race of enormous insect-type creatures. The Isparians were quickly enslaved and forced to tend to the disgusting gruel that the Olthoi feed their grubs. Eventually, a few Isparians escaped and formed a small band of resistance under the leadership of Thorsten Cragstone and Elysa Strathelar. With the help of Asheron, the last of the ancient Empyrean people, Elysa and Thorsten killed the Olthoi Queen, throwing the Olthoi into disarray and freeing the captured Isparian people. But the fighters paid a heavy price, as the Olthoi Queen killed Thorsten moments before Elysa struck the killing blow. In memory of the Isparians' heroic accomplishment, the year in which these events occurred is called PY 0 (Portal Year 0).
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| <br><br>That climactic battle took place over 10 years ago. A period of relative quiet followed, during which we began to find our place in this new world. Only recently has our calm been interrupted by world-spanning near-catastrophes, events that threatened not only to destroy all that we have built here, but to take our lives. Now, in the face of these challenges, our long-absent Queen Elysa has returned. More than ever, we are determined to make Dereth ours.
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| <br><br>Now that you know a little about our world, you are welcome to explore these halls so that you may understand this world even more. We recommend that you spend some time familiarizing yourself with the most recent events in our history, those that began in the year PY 10. After this, you may want to find out more about the creatures you will be encountering and review such details of this land's history and people as we have been able to piece together.
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| <br><br><font color=#FFFFFF><b>The Fourth Sending of Darkness</b></font>
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| <br>These events culminated with the release of the dread Hopeslayer, Bael'Zharon. Many were surprised by the turn of events that began with a single snowflake falling. . .
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| <br><br>[[Sudden Season--Frostfell, PY 10 (December, 1999)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Sudden Season--Frostfell, PY 10 (December, 1999)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Dark Thaw--Snowreap, PY 11 (January, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Dark Thaw--Snowreap, PY 11 (January, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Shadows of the Past--Coldeve, PY 11 (February, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Shadows of the Past--Coldeve, PY 11 (February, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Darkness Ascendant--Wintersebb, PY 11 (March, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Darkness Ascendant--Wintersebb, PY 11 (March, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Thorns of the Hopeslayer--Morningthaw, PY 11 (April, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Thorns of the Hopeslayer--Morningthaw, PY 11 (April, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Heroes' Respite--Solclaim, PY 11 (May, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Heroes' Respite--Solclaim, PY 11 (May, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[The Paths of Destruction--Seedsow, PY 11 (June, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Paths of Destruction--Seedsow, PY 11 (June, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[To Raise a Banner of Flame--Leafdawning, PY 11 (July, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>To Raise a Banner of Flame--Leafdawning, PY 11 (July, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Taste of Twilight--Verdantine, PY 11 (August, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Taste of Twilight--Verdantine, PY 11 (August, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Twilight's Gleaming--Thistledown, PY 11 (September, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Twilight's Gleaming--Thistledown, PY 11 (September, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Hollow Victory--Harvestgain, PY 11 (October, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Hollow Victory--Harvestgain, PY 11 (October, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Should the Stars Fall--Leafcull, PY 11 (November, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Should the Stars Fall--Leafcull, PY 11 (November, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[The Child of Daralet--Frostfell, PY 11 (December, 2000)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Child of Daralet--Frostfell, PY 11 (December, 2000)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br><font color=#FFFFFF><b>The Rise of the New Singularity</b></font>
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| <br>The Virindi's exposure to Dereth has begun to exert a horrible corrupting influence, a disease expressing itself as. . . individuality.
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| <br><br>[[Now in this Hush--Snowreap, PY 12 (January, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Now in this Hush--Snowreap, PY 12 (January, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Lonely in the World--Coldeve, PY 12 (February, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Lonely in the World--Coldeve, PY 12 (February, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[pring's Sorrows--Wintersebb, PY 12 (March, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Spring's Sorrows--Wintersebb, PY 12 (March, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[A Reign of Stone--Morningthaw, PY 12 (April, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>A Reign of Stone--Morningthaw, PY 12 (April, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[The Changing of the Ways--Solclaim, PY 12 (May, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Changing of the Ways--Solclaim, PY 12 (May, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Chains of Command--Seedsow, PY 12 (June, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Chains of Command--Seedsow, PY 12 (June, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Lost in the New Horizon--Leafdawning, PY 12 (July, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Lost in the New Horizon--Leafdawning, PY 12 (July, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Crests of a Turbulent Sea--Verdantine, PY 12 (August, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Crests of a Turbulent Sea--Verdantine, PY 12 (August, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Keep Your Enemies Closer--Thistledown, PY 12 (September, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Keep Your Enemies Closer--Thistledown, PY 12 (September, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[The Widening Gyre--Harvestgain, PY 12 (October, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Widening Gyre--Harvestgain, PY 12 (October, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br><font color=#FFFFFF><b>Dark Majesty</b></font>
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| <br>Portals open to the island of Marae Lassel, home to a peaceful tribe of Tumeroks and to a dark secret Isparians thought they were free of long ago.
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| <br><br>[[Dark Majesty--Harvestgain, PY 12 (Mid-October, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Dark Majesty--Harvestgain, PY 12 (Mid-October, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br><font color=#FFFFFF><b>Elements of Revenge</b></font>
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| <br>Fear of the return of the Empyreans consumes one woman, while another, horribly modified by the Virindi, starts down a path to madness and revenge.
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| <br><br>[[The Gathering Storm--Leafcull, PY 12 (November, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Gathering Storm--Leafcull, PY 12 (November, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[The First Strike--Frostfell, PY 12 (December, 2001)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The First Strike--Frostfell, PY 12 (December, 2001)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Flesh and Blood--Snowreap, PY 13 (January, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Flesh and Blood--Snowreap, PY 13 (January, 2002)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Fever Dreams--Coldeve, PY 13 (February, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Fever Dreams--Coldeve, PY 13 (February, 2002)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Persuasion--Wintersebb, PY 13 (March, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Persuasion--Wintersebb, PY 13 (March, 2002)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Betrayal--Morningthaw, PY 13 (April, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Betrayal--Morningthaw, PY 13 (April, 2002)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Hidden Vein--Solclaim, PY 13 (May, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Hidden Vein--Solclaim, PY 13 (May, 2002)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Castling--Seedsow, PY 13 (June, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Castling--Seedsow, PY 13 (June, 2002)</u></font>]]
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| <br><br>[[Repercussions--Leafdawning, PY 13 (July, 2002)|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Repercussions--Leafdawning, PY 13 (July, 2002)</u></font>]]
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