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Marrishland has a long and violent history. Several civilizations have risen and fallen, here, and the book tells about events during one of the most turbulant periods - a period whose events determine whether a civilization survives or dies.

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Arrival of the Kalkoraen Medes (1 I.D.)

The small fleet of speculators — the ocean faring ships used by explorers from the Medien Empire — that arrived from the west largely went unnoticed by both the Totanbeni and the remnants of the Hundred Tribes. Had it not been so, history might have taken a radically different course, possibly one that would have seen the Totanbeni conquer as much territory as the Gien Empire did. After spending some time searching for a safe harbor on the coast of Marrishland, the Kalkorae (meaning "dawn-treaders," which is what they called their expedition) decided to make landfall in the best natural harbor they had found there.

This was a deep harbor large enough to shelter a considerable navy, fed by a swift, rocky river, which they named the Lapis Amnis (meaning "stone river"). There was a stony hill two miles south of the river and a few hundred yards away from the coast. They found a Totanbeni outpost and a lone shadelshif guarding the harbor, but reckoned these a minor threat, since shadelshifs were smaller than the Kalkoraen speculators. Having found a defensible harbor in which to build their base of operations, the Kalkorae set out to establish a beachhead there. The result was the Battle of Strand, a brief battle between Kalkorae and Totanbeni that ended with the Kalkorae in control of what they soon dubbed Domus Palus.

(Contributed by Weard Leif Gesyk)