Darujhistan, born on a rumour
‘In the Early Cycles in this Realm, three great peoples
struggled for dominion, none of them human as we would know human.
Bowing out early in the struggle were the Forkrul Assail, or the Krussail
as they are now known. Not through weakness, but . . . well, disinterest.
The remaining two peoples warred endlessly. Eventually one fell, for they
were a race of individuals, battling as much among themselves as against
their racial enemies. They were called the Jaghut, though the term has
degenerated these days to Jhag, or Shurl. While losers in the war, they did
not disappear entirely – it’s said some Jaghut survive to this day, though,
thankfully, not on Genabackis.
‘So,’ Mammot cupped his hands around his tea-cup, ‘Darujhistan was
born on a rumour. Among the indigenous Gadrobi hill tribes survived
the legend that a Jaghut’s barrow lay somewhere in the hills. Now, the
Jaghut were possessors of great magic, creators of secret Warrens and
items of power. Over time the Gadrobi legend made its way beyond the
hills, into the Genabackan north and the Catlin south, to kingdoms since
crumbled to dust in the east and west. In any case, searchers came to the
hills, at first a trickle then hordes – entire tribes led by power-hungry
shamans and warlocks. Every hillside was laced with trenches and boreholes.
From the camps and shanty-towns, from the thousands of
treasure-seekers arriving each spring, a city was born.’
‘Darujhistan,’ (GotM, UK Trade, p. 271-2)
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