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Darujhistan, born on a rumour

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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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