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Elevation Map of Silena

This is the elevation map of the island of Silena from my story Harmonic Dissidents. Read it here: renalder.sofurry.com And here: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/765729/fictions #map #elevation #world-building

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Xarte Kin'toni Clan The Xarte Kin'toni Clan were children when they was turned in the overrun city. From the city also came the Parakk Kin'toni Clan, Vlakia Kin'toni Clan and the Yergha Kin'toni Clan. These kin'toni decided to make their base in the Xerte school and named the clan after the school. As children, they were weaker then the other kin'toni and therefore had to rely on stealth to survive.

The clan's role in their early days was as scouts and scavengers. They were seen as an curiosity; children rarely survive turning into kin'toni. The clan heared rumors of an Jalka Kin'toni Clan, living far from the city in the Ia Kelp Forest. They heard that they lived as an independent clan. Following this rumbor, the clan left the city behind to journey on to the Ia Kelp Forest.

Months later, the clan arrived at the Imech Dunes, near the coast. This coast was also home to the Ia Kelp Forest. Seeking kinship with the Jalka Kin'toni Clan, they met. The clans debated for days over the terms of their alliance. Upon the dusk of the fifth day, the leaders emerged. The debate had led to a choice, decided by a game of hop-stones. The winners of the game were the Xarte.

with the win, the alliance was declared. The Xarte settled in the Imech Dunes. The clan built dome-shaped shelters out of driftwood and woven kelp to protect themselves from the sun. Their alliance with the Jalka protected them from local packs and bands of kin'toni. To defend their land, they built pit traps and camouflaged their camp. The final defense is walls of driftwood, woven kelp mats and sand. These walls are topped with sharp shells and coral.

The clan had to deal with a local band. The Iush band wished to kill these new people near their lands. The Xarte and Jalka used ambush and traps to wear down the adult sized Iush. It took weeks, but the Iush slowly dwindled in number. The final attack by the Jalka and Xarte slaughtered the rest. Their body parts were used to decorate the Dunes and the coast near by the Kelp Forest.

In the Shattering, the clan had to deal with more bands of kin'toni. These bands were drawn by the promise of the ocean's food. The bands, such as the Loa'ak were worn down with traps and then ambushed. One band, the Maui had to be tracked back to their underground lair. The location of the lair was found by their Jalka allies. Once the Xarte found the lair, they smoked the Loa'ak out. The Loa'ak were burned to death by the sun.

As of 4E 500, the clan has noticed the increase of rival groups of kin'toni coming to their region. These groups were drawn by the bounty of the sea. The Jalka and Xerte dug and built more traps. The Xerte had negotiated with the Jalka to split any blood they get half each. The kin'toni stragglers grew in number day by day. The Jalka and Xerte also had a pact for retreating to the sea if all esle fails.

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The kin'toni are driven by the remnants of their super-soldier programming and their primal hunger. Their society is composed of fluid structures. The groups vary greatly in size, internal dynamics, and the threat posed to the dwindling zu'aan population.

Solitary Hunters / Lone Wanderers

- Size: 1 Kin'toni

- Description: Loners are kin'toni who operate alone. Some are outcasts, some are survivors of a shattered group, and some are just cunning, highly independent, and prefer solitude. Some have mutations or mental health issues that make it hard to live in a group.

- Complexity: None. They only survive due to stealth, their own prowess, and the instincts of a predator.

- Purpose: The lone only cares about survival, hunting zu'aan and fauna when they can, scavenging for resources, and avoidance of larger kin'toni groups and dangerous zu'aan territories.

- Threat to zu'aan: Medium: Even a loner is a silent, relentless predator. A loner is skilled at ambushes, picking off stragglers, and stealth.

- Lair/Habitat: The lair of a loner is a concealed and very temporary place. A loner will use natural crevices, collapsed sections of buildings, abandoned vehicles, or dense overgrowth for shelter. Most of the time, the lair is nothing more than a hidden sleeping spot. Often, the loner changes their lair each night and leaves minimal traces. They rely on their stealth and ability to blend into their environment.

## Packs

- Size: 2–10 Kin'toni

- Description: A pack is a small and highly cohesive unit of kin'toni and often formed by those with similar or complementary mutations. Often, they have strong primal bounds or even consider themselves a family in a twisted sense. A pack has a strong sense of unity and shared purpose and relies on coordinated tactics.

- Complexity: Very Low. A pack is often led by the Alpha, the strongest, fastest, or most cunning kin'toni in the pack. The decisions are instinctual and immediate, driven by hunger and opportunity. A pack has a fluid hierarchy based on dominance.

- Purpose: The purpose of a pack is efficient hunting of larger prey, often small zu'aan groups, and mutual protection against rival kin'toni. They establish temporary, mobile lairs.

- Threat to Zu'aan: High: If a pack is well coordinated, they can be devastating to zu'aan foraging parties or patrols or even small outposts. Together, the pack's combined strength and tactics make them far more dangerous than a lone Kin'toni.

- Lair/Habitat: The lair of a pack is established more than a lone wanderer's, but it is still temporary. Often, packs occupy places such as a small, defensible ruin, a section of a collapsed tunnel, or a dense thicket. The dens are crude, marked by zu'aan and animal bones, scavenged debris, and the distinct, feral stench of the kin'toni. A den is a central point for resting, feeding on prey, and planning hunts, but is abandoned if needed. Dens are often abandoned due to the pack being threatened or prey becoming rare in the area.

Bands

- Size: 11–100 Kin'toni

- Description: A band is a significant aggregation of Kin'toni. Bands are often coalitions of several successful Packs. Many are large nomadic groups that have not yet established a permanent territory.

- Complexity: Low to Medium. A band tends to have a recognized leader, a council of the strongest pack Alphas or similar. With bands, coordination is more formal than a pack and always less rigid than a clan. In a band, disputes are common, but most disputes are resolved quickly to maintain group cohesion for hunting.

- Purpose: The purpose of a band is large-scale hunting expeditions, sustained raiding of zu'aan trade routes and smaller settlements, and defending against rival Kin'toni Clans.

- Threat to Zu'aan: Very High. Bands are able to overwhelm most zu'aan patrols and pose a threat to a smaller walled settlement. Bands are a serious force of kin'toni and often require a coordinated defense or a strategic retreat. A band is a clear and present danger across wider regions.

- Lair/Habitat: The lair of a band is a temporary but often fortified encampment. A band will take over and crudely reinforce a defensible ruin, a large underground chamber, or a natural stronghold. Defenses are often made of scavenged debris, twisted metal, and piled rubble. Often, a lair will have rudimentary barricades and choke points and is messy, filled with discarded bones, scavenged goods, and the stench of the kin'toni. Their lairs are designed for short-to-medium term occupation while the band carries out its raiding campaign or exploits a rich hunting ground.

Clans

- Size: 101–1,000 Kin'toni

- Description: The clan is the primary stable and territorial social unit for the Kin'toni. Each clan controls a significant, often fortified, region-sized territory. Only 10% of kin'toni are in clans, the rest are in bands, packs, or are loners. There are some "nations" made of alliances of clans, such as the Ashat and Tharis.

- Complexity: Medium. Clans have a clear chain of command. They have their own unique histories, psychologies, biologies, cultures, governments, militaries, and religions. They have defined hierarchies, structures, goals, and members.

- Purpose: A clan's purpose is defending against rival clans, maintaining and expanding territory, and preparing for larger conflicts.

- Threat to Zu'aan: Extreme. A clan is able to launch sustained sieges against zu'aan cities, control a whole region and its vital resource points, and a clan poses an existential threat to regional Zu'aan populations. A clan is a major, organized adversary.

- Lair/Habitat: A clan has a permanent, heavily fortified "Nest" or "Stronghold." Such nests include abandoned industrial complexes, deep sections of subway tunnels, or even a cluster of collapsed skyscrapers. A nest is fortified with extensive defenses such as barricades, traps, and watch points. Often, they are made of scavenged concrete, wood, metal, and debris. Inside, there are designated areas for sleeping, storing scavenged goods (often piles of junk), and "turning dens." These lairs echo with the sounds of the kin'toni and the turning zu'aan prisoners.

Hordes

- Size: 1,000+ Kin'toni (potentially tens of thousands)

- Description: A horde is a grand, but truly cataclysmic aggregation of multiple kin'toni clans, bands, packs, and loners. Often, the leader is a "warlord" or "grand alpha." A horde is a temporary and unstable formation and is driven by a singular, overwhelming objective such as the complete destruction of a major Zu'aan city, or a vast war against another horde. A horde is a force of pure, unbridled destruction.

- Complexity: Medium to High, but fragile. In a horde, the Warlord's rule is absolute during the Horde's existence but inter-clan/band/pack internal rivalries are constant. Any logistics are primitive, as the horde just moves and consumes. If the objective is met or resources deplete, the horde fractures back into its constituent clans, packs, and bands.

- Purpose: A horde's purpose is to take out a large zu'aan population like a walled city, conquer vast new territory, or engaging in massive, devastating wars for ultimate dominance.

- Threat to Zu'aan: Apocalyptic. The horde is an unstoppable tide of destruction. It is able to raze an entire walled zu'aan city or even over-hunt an area bare. The horde's appearance is the sign of a period of immense suffering for the zu'aan.

- Lair/Habitat: A horde does not have a fixed lair, instead its lair is a vast moving encampment that is a temporarily devastated zone. A horde gathering for an assault may occupy a wide, defensible plain or a large, ruined city district. Such a place becomes a large, chaotic, temporary staging ground. A horde's camp is a scene of utter desolation.

Shelters are made crudely from scavenged materials, there are huge piles of bones and other refuse, and the horrific smell of vast amounts of kin'toni feces and urine. Once the assault is finished, the lair is but a devastated ruin of the territory, picked clean. The horde then soon disperses or moves on.

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Owing to their scholastic descent, the Rakylt have kept relatively immaculate records of their history. They can state with pride that they are scions of the Empire’s academic class; professors, doctors, theologians, scientists, and students from the now age-long defunct Imperial Academy of Higher Education (IAHE).

The Rakylt, as such, maintained and preserved many historical documents, each with a verifiable date and author, that can be traced to even the earliest days of the Academy’s Pre-Awakening period.

“What can be said about us? Perhaps our most basic yet fecund characteristic is the lack of that horrid presupposition that haunts most other tribals. That obtuse, obscure mystery, a nigh esoteric tapestry woven from threadbare strands of ostensibility. We are not mere savages who wallow in the self-pity of some mist-shrouded past.

No, we are free of such a mythology, for our ancestors have kept meticulous records of the who, what, why, where, and when of the Rakylt’s founding. If one could forgive the poignant preamble, we, the Rakylt, are descended from the academic class of exiles of the esteemed IAHE…”

-Dean Alster Fedwin, Dated 4E 226

The earliest years of the Rakylt’s existence are thus linked, innately, to that of the Academy. Despite the tribe’s impeccable maintenance of its history, the same cannot be said of records pertaining to the IAHE. As with any zu’aan material linked to the old Empire, much of the surviving evidence exists in a fragmentary and oral nature, the latter of which is usually distorted through a superstitious tribal lens.

However, a brief history of the Academy can be deduced using existing Rakylt texts in conjunction with external sources. Utilizing the existing sources, it can be postulated that the IAHE was founded between the latter portion of the Second Era. While exact dateage is unclear, most prominent scholars propose the years of 2E 2600-700 as the Academy’s nascent formation.

This 300/400-year lifespan seems to fit into the waning of the Empire’s power and subsequent vampyre outbreak of 2E 3000. The final centuries of the Second Era saw the Imperials battling for supremacy with their many rivals. The resulting centuries-long conflicts produced a need not only for martial refinement but for an evolution of thinkers as well.

“Development. Refinement. Growth. I warned the Emperor that his enemies were not only expanding their armies in this manner. They were producing knowledge at such an alarming rate, expediting the evolution of divisions beyond the martial scope. The power of zu’aan thought was a weapon to be harnessed, to be swung like a glaive or fired like a shell.

Our existing academia is bogged down in such deep rhetorical misalignment that they bicker far worse than any of the noble families. It is thus integral that we synthesize them into something else. They must be broken down and amalgamated into a single think tank capable of outwitting our rivals…”

-Author Unknown, Dated 2E 2630/2730

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“Like many other vampyre clans, the Cheard’s history is an amalgam of dynamic parts, most of which are left to speculation. Were they members of a former beleaguered populace? A stranded military unit? Perhaps refugees ambushed on the road? In truth, we can never be certain. However, what we can be certain of, at least for the Cheard, is that their history is linked to a single zu’aan-turned-vampyre: Izam Cheard.”

-Author Unknown, The Adaptive Gene: A Sectional Treatise on the Biological Variance of Kin’toni Clans, Dated 4E 400

The nomenclature of the Cheard is derived eponymously. Their ‘founder’, Izam Cheard, is believed to have been a zu’aan of either Imperial or Kaa’oran origin. While his exact citizenship is unknown, the detail is rendered null by what appears be a seemingly solitary existence. Following the plundering of the Umund Rich Fen by Imperial forces, a trove of fragmentary documents was secured.

These manuscripts, manifests, and logs were found within a large, hollowed-out rock carved, rather crudely, in the shape of a zu’aan head. It is believed that the rock, situated in the central marshes of the fen, was of some religious significance to the Cheard, who venerate their ‘patriarch’ in a pseudo-theological fashion.

The captured documents reveal the erstwhile mystery of Izam Cheard, who, up until that period, was believed to be mythological in nature. With supporting evidence, the story of the Cheard’s founder can be sketched. The earliest mention of his name comes in the form of a simple transmission.

A transcript of a radio communique between a patrol and a border post (either Imperial or Kaa’oran):

“P you there?

[B] Yeah, we hear you.

[P] It’s that kid again. The one I told you about last week. [B] Cheard’s boy? [P] Yeah, that one. Please advise.

[B] Ignore him. Cheard’s a lunatic. The last thing we want is for that psycho to hunt you down in the bogs.

[P] He’s ex special forces, right?

[B] Who?

[P] Cheard.

[B] Yeah. And his wife could blow out your skull from three miles out. Ignore the kid.

[P] We’ll try. He keeps following us, though.

[B] Ignore him…”

-Unknown Radio Transcript, Dated 2E 2950

The boy in question is none other than a young Izam. Believed to have been born in 2E 2943, Izam Cheard was the son of two unique individuals. According to surviving records, Izam’s parents were a pair of reclusive iconoclasts, zu’aan who had grown disillusioned with the decadence of Imperial/Kaa’oran life. They appear to have fled an unknown city following a terse yet illustrious military career, one steeped in highly specialized ‘black’ operations. The exact reason behind their self-imposed exile remains unclear.

The few experts in Umund Fen history postulate several theories. The first, and most plausible, pertains to the general belief around their immigration into the wild. Put in the simplest terms, the Cheards disdained the corruption and anathemic opulence that was festering in their city. Between the many wars and the influx of civil distractions (carnivals, theatres, and other ‘multi-media’ escapism), the disgruntled couple could not stand the state of the Empire/Kingdom. They opted to leave, deciding that it was far better to live in the hinterlands of what we presently know as the Umund Rich Fen.

A second plausible hypothesis holds that a rift between Imperial/Kaa’oran military leadership and the Cheards led to their immigration. While there exist no records directly supporting this theory, it can be reached by way of deduction. Scholars who support this reason argue that it is clear that the Cheards displayed a hyperactive lethality often displayed in shunned martial exiles. Based on transmission transcripts, logs, and a few journal entries, the Cheards were, for lack of a more poignant term, ‘lunatics’. Near the end of the second era, multiple patrols, border posts, recon units, and military survey teams reported that they were attacked by the Cheard couple. Several fragmentary logs even suggest that the pair managed to eliminate several smaller units, slaughtering them and making off with their supplies.

“Another recon group got offed in the bogs. That’s been the fourth attack this month and the second, second!, that resulted in a complete wipe of a unit. It’s those damn Cheards. I don’t understand why [ILLEGIBLE] won’t let us carpet bomb this forsaken place. The two of them are more trouble than a force of [ILLEGIBLE]. Command keeps telling us to ignore them. Ignore them. Ignore them. How the hell are we supposed to ignore a pair of crazies with black ops training? Worse is, they have a kid now… a boy. The last thing we need is for him to grow up and terrorize us, too. I swear, when I get my hands on them… I’m not an evil man, but I’m going to take Cheard’s wife and boy limb from limb and make him watch…”

-Author Unknown, Dated 2E 2952

The lethality the Cheards displayed towards their presumably former comrades is evidence of some deep rift. Academics utilize their attacks on military personnel as a framework for establishing, in theory, a clearer image of the Cheard’s exile. With their highly specialized martial training, it is already factually established that they were a part of several ‘black’ operations. As to what these extremely sensitive missions entailed, certainty cannot be validated in full. However, it can be stated with some confidence that these operations were in fact so grotesque that they left the Cheards completely disillusioned with their commanding officers.

The Cheards supposed lethal discontentment with command often presents itself as credence for a third yet thoroughly unsubstantiated posulation. A few scholars theorize that Cheards were part of a team that infiltrated the heart of the Empire’s labs. It was there, in the darkness of the Imperial’s subterranean facilities, that the origin of the vampyre plague was discovered. So vile was this discovery that the Cheards disavowed themselves of any national loyalty. Amongst the minority of academia who support this theory is also a subset that expands in a superfluous manner:

“It does hold, in any logical manner, that a simple discovery would shake the hearts and minds of these killers. For that was that they were. Killers. Izam Cheard’s father and mother were ‘black’ operatives, specialists trained to kill without question. At this point in their lives, nothing could have been able to deter them so easily. No, it is more likely then that the Cheards did not only come face to face with the origins of the vampyre, they were also directly exposed to its nascent pathogenic form. Be it viral, bacterial, or otherwise, the Cheards were infected. And such an infection could only bring about one symptom: an insatiable bloodlust.”

-Zevdon Rudrach, A Complete History of Known Kin’toni Founders, Dated 4E 338

Regardless of what brought the Cheards to the marshlands, it is clear they operated as a familial force hostile to any and all. And it is within this rogue martial environment that a young Izam was raised. His mention in Imperial/Kaa’oran records follows an exponential growth in terms of his apparent threat to military forces. While the first few incidents of his appearance seem mundane, they quickly escalate into a hyper-lethality shared with his parents. From what can be deduced from the records, Izam earned his ‘first blood’ in approximately the year 2E 2953. The log that captures this event is sadly fragmented to near-illegible degrees. However, scholars have picked out the details through the obfuscation and have been able to reconstruct an acceptable narrative. One night in 2E 2953, an Imperial/Kaa’oran patrol was making a routine sweep of the bogs. Their commander, one Captain Kellarn, halted the unit near a copse of trees to investigate an unusual find. There, they had stumbled across a collection of bones neatly arranged to resemble an arrow. As Captain Kellarn was transmitting the appearance of the ossuary to his commanders, his head ‘exploded in a dense red mist’. Stunned by the sudden, grisly death of their superior, the remaining soldiers failed to notice a small figure descending upon them from the canopy. The figure, most definitely a child, proceeded to scatter a collection of ‘improvised explosives’ amongst the formation. Before any of the shellshocked zu’aan could respond, the ordnance detonated, leaving most of the patrol killed or terribly maimed. A trio of survivors managed to escape, fleeing with all haste.

Many subsequent occurrences of a similar description would unfold. The slow passing of the years would only drastically evolve Izam’s methods into more violent and macabre showings. Undoubtedly, as he grew from childhood into adolescence, his newfound strength enabled him to act as his parents did. 2E 2961 produced the first direct instance of Izam’s own records. Presumably, 13/14 at this time, the young Cheard compiled several thoughts regarding multiple subjects:

“Another recon unit today. [ILLEGIBLE]. Eleven of them. Mother tailed them for a while. She thinks they’re veterans pulled from the warfront. The [ILLEGIBLE] are getting desperate now. I went with father to confront them. Same plan. Mother pops the CO’s head, father and I deal with the rest up close. [ILLEGIBLE]. Went back to the [ILLEGIBLE]. Mother and father argued again about [ILLEGIBLE]. It’s a weakness. We can’t be weak like the [ILLEGIBLE]. [ILLEGIBLE]. Sometimes I wonder what comes next. Mother said it’s only a matter of a few decades before all hell breaks loose. I don’t know what she means. Father scoffed at her. He said hell is already here…”

-Izam Cheard, Dated 2E 2961 (possible fabrication)

Between 2E 2961-2965, Izam and his parents launched a series of isolated raids against Imperial/Kaa’oran positions. The motive behind these attacks is unknown, as it appears very few supplies were plundered. The goal then could only be that of terrorism, carnage wrought for the sole purpose of inflicting fear. One instance of an attack on a border post highlights this bloodlust, as well as shines a brighter light on Izam’s growth as a rogue killer. In 2E 2963, a post along the southern edge of modern Rich Fen was subjected to a night raid by the Cheards. Any guards manning the reported four towers were dispatched by Izam’s mother. This allowed Izam and his father to approach the post unnoticed. And under the cover of night, they proceeded to clandestinely murder the detachment of soldiers stationed there. According to both Izam’s own journals and logs of Imperial’Kaa’oran patrols, most of the unfortunate victims were hamstrung and garrotted by ‘blades of a jagged make’. Those found deceased in their bunks suffered a worse fate. With cushions stuffed over their faces, the sleeping soldiers were slowly and crudely disembowelled.

“The brutality of this attack, and many other like it serves, to this very day, as the template for the Cheard’s military. The great patriarch of the vampyre clan seemed to favour a particular method of execution. Izam targeted the back of his victim’s knees or heels, hamstringing them or cutting their Achilles tendon. He would then proceed to cut their throats to the bone, ensuring each stroke was done using a sawing motion. For those he found asleep in their beds, Izam employed a rather cruel tactic. He would first asphyxiate them with anything he could find. This throttling often brought the victim to consciousness, and as they awoke in shock, Izam drove his saw-like weapon into their abdomens. This thrust was followed shortly by a starkly painful disembowelling…”

-Zevdon Rudrach, A Complete History of Known Kin’toni Founders, Dated 4E 338

The terror generated by these raids was enough to elicit a response. The Imperial/Kaa’oran military, which had been mysteriously lax in countering the Cheards, opted to engage them as they would any existential threat. In 2E 2967, manifests indicate that several detachments from various regiments were redirected to the boglands. Among them were multiple squadrons of artillery, demolition, and scouting specialists, a medley that could only indicate a scorched earth policy directed at the ever-elusive Cheards. And as 2E 2968 settled in, the Imperial/Kaa’oran units began a relentless bombardment and demolition campaign.

Entire swaths of the marshes of the Umund Rich Fen were blasted to oblivion. High-explosive shells of the most destructive calibre were utilized in this effort. As indicated by transcribed transmissions, ordnance known colloquially as ‘craterers’ was deployed. While the exact tonnage and capability of this shell are unknown, it can be surmised that its generated blast and impact were significant enough to alter the landscape itself. This position is supported by the current geographical survey of the Fen, which is pockmarked by deep, crater-like marshes. Supplementing the Imperial/Kaa’oran explosives were myriad other variants of incendiary and chemical weapons. Sizeable tracts of bogland trees were burned away, and much of the pre-Awakening flora and fauna suffered from Awakening levels of elimination. The sheer, wanton scale of the campaign waged against the Cheards has led many scholars to hypothesize that they were more than a simple family of three. Rudrach, in his Complete History of Known Kin’toni Founders, approaches this theory with caution.

“Ultimately, the evidence does not suggest that Izam Cheard was part of any more than a small family unit. Certainly, every shred of supporting document dated to his pre-Awakening life indicates just that. However, it is difficult for any scholar of note to examine the manifests, logs, journals, and transcriptions and come away with something of a malaise. Surely, a family of three could not possibly have wreaked so much havoc on their own. Even if the Cheards received intensive military training, their prolonged hostility towards Imperial/Kaa’oran forces and the subsequent retaliation appear more in line with an insurgency/counter-insurgency campaign. If this could be the case, then the Cheards were, theoretically, a trio amongst a larger insurgent force…”

-Zevdon Rudrach, A Complete History of Known Kin’toni Founders, Dated 4E 338

Regardless of their composition, the Cheards and the operation against them extended for at least a decade. Between 2E 2968 and 2978, Imperial/Kaa’oran forces surrounded and annihilated approximately 46.7% of the boglands. During the course of this ‘isolated war’, it is believed that Izam’s mother was killed. Her death cannot be entirely verified through the surviving evidence, however. Instead, this conclusion is drawn from two divergences from the norm. The first is her sudden disappearance from records dated after 2E 2974. The second comes from Izam’s observations about his father:

“He went off alone again. Didn’t see him until well after dark. I did not ask. No point. He’s always angry these days, more so than he has ever been. He snaps at everything. Every mistake I make, every little error. He nearly broke my arm after a successful raid. I didn’t kill the CO fast enough… clean enough. I think his shouting is becoming a liability. I think he’s becoming a liability.” -Izam Cheard, Dated 2E 2976 (possible fabrication)

The supposed death of Izam’s mother and the destruction of nearly half the boglands marked the beginning of a pseudo-truce. The Imperial/Kaa’oran campaign against the Cheards appears to have sputtered out. The Cheards themselves, Izam and his father, went ‘underground’, opting to lie dormant against any potential return of hostilities. Yet apart from the sparse attack or sighting of Izam, records indicate no events of major significance. The year 2E 2980 saw a gradual withdrawal of specialist military units from the Fen area and their redeployment to other ‘hotzones’. The uneasy, unsettling ‘peace’ that once existed between the Cheards and the Imperials/Kaa’orans resurfaced. And according to most logs, the ‘inter-regnum’ demarcating the final years of the Second Era from the Third passed in relative quiet.

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