Re: Chapter Zero: In Between Times
Doorin finishes his drink, "Most have forgotten about it, and them to be honest. Long ago, war broke out between the Hinterland and Empire of Shifting Sands. There was a race that lived along the coast of the Hinterlands that had long before been driven from the Empire, the Arayans, they were accepted but not trusted entirely. When war broke out, many believed their loyalty might fall back with the Empire, but they were the greatest seamen on the coast, so valuable. The tales vary, but all agree that a great symbol of the power of the Hinterlands was stolen, a diamond scepter, and ferreted away. It is claimed the Arayans stole it sailed across the channel hoping to win acceptance back into the Empire, but a great storm sunk the ship that carried the scepter. Untrusted by both kingdoms, the Arayans fled on ships into the Trackless Sea, and have existed there ever since. The King of the Hinterlands made it illegal for any Arayan to set foot in the Hinterlands until such time as they returned the scepter".