Purest of All
"Purest of All?"
The people of the city of Bavu Pudi considered themselves to be the purest of, not just the Daruites, but of all the Lukdunnites too. However, Tùpisí, often noted as the father of History, challenges this account, well at the same time explaining the reason why the women of Bavu Pudi do not eat with their fathers, husbands, or sons.
He tells us that when the Lukdunnites of the tribe of Daru first settled the foothills of the Gèxu mountains along the Golden Eye river and its tributaries and had built the shad of Bavu Pudi the inhabitants were only men. No women had accompanied them along the treacherous voyage across the Tvak'ul (inner ocean) from Ardun. Because of this, after the shad and their homes had been built, the men took back to the sea. Heading for the islands that made up the Atlas Islands.
Once there, they attacked several small villages, killing the men and burning the villages. Only the women survived these raids, but were, themselves, taken back to Bavu Pudi where they were forced to remarry. Never forgetting this grave offense, pun intended, their husbands committed, they took a sacred vow never too allow their husbands to enjoy their company during meals. They, too, taught their daughters to take and observe the same vow, and, in turn they passed on the vow to their own daughters, and so on.
In this tale, Tùpisí, tells us that the people of Bavi Pudi were not so pure, and certainly not purer than Lukdunnites since, if true, they are only half Lukdunnite. The other half being Atlaean, though they are also of Ardun origin.
Historical Basis:
This story is sourced from Tùpisí's Chronical, which recounts the first and second Centurii-Lydaean wars. However, its focus tends to wander and is wide ranging in scope, with only about half the material covering the wars themselves.
He is thought to have traveled extensively throughout eastern Gaea collecting information from first hand experience. He is even believed to have spent time in both Lydaea to the north and traveled to the lands of the Nesilii in the southeast. However, he also relies on word of mouth from other travelers and merchants tale.
He is most likely to have been a resident of the southern Lukdun shad of Pallene. Located along the 'Spice Road' that connected Lydaea, Valencaea, Lukdun, and Nesil, around the Southern Heavens (name will change, they're mountains, really high young mountains), to the tropical subcontinent and, add the time, still mysterious lands of the dark as night skinned, green haired, green eyed, Frisians. The source of many spices, exotic goods, and even more exotic tales. Many including towering man-eating gorillas and one eyed, also man eating, orangutans. This location worked as a home base and key node in the exchange of people, ideas, and news, as well as trade goods, in the larger region of eastern Gaea.
Date of First Recording:
430 B.C.E.
Date of Setting:
Some where between 1550 B.C.E. and 1300 B.C.E.
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