The First Humans and the Elder Folk
The first Jarin immigrants from Lythia came to the Ulmerien Valley around 1200 BT and lived peacefully with the Sindarin and Khuzdul. Around 900 BT, warlike Lythian tribes began to raid Harn. In the Atani Wars that followed, much of southeastern Harn fell to the invaders. The Elder Races and Jarin fought stubbornly, but by around 700 BT, many Jarin tribes south of the Ulmerien River had been forced to resettle to its north. The mining operations of the Khuzdul in the upper reaches of the valley were abandoned. The stone bridge that spanned the river at present Onden was destroyed an attempt to forestall the invaders.
In 683 BT, Lythians crossed the Ulmerien and were met by an army of Sindarin, Khuzdul, and Jarin on a high grassy plain about ten leagues north of present-day Burzyn. THis conflict, known as the Battle of Sorrows, ended the Atani Wars with a Lythian defeat, but at a tragic cost in life. With the loss of their king, Daelda, the Sindarin abdicated their rule of Harn and withdrew to the SHava Forest, effectively abandoning their allies. The Khuzdul gradually retreated northward with some Jarin clans, sealing or destroying their works as they went.
Within a few generations, new waves of Lythians conquered the Ulmerien Valley and assimilated the Jarin who remained. By the 4th century BT, the people of the valley were mainly Lythian but with significant Jarin blood. Minor kingdoms rose and fell over the next seven centuries, but the area was generally peaceful.
In 683 BT, Lythians crossed the Ulmerien and were met by an army of Sindarin, Khuzdul, and Jarin on a high grassy plain about ten leagues north of present-day Burzyn. THis conflict, known as the Battle of Sorrows, ended the Atani Wars with a Lythian defeat, but at a tragic cost in life. With the loss of their king, Daelda, the Sindarin abdicated their rule of Harn and withdrew to the SHava Forest, effectively abandoning their allies. The Khuzdul gradually retreated northward with some Jarin clans, sealing or destroying their works as they went.
Within a few generations, new waves of Lythians conquered the Ulmerien Valley and assimilated the Jarin who remained. By the 4th century BT, the people of the valley were mainly Lythian but with significant Jarin blood. Minor kingdoms rose and fell over the next seven centuries, but the area was generally peaceful.
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