Men
As the gods looked from the heavens and saw their creation, their was still no unity. For the Elves of the east and the Dwarves of the west still resented each other, even after the Great War of the Dahniirziin brought them together once more. The gods, in their last efforts, would create a peoples who would bring the world together once more, with the help of Yahnírran, the Great Creator. In the beginning years of the Third Era, in the central lands of Ódranidir, Yahnirran would create his mortal children, the first men. They were unlike Elves or Dwarves. They were short lived, but accomplished much in their lifetimes. He commanded them to spread out across the land and learn from the other peoples. And so they did, and over the next thousand years, they would live amongst the other peoples of the world, learn their languages, cultures, and so on. So men formed tribes and created their own cultures and languages. These people were many in number, and would be for many years.
After a thousand years had past, Yahnírran told his mortal children to return to the central lands and form their own kingdom and form their own traditions and languages. Over these next five-hundred years, the people would build their own kingdom. Unfortunately, many tribes were lost after either integrating with this new society, or were ran off or killed in disputes over territory. In the second-hundredth year, the people would establish their own language, known as the Common Tongue. It took much influence from Dwarvish, and was more harsh, but would change much over the next fourteen-hundred years or so, mixing with some influences from Elvish and Ancient Tongue. It's alphabet began as runes, but would later adapt a revised version of the Halfling alphabet.
Around the three-hundred-and-fiftieth year of building this new kingdom, a prophet appeared, and began spreading false words of Yahnírran, and was followed by many. They left to establish a kingdom in the desert. This prophet was called Kgonraia in their new tongue, and he would establish the new religion of his people. This kingdom would take three-hundred-and-eighty years to establish, and would be called Ēdahwahle in their tongue, or Eisendor to other peoples.
Around the five-hundredth year of building their new kingdom, the men of the central land had finished. They called their land Anúrendor, meaning "Kindom of Man" in Elvish. Their first king was Raedwald I, and he would rule just and wisely for forty-eight years, until his death at the age of eighty-five. His successor to the throne would be his son, Hererinc I.
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