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====== The Stone Wall of Herabalter ======
=== Author: ===
Surentai of [[:Morin Khur]]
=== Estimated Publishing Date: ===
~15 [[:Timeline#Ante Decollator, A:eD & Anno Decollator, A:oD / AD|AD]]
=== Location: ===
[[:Morin Khur]] north broker building, bookshelf on the north side.
=== Player Discovery Credit: ===
Mortalitas

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This book has been approved by the [[:Tindremene|Tindremic]] Literary Council of [[:Morin Khur]].

For as long as [[:Khurite|our people]] have spoken of [[:Herabalter]], the wall built by the [[:Risar]] bordering the ashen land was a wooden palisade. It was a great wall made of logs, with wooden spikes at its base where the dead bodies of those slain by the //Risar// could be found.

Over the last century it has become a stone wall. This seems to have happened after [[:The Irruption|the swarm of the terrible insects that dug through the earth and flew through the skies]]. Before then, any who neared this palisade would meet their death at the hands of the //Risar//.

It was reported some decades ago that there was a strange development in this place between [[:Myrland]] and //Herabalter:// A stone wall was being created.

At first it was assumed this wall would be cobblestone, an extension of the rocks that surrounded the base of the wooden palisade. Over time, however, the rumors of this wall became more clear. It was an impressive structure made of great stone blocks and stone spikes that stretched towards the sky like the fangs of a serpent.

The //Risar// had developed the practice of building towers while none were watching. This was, and is, a great concern.

Too many think them to be simple, aggressive creatures incapable of intelligent thought and advanced planning. They are seen as bloodthirsty monsters who only wish to hunt, kill, ravage, and cause torment. A species of raiders and bandits, and little more.

This is a false belief.

We would do well to remember that the //Risar// are capable of speech. They have cultural practices, some not entirely like those of //Humans//. Their women will abandon their [[:Thursar]] children in our villages and [[:Khurite#Life in a Myrland Khurite Tribe|khurens]] while we are fast asleep, knowing they will have a better life among us than the hard life of the //Risar//.

It would be wise of us to consider the possibility that more is happening beyond the wall than we have historically witnessed from the //Risar//.

They may have built cities out of the land where volcanic pools bubble and ashes partially block the sun, turning the atmosphere a dreary shade of green.

They may have //Risar// kings and //Risar// queens who command the other //Risar//, instructing them to fortify the the wall to //Myrland// and punish those who do not fall in line.

Some would say that I am foolish and that it is only a wall and nothing more. I ask any who contain any doubt within themselves to look upon the sketches made of the structure. It is the work of sophisticated minds and it is built with undisclosed but clear intention and purpose.

We must keep a close eye on our neighbors.

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