YGWV Quoting Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>:
> While the plight of the Hagolings was not unusual, it's a big leap
> to suggest that all the survivors of the Great Darkness outside
> the core areas were similarly wretched.
Not everyone was as wretched as the Hagolings, but most were.
> Take for the example, the Lendarshi in what is now Northwestern
> Peloria. At the dawn, they had three settlements, five herds, a
For anyone wondering what the heck he?s talking about, see Entekodsiad
page 88.
The Lendarshi are the root of the Pelandan peoples. They are
equivalent of (or another branch of) the horse barbarians who oversaw
Dara Happa in the Gray/Silver Age.
> tribe of hunters and a tribe of slavers. Their wealth is vast compared
> to the Hagolings yet they are barely noticeable in the history of
> the period.
Yes, they are comparatively better off than the Hagolings. And we could name the Jeanarongites, who ruled over the remnants of Dara Happa, as well. The Sylilings were better off too.
But all of these holdings are pitiful, numbering a few hundred people at best. The Lendarshi lord over these outposts of survival as tyrants. (It is not without meaning that the Dara Happans later called these overlords ?demons.?) They do not have the unity or cohesion of the Dragon Pass peoples.
The fact is that the Great Darkness was a horrifying, devastating era that left the humans, elves, dwarves and other non-uz races in a pitiful, wretched state. Surviving outposts were numbered in the hundreds,. at best.
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