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==== Dafin River ====

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The river connecting the cities of [[Southbay]] and [[Roundtree]] in [[Southern
Rota]].  Upriver from [[Roundtree]], the river borders the [[Omina Forest]],
where numerous "wild" elves live.  From here on up to the [[flandjil|Gnome
hills]], the river is known as "The Isiat", an ancient elven word of unknown
meaning.

As recently as the 8th century (400 years ago), the Dafin River valley was
populated almost entirely by elves from [[Omina Forest]], with humans limited to
a trading town at the mouth of the river (later to become [[Southbay]]).  The
valley served as a buffer between the large human population in the north and
the "smaller" races to the south (mostly Halfling and Gnome), which the elves
protected.

By the start of the 9th century, though, the kingdom of [[Rota]] was prospering
and the human population was growing at such a rate that expansion was
necessary. Combined with a resurging Goblin and Kobold population, the elves
decided that the humans could "take their turn" protecting Dafin, so they
retreated into [[omina_forest|their forest]] -- effectively ceding control of
the valley to the kingdom of [[Rota]].

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