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 ==== Dafin River ====
-The river connecting the cities of [[Southbay]] and [[Roundtree]]
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-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.
+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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