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-==== Resh ====
+===== Resh =====
-Resh is an eery ghost land.  When the [[Godslayer]] asserted his presence
+=== Common Knowledge ===
-into this land in 1104, the entire population was slain.  Worse still, almost
-every aspect of the eco-system died with them.  Animals were slain by the
-psychic assault as well as the humans, and the plants, while unaffected
-initially, soon withered and died.  After the portal was dispersed in 1105, the
-[[storm cloud]] from [[Lowland]] drifted to what was once the capital city and
-it is believed that many demons and undead have taken refuge under its evil
-shadow.  The rest of the country has recovered partially in the three years, but
-no one lives there, nor does anybody want to.
-Resh was once a thriving, self-sufficient society that
+Before the wars, Resh was a highly isolated kingdom ruled by a theocracy that worshipped
-worshipped the [[Babylonian]] gods who were slain by the [[Godslayer]].
+the [[Babylonian]] gods.  They considered outsiders to be dangerous and eschewed contact
+as much as possible.  Combined with the marshlands west of [[Backbone]], this kept the
+nation relatively safe.
+When [[Backbone]] fell to the Orc armies in 1098, hundreds of thousands of people were
+displaced.  While most took ships to The King's Island and beyond, many could not afford
+this travel and so fled to Resh on foot.  A combination of the great marshland (where
+Lizardfolk live) and Resh's isolationism whittled those refugees down to a bare minimum.
+But even that small number was enough to nudge the nation to adopt a more friendly
+attitude toward outsiders.
+Then, in 1104, [[neville|a mysterious hero]] arrived who defeated a group of evil cultists
+who were intent on summoning the Godslayer to appear in the flesh.  This evil group had
+operated in secret without the citizens of Resh even being aware of their presence.
+While the hero died in the fight, he disrupted the cult enough that the Resh populace
+was able to stamp them out for good.  A statue was erected in honor of this mysterious
+hero.  And since his name was unknown, they simply named him "Fighter".
+After the chaos of the cult, it was revealed that the ruling theocracy had lost its
+powers.  They were replaced by a warlord named Helmer -- who eventually installed a new
+form of government and helped open the society to the outside world.
+=== Expert Knowledge ===
+The theocracy lost its powers because the [[Godslayer]] killed the entire [[Babylonian]] pantheon.
+=== Hidden Knowledge ===
+The hero who saved the city was a little-known adventurer named [[Neville]] who was granted
+the ability to travel through time by [[Parádoxa]], the Lord of Time.  His exploits resulted
+in a significant alteration of the time stream -- saving the nation not only from the cultists
+but also from total destruction.