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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 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.
  
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