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The roads throughout much of Taldàna are kept in good repair.  The roads that pass through farmlands and marsh are often built higher, sometimes crossed with logs in corduroy fashion.  The closer one travels to the cities of the regions, the more commonly one finds cobblestone and Dekàlan slab roads.

• Alúrin.  The Cradle.  The western coast of the Nyr Alurin has been inhabited by Uren for millennia.  The area is the most densely populated region of the province and home to the capital city Taldàna.  Areas:  Kardàyn Forest, Kezylen, Kirdèwyn, Naddal, Tashal
• Canàmaréth.  (lit. "beautiful fields") The rolling green countryside surrounding the City of Evermith has long been a favored locale for the Taládan patriciate.
• Elárwith.  ...  Areas:  Armardin, Pëwar
• Ezirye.  ...  Areas:  Comlan, Osylmith
• Gorgynath.  ...  Areas:  Gelziroth, Palmith, Telthe'er, Valèrdin
• Horn of Caldàeth.  ...  Areas:  Caldàeth, Harmor
• Norynath.  ...
• Shalvàsal Coast.  ...  Areas:  Laitharan, Ongam, Tor'n Muran
• Sulirye.  ...
• Tharydin.  ...  Areas:  Barárde, Ezirren
• Westwall.  ...  Areas:  Elzirith, Kaledir, Soráldor

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• Taldàna.  (metropolis) ...  Areas:  ...
• Comlan.  (small city)
• Evermith.  (small city) ...  Areas:  ...
• Shalvàsal.  (large city) The southern-most city of Taldàna, Shalvàsal is perhaps the least influenced by the wishes of the Albumor. The city is a popular port for those rounding the Horn of Caldàeth.  Shalvàsal is the second most prosperous city in Taldàna, second only to the capital itself.  One of the earliest port cities to open trade following the Last War, the city has grown considerably in the last six hundred years.  Ships from as far as Azálari anchor in its harbor to resupply with goods from the bountiful Alùrin and to partake of Amra's pleasures.  This last reason has given Shalvàsal a poor reputation within Taldàna.  Amrans view prostitution as an opportunity for the wayward to learn of the Lady's mysteries, rather than a chance to make a few Auram.  Areas:  ...
• Wymêr.  Wyme'er.  (small city) ...  Areas:  ...

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• Sugorom.  Travelers around the Taládan countryside often remark at the strange stone carvings found on roadsides and rising from the centers of field hilltops. In the waning years of the Nurumwar Gurm (ancient Dwürden people) primitive Uren came to this area and established themselves around Nyr Alúrin (present day Taldana). Considered godless by early Dekàlans, the people of this area called themselves the Iksaris (or "spirit people"). In truth the Iksaris did follow a small pantheon of gods (Luch "sky", Borm "earth", Shus/Shoos "wind", Murum "sea", Tegka "fire") which in turn were the rulers of kingdoms of spirits associated with each power. Not much is known about the Iksaris except for these five "major spirits". It is known that in times passed, all of the spirits represented by carvings throughout the countryside had names, but most of those names are gone (or changed). A particularly large carving outside of Taldana is dubbed "Sugorom" and is believed to have been an earth spirit. The circular runes of the Iksaris are still visible at the wide-eyed statue's base. The statue appears to be an anthropomorphic frog with characteristic wide eyes and unsettling smile. Earth spirit statues are found in low areas (Sugorom is at a low crossroads, and has been for millennia). Sky spirit statues are found on hill tops (and are often feline). Wind spirit statues are found on cliffs, in ravines, and where forest edges once stood, basically anywhere the wind regularly makes noise. Sea spirit statues appear at the sources of streams, at bridges, and along the coasts. Coastal statues are the largest of the five. Fire spirit statues are not common. Few have survived. It seems small fire spirit statues were placed near hearths.

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• Iksaris.  Spirit-people.  An early people of the Alúrin region.

Pre-Dekàlan.  Prior to the Dekàlan settling of the Alúrin, the Iksaris people inhabited this region.  A tribal Uren people that are themselves believed to have entered the land in the waning years of the Dwürden Nurumwar Gurm, the Iksaris established many villages along the coast of the Nyr Alurin that exist today as Taládan towns and cities.

Considered godless by early Dekàlans, the Iksaris (or "spirit people") followed a small pantheon of nature gods (i.e. Luch "sky", Borm "earth", Shus/Shoos "wind", Murum "sea", Tegka "fire") which in turn were the rulers of kingdoms of spirits associated with each power.  Not much is known about the Iksaris except for these five "major spirits".  They did not appear to leave a written language.  It is known that in times passed, all of the spirits represented by carvings throughout the countryside had names, but most of those names are changed or lost.

Dekàlan.  The Ezmiri-Ortori War (964-966 HK) followed closely on the footsteps of the failed Numurwar Gurm War due to the fall of Krysurgörnn.  Without the protection of the Dwürden kingdom at their back, the Taládan-Ezmìri countryside was open to Ortori invasion.  The Tamar Ort wizard chieftain Varak realized the importance of the opening and immediately seized the opportunity to control the fertile lands on the southern border of his new realm.  This action however resulted in one of Varak's Uren advisors to flee to Oth and report on Lady Sadirah's alliance with the Ortor, eventually bringing down the Kaltharan noble.

In the meantime, Varak's forces swept south from Krysurgörnn, seizing Kelamir and the port city of Eromir in two quick and decisive battles.  Varak established a borderland east of Boronon, setting fire to villages along this line.  The fires forced the villagers to flee west creating a "no-man's land" that his Ortori troops could easily control.  Varak's experience in warfare was to this point limited to mountain fighting against small to moderately sized Dwürden formations.  He and his troops were not prepared for the retaliation to come.  In the fall of 966 HK, Dekàlan troops from Kandal, Oth and Taldàna arrived in Ezmir on two fronts.  The first formations marched along the northern countryside, hoping to cut-off the Ortor at Krysurgörnn.  The second front was a naval strike landing near the port city of Eromir, a battle that would become the bloodiest of the war.  The Dekàlan army stormed across the Ezmiri countryside, setting flame to Ortori encampments and liberating Uren slave corrals.  At Kelamir, the army faced the largest Ortori force ever seen to that time in Eastern Teréthor.  The Battle of Kelamir lasted for eight days and seven nights until a Dekàlan flank was able to reach and take ancient Krysurgörnn.  Cut-off from the mountains, the Ortori troops regrouped at embattled Eromir where Dekàlan warships were pounding the city.  The exhausted Dekàlan army swept south from Kelamir to crush the Ortori army but instead found themselves outmatched "man-to-man" by the desperate and physically superior Ortor.  Instead of pressing of the Ortor, the Dekàlan army waited for the warships to destroy the city from the sea.  The loses from bombardment and fire were great among both Ortor and Uren inhabitants.  This strategy combined with the fact that the Empire had allowed them to suffer under two years of Ortori occupation solidified Ezmiri hatred for their Dekàlan rulers. 

When little remained of the City of Eromir, the Dekàlan army moved in once more and slaughtered all Ortori that were not able to escape into the eastern mountains.  The great losses suffered by Varak in the Ezmiri campaign were not easily overcome and the cheiftain never launched a full-scale war against Dekàlan lands again.  Varak's successor however, had his own plans (rf. Second Ezmiri-Ortori War).

Post-Dekàlan.  ...