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Kulgan looked at Pug for a moment, with a gaze that made him uncomfortable again, then smiled,
breaking the tension. As he put the book back, he said, тАЬIt is a history of this land, boy. It was given as a
gift by the abbot of an Ishapian monastery. It is a translation of a Keshian text, over a hundred years
old.тАЭ



Pug nodded and said, тАЬIt all sounded very strange. What does it tell of?тАЭ



Kulgan once more looked at Pug as if trying to see something inside of the boy, then said, тАЬA long
time ago, Pug, all these lands, from the Endless Sea across the Grey Tower Mountains to the Bitter Sea,
were part of the Empire of Great Kesh. Far to the east existed a small kingdom, on one small island
called Rillanon. It grew to engulf its neighboring island kingdoms, and it became the Kingdom of the Isles.
Later it expanded again to the mainland, and while it is still the Kingdom of Isles, most of us simply call it
'the Kingdom.' We, who live in Crydee, are part of the Kingdom, though we live as far from the capital
city of Rillanon as one can and still be within its boundaries.



тАЬOnce, many long years ago, the Empire of Great Kesh abandoned these lands, for it was engaged in
a long and bloody conflict with its neighbors to the south, the Keshian Confederacy.тАЭ



Pug was caught up in the grandeur of lost empires, but hungry enough to notice Meecham was putting
several small loaves of dark bread in hearth oven. He turned his attention back to the magician. тАЬWho
were the Keshian Con. . . ?тАЭ
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тАЬThe Keshian Confederacy,тАЭ Kulgan finished for the boy. тАЬIt is a group of small nations who had
existed as tributaries to Great Kesh for centuries. A dozen years before that book was written, they
united against their oppressor. Each alone was insufficient to contest with Great Kesh, but united they
proved its match. Too close a match, for the war dragged on year after year. The Empire was forced to
strip its northern provinces of their legions and send them south, leaving the north open to the advances of
the new, younger Kingdom.



тАЬIt was Duke Borric's grandfather, youngest son of the King, who brought the army westward,
extending the Western Realm. Since then all of what was once the old imperial province of Bosania,
except for the Free Cities of Natal, has been called the Duchy of Crydee.тАЭ