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-In the months leading up to Halitus of 651 AD, Lionas, the Prophet of the
+The modern history of the Redwood Provinces began when Lyria and a band of refugees fled a Stavenn-
-previously-magickal council of Khandava laid the seeds for what was to become a
+occupied Kinsarmar to the natural shelter of the forest. Bound together by the menace of Imperial
-new council. Approached by the Dryad of the corrupted Al'Drym, he met with
+oppression and the mutable light of Moradeim, the refugees found themselves transfigured into the
-Roudimus, a flame-seared treant, who gave him the ability to twist the ground of
+first lycaeans who grew close to the uncanny magickal presence within their wood. The combined
-the forest. The ground now fertile with demonic taint, the seeds that would grow
+populations of the newly-risen lycaeans and the native sylayans lived largely in harmony for
-to be the mighty leechtree were sewn. Months passed, and the saplings gave way
+centuries within the Khandava, producing citizens who wielded a great affinity for mediation and
-to mighty roots as the tree rose above Khandava. It was then that Lionas and his
+political endeavors. The protection of Nature was an important duty, along with a close vigil over
-lieutenant, Ahkan, planted the final seeds - within the guildhalls of the
+those who would take advantage of its bounty.
-Arboreals and Earthsingers. These gave the tree the final strength it required
-to fully corrupt the council, giving way to a new age of Khandavan sovereignty.
+Over half a millennium passed before Khandava found its true path. The Prophet of the time, Lionas
-On the 9th day of Halitus, in the summer of 651 AD, the new Khandava was born.
+Sol'Anlumaire, was approached by a dryad of the mist-shrouded Al'Drym. She encouraged him to meet
+with Roudimus, the flame-seared treant, promising that the old sage would see the council to
+greatness. After much counsel and consideration, the Prophet and his most trusted cohorts met with
+the treant in secret. Roudimus bestowed upon those gathered the ability to twist the very ground of
+the forest, allowing it to become fertile with demonic energies. The seeds that would grow to be the
+mighty Leechtree were sown in those clandestine moments.
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+Months passed in speculation and confusion before the saplings finally erupted from the soil,
+surging forth and twisting into mighty roots that would birth a leechwood which stretched far above
+the Khandava canopy. It was then that the final seeds were planted within the guildhalls of the
+Arboreals and Earthsingers. These seeds blossomed into writhing labyrinths of roots which consumed
+all before them, destroying the guilds and those who resided within, bringing with them the close of
+an era. The new growth imbued the demonic leechwood with the strength it required to fully convert
+the council. The magick of the forest was drained from the land itself by the ravenous roots, filled
+instead with something ancient and unknown, beginning a new age of Khandavan sovereignty. On the 9th
+day of Halitus, in the summer of 651 AD, a new Khandava was born from blood and desecrated loam.
+It is upon that day that the first Defiler's thirst for desecration sprang forth, for it was the
+roots of the leechwood that pierced the barriers between this world and the Pit, prying open the
+cages of fiends trapped there. A Defiler's ability to torment their foes is born of these same
+entities, coupled with the burning ire granted by their connection with Sukhder, the Moon of Terror.
+The Deadwood now stands in testament to those who wrought it, eagerly practicing arts once shunned
+to preserve and protect their beloved Leechtree.
 The ranks for Khandava are: