Split End

The tower city of Split End is split across Gulong River and Chemmic River in the southern third of G'huis. It serves as both the capitol and religious center of the huis'nan. The city is divided into three major sections, each one of them along the banks of one of the rivers. The rathari are a winged race so there are only two bridges across the Chemmic and a single bridge over the Gulong Rivers.

Unlike the buildings of other cities, Split End is a city of larger minarets and towers. The rathari are extremely good fliers and so cluster of towers provide not just for mutual defense, but channel the wind the blows across the grassland. Most of the towers have chimes, bells, or huge flutes that catch the wind. This music is unique to the city. The help those others who visit them smaller houses are provided with ground floor doors.

• Name: Split End
• Location: G'huis

  • Founded: huis'nan 950 AE
• Holder: Hu Council
• Land Area: 550 km² (136,000 acres)

  • Woods: 85 km² (21,000 acres)
  • Cleared: 380 km² (94,000 acres)

    • Cultivated: 150 km² (37,000 acres)
• Population: 8,500

  • Ethnicity:

    • Rathari: 85% (7,225)
    • Goblin: 10% (850)
    • Human: 3% (225)
    • Dwarf: 1% (85)
    • Other: 1% (85)
• Military:

  • 1,000 Regulars (1 Flight)

Split End is the best approximate name used by the Sunna to describe the city. Among the rathari the name of the city is much longer with a proud history before it.

The city began as a series of defensive towers built along the northern bank of the Chemmic River. The Children of the Sun were attacking and had steadily pushed the huis'man back. The war was fought by a triumvirate of war leaders. Each would one day become legends among the huis'nan, but during this war they were losing. In a desperate gambit they split their forces into three. The first would slow down the Sunna advance no matter the cost. The second would retreat to the Chemmic river and prepare defensive works. The last was sent north to rally the remaining families to the defense.

By the time the first army finally reached site of the river they were reduced to less than a third of their starting number, none of them uninjured. They had inflicted losses on their enemies, but were ready to break. What saved the first few days was that the second group made contact with a dwarven mining company. The dwarves agreed to help construct a series of short towers, but only if they could return and be contracted to build them properly. Using these towers the second army was ready.

As the first army crossed the river the Sunna unleashed their magic upon them. The river boiled into gouts of steam that withered wings and burned skin. Less than a twentieth of the first army reached the safety of the north bank. The towers were constructed hastily, but they provided an advantage to the huis'nan. Their bases of crumbled lead ore the magic of the Sunna failed to tear them down. The Sunna tried several times to cross the river, but the huis'nan could shift quickly when they saw an attempt.

By the eighth day the Sunna had crossed the river in numbers on the eastern bank of the Gulong and tore down the towers. This left the huis'nan pinned if they wished to stay in the towers. As the sunna tried to cross both rivers on the tenth day the scouts of the third army reached the battle. The rathari families had responded in numbers. The ranks of the army swelled to over its original size. Most of the soldiers were untrained, but fresh for the battle.

The Sunna still pressed forward and the huis'nan took terrible losses, but three days later the last surprise landed. Another huis'nan army flew in from the west. They brought with them as many wind-speakers as they could find. Behind them can a terrible storm. Winds slammed into the earth as lightning crashed among the Sunna warriors. They Sunna tried to bring their fire magic, but heavy rains hampered them. The river eventually flooded washing away their enemies.

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