Tal’Tinio Wall – Ancient tongue means Man’s Blood Wall. This is an ancient, guarded legend amongst the river-folk. When the original River Lords settled these lands, they make a solemn pact of mutual alliance, and to never forget their Eastern Lands where their ancestors lied buried under shadow. When they finally conquered the entire river lands, a massive scar in the earth was sealed – blessed by the druids, who wove the earth back together around a wall built by men. On this wall was the names of the original founding lines and their families. They pledged to defend these new lands against the Orrish which had come from The Deeping through this scar into the lands of light. The wall would hold as long as the blood stayed true.
This ancient pledge has been forgot. In their bitterness, the ancient river folk have broken their vows of alliance with each other, and the wall has cracked. A Darkling named Vrut has discovered a new patheya into the lands of light and is massing hundreds of orrish and piglem to smash the ‘Dan of Pelmon in the hopes of
wiping out the Riverdan family and forever breaking the seal on the wall.
Even if he does, he will be destroying the wrong family.
The text ramble a lot, supposedly written by a dying bard. They end in a scrawl which begs the reader to seek amongst the blood lines for the portal.
Its actually ‘poor tal’ – poor blood; the poorest of the ancient blood lines was the Pelmon family – however, their blood was literally taken by the druids the seal the pact and nourish the tree which sealed the wound in the earth – the entrance to The Deeping. Their blood is needed again – Scene – defending the beastwood; see the blood spilled soaked up by the tree at the heart and tree grows stronger.