Ralian

(J-L, 23-24)
Ralian, the great "Lake-lands" of southeastern Endor stretch east and south from the rolling highlands between
the Orocarni and the Orosúli. A variety of reddish-brown-skinned, Ralek-speaking peoples occupy this rich, hilly
region. The great river Loralian rises in its northern highlands.
Cabe is the oldest and wealthiest of Ralian's five tribal realms. It is bounded by the Loralian in the west and the
river Kankanan in the east and south. It extends as far north as the upper shores of Clocaban, a lake on the river
known as Locaban. Cabe shares its name with its chief city, which is in turn named for the Tife Cabian people.
Able and sophisticated farmers, they raise wheat, rye, greens, and tubors. Fish comprise the bulk of their meat
intake.
The city of Cabe is situated on a grassy hill in the southwestern part of the Tife Cabian claim. Walled with five
beautifully-carved palisades built out of laquered ironwood, it is a compact and imposing settlement. Its
corduroy streets and multi-leveled bridges connect a broad array of large wooden structures, many of which have
survived over two millenia.
Kankanan, the tribal center of the Tife Kankanian folk, lies only forty-miles southwest of Cabe. Situated on the
river Kankanan and connected to the Loralian by a broad canal, it is a major river port. It is center of trade and
commercial fishing.
Ralian's other three tribes include the Tife Lenian, the Rale Cuvian, and the Rale Bursian. Tife Lenian lands lie
in the far south, below the Clolene, and adjoin Horl lands. Rale Cuivian territory stretches north and east from
Clocaban, as far as the shores of the Romenëar. It is the largest of Ralian's five realms. The next largest, the Rale
Bursian claim, is in the north and northwest.
Known as the Land of Swirling Waters, birthplace of Ringlin Sindacollo, Ralian often acted as a buffer between
invading nomads from the north and the settled lands of the Lochan Empire. Ralian disappears after the 20 th-
century TA.
Timeline of Ralian

Ages of Star

The Kwindi, A Tatyarin Avari tribe that comes from Cuivenien wonders in the lands of Ralian, and establishes
near the lakes some lovely settlements. They will later relocate themselves in the coastal forests of Ralian,
avoiding too much contacts with the human tribes.

First Age

Around 200 – The first Hildor arrive in the region. A people related to the Dilikhran (or perhaps the Dilikhran
themselves, who later settled in Dhaht- the Rale Cuvian). This great migration last for seventy years. The Hildor
are composed of seven distinct tribes, and are all under the leadership of a matriarch. They make peaceful
contacts with the Elves. Unlike their Dilikhran cousins, they quite soon lose their nomadic customs, through the
strong influence of the Elves.

Second Age

252 The city of Ejhadhal is built along the coasts, near the shores of river Loralian.

Around SA 350 Two of the most ancient tribes of Ralian, the Cabe and the Ruartar (also called Tife Kankanian)
establish themselves in the great lake lands of southeastern Endor.

358 The city of Cabe is built.

455-470 The war of the five people, involving the peaceful Rale Cuvian, the Cabe and the Ruartar, and lastly
three other tribes, groupes in the confederation of the two remaining people (Tife Lenian and the Rale Bursian).
The war concludes with a new repartition of the Ralian lands.

650 The first Lynerian merchants arrive in Ralian, and are the first to initiate a trade road linking the Lynerian
League to Aegan and Karn Ord.

700 – Drurin’s tribe establish the Kingdom of Ruurik (ICE)

714 – Balin’s Tribe arrives in Ruurik (ICE)

After 720 to 750 – Several local conflicts and raids erupts between the Dwarves of Ruuriik and the
Ruartar.

1143 – Muar has subjugated the Fale (Hsuang-tu) tribes of Ralian, and in the following year the Demon King
made war on the Horl and the Dwarves of Ruuriik.

1147 – Muar’s horde conquered Horl and Fenfenen, but they were unable to force their way through the
mountains into Ruuriik.

1690-1745 Life of Ringlin Sindocollo of Ralian.

1735 Ringlin and Khamûl (called the spirit of death, Manu) meet in Ralian.

2745 The Ralian tribes unite themselves, and are able to annihilate all the Muar allies that came from the distant
lands of Jendiar and Buskadekdar, and for the first time of their history, the five tribes constitute a realm, whose
capitals are Ejhadhal and Cabe.

Third Age

Sometimes during Third Age – The Ibaavi expands east, and conquers all the lands of Ralian, destroys the city
of Ejhadhal. The Ralian people is under Ibav domination for more than 100 years.

1975-2012 Pilgrimage of Xuan Zang (AMonkey@), initiated when Saruman mentions Ralian=s scrolls.