The Exodus from ancient lands

Population Migration / Travel

Flight of two brothers and their kin from ancient homeland across the Misty Sea from the coming darkness.

Then they turned to the gray and unsettled waters of the Misty Sea. Younger brother ordered to raise the ships sails, and all who was able helped to load them with all the food and water they had. 50 ships with 10 000 people embarked on a journey to the west, leaving their dying land behind them.   The journey was periolus, for the seas of Pennmir were dangerous then. Near the land, where you could see the shore was safe enough, but deep waters were home of monsters. Unpredictable streams, sudden surges and walls of water could swallow ships and leave no trace in minutes.   But ancient Aerdan shipwrights and sailors possessed the knowledge to cross deep waters. The legends say their ships were protected by powerful Craft, to ward away sea beasts and carry ships on top of the great waves, safely across Misty Sea, Maer Dewó as they called it.   There are many tales describing how two brothers crossed the Misty Sea. For many months they sailed, in the gray darkness, without the sun to show them the way. No birds were seen in the sky and no fish in the water. Even the great beasts of deep sea have not shown themselves.   They landed on couple of islands, but they were almost barren and hardly they found enough water to replenish their reserves. A furious storms battled them, and a few ships were lost, but they managed to save every and each of their people. Finally, when they were almost left without food or water, a single ray of sun came out of the sky, and they saw distant shores towards the west, covered in lush forests.