Arklú-shên

In the earliest days of Ruuriik, when the skies were grey and the waters steel-black, there came an emissary. This counsel was a man whose stature and manner pleased all who encountered him, and even the wary lords of Ahule lent him strong ears. His name was Anasa Wem. Anasa Wem was of a people called then Arklu-shen. He brought word that his kind were beginning a long migration from their sacred home among the lakelands of the Far North. He requested aid and understanding from Malin and asked that the Dwarves allow his fold to settle among the vales of the Ubaya Orocarni. This request was put before the Council of the Mirror in the Temple of Aule and was honored by the whole of the North-king's kind. Anasa Wem laid down before the Council his sword, one which shone in hues of silver and blue, and stated that his people would never strike bargains with the foes of Dwarven ways, nor would they war upon the Dwarves or their friends. He then gave Druin the blade and bid him farewell. The Arklu-shen settled as they had promised and founded a vibrant (but crude) society high in the vales of their chosen land. They traded with the Dwarves and allowed treaties to be signed with Drui's successors. As the years passed, both societies prospered. In all of those times neither group treated the other with malice, and many secrets passed among the lords. When Muar came from the North, many peoples fled southward and sought refuge in the expanded lands of the Arklu-shen. These multitudes were willing to fight for their own safety and caused an eruption of petty struggles later to be called the Old Lake-wars. The Arklu-shen retreated to the highest vales that had been their own from earlier time; the others settled in the void. The latter groups were to pay dearly for their choice. Muar's armies, ever-expanding hordes of terror, swept down upon the newly situated peoples and slaughtered them whole. Few survived. Only the Arklu-shen escaped the awesome horror and found a new home at the Shen-Ubatya, where their descendants were led by Anasa Fef, grandson of Anasa Wem.Their descendants were known as the Ubain.