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      |  Long ago, the Clan Tree once flourished. As the Clan Tree      |
      |  prospered, so did the beautiful land of Cridhe. Then Raphos    |
      |  the Usurper came and used the Clan Tree for his own evil       |
      |  purposes. The Gods deemed this to be wrong and cursed the land |
      |  and its peoples. A dark shadow fell over the land, plunging it |
      |  into eternal winter. Then began the Parting, where the elves   |
      |  separated themselves from the land, it is rumored that they    |
      |  left behind the haven of Loch Prith, which contains many       |
      |  wonders, and the Gwlyfan of legend are said to remain there as |
      |  well. Cridhe, once a beautiful paradise, is now an icy waste-  |
      |  land, split in half by the frozen river of Sobus. Two towns    |
      |  remain, fighting a losing battle against the curse. Inys Haen  |
      |  to the north, suffers the depredations of Nohrish raiders from |
      |  Inys Nohr, dark stronghold of the Felonarch, Nazir. A          |
      |  descendant of Raphos, he bears the mark of the curse and is    |
      |  said to hold the last surviving piece of the Clan Tree.        |
      |  Between the two lands lie the moors known as the Sticks and    |
      |  the Far Clans, who remain ever apart from the two towns.       |
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