The Ice withdrew beyond the Guardian Mountains.
The Forebear led her family from the Ringdales to the lands south of Lake Roah and east of the Kiiong River.
Traders from West-Oversea brought ironworking and writing.
Many of the Forebear's descendants joined the Seekers of Wisdom when that College arose.
When Mount Gungnor erupted and spread the Golden Tide, the clans established the Lords of the Volcano.
The clans welcomed and dealt with the strangers from the stars.
The Ice began to return.
The Kulembarach clan still ranges the lands but, like its neighbours, is in an ill plight.
Yewwl leads her family on a long hunt as their ranchlands decline.
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The last 8,000 or so years have been very stable climatically on Earth. Though remembering huge bonfires burning on the icy Thames in Elizabethan times, or moving sand dunes in a sahara-like Nebraska as recently as the 13th century should keep us on our toes.
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