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AABN:  79109
Title: a book entitled, 'The History of Pellam, volume 2'

A large section of the beginning of the book is waterlogged, and most text
is barely readable.  From what you gather, important events during the
reign of Lord Antioch Pellam include shoring up the village defenses
against bandits and even making an attack on Barquisimeto along with some
allies.  After Antioch died, his eldest son, also named Antioch, reigned in
his stead.  There is some mention of skirmishes against Bandera Azul,
increasing wolf attacks, some kind of political fallout with Vemarken and
the emergence of a haunted bridge.

Some text is dedicated to the evangelizing efforts of Antioch's personal
cleric, Pilkham Highgander.  The Marguerans, like other Zulians, had had no
native religion of their own and readily adopted the worship of Dentin and
the High Pantheon.

"Unfortunately, at one point the village beset by tragedy.  A strange
creature resembling a dragonfly visited the village.  It was friendly and
played with the villagers, darting all around the village for a few days
before departing.  The people of Pellam thought the creature to be a
portent of good luck, but they would be soon be proven wrong.

The creature returned about a week later leading dozens of its kin, and
Pellam was besieged by a swarm of insect-like creatures that came to known
as tirbanas.  The tirbanas ruthlessly slaughtered the inhabitants of Pellam
and used their bodies to feed their broodlings.  Antioch, his wife and his
sons died during the attack.  The tirbanas were driven off by a band of
adventurers who were passing through the area.  Their names were Mordin
Ket, Tessiara Topaz, Kara Mcardle, and Cined Santamaria, and they were
referred to thereafter as the Heroes of Pellam.

Antioch's daughters survived the attack, and the elder daughter,
Emery-Elizabeth, began to reign, assisted by her sister, Saltash, who
returned to Pellam after her husband died during an unrelated incident in
Vemarken.  (He had been arrested for murder and was in fact killed by
Tessiara Topaz while trying to escape custody.)   Pilkham Highgander also
survived and led the efforts to restore the village.  Out of the three
hundred or so villagers that had lived in Pellam, less than a hundred
survived the ravaging of the tirbanas."

[The names of those who died during the attack are listed.]

"Before moving on, the Heroes of Pellam conducted an investigation of the
nearby Tuy River bridge, a connection of the roads between Pellam and
Vemarken which was well-known as being haunted.  Through dedicated research
and clever use of necromancy, they managed to solve the issue binding the
haunting spirit to the bridge.  With the bridge haunt released, traffic
could once against flow freely between Pellam and Vemarken, which
contributed greatly to its rebuilding.

Although the Heroes of Pellam would go on to perform many good deeds
elsewhere, one their number, Cined, stayed behind to help with the
rebuilding of Pellam.  Apparently he had been a former student of Pilkham. 
Refugees were recalled from Barquisimeto, buildings were restored and crops
were once again cultivated.  Afterward the population of the village
swelled with immigrants from Atmir, who soon outnumbered the natives.  By
way of the graceful leadership of Lady Pellam, these immigrants dwelt
peaceably  with their Zulian neighbors, and Pellam became known as the 
amiable melting pot of Sloe."

The latter portion of the book is also damaged, and the ink smeared to be
unreadable.