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AABN:  63819
Title: a book titled, "The history and founding of Ironheart"

Most of the citizens of Ironheart are descended from the tribes of the
southern deserts. The story of the city goes many years back, when the
Twelve Tribes of the Jali were wandering the Great Desert searching for
lands to call their own.

The desert could offer them little, and thus the Twelve Tribes began to
drift apart. Some went east across the Salt Flats. Some founded Ubar in a
fertile oasis, while others became the mothers of the Sashalas, thieves and
raiders.

Others traveled northeast and settled in a valley near the Dust Sea. They
were soon overwhelmed and conquered by the Aztecs, who called them
"Xochitl", the Flower People.

Three started a journey apart from the others. These tribes are the
Gorathians, Khadonians and Salbians. The rest remained behind, and their
descendants live in the deserts to this day.

These three tribes were the bravest, strongest and the most wise amongst
the twelve and leaders were chosen mainly from these mentioned tribes for
their nobility. Gorthic's father, Grothnog, was the head of the Gorathians,
Narjin, Brock's father was the head of the Khadonians and Erathaun, King
Kerim's father was the leader of the Salbians. Grothnog, Narjin and
Erathaun led their people through the desert, searching for a place to
settle.

They pushed east and north, passed the desert till they came up on the Ash
Mountains. Despite the countless of bandits attacks, the lack of resources
and the long days of travel, a lot of them survived but some of their
leaders had fallen. They came upon a valley surrounded by three mountains
and decided to settle there and put an end to their long journey.

Hand in hand and with endless effort they have built their city. They
relied on the surrounding cities for resources while building the city and
after finishing their battle with survival they became fully independent.
Upon the death of the leaders during the hard journey, Kerim took command
over the tribes and after building the city, the people chose him to be the
king of the city, and named him King Kerim Ironheart, for his bravery,
wisdom and firm but fair leadership.