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On its southern side, the costline of Belkondíl forms a large bight, the [[White Sea]], bordered in the east by [[Corbin]] and the island of [[Kerrvaryn]] and in the west by the [[Tár-Noldorin|Noldorinian]] peninsula, the last refuge of the [[Noldorinians|Noldorinian people]] before the complete disappearance around the 15<sup>th</sup> century B.E.B. The shores of the White Sea harbour several of Belkondíls most important port cities including [[Corbin (City)|Corbin]], [[Arenys]], and [[Eldab]], and with [[Mendúrad]] on the island of the same name one of the most significant spiritual sites of the [[Western Olgish Church|Western Church]]. Both of the great rivers flow into it, the Cëlac in the south of [[Gliron]], east of the [[Tardennin]], and the Brethan at the [[River Brethan#Delta|Brethan Delta]] south of [[Imban]]. The two most extensive mountain chains of Belkondíl are also located in this area, the [[Olgish Highlands]] inbetween Cëlac and Brethan, and the [[Harking Hills]] west of the lower Brethan. The latter are significant mostly through the abundance of tin at their northern tip, around the mining town of [[Eres]]. | On its southern side, the costline of Belkondíl forms a large bight, the [[White Sea]], bordered in the east by [[Corbin]] and the island of [[Kerrvaryn]] and in the west by the [[Tár-Noldorin|Noldorinian]] peninsula, the last refuge of the [[Noldorinians|Noldorinian people]] before the complete disappearance around the 15<sup>th</sup> century B.E.B. The shores of the White Sea harbour several of Belkondíls most important port cities including [[Corbin (City)|Corbin]], [[Arenys]], and [[Eldab]], and with [[Mendúrad]] on the island of the same name one of the most significant spiritual sites of the [[Western Olgish Church|Western Church]]. Both of the great rivers flow into it, the Cëlac in the south of [[Gliron]], east of the [[Tardennin]], and the Brethan at the [[River Brethan#Delta|Brethan Delta]] south of [[Imban]]. The two most extensive mountain chains of Belkondíl are also located in this area, the [[Olgish Highlands]] inbetween Cëlac and Brethan, and the [[Harking Hills]] west of the lower Brethan. The latter are significant mostly through the abundance of tin at their northern tip, around the mining town of [[Eres]]. | ||
The moorland west of the Brethan is largely uninhabited; only three major cities can be found in this region: [[Narn Aran]] at the Brethan bridge, [[Talis]], the site of the fatal final battle of the [[Geranian War]], and [[Belkison]], capital of [[Tarébras]] and provisional capital of [[Kingdom of Geran|Geran]] L.R. 686‒703. The [[Mairn|Mairn archipelago]], while never self-identifying as Belkondílian and only briefly and loosely dependent from Lécaron, is usually also considered part of Belkondíl | The moorland west of the Brethan is largely uninhabited; only three major cities can be found in this region: [[Narn Aran]] at the Brethan bridge, [[Talis]], the site of the fatal final battle of the [[Geranian War]], and [[Belkison]], capital of [[Tarébras]] and provisional capital of [[Kingdom of Geran|Geran]] L.R. 686‒703. The [[Mairn|Mairn archipelago]], while never self-identifying as Belkondílian and only briefly and loosely dependent from Lécaron, is usually also considered part of Belkondíl. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Belkondíl is presumed to have been the first area settled by humans during the original [[peopling of Elondor]], when western Nokimi populations migrated north into Tár-Noldorin during the last ice age and later dispersed all over the continent. Light hair most likely first emerged some 15,000 years B.E.B. among the population that had remained in the southwest and was now slowly receding towards the mountainous refugia to the north. After the Last Glacial Maximum, the upper Cëlac valley was among the first regions reclaimed. It was here that the ancestors of the Ortûlékians and Noldorinians came into contact with early farming, which had began to slowly spread west from the Besokan Valley with the earliest Besokian explorations between the ninth and seventh milennium B.E.B. Around B.E.B. 6500, the early Ortûlékians domesticate the wild Aurochs of the Rouningwood, beginning their | Belkondíl is presumed to have been the first area settled by humans during the original [[peopling of Elondor]], when western Nokimi populations migrated north into Tár-Noldorin during the last ice age and later dispersed all over the continent. Light hair most likely first emerged some 15,000 years B.E.B. among the population that had remained in the southwest and was now slowly receding towards the mountainous refugia to the north. After the Last Glacial Maximum, the upper Cëlac valley was among the first regions reclaimed. It was here that the ancestors of the Ortûlékians and Noldorinians came into contact with early farming, which had began to slowly spread west from the Besokan Valley with the earliest Besokian explorations between the ninth and seventh milennium B.E.B. Around B.E.B. 6500, the early Ortûlékians domesticate the wild Aurochs of the Rouningwood, beginning their long history of cattle breeding. This time falls about equal with the ''Golden Age of Man'' and the ''Age of Longing'' from Olgish legend, when the separation of the Genic, Olgish, and Aulish peoples is said to have occurred and magic was discovered by Dúrith the Elder in the Rouningwood. Olgish metalworking originates in the fifth milennium B.E.B. in the area of the later Lágon. | ||
East of the Ortûlékian domain, the early Besokians engage on recurring explorations from at least B.E.B. 3200, and the Sosks establish their presence in Oakshire around B.E.B. 2500. The first horses are domesticated here in the following two centuries, driving the expansion of the Sosks southward across the Edhennín. | |||