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'''Geran''' ([[Olgish Languages|Olgish]] ''Gäran'' [ˈgɛ.ɾɑn], English also [ˈʤɛ.ɹɑn]) is one of the seven major regions of [[Elondor]], located between the rivers [[Ilathw]] and [[Kalpa]] and the [[Kalparian Sea]]. Adjacent to both the [[Olgish Peoples|Olgish]] and the [[Aribelians|Aribelian]] domain of influence, it was a space of encounter between peoples for most of its history and is considered the homeland of the [[Kalparians]], [[Norians]], [[Yamenaens]], and [[Wertians|Wertian Olgs]] and often thought the place of origin of the Aribelian people. It was one of the first regions to join the [[Lécaronian Empire]] in 1312 E.B., | '''Geran''' ([[Olgish Languages|Olgish]] ''Gäran'' [ˈgɛ.ɾɑn], English also [ˈʤɛ.ɹɑn]) is one of the seven major regions of [[Elondor]], located between the rivers [[Ilathw]] and [[Kalpa]] and the [[Kalparian Sea]]. Adjacent to both the [[Olgish Peoples|Olgish]] and the [[Aribelians|Aribelian]] domain of influence, it was a space of encounter between peoples for most of its history and is considered the homeland of the [[Kalparians]], [[Norians]], [[Yamenaens]], and [[Wertians|Wertian Olgs]] and often thought the place of origin of the Aribelian people. It was one of the first regions to join the [[Lécaronian Empire]] in 1312 E.B., as its second province, initially excluding the Kalpa Valley and the coast of the Kalparian Sea north of [[Antarea]], which only became part of the province in 614 L.R. | ||
==Etymology and Names== | ==Etymology and Names== | ||
The oldest known mention of the name is found in the inscription on the [[Menhir of Nambara]], dated to the 10th century B.E.B., which credits [[Nambara]], then ruler of a petty kingdom along the lower Ilathw, with | The oldest known mention of the name is found in the inscription on the [[Menhir of Nambara]], dated to the 10th century B.E.B., which credits [[Nambara]], then ruler of a petty kingdom along the lower Ilathw, with | ||