Kial-raah or the sand-lands, in the long forgotten language of the dark elves, is the desert area situated in between Sannwel to the west and Kabb'nal-An to the north. It is mostly unpopulated area, with several nomadic tribes, still traveling between the shores of the Kabial sea to the north and the shores of the Eirene ocean to the south.
Kial-raah is the only area of Dorull without a permanent settlement. Although in the past, when drow used to roam across these lands, two magnificent, enormous cities of theirs graced this desert. Omha Unarith, to the north, belonging to the noble, female led society. And Alyathalas on the south, with the men oriented views. In time, this created an environment, in which these two places became to opposed to others opinions and values. The ever growing differences were insurmountable, leading to an open, full blown war, when they decided to try and force those opinions onto others.
The opinions, they soon enough begin turning into laws and beliefs, which then they tried to implement on every other race living on this planet. Drawn into the fight that lasted for decades, forced to choose their side, humans, elves, dwarfs, halflings, goblins and even orcs, decided to join in, turning together against the drow. In an rather unfair fight that ensued, both of the dark elf cities were turned into rubble.
In an perhaps draconian decision, none of the drow were allowed to escape. To live. The dark elves of Kial-raah were no more. Unbeknown to all, some of the drow escaped the cities, long before the other races turned on them. They sought the refuge of the deepest, unexplored caves underneath the sands, where they reside to this day.
Today, the only inhabitants of Kial-raah are several nomadic, human tribes. Through their constant journeys, they accumulated the ultimate knowledge of the desert. Making them perfect guides for all and every traveler trying to venture across these lands. Other than that, they are keeping to themselves, rarely having any contact with anyone outside of this region.
This is mainly due to them being the long, distant descendants of the dark elf and human lineage. Because of their apparent connection with the hated, now thought exterminated race, and their similar looking complexion to the drow, nomads are frown upon and avoided in pretty much every other region of the Dorull. To the point, they are even banned in some places.
The desert region of Kial-raah is mentioned in Dorull Stories novella, Half-blood Princess (WIP), and is a main location of another Dorull Stories novella, Bound by Flames (WIP).
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