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 For a few centuries after the Diaspora, the Tretalleri clans remained largely disparate. That is, until the man that history alleges is the first Imperator of the Dominion, Cilritanë a'Detvida, consolidated the clans into a single unified empire.
-The rise of the Dominion, as well as the Silvered Realm that came soon after it, ushered the world into a new era. This era is marked by three things: slow, methodical technological advancement on the part of the Dominion, rapid expansionism leading to numerous military campaigns abroad, and constant skirmishing and warfare between the Dominion and the Silvered Realm.
+The rise of the Dominion, as well as the [[Silvered Realm]] that came soon after it, ushered the world into a new era. This era is marked by three things: slow, methodical technological advancement on the part of the Dominion, rapid expansionism leading to numerous military campaigns abroad, and constant skirmishing and warfare between the Dominion and the Silvered Realm.
 Despite the fact that history remembers mostly the conflicts that occurred during the many millennia of uninterrupted Dominion rule, for the most part, the [[Dominion Era]] was largely prosperous. During this time, the Tretâllë began to colonize other continents and islands. The first few were established not far from the mainland, but far enough away that trade was strained for the larger part of the early Dominion Era due to Elledŷnnë raiding along the sea routes used by the Tretâllë.

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	Now, of course, it is impossible to fully reconstruct the many disparate Tretalleri clans that formed pre-Dominean society. As appealing as the idea might be, much of the archaeological evidence from the period has been built over or destroyed. Even if there were comprehensive records, Qerodë admits in his ''Stories'' that other than in the surviving clan names, there was no way to determine how many there had been in the past. He adds that to complicate matters, the clans were ever-changing, growing, splitting, shrinking, dying, and joining up over the course of years as leaders and priorities changed.		Now, of course, it is impossible to fully reconstruct the many disparate Tretalleri clans that formed pre-Dominean society. As appealing as the idea might be, much of the archaeological evidence from the period has been built over or destroyed. Even if there were comprehensive records, Qerodë admits in his ''Stories'' that other than in the surviving clan names, there was no way to determine how many there had been in the past. He adds that to complicate matters, the clans were ever-changing, growing, splitting, shrinking, dying, and joining up over the course of years as leaders and priorities changed.
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		+	=== The Exiles ===
		+	Di'Khyrêni, the Exiles, are Tretâllë who, over the years, migrated ''[[Di'Lanakhyrë]]'', the [[Exiled Realm]]. These Tretâllë fled the relative safety of the Dominion for the uncertainty of the Exiled realm either because they were ejected from their homeland for serious crimes or treason, or they were simply disillusioned by the policy of conquest and the ideology that pervades it.
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		+	History attempts to paint the Tretâllë as a singular people with a single identity and ideological leaning, but this could not be further from the truth. No doubt this was an attempt to promote the strength in unity that the Dominion espouses, but it is no excuse for failing to report on the truth.
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		+	There are two primary groupings among the Exiles. There are ''Di'Risseni'', the Peaceful Ones, who are a group of consummate pacifists who refuse even the basic military training that is mandated for all Tretalleri young, and then there are ''Di'Khymaltteni'', the Homeless, who are Dominean Tretalleri exiles who still attempt to emulate life in the Dominion as much as possible. Among the latter are a few descendants of once-prominent Houses who still cling on to the hope of a pardon for their bloodline.
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		+	== Languages ==
		+	There is only one official language spoken by the Tretâllë, used in all forms, branches, and institutions of government for a primarily Tretalleri populace and that is [[Lexicon:Elle'lyndë/Tretalleri\|D'Lyndë Tretalleri]]. The lingua franca of the Dominion and the later [[Confederation of Sovereign Nations]] is Dominean, which is primarily influenced by Tretalleri, but is also comprised of loan words and borrowed structures from the many other languages spoken by different ethnic groups in the Dominion.
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		+	There are numerous regional dialects of Tretalleri, a natural consequence of the wide territory that belongs to the Dominion. The island colonies, for example, speak a form of Tretalleri that is distinct from that spoken by those on the border with the Silvered Realm, and with those that live deeper in, around the Ivory City. There is also a distinction between common Tretalleri, which is what most people speak, and the so-called "High" Tretalleri which is a heavily regulated form of the language spoken primarily by the aristocratic classes and regulated by a government body.
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		+	"High" Tretalleri is not as adaptive to change as common Tretalleri and, by extension, Dominean. As a result, it is used mostly for imperial declarations and legislative or academic texts.
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		+	== Religion ==
		+	Modern Tretâllë are relatively more religiously diverse than their Dominion Era counterparts in terms of religious belief. Although there are no accurate third-party records, it is widely believed that over 95 percent of Tretâllë in the Dominion Era were [[Averrë Nenn\|Avereni]].
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		+	In the modern day, however, census results paint an entirely different picture. While the bulk, 70% of the Tretalleri populace still hold to the Avereni religion, a significant amount, 20%, either claim that they have no religion, that they are not particularly religious, or that they are spiritual instead of religious. 9% of Tretâllë have adopted Tolvaari animism or have returned to the Druidic Lore, 1% have converted to the [[Sanctum]] faith, while the rest have taken to believing other religions in numbers too small to be statistically significant in relation to the total population.

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	Tretalleri civilization was in its golden age during the Dominion Era, and by extension, so too were the civilizations of the peoples that had submitted or been forcefully integrated into the Dominion. Although all the cultures of the world retained their individuality, the borders between them slowly began to blur. Aspects of each culture were integrated into Tretalleri culture, just as aspects of Tretalleri culture were adapted by others, and over the years, these disparate fragments formed a single Dominean culture.		Tretalleri civilization was in its golden age during the Dominion Era, and by extension, so too were the civilizations of the peoples that had submitted or been forcefully integrated into the Dominion. Although all the cultures of the world retained their individuality, the borders between them slowly began to blur. Aspects of each culture were integrated into Tretalleri culture, just as aspects of Tretalleri culture were adapted by others, and over the years, these disparate fragments formed a single Dominean culture.
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		+	== The Tretalleri Peoples ==
		+	=== The Dominean Tretâllë ===
		+	It is difficult to ascribe any sort of nationality or regionality to Di'Tretâllë as the earliest historical records we have date back to well after the formation of the Dominion. Although at the time, there were certainly still some distinctions between groups of Tretâllë who lived in different regions, these are somewhat vague and only mentioned passing by the works of historians such as [[Qerodë a'Morra]].
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		+	Based on archaeological and linguistic evidence, however, modern experts have managed to reconstruct a loose categorization of regionalisms within the early Dominion, in addition to those that have been named in the literature.
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		+	==== Regional Ethnic Groups ====
		+	{{columns-list\|3\|
		+	* Di'Garroteni
		+	* Di'Naborreni
		+	* Di'Rodeni
		+	* Di'Averreni
		+	* Di'Elleni
		+	* Di'Fioreni
		+	* Di'Terjeni
		+	* Di'Elmireni
		+	* Di'Khalmireni
		+	* Di'Rivelleni
		+	}}
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		+	Now, of course, it is impossible to fully reconstruct the many disparate Tretalleri clans that formed pre-Dominean society. As appealing as the idea might be, much of the archaeological evidence from the period has been built over or destroyed. Even if there were comprehensive records, Qerodë admits in his ''Stories'' that other than in the surviving clan names, there was no way to determine how many there had been in the past. He adds that to complicate matters, the clans were ever-changing, growing, splitting, shrinking, dying, and joining up over the course of years as leaders and priorities changed.

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 As a result of their martial victories, the ancestral Tretâllë were able to create for themselves a pocket of Di'Termalttë that they could call their own, even though it was far away from their home in the south. As the last fragments of the Aeneveri empire collapsed under their own weight, the ancestral Tretâllë divided themselves into groups to pursue their own goals, thus creating the first of the ancestral Tretalleri clans. They did this, however, with the understanding that should the Aeneveri or their descendants ever rise to power again, the Tretâllë would unite to beat them back down.
-== The Dominion ==
+=== The Dominion ===
 For a few centuries after the Diaspora, the Tretalleri clans remained largely disparate. That is, until the man that history alleges is the first Imperator of the Dominion, Cilritanë a'Detvida, consolidated the clans into a single unified empire.

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 As a result of their martial victories, the ancestral Tretâllë were able to create for themselves a pocket of Di'Termalttë that they could call their own, even though it was far away from their home in the south. As the last fragments of the Aeneveri empire collapsed under their own weight, the ancestral Tretâllë divided themselves into groups to pursue their own goals, thus creating the first of the ancestral Tretalleri clans. They did this, however, with the understanding that should the Aeneveri or their descendants ever rise to power again, the Tretâllë would unite to beat them back down.
-=== The Dominion ===
+== The Dominion ==
 For a few centuries after the Diaspora, the Tretalleri clans remained largely disparate. That is, until the man that history alleges is the first Imperator of the Dominion, Cilritanë a'Detvida, consolidated the clans into a single unified empire.
 The rise of the Dominion, as well as the Silvered Realm that came soon after it, ushered the world into a new era. This era is marked by three things: slow, methodical technological advancement on the part of the Dominion, rapid expansionism leading to numerous military campaigns abroad, and constant skirmishing and warfare between the Dominion and the Silvered Realm.
-Despite the fact that history remembers mostly the conflicts that occurred during the many millennia of uninterrupted Dominion rule, for the most part, the Dominion Era was largely prosperous. During this time, the Tretâllë began to colonize other continents and islands. The first few were established not far from the mainland, but far enough away that trade was strained for the larger part of the early Dominion Era due to Elledŷnnë raiding along the sea routes used by the Tretâllë.
+Despite the fact that history remembers mostly the conflicts that occurred during the many millennia of uninterrupted Dominion rule, for the most part, the [[Dominion Era]] was largely prosperous. During this time, the Tretâllë began to colonize other continents and islands. The first few were established not far from the mainland, but far enough away that trade was strained for the larger part of the early Dominion Era due to Elledŷnnë raiding along the sea routes used by the Tretâllë.
 As the Dominion matured, however, the Dominion gained more and more resources and could afford to regularly patrol the sea corridors used by mercantile vessels. As a result, trade flourished between the mainland and the island colonies. The economic prosperity brought about by the unrestricted trade is evidenced primarily in the Kosë, the heaviest denomination of coin, of the time which was stamped with images of seafaring ships on the reverse side.
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 The colonisation of these faraway lands also had a profound effect on the Tretalleri language, which slowly inherited some structures and words from the others. The words ''matrë'' and ''patrë'', for mother and father respectively, for example, came from the A'Drekh ''maekhë'' and ''faekhë''.
-Tretalleri civilization was in its golden age during the Dominion Era, and by extension, so too did the civilizations of the peoples that had submitted or been forcefully integrated into the Dominion. Over time, the many distinct cultures of the Dominean peoples became a collective culture shared by the Dominean people.
+Tretalleri civilization was in its golden age during the Dominion Era, and by extension, so too were the civilizations of the peoples that had submitted or been forcefully integrated into the Dominion. Although all the cultures of the world retained their individuality, the borders between them slowly began to blur. Aspects of each culture were integrated into Tretalleri culture, just as aspects of Tretalleri culture were adapted by others, and over the years, these disparate fragments formed a single Dominean culture.

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 Another name that saw widespread use among the early Tretâllë was ''Di'Terredŷnë''. It was believed to have been adopted in opposition to the use of the remnants of the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri empire's use of ''Di'Elledŷnnë''. The earliest known work to have used the term is a short essay written on a badly-preserved scroll found soon after the founding of the Dominion. The work was entitled "Against the Deceivers," and contained the phrase, translated into modern Tretalleri, ''Sendë qrivë têýna De'nakhë Elledŷnnë te têýna`na Ganë vîttë qrivë îdë De'nakhë Terredynë kirannë vittë enkonë îdë nara s'khatha têýna'', which means "If they give the name of Children of the Stars to themselves, then we will give ourselves the name of Children of the Earth so that we will learn that they are enemies."
-The name ''Tretâllë'' did not come about until much later in the history of the Tretalleri people. It at first referred to the group of people who were able to learn how to use the indigenous population of horses for advantage in armed conflict. It is widely believed now, from recent archaeological findings, that the name ''Tretâllë'' was originally borne by a group of notorious bandits who wore the bones of their dead on their bodies so that their arrival would always be heard and feared.
+The name ''Tretâllë'' did not come about until much later in the history of the Tretalleri people. It at first referred to the group of people who were able to learn how to use the indigenous population of horses for advantage in armed conflict. It is widely believed, even more so with mounting evidence from recent archaeological findings, that the name ''Tretâllë'' was originally borne by a group of notorious bandits who wore the bones of their dead on their bodies so that their arrival would always be heard and feared.
 The early history of the name is rather unclear. What evidence survives to the modern age comes not from historians themselves, but from the accounts of men and women who had been alive during [[Dominion Era#The Consolidation|the Consolidation]]. However, what is readily apparent is that the [[Kingship of the Bone Trees]], ''D'Lanakhë Di'Lignetallë'' in seeking to bolster its military might, offered pardons and gold to the Bone Riders in exchange for their services, making them, for a short time, the largest mercenary group on the continent.
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 As a result of their martial victories, the ancestral Tretâllë were able to create for themselves a pocket of Di'Termalttë that they could call their own, even though it was far away from their home in the south. As the last fragments of the Aeneveri empire collapsed under their own weight, the ancestral Tretâllë divided themselves into groups to pursue their own goals, thus creating the first of the ancestral Tretalleri clans. They did this, however, with the understanding that should the Aeneveri or their descendants ever rise to power again, the Tretâllë would unite to beat them back down.
-=== Rise of an Empire ===
+== The Dominion ==
-The Tretalleri Clans enjoyed centuries of relative peace after the fall of the Aeneveri empire as its fragments continued attempting and failing to claw the empire back together from the broken pieces that the Tretâllë had left in their wake. There is archaeological evidence from this time that the Tretalleri Clans were comfortable enough with the peace and able enough to fend off attacks from the ragged remnants of the Aeneveri that large construction projects were undertaken.
+For a few centuries after the Diaspora, the Tretalleri clans remained largely disparate. That is, until the man that history alleges is the first Imperator of the Dominion, Cilritanë a'Detvida, consolidated the clans into a single unified empire.
-Most notable of these projects was a temple to an unnamed god or local deified hero near the fork where ''D'Rodë Di'Elmirtë'' fed into the ''Rodë Reýlinë''. Depictions of Tretalleri warriors, with dark clothing, and Aeneveri warriors, with colourful clothing, covered the surface of an [[The Rodeni Mural|unearthed wall]].
+The rise of the Dominion, as well as the Silvered Realm that came soon after it, ushered the world into a new era. This era is marked by three things: slow, methodical technological advancement on the part of the Dominion, rapid expansionism leading to numerous military campaigns abroad, and constant skirmishing and warfare between the Dominion and the Silvered Realm.

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 == Historical Background ==
 === Early Populations ===
-The myths of the early Tretalleri peoples were largely passed down through oral tradition and only properly codified a few decades after the formation of the Dominion. The stories hold that the early Tretalleri population was simply a sub-group of a larger population, an advanced civilization known only as the [[Aenevë|Aen<sub>e</sub>vë]], or the Great Elves of the East, as they have become known in modern scholarship.
+It is believed that the early Tretalleri peoples were originally a sub-group of a larger population, particularly an advanced civilization known as the [[Aenevë]] or the Great Elves of the East.
-The stories suggest that during a period of political upheaval, over the gradual waning of immortality in the Aen<sub>e</sub>vë, in the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri empire, the ancestors of the Tretallë were singled out for their different appearance and used as a scapegoat for the troubles of contemporary society. Although initially this meant segregation, civil unrest, the introduction of a new religion, and a series of extremist leaders in government saw this original discrimination turn into full-blown slavery.
+Archaeological digs at suspected sites of Aeneveri cities have revealed surprising evidence with regard to the mythical origins of the Tretâllë. Particularly, pottery and murals from the period show that there was an air of growing political discord at the time, due in large part to the gradual waning of immortality in the Aeneveri population.
-After gaining their freedom in an unprecedented slave-revolt thanks to the work of the Prophetess Llyrileýwa, the ancestral Tretâllë took a moment to recover and then waged war against the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri and shattered the empire. The grisly deed done, the ancestral Tretâllë broke off into different groups to avoid infighting and to pursue their own goals—but not without swearing an oath that should the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri ever rise again, that they would unite against the enemy to strike them down once more.
+At this time, the ancestral Tretâllë were a people with a common ethnic background that lived, most likely, in and around the southernmost region of [[Termalttë|Di'Termalttë]]. Biologists believe that the pale complexion of these ancestral Tretâllë developed as an adaptation to the more temperate climes of the region.
-Allegedly, the early Tretalleri clans were born from these different groups of people, and in fact, the few records that remain from tribal oral traditions indicate that the early Tretalleri clans very meticulously kept records of descent and traced their lineages back to the Tretâllë that participated in the war that broke the empire of the Aen<sub>e</sub>vë
+Unfortunately for the ancestral Tretallë, their different appearance made them an easy target for savvy politicians. Although initially the populace largely dismissed the outlandish idea that somehow the ancestral Tretâllë were the cause of the waning immortality, the introduction of and rapid adaptation of the faith of the Triple Goddess turned public perception.

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	No one knows how or why the transition happened, but soon after being hired, the Bone Riders officially became part of the Kingship of the Bone Trees' military, and a significant one at that. As time went on, the name became associated with the Kingship of the Bone Trees, and when the first Imperator, [[Cilritanë a'Detvida (Imperator)\|Cilritanë a'Detvida]] established the Dominion, he allowed the name to remain and adopted it officially as the name of his people, thinking it an honour to the Bone Riders who had won for him a great many battles and without whom his dreams of a unified empire for the Tretâllë would have never come to pass.		No one knows how or why the transition happened, but soon after being hired, the Bone Riders officially became part of the Kingship of the Bone Trees' military, and a significant one at that. As time went on, the name became associated with the Kingship of the Bone Trees, and when the first Imperator, [[Cilritanë a'Detvida (Imperator)\|Cilritanë a'Detvida]] established the Dominion, he allowed the name to remain and adopted it officially as the name of his people, thinking it an honour to the Bone Riders who had won for him a great many battles and without whom his dreams of a unified empire for the Tretâllë would have never come to pass.
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		+	== Historical Background ==
		+	=== Early Populations ===
		+	The myths of the early Tretalleri peoples were largely passed down through oral tradition and only properly codified a few decades after the formation of the Dominion. The stories hold that the early Tretalleri population was simply a sub-group of a larger population, an advanced civilization known only as the [[Aenevë\|Aen<sub>e</sub>vë]], or the Great Elves of the East, as they have become known in modern scholarship.
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		+	The stories suggest that during a period of political upheaval, over the gradual waning of immortality in the Aen<sub>e</sub>vë, in the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri empire, the ancestors of the Tretallë were singled out for their different appearance and used as a scapegoat for the troubles of contemporary society. Although initially this meant segregation, civil unrest, the introduction of a new religion, and a series of extremist leaders in government saw this original discrimination turn into full-blown slavery.
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		+	After gaining their freedom in an unprecedented slave-revolt thanks to the work of the Prophetess Llyrileýwa, the ancestral Tretâllë took a moment to recover and then waged war against the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri and shattered the empire. The grisly deed done, the ancestral Tretâllë broke off into different groups to avoid infighting and to pursue their own goals—but not without swearing an oath that should the Aen<sub>e</sub>veri ever rise again, that they would unite against the enemy to strike them down once more.
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		+	Allegedly, the early Tretalleri clans were born from these different groups of people, and in fact, the few records that remain from tribal oral traditions indicate that the early Tretalleri clans very meticulously kept records of descent and traced their lineages back to the Tretâllë that participated in the war that broke the empire of the Aen<sub>e</sub>vë

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	No one knows how or why the transition happened, but soon after being hired, the Bone Riders officially became part of the Kingship of the Bone Trees' military, and a significant one at that. As time went on, the name became associated with the Kingship of the Bone Trees, and when the first Imperator, [[Cilritanë a'Detvida (Imperator)\|Cilritanë a'Detvida]] established the Dominion, he allowed the name to remain and adopted it officially as the name of his people, thinking it an honour to the Bone Riders who had won for him a great many battles and without whom his dreams of a unified empire for the Tretâllë would have never come to pass.		No one knows how or why the transition happened, but soon after being hired, the Bone Riders officially became part of the Kingship of the Bone Trees' military, and a significant one at that. As time went on, the name became associated with the Kingship of the Bone Trees, and when the first Imperator, [[Cilritanë a'Detvida (Imperator)\|Cilritanë a'Detvida]] established the Dominion, he allowed the name to remain and adopted it officially as the name of his people, thinking it an honour to the Bone Riders who had won for him a great many battles and without whom his dreams of a unified empire for the Tretâllë would have never come to pass.
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−	~~== Geography ==~~
−	At the height of its power and influence, the Tretalleri Dominion's hold extended over much of the known world, so it is almost impossible to define the extents of Tretalleri habitation the world over. Instead, it might be more useful to take a look back at the history of the Dominion and examine its earliest extents.
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−	We know from the first historical texts of the Dominion, the bulk of which are from the work of one [[Qerodë a'Morra]], that the Dominion saw its humble beginnings in the Kingship of the Bone Trees, a relatively small but economically prosperous city-states. The name of the capital of this city-state had already passed from living memory by the time that Qerodë wrote his ''De'Altyurrë Liannë'', ''Stories of the Past'', and as such was named ''Di'Fieldë Cselvë'', the Old City.
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−	The Old City was allegedly built upon the banks of ''Di'Rodë Reýlinë'', near the place where its tributary ''D'Rodë Di'Elmirtë'' joins it. Qerodë also noted in his ''Stories'' that the Old City had been built ''just'' bordering the [[Forest of Bones]], ''De'Naborra Tâllë'' and the lands of ''Di'Garrotë'', a largely agrarian city-state that features rather heavily in the early parts of Qerodë's ''Stories''. Numerous archaeological digs have been proposed and attempted in the area, but have thus far failed to uncover any settlements of the kind that Qerodë claims to have been built there.
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−	Another location worth examining is that of [[Ivory City\|the Ivory City]], which, after its construction a few centuries prior to the establishment of the Dominion, became the capital of the Kingship of the Bone Trees ''and'' the Dominion that came after it. The northmost part of the city, which includes the [[Ivory City#Imperial Citadel\|Imperial Citadel]] and the harbour district, are built alongside the ''rodë Reýlinë''.
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−	Legend states that the original city was built on top of three hills, and although the slight slope of the land upward in the direction the Citadel supports this, attempts at finding the three hills have been for naught. The entire city is elevated relative to the land around it, facilitating drainage of water out of the city after heavy rains. Despite the elevation, however, the swelling of the river is a perennial problem for the riverbank districts.
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−	The elevation evens out further from the city centre. Only the presence of the thick woods around the city serve to deter large enemy armies, forcing them to take the main thoroughfares that are much more easily defensible. The lack of natural defensive geography contributed to the multiple sieges that the Ivory City suffered early on in its history, both from other Tretalleri city-states and from the Elledŷnnë.
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−	One feature of note about the Ivory City is that it is one of the first locations where intelligent creatures undertook environmental modification on a geographic scale. As the influence and wealth of the Dominion grew, the biggest civil engineering project ever attempted was put into action. In the year Y.D. 271, it was completed. Known to the modern day as ''Di'Maidnë Vidë'', the Grand Shield, the Dominion built a gigantic ring of iron deep under the ground that ensured that arcane magic would not work within the city limits.