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By the way, [@Polybius], did you just copy paste letters from other city names to mark yours on the map? ... Genius.
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 Yea, just keeping it pretty and using names and spellings etc. from Sumerian/Mesopotamian Culture/History. 
 
 [@gorgenmast] I'm being pretty liberal with my use of Salished Empire history. My time to write is so sporadic and infrequent I'm not going to wait for more info posted about the Empire. Here's a summary of where I'm going with Lugal, or [i]Zuag-Si[/i] as it was known in ancient times, I'm up for changing anything but I think a collaboration would be appropriate:
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[h2][u]Faction History:[/u][/h2][h3]Founding of Zuag-Si, The Cairn of Mad Kings[/h3]
It is said that Chella, the mad King of the ancient Salished Empire, upon crossing the Godsfang mountains with his army ordered scouts into the desolate wasteland known as the Erg. None returned and Chella ordered the army to camp in the low hills of the Godsfang. Legend tells of an Old One beckoning Chella into treacherous caverns beneath the Godsfang, where his lieutenants discovered their King whispering in the dark. At sunrise, Chella ordered every other soldier in his army to slay the man next to him. A handful of men fled, and swore that the whisperings of an Old One were carried on the wind blowing off the Erg that day. For those that remained, the murderous work took all of that day and as twilight descended, an army of beastkin descended upon the remaining soldiers. In a fit of bloodlust, Chella's own bodyguard, severed the Mad-Kings head from his neck. This he carried into the caverns below the Godsfang and was never seen again. The next few Kings of the Salished Empire began (and eventually finished) [i]Zuag-Si[/i] or Lugal as it is known today. 

[h3]Middle Period: Fortification of The Cairn Tower[/h3]

 ...in which Beastkin Hordes are continuously broken upon the Cities back. 

[h3]Recent History: Rise of the Skinless Ones[/h3]
 ...With the Drathan slave revolt bloodily put down, the Salished Empire regained control of the city once more, but failed to rebuild Lugal to its former glory, due largely to economic depression within the Empire. Lugal would remain a tributary, but not under direct control of the Empire. 
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 Question for setting Verisimilitude: Would it make more sense for a [b]Red God[/b] to whisper the madness into Chella's Ear, or an [b]Old One[/b]? Thanks!