Carl C.
> I think it is reasonable that Eline was colonized befre Brosengae.
>
> Brosengae is rough country, Eline fertile plains along the
> great river of the heartlands. Distance is not as important
> as fertility and accessibility when early cultures colonize.
>
> But I have no support whatsoever from the books either way -
> I was just trying to "think medieval" here.

Sounds fair enough to me. Forests are easy to clear-fell if you can burn
them out. The Maori deforested much of New Zealand with what was
essentially neolithic technology.

I personally think that Brosengae is probably the Duchy and that Taeghas
is probably the rebellious faction. To my mind colonists for the areas
around modern-day Avanil probably marched along the coast around the
peninsular of Brosengae (where the mountains are probably less fierce
and hard to climb) and then settled the coast of the Miere Rhuann.

--
John Machin
(trithemius@paradise.net.nz)
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