He-Lian lies in the borderlands of old Zoran, and was lost behind the lines of the advancing Kitin horde during The Swarming. What happened there in that dark time and why they did not escape is unknown, their fate lost to time and history.

 

Homins, our intrepid explorers have spent many hours searching the lost village, and can now bring you the various letters, messages and objects that were to be found scattered there, make such sense of them as you are able….

 

Watchtower Journal

 

It has become clear that the war against the Kitin does not go well. Even the Fyros fall back on every front and it cannot be long until we too see the Kitin scourge. We can only hope the walls hold and keep them out.

 

Clear Amber Sphere

 

Through the amber sphere you see the battle-lines of old, the wall falling to pieces layer by layer as the great Kitin clamber over their dead kin to tear at the walls and the defenders. The tide of Kitin is endless, the battle hopeless

 

Undelivered Letter

 

Dearest Daughter, the wall is not going to hold against the Kitin for long. The Kami, Karavan or Tryton may come for us soon and I must stay to repair the warrior's weapons. Hide in the goo, the Kitin will not follow and you will be safe - for now.

 

Hasty Scrawl

 

We tried to barricade ourselves in where Atys herself creates walls. They have not breached our barricade, they have tunnelled. I hear them scratching beneath us. There isn't much time.

 

Battered Amber sphere

 

The image is grainy and crackly but you can hear chanting and see the villagers praying, praying to Ma-duk, praying to Jena, even praying to Atys herself, to no avail... the doors break, screams, blood, blackness... silence

 

Testament

 

The Kitin have breached the defences. Our hopes lie with the powers. They have not come. We have taken up arms, tools and daggers. The children will hide in the water, and we will fight. Hope is all. Maybe those who fled to the goo yet live.

 

Faded Parchment

 

The Kitin have not left, but nor will they enter. The goo is affecting our minds. It grows harder to think each day as we slowly go mad. We have... eaten the fallen. Nobody came. Nobody helped us. We are lost.

 

Strange Device

 

'Momo' 01A - Height of subject falls between 'Frahar' and 'Gibbai' hominids. Psych...indicates extreme pride...they have been disputing...with 'Homin' settlers and...wiped out....they fight on despite losses and...estimate extinction within...cycles.

 

Momo Model

 

Within the case is a slightly battered model of a Momo. Made of unfamiliar material the model depicts a tall, pale, hairless primitive with bulging pale eyes and a well developed (for a primitive) cranium.

 

Scribbled Note

 

Zai-Shu, take this box and hide it away from the main village. The Kami entrusted us with this knowledge taken from the faceless ones and it must be preserved. It may be why we have received no help. Ma-Duk watch over you.

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