This was followed by the promised letter from the Archivist:

Dear Lady Ailan,

As you requested, here is the information we have about the history of Silan:

Silan was founded a long time ago near the jungle. It was a very flourishing city and many skilled botanists gathered there to develop things undreamed of by anyone else.

Many years ago, however, Silan was abandoned due to an epidemic outbreak of unknown origin. After the last healthy Homins had left Silan, some of the most talented botanists cunningly grew the roots around the city to cut off all access to it from the outside, thus hoping to protect the rest of the Homins from this terrible disease.

When we discovered the remains of this city, the disease seemed to have disappeared and we found the plateau around the ruins to be an ideal place to defend against the Kitin. It was also in a central position along the way of the exodus, which was discovered by Oflovak Dydon. We decided, therefore, to build our main camp for our journey to the old lands there.

Some of the tribes known to us have also previously decided to settle in that region, it seems.

If you desire to find out more, it would be necessary to go there yourself, although I doubt that this will be possible.

If you want to learn more about the background of the plants, I suggest that you contact a botanist of the Matis.

Sincerely,

Erlan Tholler
Archivist of the Atys Rangers

On behalf of
Orphie Dradius
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