The Therans were displaced years earlier, when the newly awakened Morgun
Forest moved forcefully into their homes. While many of the citizens,
led by the priest Arboth, marched against the trees and to their doom,
others fled south to safety. Most of these refugees were welcomed by the
Paladins of Shallam and allowed to set up a temporary home, in the
courtyard outside the Paladins' Guildhall, where they continued with
their lives for years.

At last, however, the promised progress arrived. Led by Koron and
Cuchulainn, the Paladins brokered a treaty with Shanugis of Shastaan
that would allow the displaced Therans to find a home in the fishing
village. When the work began, however, it was soon discovered that there
was no way to fit the influx of new residents into the tiny village.
Eddan, the head of the construction workers, began laboring to build a
new town across the highway from Shastaan.

As the town neared completion, Eddan ran out of building material and
called upon the aid of Shallam. Osifer, Alkaiser, and Wolfen showed the
most generosity, donating a great deal of wood to the foreman. Later,
more Paladins and citizens of Shallam helped Mullswick, the new town's
mayor, retrieve the Therans who were still encamped in the courtyard of
the Paladin guildhall. The woodcutter Parvis, presumed dead, reappeared
as well, much to the consternation of the Druids, whom he verbally and
physically attacked for their presumed role in the attack of the Morgun
trees.

Finally, in a rather pompous speech before the archway at the entrance
to the new town, Mullswick thanked the Shallamese, the Paladins, and
Shanugis for their help. Then he declared the still-incomplete town of
Arbothia, named in honor of the Theran priest's sacrifice, open to the
curious throngs, who soon poured in to speak to the citizens and the
workers who, under Eddan's direction, still labored to finish the
construction.

Penned by my hand on the 3rd of Niuran, in the year 137 MA.