The Swade were the sleeping giant, overlooked because of their location and newness, but never the less able to go head to head with the powers of the time. The Emoran Crusade is an example of such.
-Dr. Hilpersin, Proffesor of History and Cradle Period Studies, Naraz University
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Sometime in the far future
"Today, Class, we will be examinaing the Early Swade Cities. Unlike first thought by the Citadeliers millenia ago, the Swade dwelled in the Jungle for thousands of years before "first contact". They thrived, having very specialized cities and being very pious in there devotion to the Blademaster, bless him. Now take out your note books"
He Paused for a second to write something on the blackboard.
"The capital of the Swade Ascendancy is aptly named Swade. Swade was the center of their Councillitory Theocracy(OOC: Iggy please change it to that). Swade was always a center for their people and their religion. As most of you know, Swade is the home to the Necropolis, a giant Limestone complex inlaid with Jewels and Gold. We know much about the Early Swade from what we found in here. Swade was a sprawled city, home to both rich and poor, filled with houses and tremendous monuments. It was a population center, and a site for pilgrimages.
Now, if you'll follow my finger down the River Blade here, we come to the city of Jarade. Now Jarade was the trading center of the Early Swade Period. It was a merchant city, and its rive docks were second to none. it was on this site that in 1033, the construction of Bronze Blademaster was begun. This city was a wealthy population center, and a main site for the smelting of Bronze.
Now just below Jarade is Naraz, the city of Fruit it was called. Naraze was the agricultural heart of the Early Swade. It is famous for its miles of Fruit groves. It was a city populated mostly by farmers, who would work on hereditary farms of specialized fruit.
And finally we come to Kyrnez, the city of Legends. Kyrnez is a fun city to study, because what were thought to be rumors have turned out to be true. Kyrnez was originally settled because Gold was found in that part of the River Blade, but the gold was quickly mined away. But supposedly, now this is just a myth, the next day, a man stumbled across Gems, loads of Gems. These were quickly mined out too. But by then, Kyrnez had established itself as a upper-class city, filled with luxurious goods. And so came about the saying "Hope for a Kyrnezian Tommorow". But the city staganted after that, until two events thrust it forward to center stage again. The First was the Myocacaian formation, which is covered later in the chapter, and the second was the birth of Wilipo Chipa. The Myocacaian formation re-invigorated Kyrnez, making it a trading utopia, as the Swade now had a market for their goods. Its simple Economics really. The birth of Wilipo though, gave hope to a hopeless people, and gave the city is venear of legend. This led to a population boom among the people, the city tripling in size. Kyrnez would...."
*Bell rings*
"Okay, class dismissed. Bring your textbooks tommorow, we will be discussing the Fall of Veritas in relation to the Middle Swade Period."