"234 AB.
Nessos stands as an island in the chaotic sea of barbarians. Though then, it was but a small town, it already proved to be powerful. The barbarian Arkadians and Mugduls threatened to destroy it, yet against the bravery of Erezius and Satilin, and their subjects and generals have crushed and stopped their foes. Yet those foes did not die, and reformed.
Nessos, in the early days of the First Republic, was under the siege of chaos. Yet Order was to triumph - for it was gifted with great leaders. In the Senate, the worthiest men gathered, from the many Noble Houses of Nessos, from Parthii to Rurii, from Fabii to Corpii.
From hereon, this is a tale of how Nessos entered an unfair struggle with the hordes of Chaos... and triumphed."
- Chronicles of Nessos (Part Five: Early Days of the Republic) and the House Rurii, Letos Ruritis