Editing Leaping Salmon Clan History (section)

==Nomad Invasion==
 
This made Humans half-enemies of all the non-human races and established a distrust that plagued relationships ever afterwards. After two centuries of such troubles, the lands were broached by outsiders. In 717, a large army from the Redlands passed southward through the plains occupied by the Votanki, stealing and killing wherever they went. They seriously disrupted the herds when they passed, and many of the Votanki knew hunger the next winter.  We avoided the evil horse riders.

When the westernmost clans of Votanki sighted the nomads returning northward loaded with booty early the next summer, they hastened to their chiefs who determined to act together against the foe.  We fought against this foe to preserve as much as possible.  The humans were aided by a few trolls and dragonewts as well, who desired to recapture some of the ancestral treasures stolen by the nomads while plundering Dragon Pass.  We accepted aid from the Dragonewts.

Eight hundred and fity years ago, the Redland nomads were ambushed at Highbridge. Their forces were divided by the bridge and they were destroyed half at a time by the frantic hunters. Although many nomads escaped the terrible slaughter, they did so without their plunder. The non-humans took their goods back, the rest was divided among the victors, and some items of great note were set aside to to be returned to their owners in Dragon Pass.  We gave some to our allies in payment for their aid, while returning others to Dragon Pass.

The Votanki king Hargaard Silverfist was the envoy who returned the treasure to the Empire of the Wyrms Friends in Dragon Pass. His trip's profit surprised him, and he returned with tales of great wealth and splendour. Few were distressed when envoys from the empire came to their lands and solicited support.  We were cautious about the tales of Hargaard and did not commit ourselves to these foreign people.  We have never trusted foreigners overmuch.