Editing HC History (section)

=The Age of Chaos=
'''City States in Conflict. Enslavement by the Divine Majestrix. The Curse of the Witches of the North. Hugaar and Pasin Unite.''' 

==The City States==
What followed was a dark time for Mankind. Although Huth had founded his beautiful granite city, '''Hugaar''', nestled among the '''Star Mountains''', and Pasin’s home, '''Pashnaar''', too was growing, there was no unity. These and other cities formed their own governments and fought over lands and trade routes. The lands between were '''wilderness''', the territory of '''predatory goblins'''. The '''Tribes of Sirdehaar''' too were disunited, wading through century-long blood feuds.

==Mankind Enslaved and the Dragons==
'''Hugaar''', '''Pashnaar''', and the other states at the '''centre of the world''' were ripe for picking. '''Saurian''' merchants were increasingly to be seen, accompanied by hired guards. But they were just preparing the ground for what was to come. A great '''army of lizards''' came from the south and, in a '''bloodless war''' never quite understood to this day, '''enslaved mankind''', halting only at the '''foothills of of Sirdehaar'''.

While the Saurians had lived in the cold (for them) centre of the world, they had entertained dreams of conquering the frozen north. As they require heat to live, however, they had sought to change themselves to carry their own heat with them. They conducted '''great magics''' in which volunteers '''ingested fire'''. Although many died in this ritual, some survived and became '''dragons'''.

==The Witches of the North==
Although centuries of subjugation to the '''Divine Majestsrix''' followed, there are no records or memories of this time. The dominance of he '''Saurians''' was such that they were able even to control the '''memories''' of their subjects. What we do know of this time is that many many people were taken south as slaves or as food. Eventually the '''Witches of the North''', taking pity on their southern cousins and fearful lest the dragons move north, united and created a '''great curse''' on the '''Divine Majestrix'''. The disunity which had always characterized the human tribes now became a feature of the Saurians. Their hold over humankind, bit by bit, crumbled.

==The Saurian Legacy==
It was if mankind awoke from a dream. Much of our culture took years to be reconstructed from '''fragmented memories''', but Hugaar was now stronger than ever before. Although the Saurians had gone, they had left behind some of their most valuable inventions: '''arithmetic''' and '''geometry''', and an '''administrative hierarchy''' which they had taught to their slaves and had left in their hands.

==Hugaar and Pasin Unite==
One of the first acts of mankind was to '''join Hugaar and Pasin'''. United, they set to reconquer the '''wilderness''' from the '''goblins''', driving them into the mountains and deserts, and to expel the wild predatory '''dragons''', driving them west. When most of this bloody work was done, however, a '''great army''' of giants and witches came from the north and the exhausted Empire changed hands.