Editing Belteshazzar (Polesia) (section)

===In Shahar-khet===

-8,250-8,000 CA: After centuries of nomadic living the Belteshazzar cross the Kalladian Mountains and enter the eastern deserts, hoping to start again and build a new civilization. To this end they ally themselves with the local tribes and elevate them with Avaladh secrets. Some of them mingle their blood with the locals but many choose to keep themselves distinct, rarely bringing in outsiders except when necessary to avoid inbreeding, thus keeping their Avaladh traits prevalent.

-7,950-7,400: The child Enkil is born and soon manifests the gifts of the Belteshazzar bloodline. It is he who first realizes that this power actually makes its recipients immortal and at the age of four hundred years (looking no older than he did in his late twenties) he truly begins to build his nation’s power, naming it Shahar-khet and slowly expanding its borders as well as gleaning knowledge from ancient sources to try and discover the reason behind this mysterious power. Like his early ancestor Enkil names himself God-King in the tongue of the native peoples (Ana-Pharasi).

-7,202 CA: After living nearly eight hundred years, Enkil is slain in a border war with the nearby elven nation of Aredhel.

-7,200-6,595 CA: No one in the Belteshazzar manifest their bloodline’s power and it becomes a thing of legend. Many of the kings attempt to awaken it but all efforts lead to failure. Some actually blame Aredhel, thinking that through some powerful magic the elves managed to steal the power when they killed Enkil. Hostility between the two kingdoms grows and there are constant wars. The nobles start turning to necromancy in order to gain even a taste of the immortal power of their legendary line. These nobles however, languish in their undead state and after a few centuries abdicate their holdings to living heirs. To house them away from the cares of the world a great necropolis is built just outside Shahar-khet and named the Place of Silent Counsel, and it was common practice for their heirs to come to them for advice.

-6,500 CA: Pharizon the II is growing old and desperate. Hungering for life eternal but not wanting to become a lich, he contacts an outer horror called Nyarlathotep and bargains with the monstrosity for the keys to true immortality. In response Nyarlathotep teaches Pharizon the secrets of Chaos Magic.

-6,300-1,100 CA: As the devastation brought on by Pharizon the II wracks Shahar-Khet, many of the Belteshazzar flee the devastation going south into modern Eshtorah. Much of their history is lost in this time but they manage to hold on to their bloodline and are content to stay out of the fray as the Pallishar and Thesian Empires come and go.