Editing History of the Kingdom of Caral

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==Cultural Values==
*Honesty and truthfulness in speech
*Personal indulgence and luxuriant pleasure
*Loyalty to one’s friends, family, and own

==Societal Organization==
*Religious factions or faith alliances in some ways similar to Post-Islamic Arabia
*Albor and Pem are rivals but the rivalry lurks mostly under the surface

==Government of Caral==
*The Ruling Authority: Caral is a Kingdom

==History of the Peoples of the Kingdom==
*How Did They Originate? They were colonists who became independent
*What Became of the Original Inhabitants? They were partially assimilated
*What event instigated this? Priest King
*Why Did It Fail At the Final Crisis? Its neighbors conspired to help ruin it

*There was an empire run by a mad Priest King named Vashtan. A superior being came down from the heavens (?) and delivered the laws of Justice (and Music) to a leader who founded the Church of Pem and fought Vashtan and his minions. The resultant disintegration of the empire created many kingdoms, including the "colonists" who fled the Empire and founded Caral where the PCs are right now. Albor flourished in Caral but Pem still lurks... and has somehow gained the favor of the current King of Caral, as they are the lawgivers as of now.

*The Carallians were here already, gained their independence from the empire after the war with Vashtan, tried to expand over the river a century or more ago but ran into trouble of some unknown or forgotten sort, and retreated behind the border of the River Moche until now.