Seventh chronicle

The Seventh chronicle is the oldest surviving non-dwarven scripture in the world. It is part of the Sixteen chronicles. It depicts the founding of the city of Fereshiyat, now known as Wanel. It was written in the Remanian language by an anonymous author or a group of authors between 3000 and 2900 of the Old Age. The chronicle was originally written on several clay tablets, but some time around 2300 OA it was re-written on parchment. 
The text was preserved in the Library of Wanel until the departure of the elves, when it sas rediscovered by what would become the first magisters, which brought it to Varul in 184 NA. Thanks to excellent elven records and translations of the Remanian language it was possible to translate it into modern languages. The original remained in Varul as the personal property of the dukes of Emirìa until 1179 NA, when it was brought to Aranaine. It has been extensively copied over the years especially with the appearance of printing, and several translations have been published, in Aranese, in Common and Imperial among others.
The text is the seventh in a series of chronicles written by the ancient Remanians. None of the previous texts have been found. However, dwarven scholars have recorded the writing of these texts as well as their general themes. As such it is known that the previous texts were about the exile of the Remanians from the Great Desert, their settlement of the Bloodwine region and their initial contact with the indigenous halflings. The dwarven archives suggest that the first book was some sort of cosmogony and theogony, and that all of the texts had a strong religious connotations. The chronicle itself is written in a script derived from the Dwarven abjad, but changed to be an alphabet. 
The chronicle begins by describing the first assembly of tribes. The various chieftains wish to decide together how to best seal marriage alliances between their tribes so as to avoid war. However the chiefs cannot agree on whose territory the summit should be held, and several chiefs fight. Ultimately the oldest chief suggests finding a place which belongs to no chiefdom. The chiefs then seek such a place for five days and five nights, until they find a territory between two rivers which is owned by halflings. After explaining to them their need for a place of assembly, the halflings agree to cede them their lands on the condition that each of the seven halfling lords got a wife from the chiefs. Their request given, the chiefs and the halflings found Fereshiyat, and in it host a great celebration for the marriage of the halfling lords. The descendants of these halflings are the modern halflings. Their human wives would explain why the halflings of the time of writing, and still today, were so much taller than the ones during the events of the chronicle. The chronicle ends with the end of the wedding celebrations.