Masaa a Dohea (Second Migration)

**Overview**

The Second Migration happened in the midst of the Plains Wars. The war had reached every corner of the Plains, and the common folk were becoming tired of the seemingly endless conflict. The obvious option would be to move to Carilas, but those in the west were often too poor to make the journey, and those that made it to the Bena Forest were often unwelcome. The borders of Bacoha were very strictly enforced. Though they wanted to export their goods out to Gatliras, they also wished to keep the problems of the Conflict out of their land. Brandir also valued the peace of their lands, and didn’t need an influx of refugees pouring into the Painted Forest. They were also allies with Hecess, who wanted their population to stay their population. (Brandir would later let in Hecessan refugees after the invasion from Galtrias, but this was far after the main event of the Second Migration occurred.) Vul Tath was impassable, the Laiva Anos Mountains still had not been colonized, and no one wished to go past the Chevos Mountains into the harsh cold of Tyaal. So to many people, the only option of escape for many people was to leave the continent. The details of what exactly happened during this mass movement of people are a little fuzzy, but this is the most long-running explanation of events - though, in more recent years predictions have been made about magical influence twisting this strange occurrence as well.

Whispers spread throughout Gatliras of an expedition to set sail off from Erolir for new lands. Many people from across Gatliras began making their way out to where Beldis is built now, and the people cobbled together what left they had to build a rickety yet large fleet to set sail on. Weirdly enough, word of the “expedition” got through the borders of Bacoha as well. Many of the rich Bacohans were usually winemakers and politicians, and the peasants generally had a difficult time rising in social class. Though they had it way better than the peasantry of the outside world, they didn’t really know that due to the way Bacoha barred itself from the rest of Aranas. This expedition out to sea seemed like a way to start anew, and to have a grand adventure in the process. Once the fleet had been finally completed, they set off into the unknown world. On their journey however, they managed to lose all memory of their old lives in Aranas, only remaining with their maturity, common sense, their names and the basics of language. On their journey boats managed to drift away from each other before the fleet had split into many pieces. The vessels that did find that new land would begin building the foundations of what are now known as the City-States of Felnias.

This explanation has more recently caused greater debate, especially with the anomalic Oshlan magics at the believed point they set sail at finally being analyzed by the mages of Daronar. Some theories of the rather unbelievable quantity of people that gathered here are that some sort of magical pulse, perhaps once used long ago by the Oshlans in a mass national emergency, drew people in. Others even believe the population was somehow multiplied artificially. No one knows for certain, as none were left behind to tell the true events - another large factor lending to the debates over the event. It could also be that the Hidden Barrier, which must have been still active by that time, altered the situation in some way. It is still popularly believed that the memory loss was due to the infamous Deepdark anomaly, but based on the sheer expansiveness of the area the fleet splintered and landed upon, it seems unlikely the entirety of the ships passed over it. Another point of contention comes from the cultural differences between the rising states in the beginnings of Felnias’ settlement. It is unknown why some ended up resembling other Aran cultures, such as most of Arringand, while others did not, such as Ossthnar and Sincaesh. All that is known is that it is likely that the version of events that had originally been theorized after the Discovery has many infactualities, and that old Oshlan magics altered this event as the results of it are far too extreme to be reasonably rationalized.