- Zarthani
The Zarthani are a
fictional group ofIndo-Aryans who settled in North America inH. Beam Piper 's book "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen ". They speak an early Greek dialect and create a large civilization in theAtlantic coast of North America.Early migrations
A group of Indo-Aryans, who called themselves the Ros-Zarthani, moved east into Asia (the "Cold Lands") instead of south and west into
Anatolia and theBalkans . They crossed thePacific Ocean and settled in thePacific Northwest , where they created a tribal civilization. Some of these people then moved south along the coast where they defeated the native tribes and created multiple smallcity-states . The southern city states and the northern tribes soon began to trade with each other.Middle and late migrations
A thousand years after the arrival of the Ros-Zarthani, a race of early Germanic language speakers, the
Urgothi , arrived. As the coast was well settled and well defended, the Urgothi moved east and south into the "Sea of Grass" (theGreat Plains ) and to near the "Great River" (theMississippi River ). The Urgothi created the "Middle Kingdoms", including "Grefftscharr". Eventually,iron was discovered and resulted in a huge amount of trade over the Iron Trail.Six hundred years before Kalvan arrived in Hostigos, a war between the north and south city-states caused the coastal civilization to fall apart. Thousands of Zarthani began to head across the Iron Trail. "King Chaldorec" of one of the Middle Kingdoms decided to have the invaders move to the
Atlantic coast, to act as a buffer against the Iroquois Alliance along the coast. Soon the Zarthani and the Iroquois (called the "Eastern Ruthani" or "Redmen") were embroiled in a century long war that ended with the Ruthani survivors fleeing to Newfoundland and Labrador.The Great Kingdoms
The Zarthani soon spread throughout the coast, creating the "Great Kingdoms" of "Hos-Ktemnos", "
Hos-Harphax ", "Hos-Agrys", and "Hos-Zygros". Later on, the kingdom of "Hos-Bletha" would split away from "Hos-Ktemnos". After the arrival of Kalvan, a new Great Kingdom of "Hos-Hostigos " was formed. Kalvan would later recognize the Middle Kingdom of "Rathon" as the Great Kingdom of "Hos-Rathon".References
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John F. Carr , "Kalvan Kingmaker ", Pequod Press, 2000, pages 14-16
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