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History
of the
Last March of the Giants
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East
of the Great Rift in the Eastern Shaar once stood a land of the titans.
This empire rose at the dawn of time in Faerun, and its lords thought
to challenge the gods in their arrogance. In punishment, the powers cursed
the reigning monarch of the land with fascination and his brethren with
devotion. The powers then dropped a star onto the land. The impact of
the fallen star created a huge valley later known as the Sea of Fallen
Stars. Slowly picking up speed, the gall rolled through the titan nation
and onward to the south.
Unable to contain his curiosity, the titan king ran off after the bouncing
sphere and his devoted followers dutifully followed his tracks. The meteorite
rolled on and on until it reached the Great Sea and vanished into the
depths. The monarch dove into the sea, and, lemminglike, the entire titan
race dove in after him, never to be seen again. Ashamed at the destruction
they had wrought, the powers vowed to keep both curiosity and loyalty
firmly in check to avoid such disasters in the future. They have done
so to this day, preventing both new ideas from being pursued with any
speed and the intelligent races of Toril from ever fully cooperating.
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