Ebeta

Ebeta was a large empire near the modern country of Rowen. Very little is known about Ebeta, during the Mage Wars their borders extended from Central Rowen to the south all the way to the land of Sindall.

Towards the end of the Mage Wars, Ebeta became embroiled in a brutal civil war, which completely destroyed the heart of the empire and left only a desolate wasteland. Shortly before the capital fell, a scribe named Julious emptied the palace library into three ships which set sail for the island of Crib, the last bastion of the Ebetan Empire. The books and relics eventually made their way to the Library of Arindell.

History

Ebeta was probably formed sometime during the First Chaotic Period though it's history extends back into the Age of Darkness. Its people likely descend from the Clans#The Dear Clan#Dear Clan.

Ebeta was protected by several mountain ranges, and despite being only a few thousand miles from the capital of the Marcon Alliance, managed to avoid much conflict with the marcons. Historians believe a number of secret treaties between the two groups made this possible. Though why the Marcons would uphold such treaties with such a small and easily-crushable foes remains a topic of much debate.

By the end of the Dynastic Period, Ebeta was embroiled in a bloody civil-war, which eventually turned its once prosperous steppes into a high-altitude desert. This likely happened around the same time the old Oncar Empire was destroyed, although some historians argue that the Oncar were wiped out millenia earlier(notably: Herbet Patric Galactis weighed in on the subject in his Accepted Histories positing that neither version of events can be known with certainty, and offers both chronologies as acceptable).

Immediately following the fall of Ebeta, the Rowens, who had endured a long fight for independence, began an organized policy of momento-morium, effectively erasing the Ebetans from history. Practically nothing of their culture is still known, other than what can be found in a few dozen Ebetan books which made their way to the library.