Varkraalan Unchained

Natural disasters, religious intolerance and population pressures caused the First Symker Migration during the first and second century. As tribes traveled west, they were persecuted by the native Symker for religious and political prejudices and the Grular whose lands could not support a large influx of people. The migration started as a trickle and ended as a flood. All sorts of groups fled west; whole tribes seeking lands of their own, people desiring religious and political freedom, criminals, deserters, philosophers and other undesirables brought together in an attempt to escape a culture where they stood little chance to achieve a free or comfortable life.  While most turned south to settle into modern day Kandor, the remnants of the flight fled north to eventually settle in the foothills of the Dorsang Danar, where they formed the Varkraalan Confederacy.

The continued conflict with the Grular and Trilians forced the newly merged members of the confederation into the safety of the mountains. They also discovered a large plateau within the mountains that gave them a safe place for their herds and even a bit of arable land for crops. With only one major path into the plateau, this formed a perfect natural defense.  The following centuries witnessed the development and adaption of the Varkraalan culture. The tribes became intermingled beyond recognition and their culture changed until little influence from their Symker homelands remained.