| Very little is
known about the land called Maldomoor. What reports have filtered
through to the Norandon court have come via the Auld Kingdom and their
truthfulness cannot be vouched for. The dwarves of the Auld Kingdom
speak of a vast country of tundra and steppes as large as Norandor
and as united. They speak of huge armies made up of warriors twice
the size of the humans to the east, who are well armed and well trained.
They drill and practise the art of war continuously as if preparing
for a conflict that will see the end of the world.
The only truths held about the Maldomoori with any degree of certainty
is that they are alien, and they are dangerous. They may be a race
of half-giants (or even true giants), they may be servants of evil,
they may even be elves in disguise; the fact is that no one knows.
It is known that their language is not derived from Hadradan and
that their culture (what little has been seen) has nothing to do
with the Hadradan Empire. Whatever they are, they were the only
force on the continent whom the Hadradans could no conquer - alone
that fact gives many pause. The Maldomoori speak a strange and unintelligible
language; they use the U'Garrad alphabet that was only thought to
be used by the people of Vikallia. In short, they are an enigma....
Urova's greatest fear is that one day they will be an enigma no
more....
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