| This could be explained by the supposed extreme diversity of population of Dantria, and possibly the coexistence of many languages and religions, although it begs the question of what prompted such different peoples to embark on a dangerous and faraway journey. Hypotheses include famine, war, disease and cultural prosecution, but none of these ideas explain features of the Dawn to full satisfaction. Surviving Dantrian documents, although few, reveal nothing of importance happening at the time of the Dawn. For instance, there is a historic treatise written by an unknown author from [[Walneer]] that dates its account to the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th [[CFR]]. It talks about some of the important events of the previous decades, but none of them feature anything that would prompt a massive migration. | | This could be explained by the supposed extreme diversity of population of Dantria, and possibly the coexistence of many languages and religions, although it begs the question of what prompted such different peoples to embark on a dangerous and faraway journey. Hypotheses include famine, war, disease and cultural prosecution, but none of these ideas explain features of the Dawn to full satisfaction. Surviving Dantrian documents, although few, reveal nothing of importance happening at the time of the Dawn. For instance, there is a historic treatise written by an unknown author from [[Walneer]] that dates its account to the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th [[CFR]]. It talks about some of the important events of the previous decades, but none of them feature anything that would prompt a massive migration. |
− | At the same time, the settlers have seemingly exported sophisticated technologies, such as road building and architecture, and well developed forms of government. [[Tarnarian royal ranks]] are believed to have originated in Dantria, or at least inspired by Dantria. | + | At the same time, the settlers have seemingly exported sophisticated technologies, such as road building and architecture, and well developed forms of government. [[Hogloh vy Aanua|Tarnarian royal ranks]] are believed to have originated in Dantria, or at least inspired by Dantria. |
− | In contrast, the migrants of the New Dawn clearly had a common cultural background and spoke a closely related set of [[Thonthal]]-like languages. | + | In contrast, the migrants of the New Dawn clearly had a common cultural background, spoke a closely related set of [[Thonthal]]-like languages and articulated reasons for their migration in a number of writings. |