Valtadre
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Expulsion Era:
When Valtadre was founded roughly two and a half thousand years ago, its founder never expected it to become a city. Valtad was something of an eccentric even for a sorcerer, and devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge with a zeal known only to a few elves in each generation. In order to eliminate the distractions of life in the small city that later came to be known as Itarada, he headed southeast into the then-untamed mountains. With the aid of a few friendly elementals, he quickly turned the top of an isolated mountaintop into towering edifice that would be the basis by which mages' towers would be judged for centuries. Valtad moved in, along with his apprentices, and they studied the movements of the stars and the names of spirits and the properties of matter for decades.
Unfortunately, at least as far as Valtad was concerned, news of their power (especially the power of Valtad's wondrous enchantments) spread. Young sorcerers and namers began to make the long journey into the wilderness to study under the great scholar. At first, they were accepted with open arms. As their numbers grew (and they began to start families with each other), Valtad grew more hesitant and grumbled more, but he was loathe to turn away those who sought knowledge. The tower was expanded twice, and a small town began to grow up around it. By this time Valtad was growing older, and was coming to appreciate that there were young and respectful folk around to keep things comfortable by doing the grunt work while he spent his time in the rapidly-growing library.
Despite its intentionally remote location, Valtadre's
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