
The Bars enslaved the remaining elves but absorbed certain elements of their language over the course of subsequent ages.


In the 9th century AR (or 11th after the Conjunction) the area was seized by the Bars people, refugees from Barsa occupied by a confederation of Ofieri tribes. They number remained stable until a mysterious disease decimated them about 7 century after the Conjunction. While Aen Nílfe were not interested in modern-day Ruach's area as much as in areas situated in the lower flow of the Alba, a group of their colonizers led by noblewoman Loernach Éliade settled here due to a large number of Quintessential Places of Power.

1.3 Anti-Bars sentiments and the Alban Basin War.
