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Most commoners know [[Caldeum]] by reputation if not direct experience. The trade city has existed for thousands of years, predating even the [[Mage Clan Wars]]. Its neutral stance throughout the following centuries saved it from the destruction that visited the nearby city of [[Viz-jun]] and life along the trade carried on. -- [[Abd al-Hazir]]

The trade consortium council has always been the ruling body of Caldeum, but it gained additioanl strength after the fall of the [[Vizjerei]]. The councilmen saw opportunity in the rapidly growing [[Zakarum]] faith, and they allowed the fanatics to build their enormous cathedral, [[Saldencal]], within the center if the city. -- [[Abd al-Hazir]]

'''Part 5'''

All was well under the new emperor until his untimely death forced the [[Zakarum]] priests to find a new heir for [[Kehjistan]]'s throne. Through a series of elaborate rituals (undoubtedly a spectacle for their superstitious followers), they determined an impoverished infant in the north was [[Hakan I]]'s spiritual successor. -- [[Abd al-Hazir]]

After the [[Zakarum]] priests' rituals were complete, they employed a group of reckless mercenaries, the [[Iron Wolves]], to retrieve the child. They dubbed him [[Hakan II]] and installed him on the throne despite his scant years. [[Caldeum]] has been in decline ever since, and I can see no reprieve in sight. -- [[Abd al-Hazir]]