Editing Helaclossan Primeans (section)

= History =
''Compiled by the Scribe Phineus of Kelea''

Tales of antiquity describe the City-state of Helaclossus, a Primean power in Sadafeia renowned for their trade and mercantile control of the roads leading south into the desert. They feuded with the Keriokois to the north, and the scattered Sadafi tribes to the south, but the records of these events are scattered and left to academic speculation. I choose to start with their resistance against the Elves, a cause to which our brave city donated its blood. Our proud Strategos Inaros, marched an army estimated around a few thousand to meet the enemy in battle. Sometime in the early period of the First Era, Inaros had fought several battles to keep the Elves at bay near Daxis and Pheranthos. It is my belief that the resistance was futile, a thought reinforced by the Oracle at the time whose records we still have access to. 

I note the Battle of Thenae, for my scholarly readers. Inaros suffered a grievous wound that would later end his life, but it was his command that stopped an Elven army from reaching our city. Over a hundred thousand Elves mounted an attack on Inaros’ army, numbering only a tenth of that. For every Helaclossan death, the Elves paid dearly and the spirit of holding the line against foreign powers has animated the Helaclossan spirit in their wars against all who tread against them. 

In more recent history, the Helaclossans were ruled by the Sultans of Hashid, and I count myself lucky to live in an era free of their barbarity.