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=== Early Settlement and Pre-Kingdom Era (1000 B.C. - 399 AD) ===
The Aikkian coasts were first home to native lutryne groups, while the Atiovha mountains were later settled in 1,000 B.C. by exiled Vhydaszi AkuanistAkuanists. The new arrivals lived a mostly pastoral lifestyle and primarily raised goats and sheep. Around 800 B.C. the region saw an influx of Shatlo elves who had been pushed out of their homeland on the Oshombran Peninsula by Taragai and later Talveri pressure. They named their new home "Aikthudr'zhur," or literally, "The Eastern Places." The arriving Shatlo converted to Akuanism but maintained much of their existing hierarchy and cultural traditions. Their comparatively long lifespans also allowed them to establish their power in region, and many modern political dynasties can trace their roots back to these original settlers.
==== Tri-River Flood ====
The original and largest settlement by lutryne and kemonomimi Akuanists was swept away in a flood due to a harsh rainingrainy season and primitive dam constructions blocking the flow of water. The original city's name has been lost and only few historical records make mention of the once large citysettlement that was once located where the current modern-day Highdrilian sits. HandfulThe handful of stone structures that has survived the flood and is stillare beingnow maintained by the Royal Society of Historical Services of Aikkian Peoples. The usepurpose of the structures is still currently unknown, but ithistorians has beenhave theorized by historians that thethey stonewere structures areonce either religious in naturesites or small granaries.
The original settlementsite was abandoned for several centuries until the waterconstruction level decrease toof a level deemed safe enough for resettlement. The second settlement, Lodrilia, returnedwhich toeventually grew beinginto a large city. centerIt forwas several centuries until the city waslater renamed byto Highdrilian by the King Okford of Ny'thudr'zhan in 1550.
==== ElvenShatlo Refugees and SettlementsMigrations ====
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The Shatlo settlements waswere differentdistinguished fromby thetheir native groups,use usingof brick and stone structures more oftenrather than the traditional wooden buildings of the natives. According to availablesurviving records, artifacts and artworks from the period.Shatlo Thesettlers Shatloremained elveslargely didn'tsegregated allowfrom other species, toalthough settlethere withinwas theirtrade settlements,between butthe wasdifferent willinggroups. toThe trade with them.refusal Additionallyof the Shatlo elves refusalto or disinterest in conversionconvert to [[Akuanism]] andcaused hierarchical structure causedfurther tensions between the natives and the Shatlo to rise.
==== RiseInter-Species of Tensions Between SpeciesConflicts ====
Shatlo and the other native groups had risen to a boiling point. The lutryne and kemonomimi shunned the Shatlo elves and refused their access to the riverways. The intermixing of trade routes, riverways and passages being blocked off to the Shatlo practically isolated the elven villages from one and another. Based on the written records from a kemonomimi brewmaster living in a large city next to a series of Shatlo settlements. Shatlo was greatly enraged by the shunning and blocking off of established trade routes, the two combined causing a famine to spread across the Shatlo settlements.
=== Foreign Trade ===
Despite a complicated relationship stemming from the colonial period, Aikthudr'zhur retains numerous economic links to Leidenstad. Cryria remains an important producer of renewable energy technology, and as such has played an important role in Aikthudr'zhur’s energy sector. Aikthudr'zhur is also an important customer for Cryrian electric vehicle manufacturers and imports significant amounts of machinery from Cryrian producers. Aikkian woodcrafts remain popular within Cryria, and Aikthudr'zhur is a common vacation destination for Cryrian tourists. Both the trade deficit and the impacts of tourism in Aikthudr'zhur remain a source of domestic controversy.
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