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==History==
The history of Bana is defined by two rivers: the Loko River, running southward from the DavreasDanvreas Range just along the edges of the Raonite Spur, and the Miku River, taking a circuitous path down from the mountains along a more northerly route. Both of which feed into the Strait of Vultuca. Habitation by both humans and elves in this region dates back thousands of years. North of the mountains, these species could flourish while relatively protected from the felines that dominated the interior of the continent. By the turn of the 2nd millennium CE, three primary tribes of peoples in the region had come to use the term "bana" as an identifier: the Mikubana along the Miku River in the north; the Lokobana along the Loko River in the south; and the Okunbana along the coast of the Strait of Vultuca between the two rivers. The term "bana" is translated as "children," with each tribe naming themselves as the children of the body of water they lived on: the Miku, the Loko, and the Okun - the sea.
 
The species tended to settle in single -species communities in different areas, with elves remaining in the highlands and humans migrating further west to the coast. However, significant trade interaction between the two led to their adoption of the same language. Relations were almost always peaceful, with evidence of some scarce brief flare-ups of violence. At the turn of the 10th century CE, various small city-states along the coast are united by a military campaign into the Kingdom of Okunbana, based in a city bearing just the name "Bana." Over the next few hundred years, Okunbana established extensive relationships with the Mikubana and the Lokobana. At the same time, the Lokobana gradually assimilated into the Mikubana, and they had come to consider themselves one tribe, the Mikubana, by 1200 CE.
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