Nightstar The Bright

The region that became Hanald was originally populated by the [[Pahn Kahl]] people{{book ref|wb|32}}, who lived in a collection of fishing villages. When the people of [[Chedesh]], who dominated the world at the time, began exploring other parts of the [[Inner Sea]]'s coastline, a group of their ships discovered this valley filled with jungles.{{book ref|wb|32}} One of the explorers, [[Vo]], died and became the first [[Returned]] while on one of the ships in the bay.{{book ref|wb|32}} He then died again a week later. Dismissive of the native Pahn Kahl, his crewmates founded a kingdom on the site and named it Hanald.{{book ref|wb|32}} Theythey elected Vo's wife, who was pregnant with his child, as their queen.{{book ref|wb|32}}

The kingdom of Hanald quickly expanded, eventually claiming most of the lowlands as well as the highlands. They faced little resistance during this time, as the only other kingdom in the lowlands was Pahn Kahl,{{book ref|wb|32}} which wasn’t very mighty. The economy of Hanald quickly grew as well, likely because of the farming of the [[Tears of Edgli]] and other products native to the lowlands. At some point large mineral deposits were found in the northern mountains, Hanald founded mines in this region, this includes a number of copper mines.