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The best known slum in T'Telir is the Highlands, the [[Idris|Idrian]] quarter.{{book ref|wb|31}} The Highlands are located in the north of the city, and most Idrians live here. The Highlands are less colourful then the rest of T’Telir,{{book ref|wb|31}} although there are still many colors.{{book ref|wb|31}} This slum is ruled by three slumlords, [[Paxen]],{{book ref|wb|31}} [[Ashu]]{{book ref|wb|31}} and [[Rira]].{{book ref|wb|31}} Furthermore there are many brothels,{{book ref|wb|31}} most only a short distance away from the edge of the Highlands.{{book ref|wb|31}} [[Vivenna]] describes the place as unwelcome.{{book ref|wb|31}}
 
== History ==
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=== Origin ===
The [[Pahn Kahl]] were the original inhabitants of the valley where T'Telir was later built, living in scattered fishing villages in the valley's jungles until the people of [[Chedesh]] sailed across the Bright Sea and settled in the area.{{book ref|wb|32}}
 
The [[God King]]'s palace was the first building constructed in the site of the future city of T'Telir.{{book ref|wb|51}} It served as an outpost overlooking the bay and was built by the crew mates of [[Vo]], the first Returned, three hundred years before the events of the Manywar. They named the kingdom they founded on the beaches of T'Telir's bay [[Hanald]] and elected Vo's wife as their queen.{{book ref|wb|32}}
 
=== The Manywar ===
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T'Telir was home to the descendants of Vo and his wife; the royal family fled the city at the climax of the war and established the nation of [[Idris]].{{book ref|wb|1}} After the Manywar was resolved, Peacegiver left the city of T'Telir a gift in the form of the D'Denir Celabrin.{{book ref|wb|9}} These statues were ostensibly a reminder to the citizens of the cost of war as well as a memorial for the war's casualties, but in fact were the force known as [[Kalad's Phantoms]].{{book ref|wb|28}}{{book ref|wb|58}}
 
=== The Plague ===
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|You mean to tell me that our God King—the most holy and divine personage in our pantheon—died to cure a few tummy aches?
|[[Lightsong]]{{book ref|wb|27}}
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Two hundred and fifty years later, a plague of distrentia struck T'Telir. The disease was especially deadly among the elderly and the young, and the nature of it meant that it spread other diseases as well. This caused the city's commerce to slow drastically, meaning that outlying villages went months without necessary supplies. In the end, Susebron the Fourth gave his Breath to cure the plague and [[Susebron]] the Fifth began his rule.{{book ref|wb|27}}
 
=== The Pahn Kahl Rebellion ===
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Thirty years into Susebron the Fifth's reign, he signed a treaty with King [[Dedelin]] of [[Idris]] that promised peace in exchange for his marriage to Dedelin's daughter.{{book ref|wb|1}} At the time when the treaty was fulfilled twenty years later, T'Telir was the site of the Pahn Kahl rebellion. First, a Pahn Kahl named [[Vahr]], a worker in the dye fields, made an attempt at stirring up his people.{{book ref|wb|19}} He worked to that end for over a decade but was ultimately captured and imprisoned due to [[Bluefingers]]' information leaks and killed by [[Vasher]].{{wob ref|6020}} Bluefingers himself planned an extensive subversive campaign centered around starting a war between Hallandren and Idris: he brought mercenaries and Pahn Kahl [[Awakening|Awakeners]] into the tunnel system below the court,{{wob ref|7298}} manipulated [[Siri]] into distrusting the Hallandren priests,{{wob ref|6983}} and hired [[Denth's crew]] to increase tensions in the city.{{wob ref|6723}} When his plans were nearing completion, he tortured [[Blushweaver]] and [[Lightsong]] in order to get the Command phrases for Hallandren's Lifeless army, changed the Command phrase, and sent the army towards Idris.{{book ref|wb|55}} The attempted rebellion was defeated when Susebron, with his newly healed tongue, used [[Peacegiver's Treasure]] to storm his palace with an army of Awakened cloths. Vasher decided to give him the Command phrase to Kalad's Phantoms, which he then sent after the Lifeless army.{{book ref|wb|ep}}
 
== Culture ==
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