Aragwaithi Origins

[Mountain_King]

This could be the wrong place to post this...but I am justifying it by saying it relates to a UMC. (It does)
Where did the Aragwaithi come from? Are they remnants of the Northern Alliance, Wesnothian refugees, some other humans from the far north? I don't think IftU told us about their origins. Did they and I missed it?
Thank you,
Mountain_King

[Gwynnedrion]

According to the World of Orbvim (and I quote): "The Aragwaithi are the descendants of those Marauders and Arendians who remained in the north after the Lavinian empire fell. They continued to learn from the elves, and made an alliance with the High Elves. They live in the area vacated by the Íssaelfr - the cold, harsh regions of the North. "

I don't know how they got in Irdya (because of their appearance in IftU) nor do I know why it is that they are the only ones that appear in IftU -if they made it from Orbvim to Irdya then the High Elves and other species who live in Orbvim could do the same. Anyway, since they are one of my favorite factions and I have nothing to do at the moment I'll ask Turin if there is a more historical account and that if there is not, that I could write one.

[Dixie]

Alternatively, isn't it explained in IftU? Just play the first few scenarios of the second half, I think they appear around that point.

[Feufochmar]

I think Orbvim was intended to be located on the Old Continent (the continent west of the Green Isle) of Irdya before being moved to another world. Maybe the Aragwaithi come from the old continent.

I search the forum, and I found that Aragwaithi came from this art thread :
http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5203
(see page 7 of this thread for the creation of the name)

They apparently were intended at the beggining to be kind of mercenaries from desertic lands, but they were (are still ?) lacking concept and story background.
Aragwaithi appear in the campaign A New Order (which was apparently the first campaign to use them back in 2005).

[Mountain_King]

I don't know how they got in Irdya (because of their appearance in IftU) nor do I know why it is that they are the only ones that appear in IftU -if they made it from Orbvim to Irdya then the High Elves and other species who live in Orbvim could do the same. Anyway, since they are one of my favorite factions and I have nothing to do at the moment I'll ask Turin if there is a more historical account and that if there is not, that I could write one.

Hahaha, I have the opposite situation! I created a race of humans living in the far north with their own history and mythology, (some good stories in there actually), and I couldn't decide what happened so nobody knew their story. I wondered if their descendants could eventually become the Aragwaithi, but I wanted to make sure that the "powers that be" hadn't already made up a different story for them.
For the curious:

Spoiler:

Once there was a tribe leader named Japhel living in an unknown location on either the old continent or the Green Isle c. 700 BW. For reasons the bards currently cannot remember, he was forced to leave his home and escape with some of his people. He rode on the back of a winged serpent until he arrived in the far north of the great continent. There his descendants multiplied, living in the Sister Cities and trading with the dwarves, until the Ice Age. When the entire land was covered in snow, these people were greatly diminished by a rogue sorcerer, who attacked them with his dark minions. After the sorcerer's defeat at the hand of Jobath I, the people continued their life in the far north. Though weakened, they returned to power among the wild lands. When Haldric landed, he did not know of the existence of these people, as they were too far north. Their descendants were later referred to as "barbarians" by those unacquainted with them. Over a thousand years later (after the fall), their lands were turned to desert. Over time, they adapted to life in the desert, becoming the Aragwaithi we all know and love. The rest of the story is all covered by IftU et al. And that's what I want to do.

[Gwynnedrion]

I've asked Turin and got permission to write the history of the "Noble People" whom's known name is the Aragwaithi. I'd like you all to tell your own vision about them. What do you think they would look like, what kind of religion, culture and such more... I have my own ideas already but its just so I get a general picture of the idea we (players) have about this faction.

[Mountain_King]

and that's why Wesnothian historical fiction is so great! You are not nearly as constrained by historical events or realism as you are in writing real historical fiction.