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Kavzar (Human Tribe)

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"And Tylos came to be recognised chief of the wandering Kavzar and sought to found a city for his folk. And he made covenant with Myrmidia to erect its walls, and so it was deftly done. Yet Tylos was unsatisfied, for the cities of the Elvenkind were greater, and so he bid his tribe to raise a white tower to the heavens. But Myrmidia scorned his pride and abandoned the city, and it fell to rapacious vermin, and therein foetid ground now lies, neglected and abused. And Elf and Dwarf fought, and the Elves departed, sailing their shining ships to the West, and the Dwarfs’ Everlasting Realm was brought low through the wickedness of Goblins, and Mankind filled the void and they did prosper and spread their seed. And Myrmidia took pity on the scattered tribe of Tylos, and walked among them as a mortal woman, and took up her Spear of Righteousness and Shield of Honour and slew the enemies of Men in their thousands. War was won with fire-forged metal, and the tribes of Tilea and Estalia raised her as their Queen. Yet fresh was the crown on her brow when a dart daubed in poison laid her low, and with her dying breath she bade them build a Great Ship, and she drifted seawards to the West, following the undying sun. And so she was raised once more to the halls of the divine, to rule the southern lands from a Heavenly Throne…’"

—Extract from the Bellona Myrmidia (Reman edition), sacred book of the followers of the goddess of war, translated by Professor Heinrich Grüberhaus of the University of Altdorf[2a]
Temple of Tylos

(Above) Sketch by an unnamed artist, found among the surviving working papers of the murdered scholar Anders Emmerich. Although it is unknown whether the tower shown above truly exists or is simply an artistic fancy, it is included here by a tantalising notation found written by the side of the sketch in Emmerich's hand. Enigmatically, the notation reads, "Kavzar is Tylos", a phrase the true meaning of which is at present unclear. (The Emmerich Papers: Pencil on parchment)[5a]

The Kavzar were an ancient Human tribe who, according to Tilean legends, founded the city of Tylos (also called Kavzar) long time ago, maybe with the first Human colonization described by Dwarfen chronicles dated in -2000 IC.[1a][2a] Though no direct sources confirm it, the Kavzar might have been part of the Belthani, a collective of agrarian tribes that spread across Tilea and Estalia around taht period. These could be the same peoples who cultivated lands near Tylos.

Tyleus, the man recognized as chief of Tylos, remains a legendary figure in Tilean folklore and is traditionally considered the father of the Tilean people. If these legends hold truth, modern Tileans may descend from the primitive tribes surrounding the doomed city.[3b]

While contemporary Tileans are unlikely direct descendants of Tylos' citizens—who presumably perished in the city's cataclysm—they may originate from the agrarian tribes that supplied the metropolis. One legend mentions an annual tithe of slaves sent to Tyleus for labor on his grand constructions. The city's fall likely liberated these tributary peoples.[3b]

History[]

In -1950 IC, the Kavzar encountered a Dwarf clan prospecting for ore in the Black Mountains. The Dwarfs eventually settled near Tylos, establishing trade between the Irrana Mountains and the Tilean Sea. The city flourished with Dwarfen engineering, including a subterranean karak.[1a]

By -1880 IC, Tylos began building its great temple. Dwarfs participated, incentivized by Human gold compensating for poor local ore. Construction lasted a century, relying heavily on enslaved tribespeople from the region.[1a]

Tilean and Dawi records agree: upon the temple's completion, a supernatural monsoon struck, and warpstone meteorites from Morrslieb rained down. Within a year, the city and karak were overrun by giant rats, sinking into the Blighted Marshes.[1a]

What remained would be forever after known as Skavenblight, the festering, black heart of the Ratmen. Some legends tell of how, after the disaster, Chaos wended its ways into the hearts and minds of these peoples, and launched attacks from the swirling regions in the north, it was limited in its hold on Mankind.[4a]

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