Disappearance of Thrumut

In the twilight of the age of Dawn, there was a city near where Chiru now stands. It was a ratori city that was a jewel amongst the sand. Buildings made entirely of baked clay rose to the sky, covered in mosaics. The ratori turned the desert into a marketplace and maze of gardens. Their irrigation systems were advanced, and their caravans crossed the known world. The ratori of Thrumut were also experts in astronomy, and their stargazing made the city a beacon of knowledge.

As the age of Dawn came to a close, something went terribly wrong. Thrumut vanished, swallowed by the desert it had tamed. Some say it was nature's revenge for turning the desert green - sandstorms to cover the city and earthquakes to bury it in the ground. Others think that the Thrumutians exhausted what little resources the desert had to give, leading the city to simply collapse. The most scholarly theory is that trade routes had simply changed, leading the city to decay and poeple to move away. The most popular theory among the ratori is that they did something to anger their gods and cause them to smite the city.