The Vos Areni

Newly lost

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Until recently, the Vos Areni would have referred to themselves as Morash, the same as the rest of their countrymen, the inhabitants of Moragul. However, since the eruption of Mount Vatra, the country has fractured into pieces, and the Vos Areni have found themselves without homes and without friends.
As a result of the eruption, the city of Vos Aren was destroyed and the majority of its population wiped out. Those who escaped from the boiling ash and rock that entombed the city and its surrounding areas banded together in small groups. They travelled to other cities in search of aid, but found the gates barred to them; the loss of the leadership in Vos Aren had led to a power vaccuum, and now Moragul was at war, each city fighting to be recognised as the new leaders of the country.
The refugees - those, at least, who were not killed by zealous defenders - retreated into the wilds, seeking out other groups that had originated from Vos Aren and its surrounds. They began to wear armbands made out of scraps of red fabric so they could recognise each other if they passed. They headed back to the lands that had been wiped out by the eruption, the flattened forests, the ash-covered fields. They set up makeshift camps, settling together in small groups so as not to overwhelm the stricken land.

It has been six months since the eruption, and the Vos Areni are still trying to work out their new identity. They refuse to become involved in the wider conflict that has enveloped Moragul, as they are fighting already to survive.