The Infithtelli in Talastar?

[Akhôrahil]

The Infithtelli was one of the Winter Tribes. History of the Heortling Peoples say (p. 10, c. 100-150 S.T.): "3000. Another 3000 or so have migrated northwards (Talastar)[...]"

Does anything ever come of this later? Do we know where in Talastar they ended up? Were they simply assimilated (if not right away, then during Lokamayadon, who at the very least must have had them under his command)?

3000 people in the years 100-150 is a pretty decent number. 

Edited December 19, 2021 by Akhôrahil

[soltakss]

History of the Heortling People also has:

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Deksarhill 
• Orlanth Temple 
• on the Upper Black Eel, named after Deksar the Grey, 
• 800 humans, called Infithtelli

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Events 
The HCLG army moved against the Shadow Plateau. Any of the remaining Heortling tribes had to prove their loyalty by sending large numbers of their own warriors. Those which did were the Liornvuli, Penentelli, Infithtelli, as well as quarrelsome bands from the Forosvuli, Vestantes, and various clans from the remaining tribes. Many troops from Dorastor came, including some Aldryami to scout the forested region, and a unit of dwarfs with special tools to kill uz. Finally, the emperor of Dara Happa sent some of his best cavalry, infantry, and war priests to prove his support of the cause. At this battle were the first regiments of worshippers of many new deities.

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439 Battle of the Fields of Ash [northern Infithtelli lands]. Former Bereneth lands also freed Harmast age 46, returns to his home stead.

So, it looks as though they sided with Nysalor. Presumably they simply merged with the Talastari afterwards, or were massacred by Arkat.

[Joerg]

25 minutes ago, soltakss said:

History of the Heortling People also has:

So, it looks as though they sided with Nysalor. Presumably they simply merged with the Talastari afterwards, or were massacred by Arkat.

And it gives the battalia. The tribal Heortlings fighting for the High Council of the Lands of Genertela would have been those 200 Sairdites in the Storm Army on the left wing. Three tribes sending a "full" complement of their warriors, 3 tribes sending warbands, and a motley collection of other volunteers.

Let's assume three tribes together provide 150 warriors, 50 per tribe. Let each tribe have say 2000 adults. That's 2.5% of the adult population. Sounds fair.

[Akhôrahil]

21 minutes ago, Joerg said:

And it gives the battalia. The tribal Heortlings fighting for the High Council of the Lands of Genertela would have been those 200 Sairdites in the Storm Army on the left wing.

I’m thinking the Skanthi are involved here as well, as Heortlings incorporated into Talastar by Lokamayadon during the Theyalan Wars. Possibly even other northern Heortlings dragooned into it.

Edit: Duh, the text basically confirms the Skanthi, as they were Penenthelli, and the most Lokamayadonized part as well.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Akhôrahil

[Akhôrahil]

55 minutes ago, soltakss said:

So, it looks as though they sided with Nysalor. Presumably they simply merged with the Talastari afterwards, or were massacred by Arkat.

Presumably forced into it by losing in the Theyalan Wars leading up to Night and Day, but yes.

Losing their ethnic identity in the post-450 churn makes sense to me (Arkati violence helps). Talastar was a mess. Any remnants are probably cultural and linguistic artefacts, which are hard to separate from early Theyalan influence on the Talastari.

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by Akhôrahil

[soltakss]

25 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said:

Any remnants are probably cultural and linguistic artefacts, which are hard to separate from early Theyalan influence on the Talastari.

It was over 1100 years ago, after all.

[Akhôrahil]

2 hours ago, soltakss said:

It was over 1100 years ago, after all.

True. It's actually impressive as all heck that the Skanthi have lived in the same place for 1500 years and weathered the upheavals (Lokamayadon, the EWF).