The vast Yrian limestone plateau surmounted the surrounding plain for a good hundred loins. Contrary to the legends that would be told a few centuries later, it had never been an impregnable fortress from which bloodthirsty warriors had launched attacks. Furthermore, the bloodthirsty warriors had never existed. In addition, it was bordered on at least three sides by gentle slopes that gave easy access to its summit. Strangely enough, the Unster, instead of flowing around it, had crossed it right through, carving out a wide canyon with vertical walls that that the plateau into two. This was the historic heart of Yrian, which had gradually controlled all the plains until it became the most powerful kingdom on Ectrasyc continent.
On the left bank of the river, the plateau wasn’t very long, l
