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 ===== Description =====
-Helmrest is nestled between two sheer cliffs that face the seas to the east, in a narrow valley region carved from the perhaps millions of years of erosion by the River Akvoniar. In 9964 SF, the fertile valley was first populated by the refugees of various other locales nearby as the Centralian Lords pillaged and plagued the islands in the quest for eternal youth. The river delta that has been carved out is prone to flooding due to intense seasonal rains, and the very first settlers were nicknamed the ‘Lagoon Dwellers.’ Many of these first settlers were believers in Neptune, and the climate was especially adaptable for the Lizard people of the Rhine. Legend says that Neptune himself, sensing the plight of his people that gathered here, came down from his heavenly plane to visit and tend to his followers and his coral garden, now guarded within the subterranean pools of the Cradle of the Depths. Helmrest has then since expanded into a city-state of its own, and eventually attracted more learned types, such as Tarusians and Vormaxians, who established one of the first universities of Jaern here on the cliffside.
+Helmrest is nestled between two sheer cliffs that face the seas to the east, in a narrow valley region carved from the perhaps millions of years of erosion by the River Akvoniar. In 2440 SD, the fertile valley was first populated by the refugees of various other locales nearby as the Centralian Lords pillaged and plagued the islands in the quest for eternal youth. The river delta that has been carved out is prone to flooding due to intense seasonal rains, and the very first settlers were nicknamed the ‘Lagoon Dwellers.’ Many of these first settlers were believers in Neptune, and the climate was especially adaptable for the Lizard people of the Rhine. Legend says that Neptune himself, sensing the plight of his people that gathered here, came down from his heavenly plane to visit and tend to his followers and his coral garden, now guarded within the subterranean pools of the Cradle of the Depths. Helmrest has then since expanded into a city-state of its own, and eventually attracted more learned types, such as Tarusians and Vormaxians, who established one of the first universities of Jaern here on the cliffside.
 Today, the town is split into three districts, the oldest is north of the River Akvoniar, while south of the river is split further between east and west. The northern district is called The Waterway, and is mostly populated by Neptunians and lizards. One of the oldest parts of town, it has almost a Venetian feel with canals and thin walkways that snake through the district. The River Akvoniar floods during the Akvo’alta each month, and the lizards find it humorous to watch the humans and other land races struggle with the high tides and flooded walkways.