The Kalassarians And The Magarisok
The many natural traps and treacherous approaches, not to mention the mystical force that envelopes the Gulf of Inespell had beleaguered Kalassarian explorers gasp in relief at the sight of land. They were on their last legs when they came upon a tiny islet at the gullet of the gulf, right at the mouth of an estuary with deep natural harbors on its north bank.
They called their settlement Surrata: safe harbor in their language, and the lands around this little islet, Seneria: the Land of Glamour. Of course, the islet itself was already inhabited by the Hick peoples, in particular, the tribe of the Magarisok, who called it Garbratr: the Stone upon the Flow.
The Magarisok were wary of the newcomers, but their ways of hospitality had demanded that that they welcome these exhausted travelers upon their shores. The Kalassarians, however, had specific goals in mind when they sailed to this land.
Eventually, the Kalassarians summoned their friends, and other monsters to take the island for themselves. The Magarisok, however, had the natural magicks of the Keelswood to help them defend their home. But Thirbao of the Malthren had forseen the great death that the Kalassarians would bring. He had implored the spirits of the wood to instead forestall his own people from fighting. He implored the Magarisok to accept the Kalassarians as their lords. He shared with them all that he saw in his night-visions.
The Kalassarians rewarded Thirbao for his intercession, and he was made the Thane of the Magarisok. The Magarisok, in turn, swore fealty to the Kalassarians and became their most faithful and loyal allies.
The Kalassarians did not meddle with the internal affairs of the Magarisok, but they have expanded their own settlement on the northeastern side of what is now Surrey-on-the-Brams.