According to the _tale, more than ten thousand years ago, a _race of shepherd _people colonized the banks of the river Ai in a land called Mnar, forming the cities of Thraa, Ilarnek, and Kadatheron, _which rose to great intellectual and mercantile prowess. Craving more land, a group of these hardy people migrated to the shores of a _lonely and vast lake at the heart of Mnar, _founding the metropolis of Sarnath.read the short story