Nuri

The Nuri were a race of not-quite-human people from the Wailing Mountains in Nevalon. They used enchantments to isolate Hera from the rest of Aprya. They were the first to manage to cross the Red Deep. Nurkar was their city in Austaica, from which they excavated the Great Western Trench to keep the people of Aprya out. They also created the Great Southern Trench to keep the outsiders out of Nevalon.

After the seas settled, the Nuri came down from the mountains and constructed the city of Rodrir in the southern foothills. They then moved across Nevalon, destroying any life they found. They met another civilisation, albeit a primitive one, in the woodlands bordering both the Red Deep and Sea of Ilbor on the western coast of Nevalon. These were called the Kulgri, and they were enslaved by the Nuri, adding to the vast numbers.The Kulgri later joined the Nuri willingly if it meant that they would no longer be slaves. They used the fortress of Adrag Ird as a forward base, which sat at the highest point in the woodlands, overlooking the Red Deep.

The Nuri managed to cross the Red Deep and invaded Austaica. They constructed the city of Nurkar in the middle of the desert.

They excavated an enormous trench which isolated Austaica and stopped the free people of Redalia and Sylverion from freeing the people. Another trench was dug out to separate Nevalon from Redalia.

The free people finally broke through the defences preventing them from reaching Austaica and constructed the Bridge of Aurinau over the Trench. The Siege of Nurkar lasted 27 years until the free people were victorious and freed Austaica. The Nuri retreated to Nevalon and held Adrag Ird in the siege of Kulgri before they were defeated and retreated back to Rodrir.