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===Arrival in Alathra===
[[File:Malnourished-Hippopotamus.gif|left|thumb|The Malnourished Hippopotamus, hunting bow of the Punstraia Clan of Pitru's birth]]
Senate awoke in a field of low grass and sparse trees. He looked around, hopefully safe from his enemies at last, seeing a blue sky and beautiful nature of a new land: Alathra. The gods came to him once more and promised to uphold his current safety, but only if Senate could survive a punishment for his renouncing of his faith to save his own life. Pitru would stay in this realm, Alathra, for the next 6 years. After serving this penance, as long as he respected the authority and will of the gods throughout it, he would be able to return to his home realm of Yuvantiya and retire to the small farming life he had attempted to start up before his exile. Although he was ill-prepared, Pitru was imbued with a will to survive and persist, resolving to set out into the foreign lands that now surrounded him.
Before they took their leave, the gods gifted Senate with his family's hunting bow, the Malnourished Hippopotamus, an object he had left at his home in Yuvantiya. Although lost for two years after the [[Great Alathran War]], Senate would regain the weapon, leaving it in his possession to this day. The bow is the only object he has left from his old life in Yuvantiya.
Setting off from the pristine hills he had found himself in, Pitru travelled south, encountering the great Acqeundavian city of [[Lothridge]]. Although he made an attempt to evade being seen, fearing this foreign land in which he had been taken to, guards upon the Walls of Lothridge caught sight of him. Pitru was suddenly shot with an arrow in the leg, immobilizing him. The guards came down from their posts and took him into the city. The officers in Lothridge mistook Pitru as a Kogongi and decided to send him to re-education camps established by the Acquendavians to strip him of a culture he in reality knew nothing of. [[File:River Draxi in the Fall.png|thumb|314x314px|The river known to Pitru as the Draxí, in the autumn]]
The experience in this institution was agonizing for Pitru, most especially because he could not communicate with anyone, speaking only Ddazan (later Arcadian) upon his arrival in Alathra. As the Acqeundavians attempted to "educate" the culture out of the Kogongi within the school, Pitru was left alone, not understanding or practicing any of the customs the teachers taught to be sinful. After about 4 months of witnessing constant brutalizing on the part of the Acquendavians, Pitru made attempts to learn the Kogongi speech of his fellow tormented inmates, from what little use of the language there was at least. He eventually succeeded in communicating some general information about himself to other inmates, who in their kindness helped Pitru to understand more of Kogongi when they could. These Kogongi spoke of a vibrant and peaceful culture across the sea from Lothridge. Intrigued, Pitru bided his time to try to escape to this homeland of the Kogongi. One night, when those guarding the school had become drunk for some sort of celebration, Pitru slinked away into the night, reaching a river by dawn. The Acquendavians made some scattered attempts to locate him, but Pitru was able to hide in the river that he now called the Draxí, named in Arcadian from the flowers bountiful on its banks. When he believed the coast to be clear, Senate once again made haste towards the coast. Upon reaching a small bay, he found an abandoned boat, which he made use of to row far from the coast.
Upon sailing out to the sea, Pitru's tired state and lack of sleep became quite apparent. Phantoms form the sky dived down to harass him as he rowed.
▲Upon sailing out to the sea, Pitru's tired state and lack of sleep became quite apparent. Phantoms form the sky dived down to harass him as he rowed. With a crudquickly noticed a large landmass on the horizon. He rowed towards it and landing not far from a small fishing village. Going north, Pitru had his first sight of civilization outside of Lothridge: [[Kais Kogong]]. He trekked towards the town, not knowing what to expect, and not possibly able to predict that an encounter with the Kogongi would change his life forever.
===Beginning a New Life===
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