Second Kizan War

In the First Kizan War, Rúmil 's military strategy was to sever the land link between Fargimdal and Rumaktharga. The dwarves outmaneuvered their adversaries, joining caves and constructing passages that became known as the Brother Tunnels. In the second major conflict between Rúmil and Rumaktharga, the elves employed a similar tactic, but this time they aimed to cut off their water supply. The Guirfeint River was diverted eastward, away from the Kizan valley. While Rúmil was building canals for the river's new course, the diggers at Rumaktharga were working tirelessly to drill deep wells into the Underdark, rerouting mountain streams towards their city. As in the first war, the elves were defeated not on the battlefield but by dwarven labor and engineering. For even with all of Rúmil's might and a population ten times larger, they could not penetrate Kizan's formidable defenses.

The war also led to the rise in power of several cults and the arrival of priests from a distant land. This came about due to the environmental destruction caused by Rúmil's river redirection project and Rumaktharga's rerouting of some of the valley's waterways. One of the cults that established operations in Taurelin was Gebs Chosen. They were employed by Rúmil to oversee the redirection of Guirfeint and to utilize Earthen in the digging. Agents of Silvanus, the cult Cheldremn, began operations against those wreaking havoc on the land. To counter the Earthen, Cheldremn sought aid from the distant lands of Karnegmoth. Water weirds, water elementals, and their attendants under the then mortal hero Lokestant wasted no time in arriving. After their arrival, they built a stronghold near the northern edge of what was to become Lake Lethiel. From the pearl walls of Anglor Hellion, Lokestant and her cultists went to work against the minions of Gebs Chosen.