
However, the evil he went to investigate was that of the Golden King, and no amount of warrior-prowess could avail him when he walked into the whispering ruins of Abrakhân. and would have been heralded as a great hero upon his glorious return, had he managed to best his dark foe. Brave and willing, he set out with a group of loyal companions. Caran-Lambar, the young warrior-chief of a prominent Nâfarati tribe, heard rumors of the return of an ancient menace amongst the ruins of Abrakhân, a haunted place in the Southern Reaches, far to the south of the Nâfarat. Deep jungles crowd its shores on sides, amongst which has flourished the Nafârati culture.

The lands traditionally known as Far Harad are bordered in the south by the course of the Nâfarat River, a long, deep river running from mysterious Eastern mountain ranges to the white beaches of the Western coast.
