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The Bars enslaved the remaining elves but absorbed certain elements of their language over the course of subsequent ages.
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In the 9th century AR (or 11th after the Conjunction) the area was seized by the Bars people, refugees from Barsa occupied by a confederation of Ofieri tribes. They number remained stable until a mysterious disease decimated them about 7 century after the Conjunction. While Aen Nílfe were not interested in modern-day Ruach's area as much as in areas situated in the lower flow of the Alba, a group of their colonizers led by noblewoman Loernach Éliade settled here due to a large number of Quintessential Places of Power.
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