The Early Travels of Rhia

Finally, something to show for the research I've been doing. This shouldn't have anything to do with my first book, but it will be everything to my second and probably third book. Here's what I've got so far.

circa 5000BCE: Surfaces in present day Mecca.

Sidenote: Rhia travels only at night while in the desert, as not only is it smart to stay cool, but she's used to the life of a Drow, in which you're active during the day and very sensitive to sunlight. She's also being pursued by countless different predators - animal, elf, and human - which means she's often travelling out of her way or backtracking, or spending the eight hours of darkness on the run, rather than at a leisurely walk.

For six months: Journeys to Jiddah and travels up coast of Red Sea to Jordan and Israel. Passes through Bethlehem and Jerusalem, on up to Nazareth, then pulls around towards Armenia, possibly following a nomadic tribe. Passes through Damascus, stop at Lake Al Asad, then enter Turkey. Head for Lake Van, sight susceptable to Earthquakes. Pass into Georgia, saved by Tobias. His Kingdom near the mountain Kazbek, on the side bordering Russia.

Sidenote: Rhia heads first towards water out of instinct. Also out of instinct, she begins to move north, heading for the nearest forested areas. It is also north where the original Drow Kingdom of Lloth exists. So it isn't aimless wandering, but an almost instictual migratory route.

Circa 4800 BCE: Stays with Tobias for about two hundred years, travelling briefly into Russia. Flees when Incident occurs, south into Armenia, to the Arax river. Here, she encounters the first human civilization of Metstamor.

For six months: Doesn't hang around, as she's being pursued. Catches an elven ship across the Caspian Sea, staying on as it passes around the ports along the north west to north eastern coastline, getting off in Kazakhstan. Treks east by northeast around the Aral Sea, straight on to Lake Balkhash, then into China.

Sidenote: Using present-day names for countries, cities, and landmarks. The names most likely did not exist in this time, in which case I'll probably either find their old names, or make up some for them in the book. But this is just to give an idea for today.

For 800 years: Travels through the forests of China, keeping to the outskirts of the elven kingdoms. Makes her way rather leisurely around China and the neighboring southern countries, learning how to survive in the wild and how to deal with different types of creatures, especially humans.

Sidenote: At this time, in China, humans were almost entirely nomadic, villages only existing around areas where hunting could be done in that one area. Very little agriculture until later on.

For 1200 years: Then moves up through Mongolia into Russia, deciding to break away from elven society and try to live off the nomadic humans. Travels briefly into the Americas as well as eastern Europe.

Sidenote: For the longest time, she doesn't try to cooperate with humans, but only take what she needs from them, often killing one, two, or whole groups of them, thus beginning her nickname of the Typhoon and building her alliances with mercenaries and the more murderous humans.

circa 2800 BCE: Travels through Eastern Europe, back down through the Middle East along the Mediteranean, coming into Egypt, where the Unification of the norther and southern kingdoms had just taken place.