In the earliest days of Rûrîk, when the skies were grey and the waters steel-black, there came an emissary. This counsel was a man whose stature and manner pleased all who encountered him, and even the wary lords of Ahule lent him strong ears. His name was Anasa-Wém. Anasa-Wém was of a people called then Arklú-shên (Lin.:"scions of the land"). He brought word that his kind were beginning a long migration from their sacred home among the Lakelands of the Far North. He requested aid and understanding from Bavór the Cold and asked that the Dwarves allow his fold to settle among the vales of the Ubaya Orocarni. This request was put before the Council of the Mirror in the Temple of Aule and was honored by the whole of the North-king's kind. Anasa-Wém laid down before the Council his sword, one which shone in hues of silver and blue, and stated that his people would never strike bargains with the foes of Dwarven ways, nor would they war upon the Dwarves or their friends. He then gave Drúin the Proud the blade and bid him farewell. The Arklú-shên settled as they had promised and founded a vibrant (but crude) society high in the vales of their chosen land. They traded with the Dwarves and allowed treaties to be signed with Drui's successors. As the years passed, both societies prospered. In all of those times neither group treated the other with malice, and many secrets passed among the lords. When Muar came from the North, many peoples fled southward and sought refuge in the expanded lands of the Arklú-shên. These multitudes were willing to fight for their own safety and caused an eruption of petty struggles later to be called the Old Lake-wars. The Arklú-shên retreated to the highest vales that had been their own from earlier time; thus only the Arklú-shên escaped the awesome horror and found a new home at the Shên-Ubatya, where their descendants were led by Anasa-Féf, grandson of Anasa-Wém. Their descendants were known as the Ûbain.