Changes: Modresh

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The Modresh (also spelled Moddresh) are nomadic herders inhabiting the vast plains stretching from Ish'Atan (Great River) to the Alva'Atan (Mother River). They ride horses and tend herds of llamas, alpacas, and other hoofstock.

The Modresh ("Leading People") consider themselves superior to all other Men. They speak a group of closely related dialects of the language they call Modreshrok.

The Gyrish language emerged from a dialect of Modreshrok, Feigyrrok, spoken in the region west of Gyr.

Ishmod's mother, Alva Maghiss, was the daughter of Merchant Maghiss, a wealthy Modresh businessman who settled in Gyr.

Ishmod's early conquest of the Alva'atan valley depended largely on his forming and leading an alliance of Modresh tribes, whose swift riding horsemen defeated the slower foot soldiers and charioteers of the ancient city states.

For many centuries, Ishmod maintained unified control over the Modresh tribes, and the Great Plains remained an integral part of Ishmodia. The War between Father and Sons weakened Ishmod's leadership of the Modresh, however, and the Empire lost control of most of their lands.

The Modresh currently live in numerous distinct and quarrelsome tribes.

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-The Modresh are a loose confederacy of nomadic herders inhabiting the vast plains stretching from Ish'Atan (Great River) to the Alva'Atan (Mother River).
+The Modresh (also spelled Moddresh) are nomadic herders inhabiting the vast plains stretching from Ish'Atan (Great River) to the Alva'Atan (Mother River). They ride horses and tend herds of llamas, alpacas, and other hoofstock.
+The Modresh ("Leading People") consider themselves superior to all other Men. They speak a group of closely related dialects of the language they call Modreshrok.
-The Gyrish language emerged from a dialect of Modresh, Feigyrrok, spoken in the region west of Gyr.
+The Gyrish language emerged from a dialect of Modreshrok, Feigyrrok, spoken in the region west of Gyr.
 Ishmod's mother, Alva Maghiss, was the daughter of Merchant Maghiss, a wealthy Modresh businessman who settled in Gyr.
-Ishmod's early conquest of the Alva'atan valley resulted from his forming and leading an alliance of Modresh tribes, whose swift riding horsemen defeated the slower foot soldiers and chariot riders of the ancient city states.
+Ishmod's early conquest of the Alva'atan valley depended largely on his forming and leading an alliance of Modresh tribes, whose swift riding horsemen defeated the slower foot soldiers and charioteers of the ancient city states.
+For many centuries, Ishmod maintained unified control over the Modresh tribes, and the Great Plains remained an integral part of Ishmodia. The War between Father and Sons weakened Ishmod's leadership of the Modresh, however, and the Empire lost control of most of their lands.
+The Modresh currently live in numerous distinct and quarrelsome tribes.