The First Voyage refers to the massive migration of humans from Drepa in modern Asiri Asa across the sea to Marcwith, possibly the first such voyage of its kind. The history of these travels is vague, dating back to the Age of Intikilla. The subsequent destruction of Drepa's culture adds to the mystic of the first journey of humans from east to the west.
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Mythic History
In the Age of Intikilla, the Pruci people were the unchallenged rulers of the known world. Highly developed culture and technology led them to a golden age, giving them the ability to control all of Asiri Asa. Pruci's right hand was the nation Drepa (modern day Brixta), a militant people with a long association with Pruci despite their geographical distance. However, the larger their empire grew, the more they began to disregard their religious rites and mistreat the earth. Eventually, scholars in Pruci began to wield powerful magic never meant for mortal bodies. This enraged the demigod Gaiagara, who rose up from the sea to decimate the entire country, destroying their whole culture in what was essentially a divine genocide. Fearing that they too would be destroyed by the enraged God of Folly, the Drepa quickly used their knowledge of seafaring to become oceanic nomads. On their way to Marcwith, they were said to populate land as diverse as the islands of Fylan to Iokeihiko, eventually arriving in Houndsmouth and their delayed righteous punishment of becoming slaves to Deerless and Hwoxin.
Historic Fact
According to surrounding cultures, the Pruci nation was the legitimate leader in the continent. Evidence of this can be seen even in modern times, as the royal family in Taiprepe still claims an ancient Pruci bloodline. The location of their capital city, now called Basin, is an area of complete decimation. It appears (and has appeared since at least the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment) as a dry seabed. Ruins dating back to the Atua Hīkoi period confirm that there was once a city there with impressive structures. However, very little is known about Pruci culture beyond this. They did appear to suffer a failure of their empire, either through conflict, plague, or land failure. Another popular theory relates to the final, critical eruption of an unnamed supervolcano which destroyed much of the area around Iokeihiko, creating the island's characteristic ruins and isolation. The devastation of this explosion could have created problems across the globe, including earthquakes, tsunamis, cooler temperatures and droughts. This may have been a reason for the Drepa, already a seafaring people, to seek out a new homeland. The inhabitants of Iokeihiko in the early Enlightenment were proven to be a mix of human and uembian, and human presence on Marcwith proves there was an exchange of peoples. In addition, the cultures of the Drepa (and reported culture of Pruci) shared several elements of the Lar Chamlek, suggesting the two cultures had come into contact with some frequency. As no culture on Marcwith was seafaring prior to the Enlightenment Age, it seems reasonable to assume that either the Lar Chamlek or humans from Asiri Asa were responsible for this cultural exchange, although this more than likely occurred over a long period of years rather than an abrupt migration.
Modern Study