The Ro-Wain is mainly concerned with the journey from what is called the Old Home to the supposed Land of God, Valiant Isle. It is suggested by many scholars of Konai history that they were descendants of the Minoan Civilization, which had suffered catastrophe in 1700 B.C. A thirty-year sojourn would have brought Kon and his sons to Valiant in time to fit with Yangi's coronation in 1670 B.C. Some mythologists even speculate that the Minoan tragedy was caused by a civil war that was even started by Kon and his family. Regardless of why they left, it is generally accepted that the Konai were offshoots of Minoan Civilization.
Various reappearances of the Varadonai follow in the next several stories, including the Myth of Ro-Baranai, or the marriages of the brothers. The Varadonai were distinguished by the clothing, either of grass or a shimmering material, the latter being more common among the female Varadonai. The following is an excerpt from the Ro-Baranai:
"Thus, once Kon lay within the Earth, the time came for the brothers to decide who held the authority to command this new land. Upon the eastern shore, closest to their home of yore, they chose the rocks of their liking and character and threw them upon the shore.
"Nearest, and least of honor, was the jet black stone of Begri. Further anon lay the amber stone of Jaksis, shaded as the wheat fields of his son's farms, and thence was the strong and jagged green rock of Memraar. Then was the beautiful blue of Hathsas, smooth and with golden heart, and finally and most commanding stood the upright pinnacle red-stone of Yangi, second-born to his father…"
The stones mentioned here refer to the Brother Stones of the Eastern beach in today's National Monument Index. The Ro Peninsula extends from the eastern shore of the island and encompasses about one-quarter of Royal Harbor into Xenoz (throne, or capital), the capital of Columbia today. The five stones appear as referenced by the story, with the respective colors and appearances. But, the description of "stones" and "throwing" may be partially deceptive: the Brothers Stones are effectively large boulders, weighing, by approximation, anywhere between forty and fifty tons each. Yangi's Stone stands nearly three stories tall, and the sizes then decrease to about waist high, the size of Begri's Stone. The difference in translation from stone to boulder is not recognized in the Konai language, and the verb for "to throw" is the same as "to erect", whence comes the ambiguity.
Historians and mythologists theorize that this boulder erection contest was reminiscent of the tower of Babel story from the Bible: whoever could erect the tallest and most beautiful structure, would win dominance, not only over the people, but also of the elements and Nature itself.
These Stones are now enclosed in the Konai Cultural Center on the eastern shore of Xenoz on Royal Harbor.
The rest of the Ro-Baranai is concerned with the lineage and descent of the Konai, or "people of Kon". According to the legend, Memraar was already married at the time of landfall onto Valiant Isle, Yangi was engaged to be married to a princess of their last home, and upon the day of his coronation as Daevini, or king, he was married. And thus it was the custom for many monarchs thereafter that the Daevini would choose his Laovini, or queen and be married upon the day of his coronation.
Begri, in defiant rebellion of the entire design of the brothers, fled to claim Galbrethi Rock, a small islet off the south-western coast, as his throne, and there he raised up a rival palace to the one at Xenoz, calling it the Gara-Pelagor, or the rock of power. But Galbrethi Rock would in time be called Gara-Zami, or Rock of Evil, for the evil that sprung from that place would exist for several hundred years before it would be defeated. Once there, Begri declared himself Daevini in opposition to the government of Xenoz. He took to himself eight mistresses whose descendants would become the infamous Witches of Galbrethi.
Jaksis had established his farming lands across the Southern Brace, an area of rolling prairie that was ideal for agriculture. He would later take a slave woman as his wife and adopt her son as his own. He would also have his own children by this slave woman.
Memraar had taken for himself the Senali Desert in the far north to the Sapphire River bisecting the island on the fringe of Jaksis' land, and as far east as the upper cliffs. This was considerable area and it would affect Hathsas' life incredibly.
Yangi had taken for himself the entire Eastern Shore and the outlying islands, rich in minerals and strategic value. This land extended westwards until it met the upper cliffs. All of the brothers' territories would change slightly over time.
Hathsas' story is the most compelling. It is said that he was unable to find land of his own after the other brothers had claimed (or in Begri's case, seized) land for themselves. After much petitioning with Yangi and Memraar, Hathsas was able to secure the central mountains from the Sapphire River northwards until Mount Pazeko and Angel Lake, also known as Hathi Volsoru. The rest of his territory ran westwards through the woodlands and into the sea.
After surveying most of his lands, Hathsas had rested at the edge of the lake, which now did not have a name. It was here that he saw what appeared to be a beautiful lady in a dress of shimmering grass. She fled into the woods upon seeing him and he pursued her two days and two nights because of her unrivaled beauty. In that time he had pursued her to the sea, upon which she jumped into the water and swam out far enough to keep him away, for he could not swim, quite the irony, for his name meant "water". Instead of fleeing away though, she had stopped, for as a young woman she was curious as of this stranger, just too shy to meet him so close. So great was his will that with his tools he felled a tree and made a boat to go to her in.
When he came to her she asked him, "Why do you do this?"
He replied, "For your beauty, because to me, you are beauty itself."
And thus it was that Hathsas named his future wife Analia, which in the Konai language means "beauty". She, as you may suspect was one of the Varadonai, the lost people of Atlantis. And the nobility of ages past still traces its line in part to this great meeting of hearts upon the western shore of Valiant Isle. It was several days later that Hathsas and Analia the Angel as she was known, were married upon the steps of the palace in Xenoz.
The Myth of the Ro-Baranai ends with that story, and many years pass between that tale and the next grand legend of Konai history, for now came the days of the Royal Konai and the Realm of Deanda and the Nine Silver Isles. The more historical information lies in the Esendra Daevai Deanda, or Records of the Lords of the Land of God.
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