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The Remnant dwelt peacefully as one body in Shedal for many years after that, while they and their animals increased in numbers. In time the people began to call themselves Roshites, which thing Gabriel also foretold.

When Rosh waxed old he knew he was soon to suffer the common fate of all men. He named his eldest son Jared the chieftain and high priest and commanded that all the doings of the Remnant which came after his death should be recorded in the White Scroll. For all his days, Rosh did what was right in the sight of the. Lord. Then Rosh slept with his fathers.

But after the passing of his father it soon came into the mind of Jared to take the Remnant to a more suitable land where they could plant crops as surety for their livelihood, lest the animals wandered off again, or were stolen by enemies. Yet the Ark gave counsel they should remain. Thus the Benjaminites among the Remnant broke with their brethren and chose to remain in that place to tend their animals.

Jared held the Ark of no account. He led the Levites and Judahites among the people south and west until they reached a plain nigh to Thalury, the great sea. They tried to plant seed on a land that gently rose from the sea, but the soil was thin and sandy, and the crops they grew were poor. Then Jared entered the Tent of Meeting on the Day of Atonement to made supplication to Bat-El, but when he touched the lid of the Ark he was struck dead. Attendant priests dragged his body out of the innermost chamber in the Tent of Meeting by ropes that he had tied about himself, which precaution Bat-El himself had long commanded the high priests should do for precisely that reason. Thus it was known Jared did evil in the sight of the Lord.

His brother Omar became high priest in his stead, and entered the Tent of Meeting to fulfill the rites of the Day of Atonement. Omar, second son of Rosh, was accepted of Bat-El.

And Bat-El sent a servant, a lan of the B'nei Elohim. This visitor said he answered to the name of Kushiel. And Kushiel walked the through the poor crops of the Roshites row by row. He touched each of the withering plants as he passed.

When he was done, he told the people, "By this time tomorrow you will see that your grain has recovered, but that it is changed somewhat in appearance. Do not be alarmed by what you see. The shape of the stalks are a deliberate alteration of God Most High to mark them as different from natural grain, even as you see I have horns.