The Ōchian Collapses were disastrous in Hesod. By the arrival of the Sasinthēnes, a kingdom centered in Naršun had endured in one form or another for time immemorial. Hesod is a dry land, spared the torrential rains of the rest of Ōchis, but spared also their fertility. Therefore, it has always been dependent on the floodplains of the three rivers, the Orod (Gesun), Laham, and Maššan. Hesod, named for the Sagur port of Hišu, once spanned between the verdant plains of Gesena and the mouth of the Maššan to the far east, covering Belethion, Udniša, and Naršusa. Belethion was lost, irrecoverably, under Tanthes. In legend, Naršun and its domain was refounded by a king named Ušwašardun, who emerged from the Laham. In time, Naršun although it came to be named Calicart, and its culture took a distinctly Sagur and ‘Sasintho-philic’ turn. Once the envy of the world for its expansive domain and efficient tribute bureaucracy, Naršun was at that time floundering amidst powerful upstarts.
Largely unlike the Talens, whose culture was preserved by hostility with the ruling Sasinthēne Empire, Hesodic culture was miraculously preserved within it. However, this too left an indelible mark when the Empire did eventually fall. Hesod has since been war-torn and disunited, with Calicart itself in twilight, vying for influence as a ‘Sasinthēnized’ nation among the nations of the old Crown. In the modern day, it bears the wounds of long exploitation, and though stretched between Sasinthēne and Arpenean spheres of influence, many see future primacy, or even the evidence of current primacy; for magicians across Ōchis can scarcely deny that their techniques stem from the old Hesodic masters of the House of Ansus. The Hesods, whether accepting their modern status, or reclaiming the heights of old Naršun, are proud. Many would say with good reason.