The May’Kar citizens that remained loyal to the Grand Alliance fled southwards, into Vandregonian lands. There, they were met with distrust from people who had heard of the betrayal of the Risen-King. With great difficulty, the leadership that remained amongst the refugees made the case that they opposed Akun’s acts, and the undead, and that they meant no harm to the rest of the Grand Alliance. Knowing the value of the Dominion’s holy warriors, and seeing the sheer number of civilians desperate for safety and shelter, Vandregonian leadership begrudgingly relented.
These refugees ended up taking on the name ‘True’ May’Kar, as they remained true to the Grand Alliance and to the ideals upon which their nation was built. The remaining True May’Kar military units were disbanded and absorbed into Grand Alliance leadership. Meanwhile, the civilians were sent further south, away from the frontlines and towards what would eventually become the evacuation fleet.
Many of these civilians would ultimately end up on Mardrun, where they struggled, as many did, to adapt to a strange new home. The coastal colonies are so unlike the desert of May’Kar that many of these people found it difficult to adapt and maintain their cultural and spiritual traditions which emerged from their relationship to the land. The diaspora of the algari often find themselves now in small, close-knit communities across Mardrun which in some ways are mirrors of the more insular settlements and regions from which many of them came.
Conversely, those from the river city-states, and especially those who were once in prominent administrative positions, have found new homes for themselves in the larger urban centers of the colonies, already used to mingling with many different peoples.