Grange looked out as the other exiled gods, for there were a number of them, busied themselves with creating lands and beasts of all kinds, as forests and islands, and on the islands, He saw the god Hektor place intelligent mortals. As time wore on, and the world changed, he grew curious. The Trojans', for that is what their creator named them, had fertile lands and an opportunity to flourish, but they would never become great without a people to compete with. For once one Trojan surpassed the others, they would rise to dominance, and would crumble without any other to size themselves up against. So Grange set about creating a people of ambition, so as for his own pleasure as to excite the ambition in the Trojans', and to compete with them.
And so the Assini were created, and would be on the peninsula jutting out into the island regions of the Trojans', if only there weren't the massive gate and army that their creator had put in place. While it would certainly be an ideal location for a civilization to rival the Trojans, they would need some unmolested space to grow, and some time to catch up in the natural order to the technology of that of the Trojans. So, Grange set up his people just beyond the gates of Troy, setting up villages and tents for them to dwell in until they could establish more permanent settlements. For while their land was more barren, he left with them a tome, a tome that would teach them how to survive on so much less than the god Hektor had given his people, yet thrive all the same, using innovations and secrets that allowed them to do more than survive a meager existence, but to overcome their region and their own situation, but also to engender a lust for dominance over their neighbors the Trojans.
