Djen

The Djen was a large group of Djinn led by the powerful Djinni Calim. They came to Faerûn from the Elemental plane of Air around -7800 DR with a few slaves and a large amount of servants and settled the areas immediately surrounding present-day Calimport. This event was known as "The Great Arrival" and within mere months, they had built a large city, whose spires quickly rose above the trees.

They then proceeded to clear and seize all of the lands south and west of the Marching Mountains but unfortunately, after only 10 years, their city fell to a flight of dragons. Although with the genie's magic, the city was rebuilt within a year, the attack caused Calim to lead the Djen in a campaign against the dragons of the Marching Mountains. Within 100 years, all of the dragons in that mountain range were dead.

The Djen empire lasted nearly two millenia with Calim at its head but its existence was fraught with war, first with marids, then with efreet led by Memnon. The battles with the efreet were particularly destructive, causing the creation of the Calim desert.

Eventually, tired of the senseless destruction, Elven High mages disembodied Calim and Memnon while The human and halfling slaves and servants allied with the dwarves of Shanatar to drive the rest of the genies out of the area, creating the nation of Coramshan. It took just over 400 years but eventually the last of the Djen were allowed to re-settle in the area. A thousand years later, the efreet took revenge on the Djen when they opened a gate to their settlement and started a hundred year long war. The Djen won the war but slowly died off over the next 12 years and nothing has been heard about them since.

It is the legacy of the Djen that so many genasi are to be found in the nation of Calimshan to this day.