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Speakers of Bźatga arrived in Veśŕa in the first century AD, having escaped from civil war and the threat of Roman occupation in their homeland of Prêńa (i.e. Britain). According to tradition, they were brought here by a man named ''Venģa'', who became first king of the islands.  

Before leaving Prêńa, Venģa had been married to ''Cratvadva'', the queen of the Bźați tribe. When the Romans arrived in Prêńa and began subduing some of the southern tribes, Cratvadva chose to cooperate with the invaders, rather than be conquered herself, but this caused tension within her tribe that led to rebellion and eventually civil war. The anti-Roman faction was led by Venģa, who was forced to leave his wife and set up a rival court in the western territories that were under the control of subordinate tribe, the ''Setći''.  

For two decades Venģa and Cratvadva ruled in opposition with limited interference from the Romans, but when Venģa ousted his former wife in AD 69, the Romans marched on the Bźați capital. Venģa was forced back into the west and, facing a full-scale Roman invasion of the territory, set sail with a large number of his supporters to seek refuge from his northern neighbours.  

None of the tribes of the north west were willing to give shelter to the rebels and, having been rejected by the ''Euzagi'' within the Western Isles, they turned south towards Ireland. But strong winds blew them westward to a place called ''Akva'' (possibly meaning 'island of death'), which was inhabited but far too small to support the exiles. Continuing on their journey, apparently guided by the goddess Bźaća and the the god Nôźta, they eventually landed on the uninhabited island of Ǎĺêsa, the westernmost and largest of the islands of Veśŕa.  

It seems likely that in the early years, several return trips were made to Prêńa to bring livestock, materials and people. However, once the colony was established it seems it remained isolated and any knowledge of Veśŕa among those left in the homeland was lost.