Clan Kazadi

== Overview ==
Clan Kazadi were a Tcha-Palan clan of immense wealth and power, being the second wealthiest family in The Continent by 301 AG. Flourishing from their humble beginnings at Ibolero's Cradle in Pala, the clan capitalised on the natural resources of the area and in so doing established an indomitable trade flow. Amongst their abject political and social dominance of their home kingdom of Tcha-Pala, the clan lost their way from their beginnings and turned highly exploitative, gradually losing any affinity to the people from which they originated from. Various circumstances in the Continent's history led them to partake in unspeakable practices to drive growth for their trading empire, at the expense of the people of Ibolero's Cradle, and more specifically the Kazadi-founded city of Erandis where the clan's palace could be found. Dark truths laid buried under the clan's grand operations and strange rites, one of which was an intimate relationship with whatever the Unidentified Presence was, utterly evading the knowledge of all. 
== History ==
=== Beginnings ===
==== Before power ====
====The rise of Kazadi ====
When Clan Kazadi began to accumulate wealth from around 150 BG, the then small village of Erandis presented itself as a prime location to position themselves to trade (at first) with the northern Jia Archipelago, C'thardjia, Velosorn and Zerisorn. As such, the clan had grand ambitions for the city, even beginning to construct its domed palace with just their wealth generated from trade with the other parts of Tcha-Pala. Residents of the now occupied village were outraged at the decision of Kazadi to convert it into a major port to no avail; once established, the clan's wealth and power began to increase rapidly, though to an extent that would prove comparably insignificant to what the clan the destined for. Up until around 100 BG, the clan were growing at a steady rate in this manner, using the Niantu River, whose delta Erandis was situated at, to siphon resources from further in the interior of the island of Pala. As the first half-century elapsed however, the clan learned of an increasing amount of untapped riches, not only in the interior of the island, but also in Ibolero's Cradle itself
==== Forging relationship with C'clan ====
As the clan were consolidating their power, they knew to begin to explore to find more opportunities to grow, fixated on the goal. Indeed, a little clan in C'thardjia, Ch'clan, caught their attention when searching around 50 BG. Kazadi favoured the Clan above even the ruling clan of C'thardjia of the time, Ch'clan, and other Regias of the kingdom. Kazadi, being relatively close to their humble beginnings, viewed the powerful Regias of C'thardjia, who they judged to be arrogant, with an element of scorn; seeing their end goals as longing to inscribe their status within C'thardjia into the epitaph of its very culture. This baggage, these deluded presumptions as Kazadi saw them, were incommensurate with their own experience - Kazadi had risen from mere tribes and were themselves as alien to ruling a kingdom as Ch'clan were, being far from Regias but instead wealthy land owners, once again much like Kazadi had flourished.
Sighting this opportunity, they remained cordial with the Regias of C'thardjia but singled out Ch'clan to realise one of their own goals: to position, in various contexts and places, themselves in one of the kingdom's own. To this end, Kazadi heightened trade and collaboration with Ch'clan, allowing them to realise that the highly arable land on the Northern C'thardji Strip which they inhabited brimmed with untapped riches. Seizing the opportunity thanks to Kazadi's mentoring, the clan flourished and became indebted to Kazadi as a result - another reason as to why the Kazadis desired to disseminate their values and thinking to those they deemed worthy to embody them elsewhere. In addition, Beb I Kazadi arranged a marriage between his grandson, Uele I Kazadi, and Ch'clan's own Ch'teala to consolidate their closeness. Ultimately, the clan saw themselves and their history in Ch'clan, and shunned rival (far more powerful) Regias not only to ensure friendship, but also to introduce a new purpose to Ch'clan, a purpose which only Kazadi had envisaged: that of being a useful asset to the Tcha-Palan clan. 
=== Dominant Power in the Continent ===
=== Post-Unified Retaliation ===
=== The Uprootings ===
=== Post-Uprootings ===
== Family Tree ==
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