Okomi Hokan

Okomi Hokan, also known as King Okomi I, was an Eldham statesman who served as one of the Triarchs of the Zamotz Union. Serving from the Union's founding until its union with Aristios, Okomi was responsible for some of Zamotz's foreign affairs. Domestically, Okomi was influential in the Monarchist-Reformist sect of Zamotian politics, the group that went on to predominantly dominate the Zamotz Union's politics during its rise to global prominence.
Okomi's foreign policy, in conjunction with the Lemur King Draphonaris Limunaris, centered around the principles of diplomatic expansion. His politics were most visible in the northern parts of the country, in which Okomi was the primary Zamotian official acting on behalf of the government during the Phoenix Crisis, as well as the First and Second Sand Wars. His foreign policy with Draphonaris proved to be popular domestically but built a poor image of Zamotz internationally, with it being characterized by some as imperialist. In later years of the Zamotz Union's rule, including towards the Second Sand War, Okomi had a personal change of heart, crafting a new foreign policy agenda known as the Friendship Sphere, which ultimately failed.
Domestically, Okomi had a mixed track record during his leadership tenures in both Elatsania and Neubaykonia. He would often do well as an ambassador for these regions with outside parties, but his domestic policy agenda would oftentimes rarely come to fruition. He oversaw the rise and fall of activity in Elatsania, as his governorship over the province became increasingly neglected in favor of his responsibilities as Triarch. In Neubaykonia, Okomi was popular throughout his tenure but failed to stem the decline in activity on the province. By the time of his death, Okomi stated that he had "multiple regrets."
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Okomi Hokan was born somewhere in the wilderness of southern Zamotz Island, to a nomadic family. At the time, the Indusian people were a fully nomadic ethnic group that shared a common culture but saw relatively independent families exist in place of a structured civilization. Okomi grew up in this nomadic setting, learning valuable foraging skills from his family but with an innate desire to explore. Indusian people rarely crossed the Wasabena River, which separated southern Zamotz from the rest of the island, and Okomi saw the other land as a land ripe for exploration. After pleading with his parents, they offered to let him cross once he turned fifteen and had a reliable companion to go with him.
By the time he was fifteen, Okomi found a companion in the form of Xycle, a lifelong friend from another family which frequently traded with the Hokans. Xycle shared a similar interest in exploring, and on the day after Okomi's fifteenth birthday, the two began a monthslong voyage that saw them visit the northern end of the island. The Tesutsayi was already in full swing, and colonizers from Rathnir had begun to set up shop. Okomi and Xycle were among the first Indusians to ever witness established settlements and stone buildings, and both were in awe, though for different reasons. Xycle marveled at the physical structures and sought to recreate them in Zamotz, while Okomi focused on the concentration and collaboration of people from various families in interactions far more complex than the Indusians had developed to this point. Both returned to Indusia with a mission to revolutionize their people's way of living, both out of excitement and fear of what the Rathnirites may do if Indusians remained uncoordinated. Okomi led the political charge, bringing together various Indusian families and having the heads of each family convene together in a spot nearby the Wasabena River. Here, the city of Indusia, or "home of the Indusi peoples," was born. Okomi would be elected as the King-Councilor, or the highest councilor of the convention. 
=== Indusian Leadership and birth of the Zamotz Union ===
Okomi led the city of Indusia through considerable growth, whilst Xycle became the head architect of the city. Training others with knowledge learned from his voyage, Xycle would have various projects developed throughout the city whilst he worked on a tall building that housed a tavern on the first floor and an apartment complex on the upper floors. The governing council of Indusia remained active, beginning to contact other settlements and gaining access to international maps of Eldham. Upon accessing these maps, the land of the Indusians was found to be claimed by a Rathnir migrant group, the Neubaykonian States of Eldham, though they had yet to build any settlements on Zamotz Island. Fearing the worst, Okomi oversaw the arming of the Indusian population and the council appeared to be prepared for war. After sufficient preparation, Okomi decided to personally embark on a voyage to the Neubaykonian mainland, south of Zamotz; it would be the first time he left the island.
In his first diplomatic exercise, Okomi secured the independence of the newly declared State of Elatsania in exchange for a mutual defense pact with the Neubaykonians, who faced multiple threats abroad. This agreement would see Okomi later going on to fight in the Battle of New Dorasterrock, under the Neubaykonian flag on the Coalition's side. By the time he returned, however, the Indusian council was in a panic. The nearby indigenous Bibshmibbian peoples were violently annexed by the Empire of Avaria, triggering an island-wide political crisis that would be known as the Tesumasima. The push to contact other indigenous tribes gained a new sense of urgency, and Indusia's celebration of independence was short-lived. Now, the goal was to remove the Rathnirite threat by expelling all colonizers from the island.
Under Okomi's leadership, and with the help of several councilors, Elatsania would go on to form political bonds with the peoples of Suuntur and Limuria. With Suuntur integrated into Elatsania and a border dispute with the Limurians turning into talks of a union, Okomi oversaw the founding of the Zamotz Union, and became one of two Diarchs of Zamotz, with Draphonaris Limunaris, the king of Limuria, being the second king. Okomi helped take initiative in negotiating with the Shirokanezan people, and alongside Indusian Prime Minister Joseph Richardson, integrated Shirokaneza into the Zamotz Union and turned the diarchy into the Triarchy, with Queen White Ren becoming the third ruler. 
=== To be continued ===