Gotiph

Gotiph was the third leader of the Akarian Confederation, the eldest son of Aket and a grandson of Kadar. He reigned from 1774 TT to 1699 TT. Kadarists consider him to be one of their gods.

## Biography

### Early life

Gotoph received military training under his grandfather Kadar. Following Kadar's death in 1757 TT his, widow and Gotiph's grandmother Harmain began training him as a diplomat as opposed to as a warrior. On 27-3 1755 TT whilst traveling with Harmain the pair managed to convince the Lakar Tribal Group to join the Akarian Confederation.

### Early reign

Gotiph's father and the Leader of the Akarian Confederation Aket died on 10-10 1728 TT. Gotiph immediately succeeded him as leader. Gotiph claimed that the Living Spirit had transferred to him upon his father's death as it had done from Kadar to Aket. The ossbosches and their respective tribal leaders made no attempt to challenge his claim.

During the reign of both Kadar and Aket the Akarian Confederation lacked a permanent capital. On 17-5 1727 TT Gotiph ordered the construction of Ablesken on spot where Kadar first made his claim to divinity. Within the new city Gotiph ordered the construction Tumak Ordok to serve as his residence.

On 29-2 1725 TT Gotiph met with the leader of the Dar Tribal Group, Frakot in Ablesken. There he managed to convince the man to have his group join the confederation. Gotiph hosted a similiar meeting with the leader of the Oken Tribal Group, Komeok on 30-7 1721 TT and also conviced the group to join.

### Saekarinian War

During the reign of Gotiphs's father, five of the Karinian tribal groups on the eastern side of the Karin Plain had unifed into the Saekarinian Confederation in an attempt to avoid war with the Akarian Confederation, who they saw as ideologicaly opposed to the tradditional Karianian faith. On 7-2 1720 TT, in response to the integration of the Oken Tribal Group the Saekarinians, led by the Uvuk Tribal Group carried out an attack on the Kakay Tribal Group. The exact cause of the first strike is not known, though the most common theory is that the Saekarinians beleived that either Gotiph would not respond to the attack or that he would be unable to rally all of the confederation against them.

Word of the attack reached Gotiph two days later, by this point the Bokok Tribal Group had already moved to aid the Kakay. Gotiph ordered his massagers to travel to the tribal groups of the confederation and order them to move against the Saekarinians. At the same time Gotiph led his own forces east to aid the Kakay in person.

By mid 1720 TT it was unclear who would win the war. On 16-8 1720 TT Gotiph, in an attempt to swing the war in his favour declared that any member family of the Saekarinian Confederation who embraced Kadarism was welcome to join the Akarian Confederation. On 29-8 1720 TT the Ikane Tribal Group took him up on the offer and joined the Akarian Confederation. By the start of 1719 TT both the Dakon Tribal Group and the Skrake Tribal Group had joined Gotiph's confederation, leaving only the Bojin and the Uvuk against him. Following the defections, the majority of Gotiph's forces returned home as they no longer saw the Saekarinians as a threat.

At some point in mid 1716 TT Gotiph made an agreement with Comkate of the Bojin that would allow them to win the war. On 22-11 1716 TT the Bojin executed the leadership of the Uvuk at a meeting between the two groups, on the same day Gotiph declared the war over.

### Later reign

During the Saekarinian War Gotiph's two eldest sons, Kalik and Jumak were killed. Following the war Gotiph's oldest living son Tordake was expected to be named as Gotiph's successor, but instead Gotiph proclaimed on 26-11 1716 TT that Wok was his primary wife and therefor Wayok was his primary son and heir. Gotiph died on 16-5 1699 TT and was succeeded Wayok.