Eastern Isles of Okah

## The Isles of Okah

The Red Alps of Doucland, Okah

Topograhpical Map of Okah

Okah, and its three isles, are some of the most hotly contested regions in modern times, with notable powers like the chimpanzee and gibbon tribes having strong claims on the region. It hosts a majority Langur population, and is native to the Gibbon species on the South, and East Island, whilst North Island is inhabited by Doucs.

### History

#### Early Times (8000 - 2799 BLC)

During its early history, it was an isolated land at the eastern end of the known world, and because it was covered in jungle, Okah's inhabitants mostly lived along the rivers and lowlands or sought refuge up in the mountains. The seas surrounding the islands were stormy, and the inhabitants mostly stayed around the coastal waters filled with fish. The Red-Shanked and Gibbon Tribes only made contact in 3100 BLC, which is 5000 years after the Great Ice Age ended. Trade and relations began to sprawl between the tribes, encouraging shipbuilding to safely cross the waters that split the two.

#### Gibbon Exodus (2779 - 1500 BLC)

Around 2779 BLC, a Gibbon ship that had become lost in a storm ended up on the shores of a new land, Eastia, and they were quick to bring the news back. King Kiilan, the current regent of the Gibbon Kingdom, personally went on an expedition and ended up on the shores of Cape Capuchin, and eventually at Caloua's Rest, where he met the Capuchin King. During the meeting, King Kiilan purchased the north-western territories of Eastia from the Capuchin King, but unbeknownst to Kiilan, the Capuchins did not own the land.

In 2777 BLC, King Kiilan began expelling the tribes living in the "purchased" land and colonized it with Gibbons. With promised land and forced settlement by the Gibbon Crown, the Gibbons population in Okah decreased by around a third in two decades. With a great loss in population, many farmers in Okah did not have enough hands to harvest, and after widespread protests, the Gibbon King began sending Langurs, who lived in the Eastia, to Okah, to make room for Gibbons in the Eastia, and stabilize Okah. The Langurs were allowed to take over farms abandoned by settling Gibbons, but they were seen as second-class citizens and were not allowed to sell any of their harvests, instead paying it as tax to the crown. Okah's economy would decline, as King Kiilan moved the Gibbon Capital from Okah to Eastia. This would isolate Okah, as problems in the archipelago were mostly ignored by the Gibbon crown.

#### Gibbon Conquest of the Doucs (1500 - 1495 BLC)

By the end of the Gibbon Exodus Era, the Gibbon Kingdom had grown strong, settling most of the (now called) Gibbon Oaks. With the current king running out of neighbors to conquer, he sought his eyes on the Red-Shanked Douc Tribe. Langurs who had moved to the Douc Tribe had greater rights, and after asking the Douc Tribe Leader to subjugate the Langurs such as he did, his request was denied, and he thought this was enough to invade the Red-Shanks.

The invasion army was led by the gibbon noble Duke Erwing IV, and the beginning of the campaign was successful, conquering Douc port cities. Duke Erwing had grown up in the Oaks, he was a famed military commander but was very unfamiliar with the jungle and mountain terrain. As he marched through the mountain valleys, and towards the Red-Shank Capital of Osina, his army was caught in a valley, and ambushed by the Douc Tribal Chieftain called Wosin. When it was clear Erwing was losing the battle, he offered a peace deal to Wosin, lying to the Douc that he was the Gibbon King. He offered a hundred-year peace deal, along with reparations, and Wosin took it.

The Duke made his way to the port city of Masin, which was surrounded by fields, and when Wosin came to march into a settlement that he thought had no military presence, he was attacked by the Duke's army. The Douc Chieftain would be killed in this battle, and Wosin would do a second march on Osina, capturing the capital and winning the war. After the conquest, both Doucs and Langurs enjoyed autonomy, so that they wouldn't kickstart any rebellions, keeping Okah stable.

#### **Pax Gibbona (1495 - 121 BLC)**

With Gibbon's dominance over Okah now unquestioned, an era of stability interrupted by rebellion, and repeat, would begin. The Gibbon Crown would grant more rights to Langurs as their population grew in Okah, and towards the end of the era, the Langur Population would be nearly three times larger than the Gibbon, with Gibbon in Okah mostly being in higher positions such as aristocrats, merchants, and influential farmers.

#### Langur-Douc Okah (121 BLC - O ALC)

The first war between Gibbons and Chimps that would last a hundred years began, and King Kildane of the Chimps led a successful invasion into Okah, capturing key ports and capitals, but only smaller garrisons would stay behind as the mainland called for the chimp's attention. At this time close to no Gibbon Army presence would be in Okah, so the Langurs and Doucs formed armies mostly consisting of levies, and liberated North and East Okah from Chimp Occupation. The Doucs and Langurs struck a deal with the Gibbon Kingdom, that they would partake in the war with their armies if they were allowed to stay independent as the Okah Kingdom. The deal was accepted, as the Gibbons were in no position to fight Chimps, Langurs, and Doucs.

South Island would stay in Chimpanzee control during most of the hundred-year war, with the Chimpanzee Duke Candorian forming the "Duchy of Candor" that included South Island, also repopulating the Gibbons in the territory with Chimps. At the end of the war, a peace treaty was made, where the Okah Kingdom would be granted South Island, but the Chimpanzees living there would keep their positions, and enjoy great amounts of autonomy.

#### The Isolation (1 - 209 ALC)

The generations that had survived the Hundred Year War were traumatised, and the King of Okah during the time began a strict isolationist policy, where diplomatic envoys were rejected passage into the islands, and foreign merchants were not allowed to step onto the land, forced to stay on the docks. The Gibbon Kingdom would ignore Okah, it was mostly seen as a backwater during the time, with only a population of ~20,000 in 25 ALC, and not worth the Council's protests.

#### Brood Subjugation (209 - 213 ALC)

With the Brood's isle-wide conquest, Okah would not be ignored. With strict isolationist policies, the Kingdom would not know about the coming of the Brood, and their army would be outnumbered 200 to 1, resulting in utter defeat. In 213 the Brood Empire would begin to fall apart, and the newly independent Gibbon Kingdom would go west, to retake their ancestral homeland.

#### Gibbon Conquest (213 - 227 ALC)

The Gibbon Armies that kicked out the Brood would be welcomed with open arms, with the species of Okah celebrating the Gibbon Armies marching in the city streets. Okah would be integrated into the Gibbon Crown, and the monkes of Okah were granted a decent amount of autonomy, expect the chimpanzees who would be deported by the Gibbons, sent back to their homeland.

#### Chimpanian Rule (227 - 229 ALC)

In the year 227 ALC the newly formed Chimpania would blitz their way through the Gibbon Oaks, conquering the Kingdom and capturing the capital of Pluton. Chimpania's navy was strong, and before Kingdom could warn their nobles in Okah, the Chimps struck. Their victory would be quick as they took the key cities of Roanoke, Crainwood, and Osina, and they also began the building of a new city called Acramore, at the thin strip of land between South and East Island. Before they could assert control over the rural parts, large rebel armies would form, using guerilla tactics as they hid up in the mountains. The rebel armies would liberate Osina, and create the Langur-Red Shank Coalition. After a series of victories, Chimpania would cede most of Okah, expect the city of Acramore, to the coalition.