Casablanche

Casablache is a town built by the Gorillas on the shore of The West Sea. It began as a resort town, before becoming the Gorilla Fleet's base of operations during the Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War. Later in the war, it was conquered by the Crawler-aligned Eagles. After they, and the town itself, were subsequently frozen by the Sabertooth Tigers, Casablanche was left abandoned, but eventually reclaimed by the Gorilla Republic, now shared with the other tribes of Unichi.

## History

### Construction

Casablanche was built by the Gorilla Republic at the time of the Roleplay, after the Chima Civil War and during the Bat—Raven War. A resort town built to commemorate the birthday of President Gorbav, Casablanche's construction took place over the course of a week; it was completed on Gorbav's birthday, after which he gave an introductory speech to celebrate the town (noting that it contained the first water park in the history of Chima). In the ensuing months, Casablanche was expanded into an even larger city, boasting a population of eleven thousand Gorillas.

### Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War

During the war between the Chima Alliance and the Crawler Empire, Gorilla Grand Admiral Yamamoto brought three aircraft carriers to the docks of Casablanche, holding them in reserve while keeping an eye on the nearby Bat Island, where the Bats were constructing their own fleet but making no hostile moves. When Lusamine and Guzma completed the creation of Scolisopod's power suit on Aether Island soon after, Lusamine explained to Lysandre that they'd received funding from the Casablanche government (notably the only donor other than Lysandre that wasn't secretly a proxy of the Saviorites).

Later, Yamamoto, who'd become Casablanche's mayor and made it the Gorilla Navy's base of operations, was met there by Bismarck, who expressed his desire for a united Chima Alliance Fleet. The Bear Admiral sent messages to the Lion and Wolf admirals, as well as the Minor Tribes, requesting them to meet in Casablanche. When the Beaver "Admiral" (though the Minor Tribes didn't possess a fleet) arrived along with admirals Lowe and Warzenegger, Bismarck explained his proposition to unite all their naval forces (as well as build a fleet for the Minor Tribes) against the now hostile and Crawler-aligned Crocodile Fleet. However, a united Chima Alliance Fleet didn't come to be, as only the Bear and Gorilla fleets remained tight-knit in Casablanche. Soon after, a strange party of Gorillas and Forgotten briefly walked through Casablanche, before departing by boat and going to a small island two miles away.

#### Battle of the West Sea

Construction of the Gorilla and Bear fleets continued in Casablanche, and in honor of the city's newfound role, the Gorillas' heavy cruisers received the designation "Casablanche class", in addition to one of them being named the *Casablanche I*. The Bear Fleet then left the city to keep an eye on the Eagles' shore, while one half of the Gorilla Fleet was sent to defend Aether Island in case of an attack. Finally, Yamamoto himself led a battle at sea against the Crocodiles, alongside Bismarck and the Bear Fleet. Yamamoto was captured after failed negotiations, leaving Bismarck to take command of the Gorilla Fleet. This thinning of Casablanche's defenses and capture of its mayor allowed the Crawler-aligned Crocodiles and Eagles to surround it (the former by sea to the west, and the latter by air and ground to the east). The Crocodiles and Eagles' goal to occupy Casablanche was in response to the naval attack on the former tribe, and the Schrewerer Gustav's attack on the latter.

#### Imperial Takeover

The Eagle forces ordered the Gorillas to surrender all weapons and officials within the city, but the Gorillas demanded that Mayor Yamamoto be returned first, which the Eagles and Crocs refused. Bismarck doubled back around to reinforce Casablanche, but even the combined Bear-Gorilla Fleet was outmatched by the more naval-experienced Crocs, and Bismarck retreated to Aether Island; Yamamoto made an official declaration of surrender to the Crawler Empire at the same time, allowing the Eagles to conquer the city without civilian casualties. The Eagles were likely notified of the defeat of their allies, the Scorpions, and the freezing of Supreme Leader Scorpix at the hands of the Vultures in The Iron Mountains, which had happened just before Yamamoto surrendered. Nevertheless, the western half of the Crawler Empire continued to hold their conquered lands, even as the Bats and King Bliston fell to the Icebears soon after. It is unknown exactly how long the Eagles occupied Casablanche; the city was indirectly protected from the Ice Hunters by the Bat Fleet during the Balthazar Campaign, but after the Icebears drove the Imperial Remnant into retreat, Casablanche was left defenseless against the Hunters' ice powers.

### Changing Hands

The city eventually fell to the Sabertooth Tigers, who raided Casablanche from the north and completely froze it over, along with its inhabitants. Gorillas and Eagles alike were taken to Black Fang Mountain, which the Sabertooths had claimed, and Casablanche was left abandoned until the Gorilla Navy, Vice President Ghana, and a small division of the Gorilla National Guard gathered to reclaim the city. Scorpions from the Republic of the Claw, who'd arrived just before them, began melting the ice with fire chi, and Ghana asked them who they were and how they'd been able to do this. The Republican Scorpions explained that they'd come to Casablanche to reinforce the Eagles after obtaining fire chi from the Phoenix, but that they'd been too late to save their allies from the Ice Hunters. When asked, the Scorpions speculated that the town's inhabitants had been taken to the Arctic, or one of the Sabertooths' southern outposts. The Scorpions melted Casablanche free before leaving, and Ghana became the acting mayor of the town. The Gorillas, in control of Casablanche once again, spotted a mysterious fugitive stealing one of their aircraft before flying west.

Soon after, the acting President Ghana left for the Wolves' town of Wargrimmar, where she met with new Wolf Alpha Wol'jin, the Scorpion Consuls Craunus Maximus and Calloran Fen, and the Scorpion Praetors Sirius and Scarabus. The six of them founded the new alliance Unichi, and during their talks, they briefly discussed Casablanche. However, when it came to which city would serve as the headquarters of the new alliance, Wargrimmar won out, and Casablanche has not been the site of any notable events since Ghana's departure.

## Description

(In the words of Gorbav; originally posted by Egorsmirnov on "The West Sea" topic.)

*"Here in Casablanche there are 2 theaters, a beautiful warm-water sea, many great restaurants, a 25000 m^2 water park, a circus, pools, spas and much much more."*

Expansive docks and shipyards were likely additions to Casablanche, after Yamamoto made it the Gorilla Navy's base, as it had been stated that ships were constructed there.

## Trivia

* There was confusion for a time over the exact location of Casablanche on the coast, since it was mentioned to have been built in the Eagle Spire region, but that would've caused it to be surrounded by the Bats' blockade of that land; the Gorilla Fleet being constructed in, and freely moving to and from Casablanche while the Bats blockade the entire region it's in (or vice-versa) would've been physically impossible, and the Bats and Chima Alliance's actions on the coast seemingly contradicted one another, if they were taking place in the same area. As a result, Casablanche's placement on the map has now become rather ambiguous, and it's simply stated to be somewhere to the north of Wargrimmar (which is on the Wolves' coast, south of the Eagles).