Darker Depths Wiki/Ark's

# Ark’s

Old Ocean, *as of 1915 it still survives.*

## Summary

“The people of Ark’s believe that a sun painted upon the bow of their old rusted ships will bring light between the rain clouds, one day.”

On stilts, in halos around the last little tiny bit of land still in the world is the city of Ark’s, the origin of the name is unknown, either a biblical reference to the preservation of life, or a name of an important figure, this knowledge was not passed down.

The city is of moderate size, wooden shacks built and comprised of piers, a lower level and an upper one. The upper level of Ark’s is quiet, a simple town of rats and dogs.

The above was ruled for roughly 40 years in Oligarchy, the DeCoix family acting as defacto leadership, oil barons who hunt whales that like to swim in the last shallow waters.

The lower section was somewhat lawless, though kept in order by social practices, though it was prowled frequently by law keepers and bounty hunters paid by the DeCoix to ensure the social order be kept.

## Chronological History:

Early History: Founded by those who slowly moved higher and higher among the mountains as the rest of the world was drowned, it was a simple fishing village for much of its history, left alone and unbothered.

Mid History: Entering the Barbary Age as raiding of settlements and more organized plundering bands began to form and become common place, the people of Ark’s were slow to resist, though the methods of the raiders became more aggressive, prompting unrest in the people of Ark’s.

Late Barbary: More and more attacks and raids on Ark’s forces the hands of more headstrong residents of Ark’s, the most notable example of this militia was those of the rusty submarine The Anne Marie, captained by Jacques Anne Marie DeCoix. Similar acts of resistance drove away and broke down the organized piracy of Ark’s.

After this, that Jacques DeCoix would begin whale hunting for Oil and fat and bone, beginning a lucrative business in the town that otherwise was incapabale of the processing of such material.

Elsewhere in the world the city of Coniston would be sunk by a neighboring city, Vorkutksa, leading to a rise of tension and anxiety between the people of Ark’s and its neighbors. The city would shortly after properly become an Oligarchy as DeCoix organized a police force, public law, and other policies that solidified him as the public leader. So as war broke out between Ark’s neighbors, factions aligning between oligarchic oriented states and the monarchic and more senior states, Ark’s found itself dragged into war.

The Warring States Period: Poised alongside most notably the states of the young Vorkutska against Juno and Tsarograd, war began, paid and organized by the DeCoix. After a long military campaign, fought by the rats of Ark’s, Vorkutska’s command launched and won a battle directly against Juno. This battle caused the most mass of casualities yet in the war, the sinking of one of the most populous states on the surface.

Sobered by this mass death, all major and some minor states on the surface convened in the neutral state of Salem. DeCoix and several of the aristocratic class of Ark’s attended. There they signed the Accords of Salem, creating a treatise of non conflict for all surface nations as well as a universal date and calander system.

Modern Era: After this business continued, the class divide of Ark’s grew and there was a time of peace and monotony in Ark’s with few major cultural or societal events, from the years of 1900-1915, and at the start of this year 1915, Jacque Anne Marie DeCoix died.