Gan Tarak

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## History

123BE: Town confirmed to exist at this point on the coast.

5BE: The powerful seaborne nation of Tatrak forms alliances through marriage with its previous rival kingdoms and they are renamed Gan Tatrak (Later Gan Tarak) and Cthol Tatrak (Later Cthol Tarak)

0BE: Aurian Empire announced by Jomark.

43-48PE: The Second Commerce Wars alarm Tatrak as now the Imperial juggernaut is getting geographically closer to them. They tighten controls on Gan Tatrak and Cthol Tatrak. This breeds resentment in the cities.

64PE: Kolaran creates a formal trade alliance with Auria. This is noted in Tatrak and they formally ban their vassal states from copying. This builds increased resentment.

81PE: The Reprimand in response to beligerent leaders in Cthol Tatrak, Tatrak itself launches a naval attack on Cthol Tatrak and Gna Tatrak is forced at sword point to assist. Cthol is brought to heel but the resultant war costs and bad blood creates polarised factions is the vassal states that eventually leads to a pro-Aurian movement.

123PE: The Princess Fiasco. Tatrak attempts to completely take over its vassal states by marrying its princesses into the royal families by force. In Gan Tarak the eldest Prince Derek is intended as a duty borne and powerful warrior. however through a series of 'unfortunate' events it transpires that the younger prince Sean marries the Tatrak princess. They have a famously hostile marriage and Tatrak fails to garner any influence in Gan Tatrak and instead loses prestige. Importantly however the union produces several children who are all placed in positions of authority within the city state and Tatrak now finds it difficult to cull the nobility of Gan Tatrak as a result.

364PE: Kolaran signs the military trade-routes mutual defence treaty with Auria. Gan Tatrak is forbidden from signing through manipulation and threats.

370-430PE: Kazier Prince of Gan Tatrak (they are not allowed Kings under Tatrak's oversight) organises a powerful military build up in the city. This is when the first sections of the true military ports were laid down. By the end of this period Gan Tatrak could field a fully fledged battle fleet on a par with Tatrak or Yewdon or even Auria (Who was a weak sea going power at that point.)

439PE: Gan Tatrak reasserts its independence by agreeing to trade deals with Gilgan and Auria without going through the Tatrak envoys. When the Tatrak chief envoy objects (believeing himself the ruler of the city) he, his bodyguards, entourage and family are famously thrown onto ships and expelled from the city like slaves. Tatrak objects but is phased by the sudden military might and open beligerence of Gan Tatrak. They keep their responses to threats and trade penalties which the city itself ignores. Popular national pride and Aurian favour rocket upwards.

445-449PE: The Third Commerce Wars or the Tatrak Conquest. The Kingdom of Tatrak embarks in aggressive raiding against Kolaran and all sea borne trade in the Shining Sea. It is a direct effort to break the Traderoutes Alliance Auria had established and for Tatrak to regain its previous dominance. The Empire however directly moves on this and in the name of supporting Kolaran wages a three year war resulting in the conquest of Tatrak by storm. Gan Tatrak does not support Tatrak in the war.

505-507PE: Wargak Invasion is turned back by Aurian Forces. Gan Tatrak is never attacked but sends forces that fight with Aurian units operating out of their base in, the now Aurian port of, Tatrak. Pro-Aurian public opinion rocks in Gan Tatrak. Several powerful factions especially in the military that they should join the 'Golden Empire.'

510PE: Gan Tatrak officially joins the Empire realising all the benefits of such a move and those who resisted realising the likely results of continued refusal.

650PE: The Protectoran Mutiny in Gan Tatrak is put down extremely hard. Several officers are assassinated and there is open street fighting.

1050-1102PE: The reign of Peter IV the Seafarer. Gan Tatrak is massively expended and forces from Gan Tatrak are a large part of the Fourth Commerce Wars in which the island ports of the Shining Sea are set up and the Aurian Colonies on Eltirian are established.

1188PE: Blue Protectoran Mutiny in Tatrak. When the mutiny starts in Tatrak loyalist Blue units gather to Gan Tatrak in opposition. It is here that Fleet Admiral Soran Doyle organises the retaking of Tatrak and pincer attack that destroys the mutiny. After this event Gan Tatrak is renamed Gan Tarak and Cthol Tatrak follows suit. Gan Tarak now takes preeminence over historic Tatrak.

1190-1199PE: The creation of the modern military dock in Gan Tarak. Now affirmed as the future base of the Blue Protectoran Auria funnels immense funds into Gan Tarak building projects to make it the preeminent military port on the continent. by the end of the decade it is precisely that. Ship buiding facilities, huge dockyards, harbour walls, defensive fortification and the Blue Protectoran Academy for training naval officers are all completed in this decade.

1512-1514PE: 1st Dragon Army Invasion affects Gan Tarak very little. They send levies to the assistance of the Aurian Protectorans that are engaged in the fighting and a fleet is organised to go around the continent and intercept Dragon Army reinforcements.

1643-1677PE: New roads are built enhancing Gan Tarak's landward links. Specifically a great highway is built between Gan Tarak and Gilgan. This creates a time of greater economic prosperity and the meteoric growth of their coastal trade partner Kolaran also affects this.

1898PE: Second Dragon Army Invasion

## Geography

Gan Tarak benefits a lot from its position as a natural sheltered harbour. The lands breaks inward forming a large pocket of deep calm water between two peninsulas. The land rises quickly to the east behind the city sheltering it from that direction. The waves are broken by the peninsulas and so the harbour though very deep is a safe harbour year round. There is also a small island three miles out from the mainland that has been developed as part of the city.

The Taran river empties here into the sea.

## Economy

Gan Tarak's economy is very healthy and is driven by a bustling sea and land trade. Importantly there is constant work available in Gan Tarak driven by the engine of the Blue Protectoran who spend inordinate amounts of money on the naval needs of the Empire.

### Taxation

Taxation is fairly light in Gan Tarak but smuggling and evasion is stifled with an iron fist. This is a deliberate policy of moderation to encourage trade and determination to discourage a black market element.

## Demographics

Gan Tarak is a huge city with a resident population of well over 50000 this can grow prodigiously in times of war when recruitment is high or it is filled with refugees from the surrounding towns and villages.

The population has a racial split but is far more human heavy than Kolaran to the north.

 Halfling
 Visk
 Half-Elf

### Religion

The worship of the Celer aspect of Knowledge is dominant here as in other areas of the Empire though Wild as god of the sea and Death as god of war are also worshiped heavily. As in all imperial cities of this size temples are found to all six Avatars.

## Politics and Government

Gan Tarak is nominally run by its governor Colby Smulder a nobleman and businessman of some fortune. However Smulder does not do anything that would cross the dashing and powerfuil Grand Admiral Jamerson Pellerin Doyle. As a result it can be argued (and most resisdents openly joke about this fact) that Doyle is the true master of Gan Tarak. Gan Tarak is also large enough to have its own Senate representative. This individual only speaks for the city at a law making level and doesn't have any direct influence on the running of the city itself.

The city is conservative in nature, though it is pro-invasion, pro-military and pro-expansion.

## Military

Gan Tarak is the head quarters of the Blue Protectoran. Here is found the great naval academy of the Aurian Empire. It is also the location of huge military docks and dockyard. The island three miles out to see works as another auxiliary port and resupply station.

It is the location of the Grand Naval Academy and all cadet officers in the Blue have to come through it. The Grand Admirals boat house is situated in permanent dock nearby.

Three legions are officially stationed on a permanent basis at Gan Tarak. One, the 3rd Legion, is officially assigned as the trainers and instructors of all the Blue Protectoran and often includes semi-retired officers.

## Culture

Gan Tarak is a port town on the western coastline of the Aurian Empire.

When Gan Tarak was first named it was named after Tatrak, but since Tatrak’s power and influence waned Gan Tarak renamed itself. It could do this because it was chosen as the headquarters of the Blue Protectoran. The academy was founded and the ship yards laid down. They are probably the largest shipyards outside of Yewdon on the east coast.

Gan Tarak is the largest military port in the world. At any given time it will have over seventy ships in and around its harbours. It also employs a sea wall covered with towers and siege weapons, more than enough to daunt any would be invader.

Gan Tarak has a well earned reputation for having rigid control of its trade and customs. It is run extremely efficiently and even bribery is not tolerated.