Tashmang I. Birmanka Minapalsa

King **Tashmang I. Birmanka Minapalsa** of the Taksalus was an Ankacau noble and the absolutist monarch of the Kingdom of Nacafi. Being first in the line of succession, Tashmang I. rose to power after the death of his father, King Kxessal Tashmang Minapalsa. He was succeeded by his only son Tashmang II. Bashaicul Minapalsa.

Tashmang I. is known for massively improving living conditions in Nacafi and making it one of the largest realms. He is nicknamed *Rainbringer*, *Father of the Law*, *Conqueror of the East*, *Friend of the Centaurs* and many more honorific titles.

## Name

The name, as all conventional names of the House of Taksalus, consists of a given name, a honorific second name, and a patrilinear last name.

 "The fearless"

## Family

Tashmang I. was the son of **Kxessal Tashmang Minapalsa** and his second wife **Gulta Eshemen Minapalsa**.

With his first wife **Hinnang Paukefeme**, Tashmang I. had a son called **Tashmang II. Bashaicul**. Tashmang I. married Hinnang when he was 25 and she was 23. She gave birth to Tashmang II. at the age of 24. She witnessed both of her husband's further weddings and died of a fever at the age of 47.

With his second wife **Malame Cunocau** he had a son called Kertsulte who died at the age of 1. Malame was accused for choking the child and later sentenced to death by hanging.

With his third and only surviving wife **Porpore Hava**, Tashmang has two daughters: Cifilka and Joshan. She was married off by Tashmang at the age of 17, when he was 32, and gave birth to Cifilka at 18 and to Joshan at 20. Porpore is said to be the closest person to Tashmang I., influencing many of his decisions.

### Ascesis in a seaside cave

According to different sources, Tashmang I. spent three to five years in a remote cave at the shore, where he experienced living off bare necessities and gained wisdom about how to fight drought and hunger. Because of some fortunate years of sufficient rainfall, people started revering him as a demigod. Tashmang proclaimed that, during his insightful life in the cave by the sea, a large rock had been washed ashore by the stormy sea, which contained detailed inscriptions explaining how Nacafi should be governed. The rock had, however, eroded away within days. It took him and his counselors four years to translate the divine concepts of the tablet into comprehensible language. The code of law is known as *Purki Natserer* ("Tablet of the Waves"), the constitution of Nacafi.

### Foreign Policy

Tashmang I. is responsible for expanding Nacafi's sphere of influence from a small coastal state to a Kingdom twelve times as large. He forged many treaties, mainly intensifying and consolidating the friendly relations with the peninsular allies Ràl Atsèl and Tapiria. He managed to resolve many border conflicts diplomatically and only led one war, the successful support of the Umu people's war against the Kxopa tribes.

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### Late Reign and Death

After the First Peninsular war, Tashmang I. withdraw from international politics and resided at his secondary palace in Vemon Tashmangar. It is said that his wife Porpore made most of the decisions on his behalf at that time.

Tashmang I. died at the age of 55 after suffering from intestinal cancer. He was laid to rest in the Minapalsa family crypt in Vemon Tashmangar. He was succeeded by his son Tashmang II. Bashaicul Minapalsa.