House Gogeorp

## Goldminer Steppe Nobles

Starting Location: Duchy Of Guge

**Background:**

The Gogeorp family originally a nomad from the Eurasian steppe. They amassed many riches and wealth on their travels threw the great grass lands, they came upon the great Tibetan plateau and their gut was telling them to turn around and keep moving on but they wanted adventure and to see what was beyond the mountains. Yet once they started the expedition they stumbled upon a county called Tsaparang the capital of the Duchy***.*** Since the county was pretty secluded from the outside world the newcomers to the town was of Delite, excitement, and greed. They were hailed as kings and moved up the hierarchy within a blink of an eye. But there was allegations against them that it was all fake, a setup, a scam, a hoax! It was terrible news for the family but then again they had support of the people. They came to light on the economic state of the county and strived to improve it but when they found out that they were ruled over by a higher person they wanted more. Guge was founded in the 10th century. A great-grandson of Langdarma, the last monarch of the Tibetan Empire, fled from the insecure conditions in Ü-Tsang in 910 to arrive in Tsaparang . He established a kingdom around 912, annexing Purang and Guge. He established his capital in Guge. Eventually they ended up striking gold when a descendant of the Gogeorp family had married into the family of the langdarma and assumed control after the dukes death.

**Present:**

Currently the Duchy of Guge is under the kingdom of Gugé's rule. The Duchy however is eyeing up kingdoms both inside and outside the nation to consolidate power to perhaps overthrow the Lobsang of Gugé. Another goal that is in the works of accomplishing is to be the Lobsangs most valuable resource so the fate of the Duchy will most likely be secure and safe. By doing this the Duchy rulers are trying to create a better economy by developing counties and barons to create more production to sell and trade and ultimately resume progress for the great duchy. The current religion is Buddhist even though the house of Gogeorp was originally a polytheistic religion but Buddhism is neither polytheistic or monotheistic. Buddhism is Non-theistic, their core belief is that suffering is an important part of every human’s life. And every Buddhist tries to achieve salvation and liberation from suffering. In Buddhism it is important to know the causes of suffering. Behaviors such as desire, craving, expectations, greed and more will cause suffering. And Buddhists try to live without those emotions and behaviors.

**Future:**

Furthermore, into the future the house of Gogeorp hopes to become one of the most prominent and most successful nation in trade and military domination in Asia. One of the largest goals is the reformation of the great Tibetan empire. A secondary goal is to expand towards a coastline to open a new set of opportunities for the economy and naval domination as well. The last but not least goal is one thing that is not expected, it is to avoid almost every war that is not necessary or in other words to not fight if king does not like. The last goal of the house is to spread Buddhism all across the continent and then some.