Gara

### Imports

bronze, chainmail, coal, copper, furs, gold, horses, iron, ivory, jewels, kalana, kilana, leather, metalwork, pearls, plate armor, silver, steel, weapons, wine

## Background

In 1239, the savage glish saw their chance to strike a blow against the humans while the Imperial armies were locked in civil war. The glish hoards overran the province of Chikyf and destroyed most of the province of Petganas. They were finally halted by a determined army led by Midan Jonal. Jonal and his army secured the area that was to become Gara. He saw no reason not to make it his own since the empire was collapsing on all sides; his brother Midan Archeth had already secured a kingdom for himself (which later became known as Cheth).

Notes on the Gara Civil war
"Garan" means "a thicket" in Imperial.
Midan Jonal’s son, Foral, became Dain of Gara in 1241 after Midan Jonal’s army failed to return from an attempt to reclaim the provincial capital, Acht. With his father and the army gone, Dain Foral signed treaties with his neighbors to protect his people from Midan Kothar’s army.

Young Dain Fafnir Selket-Athyr hopes to unite his kingdom with Cheth through a royal wedding between his infant son, Isarym Dalton Selket-Athyr, and Isara Joyce of Cheth. Dain Trocero of Cheth feels that his daughter should do as she pleases when the time comes, but hopes that she will marry one of the Aryms of The Kingdom of Dyon or Ramon.

Gara is a small kingdom and unable to afford a large army or navy. It is plagued by pirate raids and glish attacks. The youth of Gara long to reclaim the territories lost to the glish. Many young fighters can be found willing to make expeditions into the jungle, but older people feel that the jungles are forever lost to humans.

## Political Factions in Gara

Gara's civil war left the country in ruins and its noble houses divided into separate and hostile, though no longer openly waring, factions. A small number of secret societies also gained in power. There are also many nobles who openly support their monarch and many who strive to remain neutral to all factions. Not every member of a house necessarily belongs to the same faction, many houses are divided with some members supporting one faction and others different ones. All the groups try to recruit from each other and the neutrals.

Blue Cloaks, Blue Kalamars, Cuilt of Samil of Gara, Dalind Daftka Supporters (Akif), Duramroth (smugglers), Gold Dragons, Green Sheviots, Neutral (not in a faction), Notnaidag Robbers of Gara, Red Horses, Royalists, Yellow Sarks

## Royal Council of Gara

The heads of the eighteen ministries form the Royal Council of Gara. The council advises the king and handles the details of running the kingdom. Ministers in most countries are of royal houses, but in Gara the only Royal house left after the civil war is that of the king, so the ministers are from various noble houses.

## Royal Garan Army

These are crown troops serving the serving the kingdom. They are supplemented by the guards of the private noble houses in times of crisis.

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* Garan Royal Guards Vadar
* Garan Heavy Lancers
* 10th Infantry H'Ronedar

The Royal Garan Army maintains a token presence in Gil, Gara. *The Tenth Infantry H'ronedar* commanded by Sortan Aram Zoram whose headquarters are in Garan, Gara is responsible for Gil, but only has a single hadar stationed there.

## Royal Garan Navy

The Royal Garan Navy is based in Garan, Gara
Commander:Chief of Staff: Baloth, Odwar Midon Shardys

## Towns

### Small Cities

* Fort Gimel
* Fort Nager

### Castles

* Barmkyn Castle
* Denok Castle
* Kaldin Castle
* Midhope Tower
* Tanlon Tower

### Villages

* Barra
* Comlon
* Dundale
* Dyrlet
* Gil, Gara
* New Hoddam Bridge usually called just Hoddam Bridge
* Misfield
* Mortlok
* Northfield
* Tor
* Zelled

### Ruins

* Old Hoddam Bridge
* Kar Serrit
* Sunstone Caverns
* Ruins 41
* Manor Ruins
* Cauldron Caverns
* Tomb 7
* Tomb 8

### Other

#### The Forbidden Lands

*Home of the Subre*

The high plateau in the middle of Gara is home to the Subre. They fiercely protect their land from all intrusions.

Centuries ago the glish ringed the forbidden land with castles to keep the Subre trapped while their army invaded and destroyed every living thing in their path. No glish survived the attack, but the ring of fortifications was maintained until the glish were forced from the area by the humans. The Dain Foral, first king of Gara, went into the forbidden lands and made a treaty with the Subre. He would keep his people out of the forbidden land and the Subre would stay in.