Tharggy
Farmers and hunters of mixed Fhokki and Defy
heritage who traded with the Dejy clans to the north and
east originally settled Tharggy (population 750,000).
Feudal barons who ruled independently of one another
divided the land. When Kalamaran expansion troops
reached them, the unorganized barons and their people
were driven eastward. They fled far enough east that the
Kalamaran troops became occupied with the more
dangerous barbarians to the north and abandoned their
attempts to conquer them.
Realizing that they must unite in order to retake their
land, but unable to peacefully choose a leader, each baron
fought for the right to be king. After almost two centuries
of displacement and civil war, a king was chosen and the
land was united under King Tharggy the Greater. Game in
the Fyban Forest was plentiful and the country soon began
to prosper. When the King died, his son vowed to retake
the Tharggy homeland.
The new King assaulted the Duke of Dodera's troops
and drove them back to the Katagas Rise. The Duke
pleaded with the Emperor for troops, but the aid never
arrived. He opted for peace and conceded the eastern half
of the Shynako Hills to Tharggy.
After almost 40 years of peace, Kalamar (under a new
Emperor) attacked. The war lasted the entire campaign
season and finally ended with the annihilation of the
Tharggy army during a bitter last stand amidst an unseasonably
early blizzard. The King and his son. Prince Arykk,
were slain along with almost all of their troops. The
surviving Kalamaran troops withdrew, and Tharggy was
saved, at least until spring.
The country was left in disarray. Since almost every
male from the age of twelve to fifty-five was slain in the war,
the women were forced to do all the duties of state. For the
first time Tharggy was ruled by a woman, Queen Defyn,
who was the widowed wife of Prince Arykk.
The Queen knew that spring would bring a fresh
Imperial Legion, and the predominantly female population
chose to fight rather than surrender. Defyn commissioned
elderly veterans to train female warriors for battle.
Nakkary, a retired general, worked day and night for
the whole winter on strategies, but contracted the plague
only a week before the impending battle. Yet, the general
miraculously recovered the very morning that it appeared
he would die. He awoke, full of vigor, and led his army of
undertrained troops to meet the Kalamaran army. Though
outnumbered four to one, the general directed battles of
tactical brilliance. After a three-month campaign, the Thars
defeated the Imperial troops. When news of the victory was
brought to the general's tent, he was found dead of plague
and his body half-decomposed. In his dead hands, he
clenched a symbol of The Old Man.
Today, Tharggy borders Dodera and O'Par in the west
and Thybaj to the east. Their northern border extends
uncontested (and unenforced) to the Shyf Hills. Tharggy
allows free worship of almost all religions, but the Temple
of Armed Conflict has the largest following. The Church
of Life's Fire, Church of the Night's Beauty, the Home
Foundation, the Church of Endless Nights and the Temple
of Sleepless Nights also have sizable followings here.
Tharggy is on good terms with O'Par and Thybaf, but
Queen Defyn still considers the country to he at war with
Dodera. Tharggy merchants trade textiles and foodstuffs to
Thybaj and the demi-humans of the Kakidela Mountains
for precious metals and gems. These goods are then
commonly traded to Drhokker merchants for war-horses.
Thars have become famous For their textiles. The sheep
they raise in the Shynako Hills produce the world's finest
wool. Thars spin and dye the wool to produce brightly
colored clothes that they sell and trade worldwide.
lb this day, women run Tharggy. Women hold almost
all positions of power, except that of general, which is held
by a learned, male veteran. The country has a large army of
female soldiers numbering 2200 infantry, 500 archers, and
1400 cavalry.
Alternative Name(s)
Queendom of Tharggy
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