Founding Of Khati'hardt

In the year 211 during the second era of man Captain Hadir Khatibi, a world renown smuggler first discovered the shores of Nor after an 8 month voyage with 6 ships, at the time he called the Tropical Jungle surrounding a long river with desert on either side Nes’Hardta. Shortly after the first humans could communicate with the Fawl the names hybridized and became Norhardt.

The assumption at the time was the land was a large mostly desert island instead of a small continent. Captain Khatibi found many spices that were known and sought after back home, however there were many species of flora and fauna new to him as well, none as important in the history of Norhardt than Nes Root. The Nes plant named after Nes’Hardta which was further named after Nesi Khatibi who was Hadir’s mother, was a beautiful perennial vine that would wrap around anything it could touch and produce vibrant yellow flowers the size of a fist with baby blue stamens and pink stigmas. The vine varied from an inch to 5 inches thick at its base with a fibrous root system that was modified from hanging vines in times where supports were needed. The normal and modified roots of Nes both have a sweet warm taste almost like clove mixed with sugar and nutmeg. The Nes plant fruits are head sized round melons with a thick smooth white skin and baby blue flesh, with red star shaped seeds down its core. The Fawl have eaten Nes fruit or what they called Burlimba for centuries believing it aids in clearing the head of evil thoughts. The roots are often an ingredient in the Fawl’s version of healing potions. The flower buds which are a dark brown before they are mature and yellow, can be fermented in a very sweet alcohol that almost tastes like pineapple.

Captain Khatibi saw no signs of a native population initially and saw the potential of setting up a trade operation with his home continent of Senios. Most spices in Senios come from the Subcontinent to the Northeast called Bitseni. The road was plagued by bandits and seas plagued by pirates, so this western passage to Nes”Hardta would be about two months longer at sea but almost x8 safer. Captain Khatibi set up a settlement which is actually the southernmost point of Nes”Hardta at the end of a delta that allows a fertile jungle to exist.. Initially the settlement remained nameless because Khatibi thought it’d be the wisest way to avoid unwanted attention to his discovery. But the inhabitants started calling it Yurba Kalimar Yurba Dar, meaning our secret our security. The name shortly transformed into Kalimdar with the city being split by the river named BurlimKvos which is Fawl for River that feeds Burlimba. The eastern part of the city is Yurkali ,and the western portion is named Yurdar. The widest part of the river before it hits the delta has a large bridge that stretch 2.5 miles made from beautiful white stone has colossal statues on either side facing towards the sea. These were constructed at the start of the 3rd Era, The western side has a Large statue of Athies the god of Preemptive War which is a hybrid of the Senios and Fawl war gods. The eastern side has a statue of Captain Khatibi himself who at the time of construction was treated like a God but in modern times is seen as a folk hero and only has a small cult following beyond that.

Captain Khatibi established his settlement with his initial 150 men and 32 women. In the year EII 215 he left all the women and a hundred men to maintain and improve the settlement along with 4 of his 6 ships. Him and 50 men sailed back to Senios to hire trust worth agents in court, trust worth merchants who would sail with him and keep his settlements location secret, and most importantly wanted to obtain 10 merchant barges of limestone because it was non existent in Nor’Hardta. As he sailed away he unknowingly left a young woman of the age 16 pregnant, this child was born while he was at sea under the name Askari Nesh , the surname was invented based off of their new homeland by his mother Sylla G’dur  due to him being a bastard. With an eight month voyage one way Captain Khatibi wouldn’t arrive back to his settlement till EII 219. He’d be returning with 21 Ships, 10 Limestone barges and 20 of lumber and livestock including horses, and his new wife Margret Herlina Khatibi from a very prominent merchant family from the continent north west of Senios called Cirina, and their 1.5 year old son Hadir Khatibi II who will be historically known as King Khatibi The Hateful. At this point Askari Nesh was almost 4 years old and Sylla was 20, Captain Khatibi was 36 when he returned with roughly 1200 people.

Captain Khatibi spent the next two years fortified their position and established a secretive yet efficient trade route between Senios and Nor’Hardta, he acknowledged his son Askari privately and taught him horsemanship, archery, and the ways of Senios Noble Elite. Askari had the look of his mother with Stone grey eyes, olive skin, and sandy blonde hair, whilst Hadir Khatibi II has dark bronze skin, Green Eyes, and dark brown hair. It was the year EII 221 and all the profit from Captain Khatibi’s trade went directly into obtaining more ships as well as faster ships, by the end of year EII 221 the small city (but well fortified) has approximately 432 ships in her ports, and at any time an additional 500 sailing between continents. The 8 month voyage has been efficiently reduced to a 5 1/2 month voyage, and the city of Kalimdar has a staggering population of 6712 according to a census of the time. It is estimated at least a quarter of the populace were young children born in Ner’Hardta whose fertile river and jungles allowed Kalimdar to be self sustaining. The real issue was the importing required of metals and stone, the issue of lumber was quickly solved when the settlers learned how to mill a large palm often 10ft in diameter named the Horis Palm. Only issue was this plentiful palm wood was okay for small boats in the river but could not sustain a journey across the sea.

The two half brothers were never in the same room as each other as children, this changed in EII 231 when Margret Herlina Khatibi gave birth to her daughter Victoria Khatibi who was born with light olive skin, blue eyes like the sea, and hair as black as tar. The unfortunate reality of the time is many women did not make it out of child birth, and Margret was no exception. Upon her death Captain Khatibi, realizing life is not guaranteed, named himself Sultan Khatibi The Creator Of Kalimdar, he was now one of the wealthiest men in the world and bought himself into the noble class in Senios despite at the time not stepping foot there for 12 years. His sigil is a common seabird of the area called the Doro’ox with a rose gold background with a blue stripe down the middle to represent the fertile river. As uncontested Sultan he legitified his son Askari who was then known as Askari Nesh Khatibi, being the eldest son he would of had the full claim in Senios, however Sultan Khatibi thought it was more fair to award his sons equal claim, and his successor would be chosen on his death bed based on merit, or if this wasn’t a possibility his successor would be chosen by Kalimdar’s noble elite, who at the time were known as the Spice Sultans, due to mostly being made up of recruited Senios tradesmen and women that Khatibi trusted and who were now extremely wealthy due to their leap of faith. The Sultan Khatibi also had one of his court wizards find an ancient way to make the surrounding sandstone available even stronger which triggered the start of the construction of the Spuca Ol Foo or the Spice Citadel.

The two young princes shared a room during the time of the construction of the new citadel where Askari was constantly pulling pranks on his new little brother and young Hadir was building up resentment for his older sibling. To make matters worse, shortly after Margret’s death, The Sultan married Sylla G’dur who was now 32 years of age, and reinforced Askari’s claim. Sylla was further known as Sylla Nesh G’dur Khatibi, and would be known for her kindness to the homeless and sickly. During the next 20 years E231-E251 Sultan Khatibi worked towards expansion and started the nation state of Khati’hardt which had a population of an estimated 30,000 at this point which not only included the capital but several small villages/towns named Daboua, Sala ,Monché, Funongo, Fina, and more importantly Kadee which was the town farthest north but was nestled into the edge of a mountain in which the river BurlimKvos  passed through, it was created as a strategic location due to the fact the river could be easily transversed further north, but anything pass the mountain range was not yet explored. The discovery of this passage gave credence to the Sultans suspicion that this land he colonized was more than just a large island. Kadee quickly attracted many adventurers and merchants hoping to find wealth beyond the mountain range but for the first couple years anyone going upstream never made it back, but to be fair it was probably no more than a couple dozen individuals who even tried. Kadee quickly grew as well, due to an economic boost of being able to mine stone from the surrounding mountains. The lands surrounding the city were more of a grassland than desert or jungle, which allowed Kadee over the years to raise a strong cavalry, Kadee Warhorses would one day to be extremely cunning and speedy. Legend will tell of one horse named Ezbeth who was able to outrun a cheetah. Askari was a frequent visitor of Kadee and was gifted the governance of it, Young Hadir was gifted Sala but rejected it believing a fishing village was beneath him. Hadir was incredibly close to his young sister and was rumored to have murdered several potential suitors that tried courting her. Her resembling his mother so much probably was the catalyst for his need to protect her, however Askari always found his half sister incredibly gorgeous and often flirted with her to watch the enraged look on Hadir’s face. In the harvest season of EII 258 Sylla passed away in her sleep at the age of 59, many say she was Sultan Khatibi’s true love of his life, this loss drove the sultan mad. At the age of 75 he gathered a group of soldiers and the brightest minds he could hire and sailed north pass the mountain range which was at the time called Mountains Of Kadee. He set off in the hopes of finding a way to bring the dead back to life, and immortality. He left his three children each a gift as if he knew it was a venture he would not be returning from. For Victoria he left beautiful silver necklace encrusted with 6 large light blue diamonds to represent his original fleet. The Diamond Necklace Of Victoria Khatibi has been said to passive possess the wearer with Zone Of Truth so that he/she could never be deceived. The Sultan left his namesake Hadir Khatibi II a suit of armor made from a deep dark purple dragon scales, that was meant to prevent him from any harm. Lastly the Sultan left Askari a beautiful longsword made from Nes’hardta Jade. This jade was usually only found in the river by the half ounce at the most, it has a deep dark green color but when light hit it it shunned a deep blue. It is said its a incredibly powerful stone and that this sword known as Yurba’Dar was not only forged by a smith with unknown skills (a secret first fawl encounter) but also it can capture energy and cast random magic spells based on the need of the wielder. It wasn’t till the year EII 264 that they presumed their father to have passed, around this time the Spice Merchants decided to open the gates freely to travelers and Khati’Hardt got a large immigration of all the various races of Senios.

The struggle for the throne would begin to Sultan Khatibi’s overconfidence of his return, there by not appointing a successor. At this point Hadir Khatibi II started governing Kalimdar without any formal appointment he wed a younger noble women from Senios named Frely Horlua Khatibi and they had a son that was 2. Hadir out of disdain for his father did not carry the first name and instead choose the name Gregi (Gray-Gi). It gets interesting now because Askari with little military experience saw Hadir’s governance as dishonorable because it occurred before the Spice Merchants presumed their father as dead, so he started a rebellion that quick grew and soon he made Kadee his stronghold with northern Khati’Hardt a rebel state in the eyes of Hadir. However to add legitimacy to his claim he married his half sister Victoria, turns out for over a decade they were secretly and loyally intimate with each other. With her standing by Askari’s side followers of Sultan Khatibi I flocked north, so much so Kadee’s population was slightly larger than Kalimdars, the population remaining in the south was mostly fresh immigrants of various races. In EII 266 Askari & Victoria has a son named Hadir Vic’Nesh Khatibi III  after his father. The child for majority of his life went by the name Vic’Nesh, he was a large baby with Olive Skin, Blue Eyes, and Dark Blonde Hair. By This point the land was divided into Northern and Southern Khati’Hardt, to the North we had Sultan Askari Khatibi , and to the south we had Sultan Khatibi II each equal claims to the throne as well as heirs. It is important to note that Askari’s rebellion was mostly peaceful, while most acts of aggression were commited by Hadir, who killed thousands of innocent peasants just for living in the north. This reputation along with his hatred towards his father and entire family really, is what lead him to be known as Hadir Khatibi II The Hateful.

Khati’Hardt would remain divided for quite some time, a no mans land stretched the borders of both the northern and southern portion, Northern Sultan Askari erected a large military city / wheat farm / horse ranch called Lur’dee, this became the norths military command post where they constructed small forts all along the border, their renown cavalry made short work of any of Hardir’s advances.Askari never made an effort to take lands in the south, he knew it would only bring death and he saw all citizens of Khati’Hardt northern and southern his responsibility. In the year E281 Spuca Ol Foo (Spice Citadel) was finally completed, it was a beautiful snow white fortress with blue roofed towers and a large blue dome over the throne room, this same year Frely gave birth but her and the infant both passed during childbirth. Sultan Khatibi II hired a necromancer to infuse Frely’s soul right before the moment of death into a beautiful ruby that was then studded into the throne. They stone became known as The Frey Stone. Sultan Khatibi II thought he would be able to communicate with his wife once in the stone but this was not the case, he refused to pay the necromancers the riches promised so in turn the next evening during breakfast the sultan ate some toxic dates and passed away. Not even two weeks later Askari marched on Kalimdar with thousands of mounted swords, he was met with no resistance and he assumed the throne. At age 66 Sultan Askari Nesh Khatibi unified Khati’Hardt once again, he also adopted the 21 year old Gregi, although 17 year old Vic’Nesh will be groomed for the throne. Unfortunately in EII 284 at the age of 53 Victoria passed away, Askari hired the same necromancer in a moment of weakness to infuse Victoria in a saphire the size of a fist, this stone would be known as The Love Stone and would be inserted into the throne next to Frely’s ruby. He did not make the mistake of his brother, he paid the necromancer double the promised amount and offered him a paid position to teach Vic’Nesh about magic.

In EII 296 Askari passed away at the age of 81 and his 32 year old son Vic’Nesh became Sultan. Where Vic’Nesh was strong handsome and brave, Gregi was sickly feeble and cowardly. Gregi at the age of 38 EII298 he would die from the flu leaving no sons or daughters bastard or otherwise, the line of Hadir Khatibi II ended here. Sultan Hadir Vic”nesh Khatibi III being uncontested but also heirless quickly rectified it and married one of the Spice Merchants beautiful daughters Irabell Finess, she was pale of skin with beautiful light brown hair and crystal blue eyes. They has a son named Hadir Khatibi IV, another named Vicbell Khatibi, and a daughter named Loria Khatibi, who would one day be known as Saint Loria Khatibi Ruflo.