Sardalas

Provinces/Holdings: The monarchy of Sardalas is a weak institution, the real power behind the throne is the Sardlas Traders.

    Law: Currently, the regency of Sardlas is a partnership between the Emir and the Guildmistress of the Sardalas Traders.  Over the coarse of time, the Sardalas Traders have come to dominate the partnership.

    Temples: Formerly the main religon of the isles, the Southern Seas of Nasri have made a rebound in power with theris of High Priestess Khalilah min Aqaba.  The Besarif Temple of Sarma, founded by the last, corrupt ruler of Besarif has had a monopoly on the holdings here for some time.  But with the SSN rising in power, and the loss of power in Besarif itself, the BTS has been losing holdings.  In the insueing chaos, the Askarus Temple of Avani has gained a foothold in Sardalas, hoping to control both ends of Askarus' trade routes.

    Guilds: The sole guild in Sardalas is the Sardalas Traders.

    Sources: The sources are divided between the Doppleganger, Rami Niall, and Alejan ibn Karim el-Zulif, the mage of Semara.

Regency Generated/Accumulated: 14/17 (The RP that the Emir generates is divided between him and his partner, the Sardalas Traders)

Treasury: 12 GB

Army: The Emir maintains a unit of Infantry known as the Golden Dragons. This unit acts as his personal body guards.  In addition the Emir maintains 3 Khinasi Skirmishers.  The Guildmistress Rashida Faran maintains an army of 5 Khinasi Spearmen, 3 Khinasi Skirmishers, and 3 Khinasi Marines.

Navy: The Emir possesses 2 Dhouras.  The Guildmistress possesses 4 Zebecs and 6 Dhouras.

Regent: Sardalas is in an intrigueing position in that it has two regents.  The hereditary regent is Hakim ibn Rashad el-Akkari (MKh, F2, Vo, major, 25, NG).  When Hakim inherited the throne (about 10 years ago), several ajazada opposed him and tried to sieze the throne themselves.  As it turns out, these ajazada were the leaders of the Sardalas Traders, famous at that time for it's sugar trade.  The insueing civil war had a devastating effect on Sardalas.  As the realm was nearing bankruptcy and collapse, a minor merchant within the Sardalas Traders offered the Emir a deal.  Soon after, the ajazada leaders of the guild began to die, leaving that minor merchant, Reshida Faran (FKh, T6, Ba, minor, 20, NE) as leader of the guild and partner to the Emir.
Hakim was never intended to be the Emir of Sardalas.  He had an older brother that had been prepared for the role.  Unfortunatly he was killed by an unknown assailant, leaving the disinterested Hakim in line for the throne.  As a result of this disinterest, Rashida Faran has taken a majority of the law in Sardalas.  In addition to the RP donated to her by the Emir, she generates RP from her own law and guild holdings, making her the true power of Sardalas.
Reshida Faran is a ruthless buisness women.  Once she has a monopoly in something, she never lets go.  Her fleets also raid shipping from surrounding nations and guilds, weakening the competition.

    Lieutenants: The leader of the Golden Dragons, Ahmed ibn Hussein (MKh, F4, CG), is a trusted friend and advisor to the Emir.  The Emir most often follows his advise and that advise is often contrary to the advise given by Rashida Faran.  In fact, Ahmed is somethimes the one ruling, rather than the Emir.  As a result, the guildmistress has grown quite tired of Ahmed getting in the way of her plans and may soon arrange his downfall.

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Description: Centered around the city of Sardalas, which was built atop an ancient Masetian ruin, this realm is one rich with splendor and corruption.  The economy of Sardalas is based on sugar farming, and it's sugar is reknowned through out Cerilia for it's rarity and quality.  Plantations dot the country side, worked by serfs and owned by rich buisness men, who are also mostly members of the guild.  The forces of the guild maintain law and order through out most of the realm, protecting it while the Emir entertains himself with frivolous activities at court.  The forces of the guild maintain Sardalas in a strict caste system.  The serfs all tied to the land, much like Anuirean serfs, and noble and merchant classes are held in high positions above the law.  Sardalas was once a more free realm, but the rise of Rashida Faran has changed all of that. 
The city of Sardalas is the pearl of the realm.  Most of the sugar comes through here for shipment both near and far.  Most of the city is in some way related to one guild leader or another.  Despite this population of rich, Sardalas has an extraordinarily high population of poor; mainly cheap labor for the docks.

Allies: None.

Enemies: The guild leader remains suspicous of Askarus, but takes no action against them that might ruin her monopoly over the sugar trade there.  Sardalas also faces occasional raids by the forces of the Doppleganger.  Sardalas' main enemy remains the realm of Djinara, who is quite fond of raiding Sardalas' ships and stealing their rich cargo.