Kargebal

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Kargebal

Gummint: City-State (Principality) <Republic>
Mythos: Phoenician



Leader: Prince Melkath Elzar
CAPITAL: Kargebal (Pop.: 110k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Jobal: 15k
Luiseth: 20k

Loc.: Afrik
Language: Phoenician
Pop.: 350k
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Red-sailed ship on a
blue field.

Coinage: Phoenician Standard.
Companions: Shakes, officials, merchants, priests, etc.
Friends: Phoenician Coalition.
Foes: Western Sea Alliance. <Roman Confederacy>
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Skirmishing at sea with rival traders.
Some southern border troubles with nomad raiders (Tuaregs).
Intrigues: Unknown.
Artifacts/Relics: The Dolphinship of Larcas && the Occult Coffer
are the most powerful of the magickal devices held by this state.
Others of lesser sort are also in the possession of the Prince or others
of import in the land.

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Thumbnail Sketches: Kargebal lies between the allied city-states of
Botris and Sargonna. For all practical purposes the details found in
the Thumbnail Sketch of Botris will apply to this state, so in the
interest of space, we refer the reader to that listing, above.

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Quote:
Tuareg nomads Sahara desert | Photography by ©Johnny Haglung

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Fortune Telling: #1 out of 5.

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Basilisks are found in central Kargebal, between the lands of the Bedouin and the Tuareg.

They can be found at desert oases, where one can find the prized Afrikkan basil, growing wild. These are often places of great (and deadly) beauty: weathered perfect statues should serve as a warning to the desert traveller. The thing about petrification is that it is said that one remains conscious, in some kind of a way, although, lacking physical perceptual contact with the outer world, the soul goes insane.

Among the desert nomads, there are lejends of the immortal ones, heroes who were turned to stone by the gods, in the quest for the sacred basil plant, which is said to be a sovereign remedy against all disorders of the central and sympathetic nervous system. It is said that those are skilled in the Aegyptian art of the Hekau can bring the immortal ones back to life, but, if they do, then, the immortal ones will die.

In any event, great care is recommended, should one dare to approach the oases of Kargebal. Some of these are also actually the center of ruins, of an old and unknown civilisation.

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Tuareg nomads are known to raid across the southern border of Kargebal.