Kadar

Kadar or Kadar of the Arkaran was the founder of the Akarinian Confederation and an early version of Mirroi.

Kadar
Leader of the Arkaran
In office 2-1 1799 TT – 12-3 1757 TT
Preceded by	Yandak
Leader of the Amarken
In office 27-9 1795 TT – 12-3 1757 TT
Preceded by	Harmak
Leader of the Akarinian Confederation
In office 24-7 1787 TT – 12-3 1757 TT
Succeeded by	Aket
Personal details
Born	12-11 1822 TT Okenarian Confederation
Died	12-3 1757 TT Agrada, Akarinian Confederation
Nationality	Arkaran Akarian
Spouses	Harmain
Children	Aket Amail
Parent	Yandak

Biography

Early life

Kadar was born on 12-11 1822 TT. He was the third son of Yandak, who was the Leader of the Arkaran and a cousin of Harmak, Leader of the Amarken.

Yandak was killed whilst chasing down Andu Kur raiders in late 1800 TT. His death was unknown to the Arkaran for a period afterwards, as it was unreported. It was only on 2-1 1799 TT that Kadar was named leader.

Leader of the Arkaran

Kadar had attempted to form a perikat with the Amarken during his first year in power but was rejected by their leader Harmak who feared that the youthful Kadar would try to see him overthrown. A perikat was established between the two on 24-4 1798 TT following an increase in the frequency of Andu Kur raids.

Kadar was with the Amarken when Harmak died on 24-9 1795 TT. After three days of mourning, Harmak's son Ambat proclaimed himself Leader of the Amarken. Kadar challenged the proclamation under the right of blood. The two engaged in a duel with Kadar emerging victorious and Ambat dead. Kadar was now the Leader of the Amarken.

On 30-10 1795 TT Kadar held a large ceremony with his two drikes. During this, he publicly claimed that he had travelled to the Isle of Mirrors and discovered that their gods were nothing more than powerful spirits who had been exploiting them for centuries. He claimed that he fought, killed and ate the leader of these spirits. He claimed that he had seen the future and would be able to drive back the Andu Kur during their next large-scale attack. This marked the beginning of Mirroi.

The other drikes of the Karin Plain did not initially believe in Kadar's claim or his description of divinity. On 15-11 1794 TT the Deram recognised Kadar's claims and joined the Akarian Perikat. The Leader of the Deram was a man named Atet. Atet was a brother-in-law of the late Ambat and might have seen it as a way to ally himself with his brother-in-laws drike. Regardless of intent the move convinced more drikes to recognize the divinity of Kadar and join forces.

On 3-7 1792 TT, Kadar met with the Oken, who had previously ruled over the Okenarian Confederation which had been torn apart by the Andu during their 1800 TT invation to request his aid. Amoka, Leader of the Oken denied Kadar's request claiming that if they were to go to war with the Andu so soon after their last defeat to them they'd be wiped out. Amoka's son Chalatun supported and made allies with Kadar, bringing with him many of the Oken's warriors who wished for revenge against the Andu. Amoka expelled Chalatun who founded the Banokan to conteract this.

The Andu Kur launched a full-on invasion of Kadar's forces on 26-4 1791 TT. Kadar gathered the Akarian Perikat to defend against the invasion and personally led them in many battles. On 8-1 1790 TT over half of the Andu Kur invasion force began to withdraw from the campaign against Kadar and his followers, leading to Kadar's eventual victory.

On 11-7 1787 TT Kadar's forces routed what was left of the Andu Kur and capture the Andu city of Kanda. Two days after taking the city some of Kadar's family members located the city's treasury and found it to be filled with a more gold and copper than was estlimated to be in the Karin plain. To hide this from his other people and those of the city Kadar ordered much of the city to be raised and for the city's population to be enslaved and removed. Kadar and the leaders of his various tribal allies remained at the ruins of the city for eight more days. On that eighth day when no Andu forces arrived thay declared the war over and began discussing what to do next. It was three days after that on 24-7 1787 TT that the Akarinian Confederation was established with Kadar as its first leader.

Leader of the Akarinian Confederation

After the declaration of the Akarinian Confederation the drikes departed back to the Karin Plain, leaving just Kadar along with the Amarken and the Arkaran in the ruins of Kanda, where they took up residence for some time.

On 28-7 1784 TT Kadar ordered a series of fortifications to be constructed along portions of the Thessda Range to protect against future Andu incursions among his plans for fortifications was to convert the ruins of Kanda into the city of Agrada. Kadar would spend most of his time in Agrada and moved most of his family there to be closer to his beloved stash of gold and copper.

Kadar died on 12-3 1757 TT, he was succeeded as the Leader of the Akarinian Confederation by his son Aket.

Notes

Kadar's exact date of birth remains a matter of debate. The Ossbosche Assembly has agreed on 12-11 1822 TT as his date of birth. This was initialy recorded through oral tradition and may not be historically accurate.

Many of the dates that take place after Kadar became the Leader of the Arkaran are corroborated via ancient Weer records.