Artak Arkara

Artak Arkara was the 64th Living King.

Artak Arkara
Ossbosche of Saekraim
In office 25-6 11 TT – 24-3 3 PC (Disputed 4-2 3 PC – 24-3 3 PC)
Preceded by	Huzok Skrake
Succeeded by	Tyshok Perat
Leader of the Arkara
In office 26-8 9 PC – present
Preceded by	Kamakta Arkara
Living King
In office 11-1 20 PC – present
Preceded by	Harakar Oken
Personal details
Born	15-4 55 TT Agrada, Kingdom of Akaria
Nationality	Akarian
Parent(s)	Amalide Arkara Kamakta Arkara

Biography

Early life

Artak was born in Agrada on 15-4 55 TT to Kamakta Arkara and his wife Amailide. At the age of four his grandfather, the Ossbosche of Grada Herkaz Arkara sent Artak to the city of Saeskar to be raised by relatives there. Artak was educated at the Skrake Brown and Green School from 44 TT until his graduation as bosche in 34 TT. On 7-2 31 TT the Ossbosche of Saekraim Temurak Skrake put Artak in control of a shrine to Gotiph as an udenbosche.

Udenbosche

On 25-3 23 TT Artak was reassigned to being the Udenbosche of Resources at his own request.

Kamakta Arkar began his involvement in the Arkara Plot in or prior to 22 TT. On 11-5 22 TT a small crate of fertiliser, for use in the Arkara Plot arrived at the Skrasken Ordok. Bosche Tyshok Perat asked what it was for and Artak lied and told him that it was to be given to the Sotai family, whose last shipment had been slightly lacking.

The Ossbosche of Saekraim, Huzok Skrake died on 18-6 11 TT from, what was ruled at the time to be a heart attack. Artak Arkara was elected to replace him on 25-6 11 TT.

Ossbosche

On 9-12 10 TT, Tyshok Perat released the Tyshok Report, revealing parts of the Arkara Plot and providing evidence towards those who had been assassinated by members of the Arkara. Among those linked to this was Huzok Skrake. These revelations began the False War. During the False War, many ossbosches, udenbosches and members of the Kadrikes were assassinated or driven into hiding. Artak, however, continued to publicly serve as the Ossbosche of Saekraim, personally surviving over a dozen assassination attempts. On 13-7 4 TT, Artak's uncle, Living King, Bantar Arkara was assassinated. Artak left for Ablesken to elect his successor and remained in the capital until 30-10 2 TT when Harakar Oken was named Living King.

As the years went by, public opinion of the Arkara continued to deteriorate. On 4-2 3 PC, Harakar Oken issued Harakar's 10th Dictate, which barred members of the Arkara from serving as ossbosches. Artak refused to recognize the dictate and did not step down. Three days later, a group of soldiers sent by the Ossbosche Assembly arrived at the Skrasken Ordok to forcibly remove Artak from his position. Artak's guards killed three of them before they retreated. The next day, Artak's father and Leader of the Arkara, Kamakta Arkara, declared the Arkara's defiance to the dictate, beginning the Arkara Uprising of 3 PC. The Living Army was sent to capture Arkara-held ossletes in the Arkara Kadrike and the Skrake Army was sent to capture Saekraim. The Skrake Army quickly captured most of Saeskar but Artak and a group of his forces managed to hold out in the Skrasken Ordok. Peace was achieved on 24-3 3 PC, when Kamakta recognised the dictate in exchange for total amnesty for the uprising. Artak stepped down as the Ossbosche of Saekraim later that day.

9 PC Arakra elections

Kamakta was found dead in the Saeskar River on 30-7 9 PC. Artak Arkara was elected Leader of the Arkara on 26-8 9 PC.

Karinians in mines

On 10-10 10 PC, Harakar's sister and High Director of the Dakota Mine, Harlain Oken was shot and killed. Soon after it became apparent that the Dakota mine was using hired Karinians as labour in the mine, which went against Karinain tradition. Two days after her death Artak voiced his support of her killing.

Sarkist Riots

On 10-10 15 PC, exiled Akarian political writer Sarkay Obat published a book that called for the end of censorship through Harakar's 7th Dictate and the abolishment of the foreign zones established by Harakar's 6th Dictate. On 27-10 15 PC, Sarkist riots kicked off across Akaria with the rioters demanding the abolision of Harakar's 6th and 7th Dictates. On 25-11 15 PC, Harakar issued his 11th Dictate, which suspended his 6th and 7th Dictates and put border control under the authority of the individual Kadrikes.

During his 16 PC String Day speech Artak criticized Harakar's actions over the past year and called him a coward for submitting to the rioter's demands.

Akarian Civil War

On 6-1 16 PC, the Deram purchased modern mining equipment from Niueyjar with the intent of phasing out slave labour and replacing it with paid labour using modern industrialised mining techniques. Artak responded on 13-1 16 PC by mobilising the Arkara Army and sending them up Fanachar's Pass with the intent of taking the Dream capital, Dokaim. The pass went through the Mikare Kadrike, bringing the Mikare – who were allied with the Deram– into the war. The Arkara's ally, the Kakay, joined the Arkara in their invasion on 24-5. On 19-1 18 PC, Several hundred explosives planted by the Deram went off in the mountains above the valley that the Arkara and Kakay armies were travelling through as they were approaching Dokaim. The subsequent mountain collapse killed around a third of the Arkara and Kakay armies and caused their formations to disintegrate into chaos whilst the Deram and Mikare began their counter-advance.

On 12-3 18 PC Artak had the Arkara release a document containing evidence that Johnakar Oken had ordered the deaths of several notable figures across the Attu Archipelago including Kamakta Arkara and Vidar Astridson. A day later Arkara-affiliated protestors took to the streets of Ablesken demanding an explanation for the killing of Kamakta Arkara. At the same time the CNN Federal Court put their ongoing corruption investigation and trials on hold to allow the Council of Directors of the Confederated Nations of Niueyjar (CODCNN) to hold an emergency meeting relating to the report (which would lead to the Eastern Bloc-Niueyjar War). Harakar ordered the Akarian Navy back to Akaria and ordered the full mobilisation of the Living Army. Shortly after making his order Harakar departed Ablsken for Fort Garikoph in secret. The next day the Weer Chronicle reported that Harakar was neither at his palace in Moss Vale nor at the Tumak Ordok in Ablesken. Artak had intended to use the release of the report to justify an attack on Ablesken or Oksken in which Harkara could be killed in battle but Harakar's flight out of the Karin Plain prevented that.

On 4-12 19 PC Artak had a secret meeting with Dripap of the Confederated Nations of Niueyjar (CNN) aboard a CNN ship off the coast of Faltir. The pair planned for Driplap to attack Kadar's Rock, where Artak suspected Harakar to be hiding, to force Harakar back to the mainland so that he could be killed by Artak's forces bringing about a Living Election that Artak was confident he would win. In exchange Artak, once the Living King, would negotiate a peace with the CNN. Driplap attacked Kadar's Rock on 16-12, the next day the Weer Chronicle reported that Harakar Oken had returned to Moss Vale following his year-long vacation at an undisclosed location. Artak had his forces and those of his allies begin to converge on Moss Vale. In response, Harakar's allies in the civil war began to converge on Artak's foces. The armies of the Bokok, Oken, Sartak and Skrake engaged the armies of the Arkara, Perat, Banokan and Kakay in the Banokan Kadrike. Harakar left Akaria for eee on 26-12 as part of Operation Rock Storm, on the same day the armies of the Deram and Mikare entered the Banokan Kadrike to aid the Oken. The Arkara-led forces in the Bankokan Kadrike disintegrated into chaos on 28-12 with Harakar's allies beginning a march towards Agrada. The Giga-Yacht exploded killing Harakar Oken thus ending the Akarian Civil War and starting the 44th Living Election.

44th Living Election

Many in the Ossbsoche Assembly veiwed Harakar as an unfit Living King and saw Artak as the obvious replacement. Artak was elected on 11-1 20 PC.

Akarian invovlement in the Eastern Bloc-Niueyjar War

The day after his election as Living King, Artak recalled the Akarian Navy and ordered the Akarian forces in Faltir back to Akaria.

On 23-1 20 PC, Artak ordered the Akarian Scouting Force (ASF) to the Eastern Ocean to find Ahabakar Oken and bring him to Manser claiming that he wanted to meet him. In reality he intended to turn over Ahabakar to the the CNN. The ASF found Ahabakar in Johnakar on 27-1 and departed for Manser, leaving a small force behind to govern the town. When the ASF arrived at Manser on 30-1, men loyal to Artak took Ahabakar and handed him over to the CNN. The next day Targhon Skrake resigned as High Director of the Akarian Scouting Force in protest.

Artak and Svarn Svarndaughter of the CNN signed the 1st Fort Garikoph Agreement on 17-3 20 PC ending Akaria's involvement in the Eastern Bloc-Niueyjar War and the state of war between the two countries. The CNN agreed to withdraw from Akarian territory, recognised Akarian sovereignty over Paradise Island on Harakar's Rock, recognises waters within two nautical and reducted standard tarrifs for Akarian goods by 50%. Akaria recognised the CNN's sovereignty over Faltir and Amogusolia Island, recognised the CNN's territorial waters as 3 nautical miles off their coast and created a free trade zone in Manser for the CNN. Artak's 2nd Dictate was issued later that day granting CNN citizens the right to conduct "unrestricted trade" in Manser and allocated new funding to the Oceanic Council for expanding and improving the city.

Harakar's death

Two days after his election Artak ordered an investigation into Harakar's death, to clear himself of any involvement. The investigation was conducted by the Weer as Artak and most in Karinia considered them to be politicaly neutral. On 14-3 the Weer-led invistigation concluded that the explosion which killed Harakar and destroyed the Giga-Yacht was an accident.

Artak's 1st Dictate

Artak issued his 1st Dictate on 16-1. The dictate nullified Harakar's 13th Dictate – which had removed all hunting restrictions on the red spine eater and put a bounty of 5 grams of copper on each red spine eater – and ordered all properties with red spine eater breeding facilities to be put under the control of the Kakay. The dictate was seen as a symbolic move, to represent Artak's intention to undo the harm that Harakar had caused. Though Harakar's 13th Dictate had still been in effect few osslettes actually offered a reward for red spine eaters brought in and few breeding facilities still existed.

Filling the Akarian government with Arkara

On 8-4 20 PC Artak made his cousin Cherkaz Arkara the High Director of the Akarian Scouting Force on to replace Targhon.

Artak Arkara removed Kuzakar Oken as the High Director of the Akarian Trade Fleet on 16-5 20 PC, claiming that Kuzakar was too busy with his duties as the Leader of the Oken to handle leading the trade fleet. He was replaced with Artak's son Koyok Arkara. The new high director was ordered to "find out exactly what the Akarian Trade Fleet does". On 30-5 an internal investigation found that the Akarian Trade Fleet's primary function was to provide the Oken with free shipping for their enterprises at the national government's expense.

Creation of the Arkara–Banokan–Kakay–Perat Alliance

Artak met with the Leader of the Perat, Eltok Perat, Leader of the Banokan, Kobartan Banokan and Leader of the Kakay, Tokoat Kakay on 21-10 21 PC and signed a document officialising an alliance between their four Kadrikes.

Akarian Exploration Department

Artak created the Akarian Exploration Department (AED) on 1-8 22 PC, through his 8th Dictate. The AED was granted the right to sign treaties on behalf of the Living King. Ten days later the AED purchased several plots of land in Haute eee and began hiring eeeans to aid in their exploratory mining.

Bibliography

• Harakar's Vision (20 PC)