Aakar Orit

Aakar Orit is the first and former president of Okrit, originating from the Oye noble house of Aakar in Nakrama. Prior to the founding of Okrit in 7 PC, Orit was a merchant and local politician who came into major prominence through his arrangements with the Easterners. He is the father of Okrit's 2nd President, Aakar Byenama

Aakar Orit
Personal details
Born	27 TT
Spouses	Aakar dima Takob Emoceye Aakar Emotjeye
Parent(s)	Aakar Ebosi, Aakar dima Lakaga Cokwaze
Profession	Governor of Nkrama, Spice merchant, landowner

Background

Orit was born in 27 TT to merchant Aakar Ebosi via his second wife, Lakaga Cokwaze. At that time, the agak of the Aakar family was Orit's grandfather Aakar Onoye. Orit was raised amongst his other siblings in his family residence and was educated privately by several tutors advised by his grandfather. He reportedly became literate very quickly, and began education in commercial affairs at 12 years old. In 2 TT Orit attended the eastern gardens with his father, whom then tripped and fell into the canals. In the process of rescuing his father, three men had been injured by a nearby hippopotamus, including Aakar Ebosi, whom would later die from complications from these wounds.

Orit had several spouses, as is the custom of the Oye nobility. His second wife, Aakar Emoceye, became the subject of public uproar in 17 PC after a petty theft resulted in the injury of 15 members of the public at the hand of her personal guard.

Business career

In 11 TT Orit established a goods transport company that would operate in the docks area of Nakrama, buying delivered goods and distributing them into the nearby countryside. The business was initially small, consisting of only Orit and four other men who would use only a single to transport and sell goods to villages, plantations and farmers along the banks of the Omolai.

By 9 TT this team had expanded to a team of 12 men and 5 canoes and Orit's success had aroused the suspicion of dock-workers, who began to circulate rumours that Orit's men had been acquiring goods illegitimately through bribes and theft, depriving opposing companies, and thus other dockworkers, of product and capital. Petitions from these opposition companies and their affiliated dock workers reached the Nakrama Mercantile Court, requesting an audit on Orit's team. The subsequent investigation found Orit and his company not guilty of any crimes. This ruling became controversial due to the investigation's comparatively short duration in comparison to other audits, and the ultimate reasoning for the ruling. The statement given by lead investigator and Mercantile Court head-man Agak Kawakadi Mofo being:

"There is no evidence to support the claims made against Aakar Orit and his company. No man has come to me saying he saw goods being stolen from his premises, nor is there written evidence of this happening. To recall an account from the Agak Omonyeje Degi; when a man has a melon, and his neighbour has recently lost a melon, that does not mean the man stole the melon from his neighbour. He was not seen on his neighbour's premises taking that melon, that melon was not seen within his neighbour's possession prior. We can not assume that the man had not acquired the melon legally, and that the neighbour is merely a simpleton in the habit of losing melons"

The above statement given by the Lead Auditor thus implied that the evidence given was null due to the lack of anyone dirctly witnessing the explicit act in full. This verdict caused much uproar among the Mercantile court and gentry

but found that the goods had not been witnessed being stolen, thus not meeting traditional Oye trade laws forbidding their sale. From 6 TT to 2 PC, Orit would secure deals with Waaqi iron and copper traders before inheriting the family spice trade due to his father's death.

Okriti Unification and Presidency

Okrit first made contact with the outside world when climate conditions caused formerly severe storms to clear in the seas between Okrit and the Attu Archipelago to the east. First contact was made on 4-3 9 PC when fisherman from Niueyjar made landfall near the city of Moklo. From 9 PC to 10 PC relations and formal communications began when sailors of various nations began to arrive in Okrit with intentions to trade. These trading intentions directed them to Nkrama, an economically powerful city state that sat at the apex of the trade flow between the west and east of the Islands. At this time, prominent Oye merchant Aakar Orit held de facto control over the activities of the Nakrama docks, essentially having a monopoly on interaction with the easterners once they had made contact.

By 11 PC, Nkrama began to suffer an outbreak of Purple Fever, having heavy impact on the population and economy. Orit, having access to the more advanced medical technologies of the east, hence gained immense social influence over the Nakrama populace. The social and economic leverage that this gained Orit led to him gaining de facto authority ovr the city and it's surrounding regions, overshadowing the councils which traditionally governed the city. By mid 11 PC outbreaks of Purple Fever had spread along the Omolai and towards adjacent inland regions, giving Orit further opportunity to gain control over areas that were formerly independent.

During this time, Orit had established formal radio contact with the powers of the eastern Attu Archipelago, and had began communications under the premises of being the leader of a unified Okriti nation. Securing trade deals for medicine and arms, Orit coerced and conquered various other Okriti states into submission, controlling the majority of the Okriti lowlands by 13 & 14 PC. Military control solidified with the establishment of formal ties with Akaria and then Living King, Harakar Oken, which served to boost the legitimacy of the new unified Okriti government.

A youth named Dom Masopo was beaten to death by police on 22-6 17 PC after allegedly “stealing an absurd quantity of fruit”. The day after the death protesters formed outside Orit’s domicile in Nkrama. Only two days later, Orit's second wife Aakar Emotjeye, was caught with stolen produce under her robes. Three men who were attempting to retrieve the stolen goods were injured by her personal guards whilst twelve more were injured whilst she was being escorted to the president’s domicile. Orit's guards were then put on alert as a larger crowd gathered around the estate. The next day the leader of Akaria, Living King, Harakar Oken proposed creating the Akarian-Okriti Alliance. Orit was more than happy to accept and left Okrit for Akaria the next day with his family to both officialise the alliance and to avoid the unrest in Nkrama. He and his family arrived at Akaria on 1-7 17 PC and had the alliance officialised. The Akarian Navy and Living Army took back Nkrama and put Orit back incharge of his country on 13-7 17 PC. Shortly after Orit cleared some land in Nkrama for Akaria to establish a base at to train his Okriti troops.

In 24PC Orit would claimed to receive visions in his sleep predicting his death. Up until this point, the government consisted of various informal connections and agreements between regional authorities and powerful individuals. Orit's proclaimed visions prompted him to begin creating a formal structure of government, forming the United Okriti Republic. Provincial elections began in 29 PC with a Dakma of 20 out of the 40 seats being formed at the end of the year. Presidential elections began the following year in 30 PC with the eventual election of East Omolai Governor and son of Aakar Orit, Aakar Byenama. Since this time, activity within Okrit has remained unknown as communications with greater archipelago suddenly ceased.