Kaskara

Exterior of the Church of Kaskara

Kaskara was an island nation in PrikPack v2 which was located on the northern edge of the known world. It was ruled by El Presidento nobel617 and was famous for it's inconsistent policies concerning magic. At it's peak it contained a population of three concurrent players.

History

Founding

Immediately following server start nobel617 wandered the world, looting pre-generated structures for valuables. In one of these dungeons he discovered a sword called The Sword of Kaskara and claimed it for himself. While discussing possible settlements, nobel617 considered naming wherever he settled after his sword. When he did eventually decided to settle on the southern tip of the largest northern island, he named it Kaskara.

Early History

Considerable forethought was put into the design of the main settlement. A fountain square was constructed and enclosed behind two rows of largely ornamental houses built in a vaguely mediterranean style.

Construction efforts were put on hold temporarily as tensions between El Presidento and flufyking erupted into the Kaskaran Crusade. During the course of the war Kaskara City was bombarded by offshore mages and several buildings were partially damaged, but due to the ornamental nature of the houses (most were hollow) little of value was lost. After the Crusade was called off the city was rebuilt and expanded, becoming one of the largest settlements on the server.

Immigration

Following repeated setbacks with Ars Magica, bcfoss (who had previously been a crusader) emigrated from Heide's Tower of Flame to Kaskara. His arrival was met with suspicion by El Presidento, but he was reluctantly allowed to settle 5-6 chunks north of Kaskara City in a small valley. From the start El Presidento was opposed to bcfoss's use of magic, and when an outright ban proved unfeasible he instead limited magic to the valley settlement.

Sometime before (or after?) bcfoss arrived, TwoTonMonkey joined Kaskara.

Brewery Structure Exterior

Sometime after bcfoss arrived, El Presidento constructed a barebones brewery in roughly the center of the island, but it was generally neglected.

Cold War Period

The technological advances of nearby Tyre sparked the beginning of rivalry with Kaskara. El Presidento constructed warehouse(s) on the northern edge of the city in order to house military equipment for use in defense (or offence). At least one functioning aircraft was constructed, from which El Presidento intended to drop explosives on Tyre.

During a short détente between the two rivals, Tyre organized and aided in setting up a quarry for Kaskara, linking it to an automatic refinement system at a nearby warehouse.

Negotiations with bcfoss yielded a magical form of mustard gas in exchange for relaxed restrictions on the use of magic within Kaskara. A temple dedicated to Witchery was constructed on the north side of the city and was frequently bombarded by concentrated blasts of lighting. bcfoss then constructed an illegal temple on the far northern plains of Kaskara, but the cold war prevented El Presidento from taking any direct action lest Tyre intervene.

Accompanying this new national unity, el Presidento distributed ak-47s to all Kaskaran citizens in preparation for a potential assault on Tyre, but increasingly consistent server problems resulted in the death of the server before war could break out.