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Additional information: Reed is the current monarch of Tara after the events of When Elegies Are Ashes.
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Royal House of Tara
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Kingdom of Teamhrach
The restored Taran coat-of-arms, taken from Dublinn's emblem
In Other Languages
Simplified Chinese
塔拉王国
Traditional Chinese
塔拉王國
Japanese
ターラー王国
Korean
타라 왕국
General Information
Type
Capital
- Na Saoirsí
Unnamed previous capital
Head of state
- King Gaeil of Tara (vacant)
- Loughshinny Dublinn (de facto)
Head of government
Military strength
Taran Defense Force
Language
Taran (endonym Tengae, based on Irish Gaelic)
Status
Active (de facto independent from Victoria since 1098)
Tara, formerly known as the Kingdom of Teamhrach, is a Terran country in the southwestern coastlines of Victoria. It is a monarchy ruled by a Draco house titled "King Gaeil" that split itself from the Victorian royal family.
The history of Tara began from the tribal split from Victoria in order to maintain their traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle. At the dawn of the common era, Tara was forcibly annexed back to Victoria in the name of forming a brotherly alliance against the Nightzmoras. Throughout history, the Victorian Dracos sought to marginalize the local Tarans, and the situation deteriorated after the Aslans took over the Victorian throne in the ninth century. Eras of discrimination against the Tarans fueled their ever-growing nationalism that eventually matured to become a violent separatist movement.
History[edit]
Taran era[edit]
The history of Tara is heavily intertwined with Victoria. Human activities already existed in the region since the 100 BCE when, according to a Victorian legend, a Draco tribe settled there and assimilated with the locals to form the earliest semi-nomadic confederation. The Taran house originated from the ultimate split with the Victorian house as the "conservatives" who yearned to retain the old nomadic lifestyle rather than following the "monarchists'" proposal to adopt the Sargonian imperial system. After the monarchists took control over the valley region, the conservatives decided to migrate to the swampy south and set up their own country.[1] The earliest Tarans named this region as Teamhrach or Temhair in their language that referred to the ancient tribal meeting place, and the region would later be Victorian-ized as "Tara" by future generations to refer to this undemarcated region.[2]
Annexation of Victoria[edit]
At the dawn of the common era, the Nightzmoran Khaganate led by Kharanduu Khagan reached Victoria, and the daunting Nightzmoran troops forced the Victorian Dracos to retreat in humiliation back to Londinium.[3] In order to defend their homeland from the Nightzmora, the Victorian Dracos sought to form a "brotherly alliance" by annexing Tara as its territory. According to Victorian sources, the process was a peaceful one. During the negotiation, the King of Tara willingly gave up their royal title to the Victorians in exchange for the title "King Gaeil." For the next few centuries, the Dracos of both Victoria and Tara coexisted as the monarch of the Victorian Empire.[2]
Many Taran sources, however, do not support the Victorian narrative. It is believed that Victoria actually initiated a violent conquest to conquer Tara. Even though the Gaeilc Kings maintained autonomy in their region, many of their affairs were actually tightly controlled by Victorian delegates to the Taran palace.[4] In fact, the title of King Gaeil was actually bestowed to a baby in the cradle after the last legitimate King Gaeil was slain by the Victorian Dracos.[5]
Decline and resurgence[edit]
In the ninth century, the Aslan house initiated a palace coup that dethroned the Victorian Dracos. Tara suddenly became the last stronghold of the Dracos, but after several wars, the exhausted King Gaeil eventually surrendered to the Aslans. As a sign of their surrender, the last King Gaeil ordered his soldiers to melt their weapon to prove their sincerity, but his action eventually led to his assassination at the hands of Taran rebels who refused to surrender.[6]
During the Aslan dynasty, although the Taran Dracos were promised to maintain their royalty under the dual monarchy system, everything only appeared to be on paper. Not only the last lineage of King Gaeil was believed to be severed through political purges, but also Tara became a mere duchy ruled directly by the Victorian Grand Dukes dispatched from Londinium. Due to cultural differences as well as Victoria's intentional exploitation, Tara became an underdeveloped region where much of the populace suffered from severe poverty. The situation sowed hatred among the Tarans in which they felt they had become a colonized nation.[2]
After the War of the Four Nations of 1031, Tara was brought under the rule of the Duke of Wellington, a Grand Duke and a war hero who possessed Taran lineage. Wellington intentionally turned a blind eye on the increasing conflicts between the Tarans and the Victorians which in turn led to the rise of Taran nationalism by the 70s and 80s. These Taran nationalists not only sought to restore their lost cultures, but also expanded to become a violent separatist movement to break free from Victoria's control. To worsen the situation, the Victorian government imposed tougher policies onto the Tarans as retaliation which in turn fueled their anger.[2] Furthermore, the vacant throne of Victoria since the popular uprising of 1072 and later on the coup d'état of Londinium in 1094 that led to the Sarkaz's occupation and the Londinium crisis of 1098 granted the opportunity to the Tarans to declare their independence from Victoria.[7] While Tara has been a de facto independent state since, its sovereignty remains unrecognized by the Terran great powers including Victoria themselves.
Notable people[edit]
The characters below were born in Tara but are living in or affiliated with factions outside their homeland.
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The characters below were born outside Tara but are living in or affiliated with factions within the country.
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Other notable people[edit]
- King Ariel☠: A Taran king, brother of La-Breithe, who murdered him over the fear of his necromantic flame.[8]
- King Maighdean the "Gorgeous King": A Taran queen who was Lá-Breithe's mother and predecessor in the Royal House. During her reign, she was forced by Victoria to gradually replace the Taran customes within the Royal City with theirs. She was also the only Gaelic King whose funeral was recorded, being held with a more Victorian style.[9]
- Saoirse Kelly (Taran descent, Episode 09)
- An unnamed Liberi "Soulkeeper " whom Nemed and Moran try to persuade, so they could admit Loughshinny's group to Na Saoirsí.[10] She later appears to organize Chulainn's funeral.[11]
The Liberi Soulkeeper lady
Places[edit]
- Na Saoirsí
- County Hillock (now part of Victoria)
- County Oak Grove (now part of Victoria): A nomadic county located in the Duke of Wellington's duchy, as well as Reed and Eblana's hometown. At one point, the county was caught in a violent unrest as Eblana razed the Victorian authorities who were trying to quell the Tarans' protests.[5][12]
- County Trent (now part of Victoria)
- Redridge (now part of Victoria): A small village located in the Scáthanna Fields, County Trent.
- Scáthanna Fields (now part of Victoria)
- King Gaeil's Castle: The overgrown, decaying ruins of what once was the royal capital of Tara, and the setting ground of the Gaelic Kings's castle. It was built around an altar on a ceremonial stone circle atop of a hill shortly after Victoria crowned the first King Gaeil. that long after the Dracos fled the palace following the fall of the Taran dynasty, the Aslans decided to abandon it, expecting that one day a Catastrophe would destroy it.[12][13][14]
Gallery[edit]
A street in a modern Taran city
Ditto, at night
The ruin of a Taran castle from the outside
Ditto, being its interior
Ditto, at night
The ruins of a Taran fortress
The interior of a Taran house
People[edit]
A male Taran Feline commoner
Ditto, with one eye uncovered
Ditto, with long, gray hair and coat.
A female Taran Feline commoner
Ditto, with one eye uncovered
Ditto, with grayish hair and a brown overall
A male Feline officer of the Taran Defense Force
Trivia[edit]
- The title of the Taran kings, King Gaeil, is taken from the eponymous ethnic group that composes of modern Irish.
- Victoria's annexation of and control over Tara is identical to the British's historical rule onto Ireland.
- The present Taran nationalist movement is similar to the Irish nationalist movement that led to its independence in modern era.
- To some extent, the current conflict in Tara is reminiscent of the Partition of Ireland and The Troubles.
References[edit]
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