Jazir-e Kreyak
The Jazir-e Kreyak is the collective name given to an archipelago of islands located off the coast of Norasht in the Gulf of Zinjibar, which is to be found in north-eastern Eura. Noted as a bastion of the Pallisican Religion and the haunt of a thriving community of corsairs and smugglers, the Jazir-e Kreyak is claimed by the Suren Confederacy in consequence of the Norasht campaign, however owing to the failure of that attempted conquest, undertaken during the Wars of the Disinherited, the islands remain, as of 1722 AN firmly in the possession of forces loyal to the Confederacy of the Dispossessed.
History
Babkhan era
Bassarid era
The following is a digest of Bassarid accounts concerning the archipelago of the Jazir-e Kreyak.
The Hostlands are regions or cities which are regarded as being sacred to the Host Spirit. It is in these areas that practitioners of the Pallisican Religion believe it is possible to experience direct, physical encounters with the Host Spirit itself. The second of the officially recognized Hostlands is the Gulf of Zinjibar. Here - in particular in the waters which separate the islands of the Krey'akusu Archipelago - the Host Spirit can sometimes be encountered in the form of a woman riding in a chariot driven by a pair of satyrs, and pulled across the sea by a pair of golden Arslahni Horses.
The waters surrounding the ruins of Krey'Akusu, also known as Krey'Aken (Monastery), are said to bubble in anticipation of the arrival of the Host Spirit. Scientists, however, believe that the bubbling is an as-of-yet unknown physical phenomenon which corresponds to the movement of storms through the region. The oracle, according to the Pallisican Religion, is an individual who maintains a close, personal, spiritual connection to the Author of the Pallisicans, or the Host Spirit. This individual, it is believed, derives the right to rule the Pallisican nation from their close connection to the Host Spirit, which is itself demonstrated through miracles. Queen Esper, for her part, was recognized as an oracle after apparently being miraculously conceived in the Monastery of Krey'Aken.
Located at the mouth of the Gulf of Zinjibar, in northeastern Eura, the Krey'Akusu were islands originally claimed by the New Zimian Temple Authority, which used the archipelago as the center of its operations across Eura. The archipelago was formally abandoned by the Temple Authority, however, in 42.73 PSSC, following a protracted blockade of the islands spearheaded by the New Zimian War League, which sought to eliminate foreign and outside, domestic support for rebel paramilitary groups operating in the region. In the Krey'Akusu - located in northeastern Eura - non-practitioners of the Stripping Path or the Pallisican Religion slaughter local monks and nuns by the dozens while temple leadership sits idly by, blaming the Empress as the devout are killed en masse. Following the collapse of insurgent forces in the Pach Monastery, the Empress personally oversees the ritual sacrifice of all confirmed and suspected rebel leadership. The newly appointed King of Euranidom seizes upon this authority granted to him by the Empress, immediately launching a full scale blockade and amphibious assault against the Krey'Akusu Monastery, in northeastern Eura. This operation results in the near complete destruction of the monastery, and in the deaths of nearly all monastery leaders, regardless of their support for or opposition to the Empress. This event comes to be known as the Sacking of Krey-Aken, and is regarded as one of the most violent campaigns ever perpetrated against native Bassaridians in their homelands. Despite the devastation, rebel forces persist in their fierce resistance. Following its abandonment by the Temple Authority, the archipelago was placed informally under the administration of the New Zimian Merchant Marines.
Originally established in 32.01 PSSC as an auxiliary of the New Zimian War League, the New Zimian Merchant Marines were in in 35.95 formally recognized, after years of lobbying, as the primary Regional Investor of all citizens of the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union who are actively employed as merchants by the companies featured on the Port of Vines. The Merchant Marines, to this end, are responsible for providing stipends to the nation's merchants as they transport goods from location to location across the Imperial Trade Association. In exchange for these stipends, which are provided in addition to the regular stipends provided by an individual's primary regional investor, those supported by the New Zimian Merchant Marines may be called upon to defend the nation's interests at any moment.
The Akusu Regional Highway Fund is responsible for the construction and long-term maintenance of a network of roads and ferries which connects the islands of the Krey'akusu Archipelago to one another, and to the mainland to the north and south of the Gulf of Zinijibar. Sine 38.42 PSSC the Krey'Akusu Regional Highway has been used to bypass Constancian territorial claims in central Eura.
