Ghundagar Ideas

Traditions
+1 Diplomats
+20% Foreign Spy Detection

The Imperious StripeThe Imperious Stripe clan has ruled Ghundagar since the time of Jaher, rising to hold the lands from a minor clerical position after their ancestors demonstrated great skill with the pen in service to the Jaherian Empire. With a familial reputation of being duplicitous and fiery in temper, the Imperious Stripe has maintained their lordship over Ghundagar mostly through a combination of guile and public displays of fawning subservience to the Raja.\n\nBehind closed doors, however, Ghundagar has long nursed a grudge that they were passed over to hold the title of Senapti of the Eastern Cities in favor of Parusad Bhola, and have spent decades increasing the appearance of their line as noble and capable so that they may be elevated to Senapti if one of the current warlords falls.
+1 Yearly Devotion
+1 Yearly Horde Unity
+1 Yearly Legitimacy
+0.3 Yearly Republican Tradition

Ministry of the Silken DaggerNot actually a ministry despite its name, the Silken Dagger are an expertly trained group of court spies and infiltrators that have been cultivated by Ghundagar since their founding in the mid 1200s. The organization is most skilled at discovering intrigue related to the Raja and the weaknesses of the other prabhi and senapti, but also have agents implanted in the porcelain cities, Bhuvauri, and further afield who provide intelligence and perform sabotage at the direction of the Prabhi of Ghundagar.\n\nThe organization is most effective, however, because it is a well-kept secret, acting very subtly with few aware of its existence. The obliviousness of the Raja to its actions has allowed Ghundagar to stay two steps ahead of various court intrigues for many years.
+20% Spy Network Construction

Silken CarpetsWhile rugs are often woven of wool, the plentiful silk plantations of Southeastern Rahen have led the weavers of the region to use the fabric not only for clothing but also for carpets. Beautiful rugs are woven on the looms of Ghundagar in the local Dhukharuved style, the designs created by the master silk craftsmen shimmering as they reflect the light.
+10% Production Efficiency

Poems of the YodhiyariYodhiyari is the name given to those Raheni warriors who, for whatever reason, have lost their lands or master, and find themselves without a patron to fight for. These masterless warriors are often found wandering the roads of the Raj, looking for work where they can find it. While in reality most Yodhiyari either quickly found new work or turned to the unscrupulous life of a highwayman and bandit, there has been a strain running through Raheni literature that romanticizes the life of the wandering warrior.\n\nMany poems have been written glorifying the Yodhiyari, wherein they defend small villages, uncover corruption, and cast down evil. The most prodigious writer of this content during the 1500s was a native of Ghundagar, Akshal Bhirala. Bhirala’s 'Parvatim' and 'Golpalar’s Eight' were massively influential in their own time and beyond, and promoted a common belief in the noble Yodhirari that persists to the modern day.
-15% Stability Cost Modifier

The Dhenbasana UprisingDuring the second Jaddari-Raj war, the armies of the Raj moved to block the advance of the Jaddari at the Bloody Pass of Shenral. Ghundagar chose this critical point to execute one of their long-standing plans,and used its Silk Dagger spies to fund a rebellion of discontented farmers and builders along the lower Dhenbasana. The rebellion was initially very successful, and while the lords of Amtujsaat defeated one of the peasant armies, the rebels succeeded in capturing Sardiphadin in 1559.\n\nThis crisis within their own borders forced the Raja to abandon the defensive fortifications at Shenral to deal with the crisis, pulling their armies back and capturing Sardiphadin from the rebels after a 4 month siege. This time away from the borders allowed the Jaddari to advance through the Bloody Pass and put Rayavashapal to siege, the City of Endless Debate falling in early 1560.\n\nWith the lordship of Pasiragha lost, the Raja was forced to appoint a new Senapti to assist them with the war, and careful political maneuvering by Ghundaghar saw them achieve their long awaited goal of becoming Senapti. Their triumph would be short-lived, however, as their own actions had critically weakened the Raj, which would be destroyed only two years later on the plain of Ghamakrit.
+50% Rebel Support Efficiency

Claw the Horse at the LegThe Setar, the vast dry plain that extends from the Marutha desert to the Dhenbasana river, has long been a center for horsemanship and master cavalrymen, at least among the humans who live here. The harimari elite who rule over this land do not take part in the cavalry tradition - horses are skittish around most harimari, and most are not strong enough to bear the weight of the tiger lords in battle.\n\nWhile most of the harimari rely on using auxiliary human cavalry to deal with enemy horsemen, the lords of Ghundagar have long cultivated a strong anti-cavalry core in their place. Relying on well-placed claw swipes and infantry blocks with short spears, Ghundagar’s forces excel at disabling enemy horses and withstanding the charge of enemy cavalry.
-10% Shock Damage Received

Library of KingsThe city that would become Ghundagar was founded in 208 AA by Vinas III the Enlightened, who sought to bring learning to every corner of his empire. Though he began many libraries, his short reign would see only the archive in Ghundagar completed, and the city that grew up around it would take its name - literally being called “Royal Library” by the locals.\n\nThe city became a center of learning in the decades that followed due to its great repository of scrolls that had been deposited there by Vinas, and his successors would continue funding the maintenance of its collection until civil war led to its destruction and the loss of much of its collection in 465 AA. Since that time, the library has been rebuilt, enhanced, and destroyed several times, and has hosted volumes from across haless, bulwar, sarhal, and even the dwarovar in that time, including fabled texts by Hehogrim the Diligent and the original Yanakhura, the first of the five great Raheni Epics.
+20% Institution Spread

Ambition
+10% May Recruit Female Generals