On the Origins of the Gangus
government in Sekuate,
foretold to become the Sekuatean Empire
[because bad endings often have good beginnings....]
The core of
the Council of Five, the name used by the Gangus family for their National Executive
Council after establishing their dynasty, consisted of three students of the
Sorêg Academy. Basura-Kanoun, a poet by training... Diert-Gangus, born
1433 in Kolouna... student of
political dissertation, he introduced...
Rasek-Tifloh to his club of political students....
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| Basura-Kanoun |
The current
government of Sekuate, represented by the 300-year reign of the House of
Sarrêban in Seas, was internally corrupt and isolated by privilege from the
people. [The Gangus Political Society] believed that to put authority and power
of such magnitude under the control of one person was detrimental to the
people. Such power should be delegated, diversified, and divided among several
people, each to counter the others. To prevent the interests of a few members
from falling into collusion, the minimum number needed as a governing force is
determined to be five. [Diert's brother, Toulor and a town adminstrator, Samot-Iadon were added.]
In 1458, Diert-Gangus
and Basura-Kanoun married... [in
1460] graduated from the Academy.... [In
1463]... booklet authored by Basura,
Diert, and Rasek was published in Selauê... outlining their political concerns. Support
grew for the Society... local
authorities called them the Gangus Army...
concerned that their numbers would become difficult to control.
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| Diert-Gangus |
In Nomat 1466,
the Sorêg town leaders requested, then demanded, that the Gangus Army leave. Authorities
used the constable’s militia to evict members from their headquarters,
initiating a riot. They protested in Selauê...
distributed their manifesto on the streets but were arrested, charged with
inciting treason. Diert was sent to the national prison at Trêpolium for six
years.
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| Rasek-Tifloh |
Rasek worked to
increase support for the Gangus Army during the interim, especially in the
Kamtan district where their new headquarters was established [in 1470]....
Diert returned home [in 1473].... They had a balanced governmental group
and began believing... they could be
the national ruling council.... An
expanded treatise based on the earlier booklet entitled “The Power of Five” was
published in Selauê in 1476. Booksellers shunned it. The Gangus Army protested... supporters caused a riot... two Selauê constables were killed and
[others] were wounded. The group was outlawed by the city government... and returned their headquarters to
Kamtan.
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| Toulor-Gangus |
[In 1477]... setting up their own printing press... continued publishing their book... and works of other writers,
philosophers and politicians whose ideas agreed with theirs. Basura wrote [in
1478] a sequel to “The Power of Five”...
was published... well received, its
political focus thinly veiled by her metaphorical poetry.... Diert was elected to the city council of Kamtan by the
town’s majority of Gangus supporters....
In 1479, Rasek
and Samot [-Iadon, the fifth member] went to Sorêg and Croxe recruiting...
returning with new supporters numbering in the thousands... officially adopted the name Gangus Army.
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| Samot-Iadon |
With the
paramilitary role envisioned by Diert...
recruited a cadet... recently
dismissed from the Selauê Academy. Banar-Traf became the commander of the
military wing of the Gangus Army. [Traf] was anxious to prove that what his
teachers had said of his natural leadership ability was true....
Alarmed by the
[military] training, the city council voted on Gouo-2:1479 to oust Diert from
the council. Public outcry resulted in his reinstatement....
More supporters
flocked to Kamtan... population from
98,000 [in 1478] to over 150,000 by 1480...
city council voted again to oust Diert, on Terpa-11:1480... rioting by his supporters....
The 2d Coraesz was dispatched from Selauê to quell the rioting... five leaders fled the city....
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| Banar-Traf |
At its new
headquarters [south in] Manioug, the Gangus Army continued their activities... preparation for... overthrow of the Mexas
government... more confrontations
with local folk. The city council requested that the Gangus Army leave... went unheeded... requested assistance from 2d Coraesz... from Selauê... [they]
marched on Manioug... same martial
action as in Kamtan: guerrilla fighting, house searches... seven weeks.
Gangus advance
groups raided Lakuar, anticipating their evacuation of Manioug. The citizens
and government became hostages in the battle between the rebel army and the Sekuatean
Army. Gangus Army members took control of Yiexe [further south] by the end of
Nomat. Forces of the Sekuatean Army marched on Yiexe.... With the Sekuatean army withdrawn, the Gangus Army
militiamen recaptured Manioug. The 1s Coraesz in Seas was ordered to arms. On
Laliê-21:1480, the Mexas
Tomodon-Sarrêban ordered a full-scale, nationwide state of emergency....
—from the legible portions of “A Primary
History of the Gangus Revolution” (pamphlet) by Kag-Gangus, member, Council of
Five, Seas, 1510
Excerpted from THE DREAM LAND, Book I: Long Distance Voyager
DUE OUT 1 DECEMBER 2012 - enough time to be warned about the invasion, so don't worry too much...for now.
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