Rex Chronicle: Noka'Lur the Huntress

[Gallic 1066]

Rex Noka'Lur the Huntress

 

By Fiil'Yar, Kub of Thurak'Yar

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From the retirement of Rex Skalp'Raguk the Uniter rose Rex Noka'Lur the Huntress; A half-orc already known as a competent leader from her many years spent as either the Chieftess or Wargoth of the Lur clan as well as a Kiredh in Mau'Madur. For a time, she was able to maintain unprecedented growth for the nation. We grew closer to our allies in the 'Ker and our plains saw increased development. The Orcish population grew so exponentially some expected a new Orcish golden age was on the horizon - However, the growth would not last. Soon, the gazat came, in response to a conflict started during Skalp's reign as Rex. Rex Noka met with their king, who demanded a sum of twenty-thousand minas in reparation as well as Korgahk'Gorkil to be rendered onto him for punishment. Noka refused to surrender a brudda to be slain for a conflict that occured far from dwarven soil, and from this refusal, a war began. But unlike the Suticans, the dwarves were not mages and twigs; They hold among them formidable, honorable warriors.

 

The nation ceased its growth; We fortified in expectation of battle to come. And it did. The goi began to see regular assault by dwarves and bandits rallied under their banner, but on the heels of this conflict came the Azog clan, returning under Rex Noka's rally to war. With them, several foreign clans came as well, and together the Azogs and these strangers created a new clan of fierce warriors; The Zoks. In this time of war, Noka saw the value in providing concessions to a clan of strong fighters and strategists, and so despite the suspicion of her council, provided them with land, a fortress, equipment and control over the nation's military.

 

However it wasn't long before the Zoks began to extend their privileges: They began raiding neighbors to our nation - Ones that meant no harm to the Uruk-hai, ones that under Rex Skalp had even considered friends of our people. A storm of diplomatic upsets began to arise from every southern nation the Zoks had visited. Having learned from the mistakes of Targoth Leydluk which led to our nation's ruin not two Rexes ago, Rex Noka appointed myself as Dominus to control the situation from outside, diplomatically, while she wrestled with the situation from within. Rex Noka's solution was to order all raiders home, to cease attacking any force except the gazat that came onto our lands.

 

Several months this order stood, and with many warriors being stuck home and unable to sate their bloodlust on the field, unrest began to rise. This unrest was compounded by Noka's plans and actions being kept mostly to her council, and sometimes secret even to them. Seeing an opportunity to garner support from the frustrated community and already in control of much of Krugmar's military force, the chieftain of the Zoks, Orgoth'Zok, staged an attempt to klomp for Rex without any support from the Wargoth council nor rising to the necessary position to warrant a right to do so without it in accordance with the Codes of Krug. In response, spurred on by her Dominus, rather than begin a clan war each member of Noka's council began challenging Orgoth one by one, until the Zok had beaten every loyal Wargoth standing in his way. When he was finally allowed to face Noka, despite his treachery and intimidating streak of victories, she accepted the klomp for Rex.

 

The Zok chieftain was defeated, and in his failure to take Rex, Orgoth took his men away from the nation. Noka's victory was bittersweet, as while she was able to defeat her challenger, in doing so she lost a significant number of soldiers for the war. Due to this loss of force, the war against the dwarves rapidly began to turn in their favor: Many loyal warriors remained under Rex Noka's banner, but not nearly enough and many not nearly as skilled. The Goi was regularly subjected to defensive raids and the battlefield was largely dominated by Gazat legions.

 

During this time of conflict, Noka was several times among those defending the goi from dwarven invaders. During one of these attacks, our defenses failed - Rumored to be due to a traitor working with the besiegers - And the Gazat soldiers were able to capture her. Raids were mounted in an effort to retake the Rex, however all failed: Few know in detail what exactly occured within the dwarven halls, however when Rex Noka emerged, she had surrendered. The war was over, in defeat.

 

This defeat kindled further unrest in the Uruk-hai. Much of Noka's council resigned, offended, and those who remained either quietly resented the defeat or believed that she had made a necessary decision for the good of our nation. Through the people once more a usurper dug its roots; Akrûkil'Lur. A representative of the common grunt this time, who slowly gained recognition from the disgruntled members of her council as a legitimate challenger.

 

When the day came for Skalp'Raguk the Uniter to be handed over to the Gazat, the ex-Targoth denounced his ties to Rex Noka and the Warnation and struck out on his own to violently attack the king of the dwarves. The conflict was immediately rekindled and Rex Noka, detecting the shifting political climate of Krugmar, elected to quietly resign to make room for another Rex to try their hand at managing the unstable situation.