Sarkin History
-The Sarkin arise in what is now called the Zerus Treescape as a highly communal and social species.
-These early Sarkin societies are highly cooperative and overcome nature through fair distribution of labor and product.
-After the Great Project, Humans begin expanding north.
-The Human Free Cities cooperate, however the Lordships are ruthless in their accumulation of land and the Signums view the Sarkin as creatures to be slayed. The Sarkin-Human War begins.
-The Sarkin fight with the Human Lordships and Signums for decades, struggling bitterly to maintain their territory through knowledge of the land. However, the Sarkin communities become weary of the long-standing conflict. Many begin to settle in the cave networks. This new cave community calls itself The Brak and wishes to withdraw from the war and re-settle.
-More and more, Sarkin go to the Brak, finding that it is more like the community that they once were before the war.
-The Sarkin that are above ground can no longer hold the front and give up their lands to the Human Lordships and Signums.
-The Brak, however, flourishes. A new ecosystem of goods and creatures is discovered. And although treacherous, it offers many new opportunities and freedoms they had not expected.
-A great scientist named Zoga’Du begins studying the rock eaters in the caves and discovers the concoction that they consume that allows them to produce their potent explosive. This discovery brings about the Age of Blackpowder for the Sarkin.
-This discovery sets off a chain of scientific advancements. Their society, able to devote itself to discovery, is able to progress in an incredibly rapid fashion. Within less than fifty years, the Sarkin have discovered steam technology.
-The rapid advancement of society has rapidly changed outlooks and culture. Far from their station as village communities above ground, they now the ability to bring a complete new way of life. This eventuates what is called the Cultural Revolution. The Sarkin abolish currency and social station, labor and wage, and replace it with a system which is predicated upon distribution to those who need an amenity and production by those who are most able to produce it.
-The Sarkin society booms, quadrupling in size in the next two centuries.