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Name: Free City of Stros M'Kai

Location: Port Hunding

Flag:  This

Ruler: Ra'Habi al-Dha'bab

Special Unit: Abecean Corsairs - Privateers enlisted in the service of Stros M'Kai's army, the corsairs are agile and ruthless light infantry and marines. They are equipped with scimitars, bucklers, and breathable scaled armour, and recieve bonuses in ship combat, fighting in enclosed spaces, and scaling walls.

The ship of choice for the corsairs are Serpents, large barques roughly the size of a frigate. They have room for slightly fewer guns (18 ballistae), instead opting for increased speed and manoeuvrability. They carry 500 men, but their efficient sail plan enables 50 men to crew the ship.

Background: Stros M'Kai was an important trading city and naval base for centruies before the Ra Gada Commonwealth came to be. With Hammerfell's independence from the Empire, there was no clear ruler, and eventually the main factions vying for power agreed to hold elections for the Lord Mayor of the city every seven years. Unfortunately, this quickly devolved into a corrupt plutocracy, with the wealthiest bribing and threatening election officers to gain votes.

Name: Ra'Habi al-Dha'bab

Race: Redguard

Gender: Male

Age: 33

Class: Corsair (combat, sailing, speech focuses)

Weapons: Ebony scimitar and companion dagger.

Armour: Ebony reinforced scaled armour.

Appearance: (wip)

Backstory: The fourth son of a wealthy merchant from the influential al-Dha'bab family, Ra'Habi held little hope of securing a lucrative position in his father's trading empire. He instead put his business acumen to use as a bucaneer captain, building a reputation as a swashbuckler and a ruthless captain. The profits enabled him to construct a small fleet of Serpents and develop a large following of loyal pirates.

Using this power, he was able to strong arm the government of Stros M'Kai into pardoning his crimes and giving him a high ranking position in the government. Upon the death of the previous Lord Mayor halfway through his term, Ra'Habi stood for the election as Lord Mayor, and secured a narrow victory. His first acts as Lord Mayor has been to expand the franchise to those serving in the army and navy, and launch an inquiry into the corrupt election practices, which is really just a ploy to give him power to appoint sympathetic election officers. He hopes this will enable him to control the results of future elections more easily.