The Union of Kabal stands as one of the most tragic, resilient, and powerful nations in the history of Anarkand. Once a constellation of smaller, fiercely independent states, Kabal was blessed with a people, who were proud and vigorous, and noted for their physical prowess and cultural depth, their biology untouched by hardship or decay. This golden age, however, was shattered in the 10th Era, when the fires of the Southern Strait War consumed the region and changed Kabal forever.



The Southern Strait War


The lesser Kaballan states found themselves embroiled in a devastating conflict against a coalition of Marrakis, Murdu, and Dumatra. Though the causes remain debated, most records suggest the war began with disputes over territorial claims along the Southern Strait, and the Kaballans’ growing militarisation. What was expected to be a regional conflict soon spiralled into one of the most destructive wars in Anarkian history.


The war lasted seventy Earth years, a brutal age of attrition where Red Hex grids were deliberately targeted. In Kabal, this proved catastrophic. The once-reliable protective dome was fractured, then poisoned by energy strikes, leaving its skies unstable and its air fouled. By the end of the war, over one hundred million lives had been lost across all combatants. For Kabal, however, the tragedy was compounded by an environmental collapse unlike anything the planet had seen.



The Fall of the Red Hex


When the Red Hex above Kabal faltered, its people were left gasping in a toxic haze. Air quality plummeted, storms raged uncontrolled, and crops withered under polluted skies. What had once been a healthy, vigorous population began to weaken. Children were born fragile, their lungs incapable of withstanding the atmosphere. Diseases spread swiftly in the chaos. It was during this time that the Kaballans’ very biology began to change, adapting in desperate, imperfect ways to a poisoned homeland.



Aid from Foes and Friends


What followed was one of the most extraordinary reversals in Anarkian diplomacy. The Marakai, long sworn enemies of Kabal, intervened with unexpected compassion. They sent food, water, engineers, and medical supplies into their rival’s lands, an act still remembered as the Marakai U-turn. Their aid stabilised much of the region, preventing the complete extinction of the Kaballan people.


It was the Radamis Empire to the east that orchestrated the transformation of Kabal’s fractured states into a single, unified body: the Union of Kabal. By dissolving the lesser kingdoms and tribal rivalries into a collective, Radamis gave Kabal the political unity it needed to survive. More importantly, they spearheaded technological salvation.


Radamis scientists designed the first breathing apparatus, crude at first but lifesaving. They constructed vast pipelines and air-filtration structures across Kabal’s territory, creating pockets of breathable space and slowly restoring order. These machines, powered by auxiliary Red Hex reserves, became the backbone of the Union’s survival. From this moment onwards, the Kaballan identity changed forever — every citizen was born into a life dependent on their breathing device.



The New Union


The Union of Kabal was no longer the land of pure, thriving biology it had once been, but a scarred nation of survivors bound by strength. Its unity, forged from catastrophe, became its greatest strength. Unlike the fractious states of old, the Union operated as one, centralised government with a determination to never again be fractured by external forces.


The memory of aid from the Marakai and Radamis remains woven into Kaballan consciousness, a complex mixture of gratitude and suspicion. While the Marakai gesture is celebrated as one of Anarkand’s great moments of compassion, many Kaballans remain wary of their neighbours’ motives. With Radamis, the relationship is even more complicated: revered as saviours, but feared as overseers whose influence lingers in Kabal’s infrastructure and governance.


Today, Kaballans are instantly recognisable across Anarkand by the permanent breathing apparatus affixed to their faces from birth. What might once have been seen as a mark of tragedy has become a symbol of identity. Kaballans embrace their altered biology as proof that they can endure what others could not.


Though their skies are still imperfect, and the Red Hex hovers at only partial efficiency, the Union of Kabal has risen from ruin to become a power respected — and feared — in equal measure. Its people, scarred but unbroken, live by a simple creed: survival is strength, and strength is unity.



Governance of the Union of Kabal


The Union of Kabal is unlike any other nation in Anarkand. Its governance is rooted not in elections, councils, or democracies, but in the divine cycle of birth and death. At the heart of this system are the Mother and Father of Kabal, siblings born together at the cusp of each new era. Their arrival signals the dawn of renewal for the Kaballan people, who believe that Emperor Radamik, the creator of Anarkand, himself ordains these births.


The Mother and Father of Kabal are absolute rulers, yet their authority is seen less as political and more as spiritual and existential. They embody the very essence of Kabal’s survival and are tasked with protecting both the physical wellbeing of their people and the metaphysical traditions passed down across eras.


Supporting them are the Kabal Peacekeepers, a military-religious force sworn to enforce the laws of the Union. Their primary responsibility is to defend the anti-pollution pipeline network installed by the Radamis Empire, which keeps the Union alive. To harm, tamper, or threaten this system is to commit the greatest crime against Kabal—punishable by immediate death at the hands of the Peacekeepers.


Now, each new era brings renewal, as the old Mother and Father gradually fade, instructing their replacements until they pass into the void.