Odga
Odga was a town in the Jejem region of Shynok, abandoned abruptly three hundred years ago. Unique in the region in that it was the only settlement still populated entirely by the Jemin people, indigenous to the Jejem region but violently oppressed by the authorities of Shynok of the time.
Three centuries ago, the newly-formed Keizon Empire invaded the southern part of Shynok, and the region at the time known as East Mainland Shynok. Coming from the south and the east, the Empire’s forces did not get as far as Jejem—situated on the northern Shynok border and across it into Caistria—though they came very close to the border. When the Empire’s invasion “failed” and they became locked in negotiations for withdrawing their troops, it became rumoured that East Mainland Shynok had become a bargaining chip, with the potential for the region to be signed over by Shynok to the Keizon Empire.
Most of the Jemin in Shynok chose to try to escape into East Mainland Shynok while negotiations were ongoing. While everybody else had to first escape their oppressors living among them, the townspeople of Odga had an advantage in that area. The rumour was announced in the town square and rapidly circulated around the residences, and within an hour the entire settlement was empty.
By the time the Shynok authorities had discovered the mass exodus of Jemin heading for the border, Odga had long been left empty, with belongings abandoned, food still sitting half-eaten on the tables. The people travelled as a large group for protection, which had the caveat of making them a much more visible target for the soldiers sent after them. However, given their relative head-start compared to the rest of their kin, they had almost reached the border before anybody was able to try to stop them.
Word had not yet reached the border to lock it down; the result was a chaotic scramble as the soldiers stationed there caught off-guard, and those who had tracked the group but didn’t have the numbers to subdue them all, clashed with the townsfolk travelling on the edges of the group armed to keep the vulnerable in the centre safe. A number of those townsmen were shot and killed, but they took down half the soldiers and managed to get the majority of the people of Odga across the border. Those waiting inside East Mainland Shynok might have posed a problem had they not been occupied fighting an unexpected revolt.
The people living in East Mainland Shynok, which had previously been the independent countries of Klyton and Enger, were helping the Empire’s troops fight Shynok’s, wanting to reclaim their homelands. The people of Odga and the other Jemin who managed to make it into Klyton were welcomed by them, and as rumoured, East Mainland Shynok was signed over to the Empire. The original names of Klyton and Enger were restored, though they were still Empire territories rather than independent states, and remain so to this day.
The surviving people of Odga settled in Klyton, and built a new town which they also named Odga. The original Odga was burned down by soldiers as a warning to the rest of the Jemin, but the ruins are still prominent and have been left untouched since the fire.
Three centuries ago, the newly-formed Keizon Empire invaded the southern part of Shynok, and the region at the time known as East Mainland Shynok. Coming from the south and the east, the Empire’s forces did not get as far as Jejem—situated on the northern Shynok border and across it into Caistria—though they came very close to the border. When the Empire’s invasion “failed” and they became locked in negotiations for withdrawing their troops, it became rumoured that East Mainland Shynok had become a bargaining chip, with the potential for the region to be signed over by Shynok to the Keizon Empire.
Most of the Jemin in Shynok chose to try to escape into East Mainland Shynok while negotiations were ongoing. While everybody else had to first escape their oppressors living among them, the townspeople of Odga had an advantage in that area. The rumour was announced in the town square and rapidly circulated around the residences, and within an hour the entire settlement was empty.
By the time the Shynok authorities had discovered the mass exodus of Jemin heading for the border, Odga had long been left empty, with belongings abandoned, food still sitting half-eaten on the tables. The people travelled as a large group for protection, which had the caveat of making them a much more visible target for the soldiers sent after them. However, given their relative head-start compared to the rest of their kin, they had almost reached the border before anybody was able to try to stop them.
Word had not yet reached the border to lock it down; the result was a chaotic scramble as the soldiers stationed there caught off-guard, and those who had tracked the group but didn’t have the numbers to subdue them all, clashed with the townsfolk travelling on the edges of the group armed to keep the vulnerable in the centre safe. A number of those townsmen were shot and killed, but they took down half the soldiers and managed to get the majority of the people of Odga across the border. Those waiting inside East Mainland Shynok might have posed a problem had they not been occupied fighting an unexpected revolt.
The people living in East Mainland Shynok, which had previously been the independent countries of Klyton and Enger, were helping the Empire’s troops fight Shynok’s, wanting to reclaim their homelands. The people of Odga and the other Jemin who managed to make it into Klyton were welcomed by them, and as rumoured, East Mainland Shynok was signed over to the Empire. The original names of Klyton and Enger were restored, though they were still Empire territories rather than independent states, and remain so to this day.
The surviving people of Odga settled in Klyton, and built a new town which they also named Odga. The original Odga was burned down by soldiers as a warning to the rest of the Jemin, but the ruins are still prominent and have been left untouched since the fire.
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