History of the family
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History of the family
History of the Palakiko family and their tribe the Tagaloa
As the Austronesian culture flourished, so did the tribes. The (Tribe name) slowly began expanding further inland, returning to their hunting and gathering ways. With this flourishing culture came an even larger boom in population, not only in the places Austronesians resided though, but east and Southeast Asia saw a boom as well. This wild growth in the populace around the Tagaloa created an uncomfortable closeness between most tribes. This proximity was to the point that at times it was hard to tell the difference between the tribes. The Tagaloa slowly began to pull their numbers back towards the coast as tensions started to rise. This only caused further problems with their neighboring tribes. There was some conflict within the tribe as well, just from sheer density and the lack of privacy that came with that. This lack of privacy problem expanded into having problems with other tribes. This was swiftly followed up by the problem of neighboring tribes being pushed from their land as the entire Tagaloa tribe filed back home.
In 3000 BC, the close quarters became too much for several growing tribes, including the Tagaloas. The Tagaloas weren't only having problems with space though at least not directly. Their problems stemmed from lack of space though. A neighboring tribe blamed them for some flooding in their region; while another blamed them for a short but devastating drought that hit their land. These tribes had glimpsed into the magical existence of the Tagaloa and because of that they sought to blame them for any wrong doing that happened. Soon, all eyes had turned to them, making them one of the first tribes to push from Taiwan. With the main reason for travel being protecting their people, no one stuck around in Taiwan.
By 2500 BC, the Tagaloa tribe had begun thriving in their new home, the Philippines. They were able to stretch themselves back out, some choosing to make their homes on the various different islands. With them not being the only ones to think about and ultimately migrate east, they were soon confronted with some of the same tribes that turned on them wishing to make homes in the Philippines. The Tagaloa had been on the islands for hundreds of years though and therefore had the numbers and knowledge to make sure they stayed one step ahead of the newcomers and the ability to remain largely secretive. After a short time of commingled living, some of the tribes began recognizing the leadership family, the Caravahlos, of the Tagaloa as their own leadership. Some of these tribes saw it as necessity; others saw it as a long overdue forgiveness and peace offering.
With the tribes joining up into the Tagaloa another smaller boom in population was seen. Even with them spread between islands, things stood on the cusp of small renewed tensions blowing up into full conflicts again. The Caravahlo family appointed leaders across the region to try and fix the problems or turn them towards peace before pulling a large number of their followers out of the Philippines and moving further east. In 1700 BC they landed in Indonesia and again very quickly dispersed and colonized what they could of the island. The Melanesian people already on the island were swiftly, without much fuss, taken under the tribe’s wings. As a larger body they did not stay in Indonesia long, some did choose to stay and make their homes there though. Those that stayed set up an influential trading system with places as far as China and some Indian Kingdoms.
With the Caravahlo family at the head, the tribe made landfall on Papua New Guinea in 1600 BC. Shortly after coming ashore, they were given the blanket tribal name of the Lapita people by those indigenous to their new home. During their time in Papua New Guinea, they spent a lot of time honing their craft. One of the more popular uses of their magics was to use it to turn their small starter trade network into one of the best. Their exceedingly advanced seamanship and navigation skills set them up to be perfect traders. It gave them the ability to not only help the growth of the business back in Indonesia but set up shop on their new homes and the islands around them that were already colonized.
The elders within the tribe, paired with the Caravahlo family used this skill on the sea to create a new tradition. Families would pass their land down to the eldest daughter, (sometimes son) while the younger siblings would have to test their seafaring skills to claim up land of their own on another island. This created almost vicious rivalries between siblings, since each one wished to be the first to an island to claim the best plots of land. The first to an island also got claim over running the trade station in the network. This practice created some of the fastest travel times by both land and sea.
As they groups of siblings set out for new land, the tribes people rallied behind those they thought would be the fastest and traveled with them. In 1400 BC they were headed further east, leaving just enough people to tend to business in Papua New Guinea. The children of the leaders were the first to hit land on island Melanesia. The island even away from the more densely populated Melanesian islands was already populated by Melanesians. Instead of pushing in, the tribe voted to intermingle into the already existing culture. With most of the tribe staying on the island, the younger generation still vying for land to claim as their own set out again with smaller fleets. The Caravahlo children were again lucky enough to run ashore first, landing on the island Fiji. Being the first to find the island, followed shortly by other youth, they were able to set up an extensive trade center on the largely unpopulated island. With the abundance of forest, minerals, and fish resources, Fiji quickly became a main hub for the growing trade network. This not only helped the Tagaloa flourish but it helped the growth of Fiji's economy, turning it into one of the best economies in the Pacific.
While they were colonizing further inland, a group of supposedly indigenous people started appearing in their ranks. This flustered not only Fiji's leadership, but word traveled to the other various islands that were populated by Tagaloa. Without a risk presented by these people, they tribe was left to just watch suspiciously as they slowly intermingled with the tribe. Rumors carried from some elders that these people were descendants of ancient dragons and with time much of the tribe on Fiji, and the other islands, believed these rumors.
By 900 BC the next round of seafaring youth had already set out and the first group had made it ashore on an island called Tongatapu. This time it wasn't a child of the Caravahlo family though. The youths were again backed by a large group to ease colonization. Already being well adapted to resource-scarce living they settled into small communities along the beaches just above the high tide line, facing open lagoons and reefs. The small communities did not stay that way as more of the children set out to find land hit the shores and the realization of how they could use their trading network to provide for them hit. The tribe very rapidly grew inland, reverting back to their dwindling knowledge of hunting and gathering the farther they went inland. Over a fairly short time they had exhausted much of the fauna on the island and they pushed their expansion onto the nearby Haʻapai Island.
The next generation of youth didn't stick around Tonga for long; their hopes to grab at land of their own, to win the title of fastest captain drove them further east at exceptional speeds. One of the first islands to see footfall was New Zealand. Soon after came the Cook Islands, modern day Tahiti, then Rapa Nu in 300 AD. The Caravahlo's children ran ashore on the island of Hawaii in 500 AD. As the next generation grew into their new regions, they connected the trade posts back to the already existing network that spanned over most of modern day Polynesia, into China, and further into places like India and Australia. When it was time, the next generation continued the race east. A large amount of the youth ended up hitting South America around 600 AD; while a few happened onto North America. Coming ashore was fairly disappointing to most, being confronted by already thriving cultures. Some tried to cross the expanse of the continent only to figure out how much longer they had and turning around, taking back to their ships. Much of them returned back to their previous homes, excepting the fact that they would not inherit land for quite some time.
Integrating back into places like Tonga, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Fiji wasn't difficult on these displaced youth, mostly just disappointing. They were put to work in collection of goods or put to work as traders. Come 700 AD, the trade network was flourishing on a large number of islands and some continents. By 765, the Caravahlo family sent out their fastest ships to collect all those able to fight and wield their powers. Those absolutely necessary to the trade network were left behind as well. The sizable fleet, knowing that going by land would not get them to their destination when they needed to be there sailed down and around South America. This trip purely based on the Caravahlo family’s say of needing to, using their gifts to carry them faster than they had yet to travel. They used gifts usually frowned upon, causing unseen problems in some of the coasts they raced past. Some of the youth spurned of their land claim used this time to show off their skills and powers in hopes of garnering land wherever they were headed. In 770, this power show and use backfired on them as the war started and magic faltered.
The corrupted races did not reach the Tagaloa until the year 780. They attacked them at sea and for the most part all it did was hinder their movement. At the same time, even using their unpredictable magic, the Tagaloa tribe did not kill many of their pursuers. The control over their magic prevented them from calling up any devastating powers, though it also prevented them from getting to Bohemia very quickly. They had predicted arriving in the year 792. They actually arrived in the year 820.
Luckily they lost very few on their trip over, unluckily those they had not been able to fully kill or stop followed them to Bohemia. The dark forces intermingled back into their larger group, while the Tagaloa tribe did their best to get some sort of footing with the other tribes already present. Their magic upon reaching the islands did gain a bit more stability, nothing substantial enough to really make a difference for their fight though.
As the last of the tribes showed up, the Ulfrnsons at the head of the Rannuflr tribe made it apparent that they wished to pull the tribes together. They also made it very clear that they wished to sit as leader of the leaders. The Caravahlo family at first did not see any advantage to this but after the first few tribes stepped up, they followed suit since working alone when everyone else was working together would not do well. With the tribes as a united front there was another small increase in control, though not very noticeable.
In 852, all the progress they had made fell apart rapidly. As the Ulfrnson leader and king of the tribes died, some of the tribes stepped forward and presented what they called rightful and worthy heirs. This sent the tribes into chaos and the Tagaloa tribe was not immune to this. This infighting divided the tribe as groups pulled away and stood behind the various different claims. Those that did not stand behind someone just went with the flow of things, either bouncing between people or skirting around the outside and watching.
With their focuses turned inwards, many lives were swept up and snuffed out before anyone could react. 2/3 of the total population was disseminated over the course of only four days. Among the dead were all of the leaders that had found themselves facing off, including the rightful Ulfrnson heir. The Tagaloa tribe leader was lucky and just barely escaped the same fate as many other leaders. Many of the tribes lashed out, but the Tagaloa did not. They saw their own fault in what had happened and set out to help lay the dead to rest properly.
When another Ulfrnson stepped forward in the brewing chaos, the Tagaloa stood behind him without hesitation. They never questioned his youthful age, charmed by his words. His actions soon brought about a deep respect throughout the tribe for the kid ruler. Finally, with all the tribes accepting the leadership once again, the Tagaloa participated in several unifying rituals alongside the other tribes, in 853. The power that had lain mostly dormant under their feet slowly began to stretch and awaken and deep down the Tagaloa tribe could feel the tap slowly opening to them and flowing through them.
Over time, their magic became more predictable as it connected with the growing power source in the islands. At first though, with so many dead, things looked bleak. Wins felt more like losses than anything and the light at the end of the tunnel was death in many minds. With their control returning to them though, for many that light turned to victory. In the year 870, that victory became real. The forces of darkness were driven back or cursed to live lives fated to be stuck in between the light and dark.
The victory was seen by the gods that had first called the groups to fight and Freyja came to each of them and bestowed her thanks in gifts. The Tagaloa tribe was gifted with a weighted aptitude in their favored element, water. The Caravahlo family, sitting at the tribe head was given the purest form of this element, both to flow through their veins and within an artifact to connect them to the power source in Bohemia. This gift did not come without a price and a duty. One child, out of the entire group of tribes, would be chosen to practice the art of Siedr, taken from their family at a young age. The tribe also had to rise to the occasion and work together to protect this awakened magic, calling about the formation of the Tribunal.
With the war won, the Tagaloa family stuck around long enough to get a trade route and some of their people established within Bohemia. Sailing back to their homes and business, they encounter very little trouble. As the small fleet broke up to return to their respective islands and homes, they were greeted with open arms by those they had left behind. The politics in the veiled world of magic and the mystical took most of the tribes energy. So, when it came to the real world, they remained simple in lifestyle.
Over the years, the Tagaloa tribe gained back the numbers they had lost and more, though with the families stretched over various islands many took regional tribe names as well. At times their cultures even morphed somewhat depending on those that took residence with them. As a whole though, they continued to make trips back to Bohemia to celebrate and do larger rituals. Thier lifestyle remained relatively undisturbed for a long time, even as other cultures were introduced onto their various islands.
Their trading business took off in the late 1700’s and they set up port posts on more than half of the continents. Boosting some of the fastest and best seamen around it was not hard to believe that they were asked to head up many countries trading and exports. Many were also drafted into the growing navies around the world. A good handful of those brought into the military rose swiftly to seats like captain and even admiral. When not using their ships for trade and exports though they used them for commercial fishing.
Keeping mainly to themselves, the Tagaloa tribe remained largely out of the way of the flippant politics, invasions, and conversions happening over their various islands. As long as they remained the main source of export and trade, they did not much care for who was leading. In 1914, World War l found its way into the Pacific and even then the tribe kept mostly to themselves still. Some did join up with the war effort. At times, tribe members even sat on both sides of the war facing off with each other.
In the mid-20th century, the Tagaloa tribe members began jumping on the tourism bandwagon that was slowly gaining footing in the Pacific islands. Many families used their ships on the fishing off seasons to sail tourists around the islands and on short outings into the open Pacific. This kept up until around 2006 when tourism slowed exponentially not picking back up until 2010. Today, the Caravahlo family, now named Palakiko is well known for their trading and exports business around the world, regionally they are known for their fishing and tour boats.
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