Pogrom of the Caphirians: Difference between revisions

The beginning of trading by the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] with [[Sarpedon]] by way of the [[Southern Route|Southern route]] brought the Daxian people into regular contact with 'civilized western' foreigners outside of naval action and slavery. Exchanges with the [[Caphiria|Third Imperium]] and the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] proved so profitable that certain aspects of the long held [[Daxian Racialism]] espoused in [[Zhangwo]] ideology were quietly loosened. Regulations on foreigners living on Qian-controlled [[Peratra]] were adjusted to be less restrictive and this caused an influx of traders and businessmen of all stripes choosing to settle in various ports. Cities like [[Port Bondor]], [[Rakahanga|Rakin]] and [[Yishi]] developed their own foreign quarters in time; Rakin's Caphirian Quarter was noted to be very safe and clean. Nonetheless not all were pleased by the increased presence of outsiders, several secret societies existed among the settlers of [[Peratra]] that proclaimed the subcontinent as a Heaven granted land for Daxians, the presence of unenslaved foreigners was a violation. The arrival of ships and the disembarkation of their rowdy foreign crews also routinely increased tensions with locals. Instances of conflicts arising from deep seated [[Daxia]]n racism, the drunkenness of foreigners or refusal to pay for goods and services and the presence of 'western' slaves (which might incense their compatriots) were common but usually quickly contained by the authorities. In the 1740's a sect of [[Daxian people|Daxian]] supremacists named the [[Lushan]] Brotherhood had begun growing in eastern [[Peratra]] unopposed. Their numbers on [[Rakin]] were such that they walked around in groups openly with semi concealed weapons. It was one such group who happened upon the [[Caphiria]]n merchant Baldogilo Serentesi whipping his [[Daxia]]n maid in front of his home and in full view of a street full of passerby. Baldogilo had done such things before and had been warned not to do it again. The group then proceeded to brutally attack him with their knives and several onlookers joined in on the attack, a surviving autopsy report of the magistrate's office counts at least ninety stab wounds on his body. The cells of the Brotherhood then roused themselves across the city, spreading the false rumor that foreigners were attacking [[Daxian people|Daxians]] in the [[Caphiria]]n Quarter; in this manner was the population of [[Rakin]] turned into a mob.

==Pogrom==

==Aftermath==