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The [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] made a play for access to the markets of the [[Zaclaria]]n truffle market but were given unfavorable terms compared to the [[Caphiria]]n merchants. They were instead forced to trade, second-hand, through the bizarres of the island of [[Chaukhira]], a subject of the Emirate of [[Zaclaria]], and only had access to lesser quality/sized truffles. In [[1584]],  
The [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] made a play for access to the markets of the [[Zaclaria]]n truffle market but were given unfavorable terms compared to the [[Caphiria]]n merchants. They were instead forced to trade, second-hand, through the bizarres of the island of [[Chaukhira]], a subject of the Emirate of [[Zaclaria]], and only had access to lesser quality/sized truffles. In [[1584]],  


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Revision as of 16:17, 23 August 2022

Burgoignesc "Truffle carrack" in 1576
Truffler-in-chief of Marialanus, Jean Evangeliste Gabriel de Matiste

The Truffle Races, also known as the Truffle Wars, were a series of conflicts between Caphiria and Burgundie in the late-Renaissance period (1574-1602) to locate, cultivate, and harvest rare truffles around the world. Throughout most of the 1570s-1590s the conflict was contained to the Odoneru Ocean, Sea of Canete, and Sea of Istroya, but dealing with established relationships and networks of alliances was costly and slow. In the early 1590s a Caphirian explorer found truffles in the Emirate of Zaclaria and the races turned into a violent geopolitical struggle for the southern entrance to the Aab-e-Farus.

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Major Events/Outcomes

It saw a massive investment in the Imperial Naval Fleet and merchant marine of Caphiria and likewise the various navies of the coastal Latium and their merchant fleets/trading companies. It largely faded out as a specific conflict when the Burgoignesc duchies shifted their focus to colonization and generalized raw material extraction as opposed to resource-specific forays.

In the Levantine sphere it saw the introduction of galleons which eventually overtook carracks as the primary ship for overseas navigation.

Chaukhira and Zaclaria

While Caphirian explorer Biggus Dixus was charting the shores of the Aab-e-Farus, he came to a large, established port town. In its market stalls, he found myriad of what he thought were truffles, it was much later determined to actually be terfez. This discovery caused a truffle rush for the shores of Aab-e-Farus.

The Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC) made a play for access to the markets of the Zaclarian truffle market but were given unfavorable terms compared to the Caphirian merchants. They were instead forced to trade, second-hand, through the bizarres of the island of Chaukhira, a subject of the Emirate of Zaclaria, and only had access to lesser quality/sized truffles. In 1584,

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