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In 1564 AD, the Imperial Bank of Kintær's Austral Ocean Armada under the command of Levar Trimartolon anchored at Kapenga Island in modern-day Sarao, lingering for several weeks to make repairs, replenish supplies, and sample the local flavours. Trimartolon claimed Kapenga for the [[Marble Emperor]]<ref>More accurately, he established the Emperor's direct authority over the island, as Coscivian law regards the Coscivian Emperor as a {{wp|universal monarch}}.</ref> but did nothing to secure this claim before continuing on his journey. Over the next several decades, further Kiravian expeditions were dispatched to the archipelago. Samarius Tulorikvan circumnavigated Grand Sarolasta and led an expedition that explored the coasts of eastern Tanimbar, Rakitea, and Tarunua in 1570. Kiravian colonisation of Sarolasta began in earnest in 1572 AD with the construction of a stockade by Ivo Siguatera on the site of modern-day Kanoka Point in Tarunua, followed shortly afterward by the establishment of [[Dun-Kurrengev]] by the [[Kerēgulan Merchants of the Tropics]]. The farming societies of the coastal lowlands were prolific producers of {{wp|yams}}, both normal yams and the purple variety. The former were desirable as a nutrient-rich food source for oceangoing vessel crews and plantation workers in Vallos and [[South Crona]], and the latter fascinated Kiravians with their rich and unusual colour, positively mesmerising these beleaguered sailors from a grey and hazy boreal homeland.