Gunggum

Overview
Gunggum is a town in the northwest of Plagos. It was found and settled by Jokarva in late October, and became the first seat of the confederacy of Plagatea right after its founding. In present day, Gunggum is again apart of the Plagatean Empire, but is no longer the Capital. Gunggum is now a town of the Seivijiā province of the Empire, governed by Shigetada Futushu.

Origins
The northwest of Plagos used to be settled by a race of which little is known about today - the Quartz people. Their name came from the fact that they were able to grow trees which would bear quartz, and would thus use this as their building material. Gunggum was founded on the ruins of an old Quartz people city, and the town hall was built on one large circular base of quartz. Eastern Scholars point its founding to the Ukorii, an ancient group from centuries ago before they resettled the area when Jocarvas began settling the area.

Founding of Gunggum and Early History
In late November, Jocarvas, a citizen of Junea, Escharia, had a conflict with the mayor who falsely accused him of killing him and stealing some items. Jocarvas was narrowly escaped and fled to the north of Plagos, where he stumbled upon a massive sphere of water floating above a hill top, with a small forest of quartz next to it. He founded Gunggum on December 22. The city would become an important as it would become one of the main cities in the first Plagatean state. It would eventually be incorporated into the first Empire of Escharia, as the capital of Nordumer province which stretched over most of Plagos. Following the Ascension, the site would also fade into irrelevance before being covered by sands and the land absorbed into Goshuma.

The Re-discovery of Gunggum
On February 28, 2021, it was recorded in the Chronicles of Rathnir that "Gunggum is deleted" with no further context given; this was the last mention of Gunggum until March 12, when it was rediscovered by SerfBort_ during a mapping expedition. Seeking assistance from volunteers to uncover the forgotten capital, curlyfries_64, Thyfuto, and prnghat11 assisted in the endeavour to unearth the city. The project was completed on March 14, 2021 and was subsequently acquired by the nation of Arinovla with the consent of Goshuma, the nation who owned it prior.

Present day
New_Prometheus, a player in the Plagatean Empire, bought Gunggum from SerfBort_ in October 2021 and continued it's vast expansion; the removal of the quartz village and meeting hall became his first pregorative, and so he acquired the assistance of a talented builder and political activist, EarthlyWorlds. They, together, joined House Shigetada and reformed Gunggum into a Plagatean beauty.

Still under construction to this day, a large castle rises high in the centre of the town with the hallmark Plagatean architecture found in the various settlements across Plagos. Alongside the castle in the centre, a small hamlet sprawls out along the western half beside the gatehouse, and a moat of spikes sits just below the exterior. Running through the centre of the town is a river, originating from far South and following all the way up to Tengaesal, the Capitol of Plagatea.

Gunggum is now the seat of House Shigetada, a noble family in the Plagatean aristocracy originating from the original Shogunate.