The Early Kings of the Yukon, from Ikaeh II-VII
After Ikaeh left, his son Tasaka took control of the Yukon. Taking the name Ikaeh II (a tradition followed by all kings following him) he launched massive campaigns of expansion in all directions, bringing under his control lands from the Middle Yukon river in the north to Vancouver island in the south. Ikaeh II also created a great army to protect his new realms, and promoted the sciences.
Ikaeh had three sons, and the eldest took over when his father passed away from old age. Ikaeh III was, while the eldest of the three brothers, frail and sickly. He ruled only for a few short years, then fell into a deep sickness one winter and died.
The middle brother then took the title of Ikaeh IV. He was a polar opposite to his brother, energetic and strong. Ikaeh IV embarked on further campaigns of expansion, mainly into southern Alaska. There, he assimilated several other large groups. Fearing it would cause division in his nation, Ikaeh IV encouraged marriage between Yukonners and these groups. By the time of Ikaeh VI's reign, these people were fully assimilated.
Ikaeh IV tragically passed away when his boat capsized on some rapids on the upper Yukon River. He was knocked unconscious on rocks, and drowned.
Following Ikaeh IV's sudden death, a small struggle occured between the third son of Ikaeh II and Ikaeh IV's son, Tass.
As Ikaeh II's third son was senior and a generation closer to Ikaeh I, he was chosen as King, and named Ikaeh V.
Tass moved down the Yukon river and founded the city of Whitehorse where his father had drowned, and began to build up his power base there.
During his decade-long reign, Ikaeh V did little but maintain the status quo. He passed away in his sleep from unknown causes.
With Ikaeh V's death, Tass ascended to power, named himself Ikaeh VI, and moved the capital to his city of Whitehorse, away from Tagish, the place of Ikaeh I's great winter gathering many years earlier.
Ikaeh VI idolized and imitated his grandfather, Ikaeh II. He repeated the great territorial expansions of his grandfather, and once again trained a great army for defense. But for all of Ikaeh VI's energy and dreams, he was shortsighted. His reckless spending would cause great problems for his successor.
Wishing to avoid the succession squabbles that had troubled his own rise, Ikaeh VI had only one child. The boy was strong, and his father was proud.
Ikaeh VI lived a long life, and when he passed away his son, Ikaeh VII, was at his peak in mind and body. And it would be needed greatly in the trials to come.
Shortly after his ascension, the Columbian rebellion began. Ikaeh VII raised the great army formed by his father, and led it southwards to bring the rebels back into the Yukon fold. While his great army has yet to reach the rebellious lands far to the south, the people of the Yukon have the utmost confidence in him.
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Grrr, don't you all hate that feeling that the first story was better? Although I don't think this one turned out too bad. As everyone who's lost a story knows, it's 100 times harder to rewrite a lost story, as you're angry and want it to be done with.
