Gar og Nadrak

Gar og Nadrak

Gar og Nadrak is an Angarak nation in the fictional world of "The Belgariad" and "The Malloreon" by David Eddings. The people are known as Nadraks. Its capital city is Yar Nadrak. It is on the eastern coast of the western continent, on the Sea of the East. It is bordered on the south by Mishrak ac Thull and on the west by Drasnia and Algaria. It extends north past the arctic circle.

Gar og Nadrak was largely unpopulated, save for roving Morindim in the far north, until Torak drove his Angaraks from Mallorea across the land bridge to the western continent. Mistaking the social classes of Cthol Mishrak for racial divisions, Torak settled them in separate nations. The Nadraks were the merchant class. Most Nadraks have a dislike for the arrogant Murgos who ostensibly rule Angarak society, and have sometimes formed wary friendships and alliances with those from western kingdoms, particularly Drasnia. Three Nadraks appear in the books to the degree that their characters are developed: the erratic and scheming King Drosta lek Thun, the often drunk Yarblek, Silk's business partner, and Vella, a sensuous Nadrak woman who is "owned" by Yarblek.

Nadrak women may be owned by Nadrak men, but they are not slaves. Rather, they have extensive rights and freedoms, more than women in most of the countries in this fictitious world. When a woman is sold, she receives half the profits of the transaction. In the years just prior to Garion's birth, Polgara spent time in Gar og Nadrak with the pseudonym Polanna, learning the country's culture and traditions and scouting out Yarblek and Drosta who appeared to have a role in the events yet to come.


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