Yeeshaga Ent
From FABT
| Yeeshaga Ent | |
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| Location: | |
| Built: |
8 April 6792 BCE (first built) |
| Destroyed: |
10 July 1259 BCE |
| Population: |
67 million (at peak) |
| Notable: |
High Dome |
| Affiliation: |
Primordial First Kingdom |
- "This is a quiet place. This was the cradle of krogan civilization. Before the bombs dropped and the nuclear winter fell over Tuchanka, this city was an untouched beauty that many of my people fought over. It is holy, but also a reminder of the great achievements the krogan were once capable of. Anyone who tells you krogan are only capable of war and violence is lying to you: the salarians convinced us that's all we could do. But thanks to you, if this cure succeeds, my people will be reborn. And this city shall be reborn with it. What you're looking at commander is a reminder of our past: what my people can achieve if given the chance."
- — Urdnot Bakara, describing the city to Marcus L. Shepard.
Yeeshaga Ent (Kresh name that means "City of the Ancients") is the capital city of Tuchanka and the Krogan Military Confederacy. The city was founded by the First Clans of the Primordial First Kingdom thousands of years ago as the first settlement on the planet, and is thus considered the beginning of the krogan Bronze Age. The city is still considered to be the crowning achievement of krogan architectural engineering, and as such very few changes were made to the city's design, even as krogan technology continued to evolve and improve. The city was the indisputable capital of Tuchanka of the planet for hundreds of years, until a cataclysmic event caused the Primordial Kingdom to collapse. Afterwards, the city switched hands numerous times between the Trisek'lok dominion and the Hagalok Sodality during the Tuchankan Wars, although the sanctity of the city in krogan religion meant that both sides agreed to wage their war beyond its walls, the only exception being if a Rite to Chiefdom or Rite to Domain is invoked by either side, but even that must be conducted beneath the Monoliths, where their ancestors can watch and judge the victor.
This status quo was maintained until the global nuclear war of 1259 BCE that left the entirety of Tuchanka devastated by nuclear bombardments. Yeeshaga Ent was one of the worst hit, with several nuclear bombs hitting in and around the city that left it in ruins, and irradiated the area so badly that even krogan perished. As a result, during the thousand year long nuclear winter, the city was completely abandoned. Even after the salarians uplifted the krogan and helped to bring radioactivity worldwide down to safe levels, the city remained empty of life, aside from the wildlife that had moved into its empty halls. Finally however, following the Reaper War of 2186 CE, Urdnot Bakara and Urdnot Wrex established the Halcyon Initiative, which was a worldwide project to restore the planet to its former glory, with the city being the first and primary concern. As a result, by 2191 CE, the city returned to being a major population center, and was named the capital of the Confederacy. By 2199 CE, it had a population of millions, and was the seat of the krogan government and the location of the High Dome. It has remained the capital ever since.