The Grishanks

The Grishanks (or Gheei-reish-ankh in old mnopian) was a notable aritocracy in Old Quechina. For current royal family see Penton-Grishank.

The Traders of Carreon

The Grishanks became famous as traders in Carreon at around 1600, during the height of old Quechina Empire. It is said their first prominent member, Esekhiiees Grishank, became wealthy by selling slaves to the Posilipans. In order to conduct bussiness with his foreign customers, Esekhiiees had to obtain fairly numerous fleet of vessels. As Quechinans were not allowed to own their own ships (not mentionng fleets) Grishank operated his ships undercover and his vessels were bought abroad, mostly from Posillipans themselves.

This get him into conflict with then-Emperor Hesidees IV. At first, Esekhiiees was summoned to the court officially under pretend to provide explanaiton, but in fact to be directly put on trial and beheaded. Grishank was aware of the situation and in fact planned for it. He had all his ships armed secretly - as he possesed numerous weapons - and placed strategically around the port of capital city. At the end in fact, his ships largely outnumbered the limited royal navy.

The Emperor, being unaware of the schemings of Grishank, did not alert his fleet and when was threatened by Esekhiiees - who warned him, that in case he would not be allowed to leave the castle his fleet will blockade and "possibly raze the city to ground" he did not believe him. Grishank however made a fatal mistake of threatening the Emperor in front of the court and met with only possible outcome from his lord: He was quickly seized, put into jail and eventually beheaded the next morning. This led to the Battle of Crimson Harbor when Grishank‘s private fleet decimated the Royal Navy and firmly secured the position of Grishanks (now led by Esekhiiees‘ brother Siian) within the Quechina Empire: the treaty was bloody - Grishanks gained monopoly for sea routes, heavy lifting of taxes and large piece of land to build their private compound.