Samarkand
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Samarkand is a nation outside of Albion.
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[edit] History
Little is known about Samarkand, aside from it being a region outside of Albion, where the katana and gunpowder were invented. It is possibly the Albion equivalent of East Asia, indicated by these technological developments, and the real world location by which it is named after. It is also possibly the Fable equivalent of Africa, as all the known characters from Samarkand (Thunder, Whisper, and Garth) have skin tones that would be considered African in the real world. Reaver describes it as having "exotic substances" and "uninhibited people", although Garth immediately after this states that it is, "nothing like that". A third theory is the Middle East or India, specifically the Silk Road, given the area was notorious to the west for its exotic substances such as opium and heroin, and was a trade center for eastern products, including gunpowder and katanas.
[edit] Weapons of Samarkand
The flintlock mechanism was once hailed as the second greatest invention in Albion's history of warfare, gunpowder having been discovered in the Eastern Hills of Samarkand.
Roamer was the greatest hero from a long-extinct Southern Samarkand tribe for whom dawns were sacred. His combat style involved whirling among his enemies, shredding anyone who came in contact with his weapon, a cleaver called, "The Rising Sun" which hints at the name for the Japanese flag.
The Master Axe is a devastating battle axe which was the favored weapon of the elite guard of Lord Onish (also a reference to the Oni), ruler of northern Samarkand a thousand years ago.
Katanas are imported from the hills of Eastern Samarkand, where they are forged by warrior monks. Few weapons are as deadly. The warrior monks of the hills of Eastern Samarkand not only forge these exceptional blades, they do not hesitate to use them on invaders or dangerous creatures. There is no finer steel, nor sword more finely crafted.
The legendary Zuna Daichi, a female warrior monk whose exploits in Eastern Samarkand have become part of popular myth. There are stories that she may have visited Albion once, while on a quest. Perhaps it was in Albion that she died, and there she left her katana called, "The Daichi."
[edit] Notable People from Samarkand
[edit] Trivia
Samarkand is actually the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study.
The western reaches of Samarkand is where Garth is from.
In the 1960's Batman TV series staring Adam West, an emerald called The star of Samarkand is mentioned in the episode "Zelda the great", a fake of which is used to lure the thief, Zelda into a trap laid out by the Dynamic duo.
