Gamada (the realm of Gamada) is a people or realm that enters the account of the court of Karlstorf as a rival, related to the subjects of Burkestein by customs and old coastal stories.
Conflicting accounts
- According to the king, Gamada’s agreements with the forces of the cold revived an earlier war. This is one party’s version: the travelers have not yet visited Gamada or heard its authorities.
- Burkestein admits three ways out for Gamada: oaths, recognition of sovereignty, or marriage.
The companions consider visiting to break alliances and seek peace. No diplomatic mission has been completed and the company has no pact of its own.
Open questions
- Bythamar Betheril was named in earlier accounts as the human power of the south. The court’s testimony introduces Gamada without stating the relation between the two names: they may be the same realm, a capital and its nation, or different powers.
- The domains and alliances of Calíope and Aurora Polaris belong to another part of the discussion and do not erase the agency of the human peoples.