The history of the Oßläße family is tied to Trótskarr, but especially Ñabivtzi, where 3/4's of the Noîka crops can be found. While the family doesn’t have a full monopoly of the Noîka plantation business, they do control most of it, and this since Žraăst'e's Ire set aflame most Noîka crops in Trótskarr and destroyed entire families and businesses five Tam'nýer—a''n years ago. While many in ZàÞça remember this time as a tragedy, for the Oßläße it was an opportunity to get wealthier and also to improve their standing and image by helping others.
Indeed, it was the ancestors of the Oßläße family that designed and built a long time ago the artificial basins and the mudbrick walls in Ñabivtzi encasing and sheltering the crops from sandstorms and summer storms. This ultimately permitted them to be watered and kept alive even during harsh weather such as the Ire. The fact that the Oßläße family survived Žraăst'e's Ire almost unscathed is now legend and their reputation has soared as a result. It has since allowed them to expand their influence immensely during the last two generations. There are even rumors that the Oßläße family is exporting even to the trading hub of Dhaghana in the northern continent, albeit indirectly through a Z'sa'Ză-'Bäa merchant, which would be an enormous achievement if proven true.
In more recent history, the Oßläße family was, however, negatively impacted by the Sẙg—stà', the Red Sands War. Only Tam'nýer—a''n year ago, as the Giyu and the Sk'älik were nearly wiped out, the Oßläße which had ties to the Giyu and benefited from their animal husbandry knowledge found a portion of their business disrupted, and also found that no Sk'älik merchants wanted to trade with them in the aftermath of the bloody war. This has been a challenge for the Oßläße family in recent years, as their production costs for the make-up have increased greatly. In further consequence, because they actively offered no support to the Giyu either, Giyu tend to spit on the name Oßläße.
By Hades101
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