Malkariko (Total War)

Malkariko is a large city within the Kingdom of Hyrule, located roughly 30 miles southeast of Gundrumether. Famed for its blacksmithing, its is also the home of the Royal Family's summer palace.

History
Malkariko traces its origins to the Tribes of Akkala as they emigrated from Arcadia. Like other Akkalan settlements, it began as a sheltered community, a central Noble manor or castle home to one of the larger Houses, surrounded by rural villages governed by their bannermen, in this case its namesake, House Malkori, a vassal house of House Harkinian with holdings on the eastern edge of Hyrule Field, bordering the Kokiri Forest.

In 126 AG, while accompanying Princess Oraiya Nohansen Zelda IV and her daughter Tetralyna Nohansen Zelda V on a summer retreat, Lord Akazoo Vapith and his adopted daughter Agitha set out to bury Gohma hives under and around the city, allowing the Gohma to consume the city's populace in exchange for Akazoo enacting his revenge on the hated Princess himself. Agitha and her ally Mido brought forth a swarm of Gohma from the west, and secretly awoke the hives under the city. These combined forces overwhelmed the city garrison, killing much of the city's populace and using their bodies to feed a Hive from which they could strike east into the Kokiri Forest to free Sulkaris. The Princess was seemingly killed by Akazoo and her daughter abducted, and the city served as a Gohma Hive for several weeks before the Gohma, led by Sulkaris, traveled north to Lanayru Province. The city was subsequently recaptured and restored by the Kingdom of Hyrule.

The city is well known for its lush orchards, with the sigil of its founding house being a silver apple tree. Its proximity to the Kokiri Forest makes it an ideal summer retreat, with access to many tropical foodstuffs imported from the east. The Royal Family constructed a large summer palace within the city, fringed by lush gardens and open arcades and boasting a large library. The city is located along a small lake, with a dock merchant promenade, and encircled by wooden palisade walls. Malkariko is famed as a center of weapon and armor production, with its chainmail considered some of the finest in the kingdom.