Gar og Nadrak

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Gar og Nadrak is an Angarak nation in the fictional world of The Belgariad and The Malloreon by David Eddings. The people are known as Nadraks. Its capital city is Yar Nadrak. It is on the eastern coast of the western continent, on the Sea of the East. It is bordered on the south by Mishrak ac Thull and on the west by Drasnia and Algaria. It extends north past the arctic circle.

Gar og Nadrak was largely unpopulated, save for roving Morindim in the far north, until Torak drove his Angaraks from Mallorea across the land bridge to the western continent. Mistaking the social classes of Cthol Mishrak for racial divisions, Torak settled them in separate nations. The Nadraks were the merchant class. Most Nadraks have a dislike for the arrogant Murgos who ostensibly rule Angarak society, and have sometimes formed wary friendships and alliances with those from western kingdoms, particularly Drasnia. Several Nadraks appear in the books, but only two appear quite often, the often drunk Yarblek, Silk's business partner and his slave Vella, an expert dancer in the Nadrak style, who is befrended by Porenn and later joins with Beldin and they fly of as banded hawks.