Qrolba Jaaba

Qrolba Jaaba ( Pepetoka pronounciation: Pepetoka languages) was a(n in)famous Pepetoka crime boss, the founder of the Jaaba Crime Empire. A highly controversial figure, during the height of his criminal career, his power and influence that of actual heads of state, and the tentacles of his criminal empire reached all the way to the Principality of Gabyr, the Empire of Týrýng, the Shár Empire and the Kingdom of Etrand. Following his death, his empire was taken over by his son Nawqi Jaaba.

Early Life and Rise
Born on the, born into a family of disgraced and impoverished ex-landowners, Jaaba turned to crime in the aftermath of the First Spice War (711-718), which devastated the Pepetoka lands and caused a massive spike in crime. He would remain a relatively small player - leader of an insignificant gang until his sudden rise in the aftermath of the Second Spice War (730-735), which propelled him to the position of the most powerful figure in the criminal underworld of the Pepetoka lands.

Height
Although his primary base of operations was Tanqutařa - also known as New Copperport - the tentacles of his criminal operations entangled all of the Pepetoka lands, and even beyond: during the height of his criminal career, his interests and influence spread all the way to Gatsam (Shár Empire), Chen Pyon (Týrýng), Gabyr (Gabyr) and Copperport (Etrand). He had connections with influential figures in all of the aforementioned states, such as the (in)famous Morshu from Etrand: much of the drug-smuggling and slave trade happened under the overseeing influence of Jaaba, who always got a cut of the profits, to the point that Gabyr was starting to consider him a threat to be removed.

Stagnation, Death and Legacy
Jaaba's Crime Empire reached its height some time between the Third Spice War (753-756) and the Fourth Spice War (776-780), after which it entered a period of stagnation. Many of Jaaba's foreign friends have died or ceased communications with him, and he was slowly turning paranoid, periodically performing purges among his ranks to ensure loyalty, while his empire was slowly rotting away from within.

In spite of his paranoia, in the end - according to the most believable theories - Jaaba himself died peacefully in his sleep, on the, though some theorize, that he was poisoned by an underling afraid of an impending purge, or even one of his own sons with the intention of hastening succession. After his death, his eldest son Nawqi took over his empire following a brief succession crisis, attempting to rebuild his infamous father's magnificent criminal empire, though having so far failed in the last two decades.