Gabal Forever
Gabal Forever is an active insurgent force that operates in Gabal. It is a very small group—less than 100 members—that does not like the changes Gabal went through during the colonial and post-colonial eras. Many of its members are native to the local islands, and trace their ancestry back beyond written history through the oral history tradition of their ancestors. These people are upset about the modernization in Gabal, and would like it to return to what it was 200 years ago, before Westerners arrived. Gabal Forever would like to eliminate mining, logging, and the tourist trade, and have the country rediscover its roots by concentrating on fishing and subsistence farming, while shunning trade with the outside world.
Gabal Forever members conducted attacks using arson, random shootings, or homemade explosives such as pipe bombs against Gabal’s prominent tourist destinations. Some Gabalians are sympathetic to the cause, but as their livelihoods depend on the tourist trade, they do not publicly support the group. The group does not appear to have a single leader, instead consisting of ad-hoc, disconnected cells. These cells generally align along tribal connections. Gabal Forever points to the exploitation of he land and people by Western mining corporations and the dangers of climate change as evidence that foreigners are not welcome.