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Chapter Two: The Krassos Massacre
After a brief stoppage of war in Ilos, the conflict raged on between Menados and Anotona. Anotona attacked first, assaulting Menadan villages with such a fury that many of them surrendered within hours. Menados was in an awful situation, with Anotona marching toward their capital, Krassos. At the same time, northern Anotona was shocked by a quick invasion from Herakossus from the north. Aspetos, the Herakossi kollossi, dabbled a bit in military planning and tactics and it paid off. Herakossus drove deep into Anotonian lands, putting Archon Peteus in a very tough position that meant deciding between holding off Herakossus or besieging Krassos. He chose the latter, disregarding the northern villages. This decision, coupled with economic woes that came along with raising a military larger than the population, created tension in Anotona and led to a drastic rise of crime in Aecan. One northerner even tried to assassinate Peteus to replace him with another leader that would have the whole empire's interests addressed. Despite the outcry, the invasion of Menados continues, and due to meeting little opposition, Anotonian forces reached the outskirts of Krassos within a short period of time. Shockingly, a massive force of Menadan warriors emerged from buildings and hiding places at once, and thousands more appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Before the shocked Anotonians could react, they found themselves cornered and tried to surrender. Menadan forces ignored the plea and slaughtered the cowering Anotonians with the wrath of a thousand gods and left one survivor to carry back the general's severed head along with the word that the war was to rage on. After the Krassos Massacre, Peteus was in quite the predicament.
The area around Ilos slowly became more populated, with the creations of Iessus, a formidable island civilization, and Marinth, Herakossus' agressive new neighbor. Varsos experienced a boom in population, and many weapon makers and craftsmen were brought up to make stone clubs of all sorts, which were sold to both Anotona and Herakossus, generating a solid wave of profit for Varsos. To the west, Myeson began to become frustrated with their new neighbor, Chalsus, who refused to let Myesoni trading clans establish trading posts on the islands and coasts. Athus began to battle with their new foe, Centheron, over the seas to their south. Plishti's new neighbor, Sugosta, appeared quite friendly, and a trading relationship formed from constant exchanges of goods along the river. To the north, another significant military event occurred. Wealn, long upset with Corval's presence, launched a furious attack that decimated the Corval civilization in a few short weeks. The survivors fled north to establish Ghand, which was too far out of reach for Wealn to bother sending forces to. Instead, the need for troops arose in eastern Wealn, which was brutally attacked by Melia. Melia quickly took villages along the river, and by the time Wealnish forces had arrived, the locals had surrendered and strong tactical positions were held by Melia. To avoid a pointless loss of troops in the possible confrontation, both sides retreated to their nearest bases to plan for the next stage of the war.
To the east of Ilos, things were a bit quiet, but there were still some significant events. Larasus expanded heavily, due to their population increase and competition with neighbors like Demir to the north and Mastus to the south. Afantira saw great increases of population in Qarpa and Sphabastus, and a new nation named Pythus forming up the river to contend with the Sphabastan empire. Way out to the east, Drattemaja and Nagdor recieved a new neighbor, Chagai, who was viewed as a nation filled with wise elders who could predict things using the stars. travelers from across the peninsula from Branga, Jharko, and Jamikur all came to have their futures told. Even Sooraj Pal, the great military commander of Branga, presented himself to the elders, who then described a great war in the future over the river fork where Farakka was recently established. Not wishing to defy a credible fortune telling, Sooraj Pal informed his nation, and volunteers soon joined the Brangan force to train and prepare for war with the Jamiks, who were commonly described as barbarians by Brangan citizens.
To the distant east, Tinus and Xia gained attention from their expansion and growth, and in Xia's case, a small civilization, Zhutwong formed to their east with the intent of ending the expansion of Xia for good, claiming it was disrupting the harmony of the local tribes and nomads. Tinusan expansion came not only in the form of settling and claiming land, but in the growth of their religion. Thousands of Guzhoics living in the lands bordering Tinus began to adopt the worship of Tia. Soon, they left their old civilization and declared themselves to be part of Tinus, fearing religious persecution. The conversion was soon followed by tension between the two civilizations. Zarazia was no longer alone on its peninsula, due to Kyorong and Jono coming into existence. Yokosaka had quite the peaceful time, without any conflict of major developments in the region around them. Out across the infinite seas, Qaxt'i remained the chief civilization on the peninsula, containing the most knowledge, the most population, and having the most wealth. Dzambo came close, so close that they began to believe war could be an option in overthrowing the powerful Qaxt'ins from their position of regional dominance.
Previously, war had not been so chaotic and so devastating as it was beginning to become. Gone were the days of small groups carrying out raids. That proved to be ineffective when large armies such as those of Anotona and Menados proved their efficiency. These larger forces functioned as killing machines, and the Krassos Massacre would certainly not be the last of its kind.
After a brief stoppage of war in Ilos, the conflict raged on between Menados and Anotona. Anotona attacked first, assaulting Menadan villages with such a fury that many of them surrendered within hours. Menados was in an awful situation, with Anotona marching toward their capital, Krassos. At the same time, northern Anotona was shocked by a quick invasion from Herakossus from the north. Aspetos, the Herakossi kollossi, dabbled a bit in military planning and tactics and it paid off. Herakossus drove deep into Anotonian lands, putting Archon Peteus in a very tough position that meant deciding between holding off Herakossus or besieging Krassos. He chose the latter, disregarding the northern villages. This decision, coupled with economic woes that came along with raising a military larger than the population, created tension in Anotona and led to a drastic rise of crime in Aecan. One northerner even tried to assassinate Peteus to replace him with another leader that would have the whole empire's interests addressed. Despite the outcry, the invasion of Menados continues, and due to meeting little opposition, Anotonian forces reached the outskirts of Krassos within a short period of time. Shockingly, a massive force of Menadan warriors emerged from buildings and hiding places at once, and thousands more appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Before the shocked Anotonians could react, they found themselves cornered and tried to surrender. Menadan forces ignored the plea and slaughtered the cowering Anotonians with the wrath of a thousand gods and left one survivor to carry back the general's severed head along with the word that the war was to rage on. After the Krassos Massacre, Peteus was in quite the predicament.
The area around Ilos slowly became more populated, with the creations of Iessus, a formidable island civilization, and Marinth, Herakossus' agressive new neighbor. Varsos experienced a boom in population, and many weapon makers and craftsmen were brought up to make stone clubs of all sorts, which were sold to both Anotona and Herakossus, generating a solid wave of profit for Varsos. To the west, Myeson began to become frustrated with their new neighbor, Chalsus, who refused to let Myesoni trading clans establish trading posts on the islands and coasts. Athus began to battle with their new foe, Centheron, over the seas to their south. Plishti's new neighbor, Sugosta, appeared quite friendly, and a trading relationship formed from constant exchanges of goods along the river. To the north, another significant military event occurred. Wealn, long upset with Corval's presence, launched a furious attack that decimated the Corval civilization in a few short weeks. The survivors fled north to establish Ghand, which was too far out of reach for Wealn to bother sending forces to. Instead, the need for troops arose in eastern Wealn, which was brutally attacked by Melia. Melia quickly took villages along the river, and by the time Wealnish forces had arrived, the locals had surrendered and strong tactical positions were held by Melia. To avoid a pointless loss of troops in the possible confrontation, both sides retreated to their nearest bases to plan for the next stage of the war.
To the east of Ilos, things were a bit quiet, but there were still some significant events. Larasus expanded heavily, due to their population increase and competition with neighbors like Demir to the north and Mastus to the south. Afantira saw great increases of population in Qarpa and Sphabastus, and a new nation named Pythus forming up the river to contend with the Sphabastan empire. Way out to the east, Drattemaja and Nagdor recieved a new neighbor, Chagai, who was viewed as a nation filled with wise elders who could predict things using the stars. travelers from across the peninsula from Branga, Jharko, and Jamikur all came to have their futures told. Even Sooraj Pal, the great military commander of Branga, presented himself to the elders, who then described a great war in the future over the river fork where Farakka was recently established. Not wishing to defy a credible fortune telling, Sooraj Pal informed his nation, and volunteers soon joined the Brangan force to train and prepare for war with the Jamiks, who were commonly described as barbarians by Brangan citizens.
To the distant east, Tinus and Xia gained attention from their expansion and growth, and in Xia's case, a small civilization, Zhutwong formed to their east with the intent of ending the expansion of Xia for good, claiming it was disrupting the harmony of the local tribes and nomads. Tinusan expansion came not only in the form of settling and claiming land, but in the growth of their religion. Thousands of Guzhoics living in the lands bordering Tinus began to adopt the worship of Tia. Soon, they left their old civilization and declared themselves to be part of Tinus, fearing religious persecution. The conversion was soon followed by tension between the two civilizations. Zarazia was no longer alone on its peninsula, due to Kyorong and Jono coming into existence. Yokosaka had quite the peaceful time, without any conflict of major developments in the region around them. Out across the infinite seas, Qaxt'i remained the chief civilization on the peninsula, containing the most knowledge, the most population, and having the most wealth. Dzambo came close, so close that they began to believe war could be an option in overthrowing the powerful Qaxt'ins from their position of regional dominance.
Previously, war had not been so chaotic and so devastating as it was beginning to become. Gone were the days of small groups carrying out raids. That proved to be ineffective when large armies such as those of Anotona and Menados proved their efficiency. These larger forces functioned as killing machines, and the Krassos Massacre would certainly not be the last of its kind.
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