Byrakan Wars

The Byrakan Wars were a series of military conflicts fought between the Ottelians and the Byrakans between 378 and 353 BC. During these wars, the Ottelians subdued Byrak, a vast territory stretching from the GEOGRAPHIC PLACE to the GEOGRAPHIC PLACE in Northern Meran. The wars culminated in the Battle of Usuf in 353 BC, during the Third Byrakan War, where the Ottelians crushed organized Byrakan resistance. This decisive Ottelian victory led to the expansion of Ottelia over all of Byrak.

Byrak had great military importance for the Ottelians, who had suffered several attacks from barbarian tribes originating from both Byrak and other northern regions of Meran. The conquest of these territories allowed Ottelia to secure the natural border of MOUNTAIN CHAIN (?).

According to OTTELIAN HISTORIAN, the results of the wars were 500 conquered cities, 250 subdued tribes, 300,000 prisoners sold as slaves and another 700,000 killed in battle. It is estimated that the Byrakan population was about 3 to 5 million inhabitants before the war. As a result, the Byrakan Wars are considered one of the deadliest conflicts by percentage of a country's population lost.

Background

Ottelians are imperialists. Byrakans are a growing threat and their land is strategic.

First Byrakan War (378 to 369 BC)

Stalemate; SOMEONE becomes a Byrakan hero and godlike figure in Scildism, but dies shortly after the war.

Second Byrakan War (364 to 360 BC)

Ottelian victory; chunk of land occupied.

Third Byrakan War (355 to 353 BC)

Ottelian victory; Byrak fully annexed.

Aftermath

Byrak fully annexed, occupied by Ottelia and Ottelianized for the next 500 years.