Military action
The Oriental Crusade begins, an alliance of various kingdoms and holy orders, primarilly from Occident but also from the Northern Alliance and the Phoenix Empire invade Varshalshka, initially to help the struggling Kolkhetians but ultimately to destroy the godless Uqesheg heathens and spread the true faith to the Kolkhetian necrodolators. The crusade ends in horrific failure.
The Oriental Crusade is notable not so much for its length as for the sheer brutality of the conflict, with many instances of wholesale slaughter and horrible carnage on both sides. While blame tends to fall on Occidental forces for a large number of these crimes, the Qikuoans were no less brutal to the Zhangpa, and the steppe lepqe and their allies quickly adopted guerilla and terroristic fighting styles to counter their numerically superior foes.