The enslavement of the Caač

Irin i heš island has been occupied by the Zeribians from Ačfem for the last century. Before that, the islands were only inhabited by the Caač people, an indigenous hunter gather people, that became enslaved as a result of the conflict.
The main interest of the Zeribians on the islands is that it's ground is rich in copper, which is otherwise sparse on the Eastern Islands.

The Conflict

Prelude

Historically Zeribians know Irin i heš as the end of the world, a place where a mythical serpent died when it was chased by their ancestor, the Great Explorer Burzeden Gwaražan. The Zeribians had travelled in the region occasionally for long, but it only became permanently inhabited once they discovered, that the ground was rich in copper.
Before the arrival of the Zeribians, the island was inhabited by he Caač, a people of hunter gatherers. They had arrived to the islands from the nearby mainland, where their relatives live among the Pillar Mountains.
The Zeribians were used to subdueing local indigenous populations to their tribute payers, and they initially tried to implement the similar structures on the Caač. This turned out to be hard, because the Caač often lived a mobile lifestyle, without permanent settlements.

The Engagement

The Caač were initially successful in their attacks because they were well familiar with the territory, and their slingers proved to be very effective against the Zeribians. However, the Zeribians had the advantage of numbers and the chance to get fresh recruits from elsewhere, as well as the access to bronze weapons that were unfamiliar to the Caač at that point. Zeribians also used the internal conflicts of the different Caač grups to their advantage.

Outcome

The Zeribians captured and enslaved a number of Caač for the use for servants, and eventually to work in the mines. This slave work was particularly cruel, and a huge culture shock for the Caač who were previously unfamiliar with even living in towns. A large numbers of the young and healthy Caač died in the poor working conditions, and many of the young women became concubines of the Zeribian lords.
Some Caač managed to improve their status by fighting as slingers in Zeribian armies, even though they were often recruited by force.

Aftermath

The Caač culture was severly damaged by the affects of slavery. Their numbers decreased very fast. A lot of their traditional knowledge was no longer transmitted to the next generations. Many Caač groups decided to settle near the Zeribian towns, and eventually adopted farming as their main source of livelihood. Especially in these settled communities people started to switch into speaking Ngad i zerib, the Zeribians' language instead of the Caač language.

Main article

Slavery in Salan

Conflict Type

Military Campaign