The Grand Inquisition: Eradication of Inhumans
Begun by a Sardon Priest by the name of Sajuro Deklar. He taught of the terrors and the dangers of Elves and Dwarves, Fey and Fawns, and he would save the world before it could fall to them. Through treachery, charisma, and rising tensions with non human races, Sajuro grew an army of followers spanning from corner to corner of the entire continent. Eventually the day came when the knife was ready to be twisted. He amassed a host of zealots, organizing a main army and building weapons while also instructing terrorist cells of civilians to attack "enemy" villages and houses in the meantime.
The Conflict
Prelude
Beginning with rallies and diplomatic riots calling for expulsions of those who the humans didn't believe belonged sharing their lands. Eventually growing to several terrorist attacks on the homes and small settlements close to civilization. Humans wearing shrouded cloaks, emblazen the insignias of Gahdakoa (Their god of war), Thurn (their god of protection and triumph) and Deklar himself would ransack and slaughter without mercy or remorse. Planting charges in public areas, setting fire to homes, and publicly executing their victims.
Eventually, the kings and queens of the land could stand it no longer, together they asked him to curb his force. Instead of bending to their pleas, he simply replied. "Then banish the enemy. Your own people follow me on this. They are a danger to us all."
And they could not argue with this sentiment, for in truth, the populous of nearly every kingdom was incredibly superstitious of these dehumanized creatures, and if they did not directly fear them, they feared the anger of their peers, and the destruction they continued to wreak across the land.
Eventually, the forces were prepared, and what was left of the already established villages of the non- humans were stormed and obliterated. This force became the Grand Imperial Army and the Inquisitorius.
It began long ago, the war that shook the world. The fight for the lives of my brethren. When every Elf, Dwarf, Fairy, Silken, Koaman and changeling looked each other in their strange and different faces and resolved to survive as one, against all odds, differences aside, for their families. Before the heat of flame and the screeching sound of metal on stone could be heard outside.
Conflict Result
The near extinction of all inhuman species
The Impiral Inquisitors of the Great Crusade
Led by
Armed with the backbone of most of the world's standing armies, and the full force of Sardonic war machines, they were a significant military force to be reconned with.
Not to mention that most civilians were both sympathetic and supportive of the cause.
At it's height the army was rumored to be 500,000 strong.
The combined strength of all of the non-human races coupled with the reckless abandon of everything to lose, created the Inhuman army, though often scattered, this was good for them as they were significantly more maneuverable than the Imperials, and could get away with guerrilla attacks that continued to cripple such a devastatingly large force.
Sadly, nearly all of them were slain in the war. The inquisition triumphing in the end.
The Kellam Coalition
Led by
Heavily entrenched positions, weapon stores, and a frontier all assisted this Coalition of Men in the defense of their more "monstrous" kin. Fighting on the side of the Inhumans with the standing guards of the few kingdoms to not fall under Sajuro's influence, their army of perhaps 4,000 men and women nearly singlehandedly prevented the extermination of the inhumans
Entry for Summer Camp 2019
Answering: "
Write about a conflict that shaped the political climate of your world."
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