The Rising of the Cahirians | The Cahir Isle Saga

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THE RISING OF THE NATIVE CAHIRIANS

 

Native Cahirian Warriors in the Sarissan Woods

 

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Word had reached the land of Aevos; Far off in the Isle of Cahir, old tensions had begun boiling anew. For decades after the Oisinite Conquest of the Isle the native Humans of Cahir had been underrepresented, discriminated against, and outright oppressed by their Oisinite Rozanian conquerors. Generations of Cahirians had been brought under the iron-fisted reign of the Roza Dynasty, but with the passing of time came the growth of resentment.

 

The Henrik Holdout had for years existed as a defiant independent stronghold against the Oisinite Conquerors. Having held out against the initial conquest of the island, the cave fortress was a beacon and potential rallying point for the downtrodden Cahirians. The Roza Dynasty had made many attempts under the reigns of King Oisin and King Armitage to pacify the holdout, yet all that could be achieved was an uneasy peace. Both the Oisinite rulers and the Henrikian Cahirians knew that their mere existence could in the long run promote unrest against the Roza Dynasty, and soon enough the cracks began to form.

 

The passing of the throne from King Armitage to his heir King Andrzej brought hopes of new reforms. King Andrzej had in his years as Crown Prince promoted unity and cohesion among the two ethnic groups, even making promises to include Cahirians in his government upon his ascension to the throne. Nonetheless, months turned to years and the new Monarch had failed to uphold his end of the bargain. What's more, the new Royal administration had even increased the taxes of Cahirian citizens and lowered the wages of Cahirian Laborers. 

 

In Cahirian-majority villages across the Isle unrest began to grow among the population. Protests were organized in the Royal Capital of New Roza, yet the local garrison cracked down violently upon the dissenters which sparked further outrage against the Roza Dynasty. The final straw was an incident in which a local garrison brutally suppressed a Cahirian rally, killing at least 50 Cahirians and later burning the bodies beyond recognition. This incident, called the Ashen Massacre by the Cahirians, pushed the Cahirian population into open revolt. Ethnic Cahirian Militias quickly formed and declared their intention to take Cahir back from the Oisinite Rozanians.

 

Even so, without proper leadership this revolt was doomed to fail. The various decentralized Militias turned to the one place that had successfully resisted the Rozanians before: Henrik’s Holdout. The incumbent Lord of the Holdout, Rogar ‘Breakjaw’, was at first hesitant to support the revolt openly and instead sent discrete support in the form of arms shipments to the Cahirian Militias. 

 

Lord Rogar’s outlook on the revolt changed drastically when he learned of Oisinite patrols sabotaging his caravans and even raiding his outposts. This news infuriated Lord Rogar, and almost immediately he issued a declaration of war upon the Oisinites and summoned his own army. Cahirian Militias quickly began to flock to Henrik’s Holdout which quickly swelled the Lord’s ranks. The Cahirian Rising had begun.

 

 

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Lord Rogar and the Native Cahirian host

 

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