Otesia Massacre

The Otesia Massacre, also known as the Rape of Otesia, was an act of mass murder committed by the mercenary company the Iron Sons of Tyno in and around the Sevician city of Otesia during the Anaean Wars of 660 - 667 A.S. The massacre took place over three days, from the 8th to the 10th of the second month of Mandera, 664, and was perpetrated by soldiers of the Iron Sons led by company commander Bero Hanacar.
The Iron Sons' had been contracted by members of the rebel Anaean League to fight against the Empire of Sevicia in the Anaean Wars, and helped the Anaean League defeat Sevician forces in consecutive battles in early 664 at the Battle of Aeath and the Battle of Fort Saturn, some 50 to 70 miles north of the coastal city of Otesia. For decades Otesia had been one of the most strategically important Sevician cities, a hub of trade and cargo on the South Lothor Sea, and the Iron Sons, under the command of Cettayne and with orders to take the city and drive Sevician loyalist forces from the region, met little resistance. The city's guard could not stand up to the Iron Sons and with no reinforcements and loyalist forces preoccupied much further north, the city was helpless.
Over a period of three days, the Iron Sons sacked the city, massacring some 30,000 civilians, with higher estimates close to 50,000 or even 60,000. With the tide of the southern theatre of the war rapidly turning against the Anaean League, the Iron Sons were recalled away from Otesia to help fight against loyalist forces elsewhere in the region, and they never returned. In the aftermath the slaughter of the city become infamous, earning the Sons a reputation that they would not ever again shake. The Iron Sons fought for a further two years on the side of the Anaean League before taking their leave of the war and they never broke contract, while the Anaean League, with their supply chains fractured and their alliances splintered, collapsed in 667 A.S, ending the war after seven years.
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