Ummarnu Tribal Wars

The Ummarnu Tribal Wars happened extremely long ago. It was between the newly established Kuzat Tribe, and some surrounding tribes. These tribes would form a coalition against the Kuzat, as they saw the Kuzat military and expansionist policies as a danger to the central and southern part of 
mainland Ummarnu's sovereignty under heavy threat.
== The Rise of the Kuzat ==
After a large amount of local wars in Ummarnu, between warlords who wished to dominate the continent, eventually a new contester and arguably one of the most legendary ones would rise. The Kuzat people was a people who was led by a small council of "elders" as they called them. The older you were, the more wise you were considered. The Kuzat had a strong army, and was prospering at this point, under the leader "Khasmâs the Brave" he held the complete loyalty of an army of over 60 thousand soldiers, strong soldiers that was. They sat on most of the resources to develop a strong army - meaning they were under constant threats of being invaded for these resources. 
=== The First Ardat-Kuzat War ===
==== Kuzat Aggression ====
After the Kuzat had been on the rise, they realized they needed the gold in the nearby mesa. They quickly ran into the obstacle of Ardat. A strong empire, though it was in it's early stages. The Kuzat thought that they could actually have a pretty good chance of beating them. Little did they know that this would lead to a huge chain reaction, that would eventually lead to the Kuzat downfall. 
==== The Kuzat Annexation of Luxor ====
First, the Kuzat mobilized their forces at the Luxor border, which was another tribe that served as a buffer state between the Kuzat and Ardat. They knew they would have to invade through them, this would proof to be extremely easy, the Luxor army was illequipped and barely had any loyal people. Everyone was against their current leaders rule. So, eventually the Kuzat invaded with a force of 30 thousand well armed forces, led by Khasmâs and another general, called Ragni Eydur. They had split the forces equally, and was working towards incircling the entire Luxor army to cut them off from their capital on the Luxor isles. 
The Kuzat troops started a slow advance through the deserts, but it would proof fruitful, as the first Luxor force of about 35 thousand, against Ragni's forces would see a huge defeat, Ragni had come out on top. As the Luxor retreated they kept meeting Kuzat Jaegers, which had been sent in to destroy small parts of their forces and weaken them up for the larger battles. Eventually Luxor would announce that they capitulated and they would be fully annexed by the Kuzat. 
=== The Kuzat Declaration of War on Ardat ===
After this, the Kuzat would be reinforced by 10 thousand additional troops, to invade through the rough Ardat terrain. The Kuzat had a plan to push forward until they reached a large river, then dig down and use their superior navy to blockade all Ardatian supplies, which would eventually turn the people against their current Caliph. 
=== Ardatian Mobilization ===
After the reports of the Kuzat troops starting to advance through the borders, the Caliph immediatly mobilized all of the army except for one thousand troops which would remain in the capital as garrison. Meaning the 40 thousand elite Kuzat troops, would be in a stand off with 70 thousand Ardatian troops in their terrain. The Kuzat would immediatly face major setbacks, but would eventually win a giant battle, costing Ardat 20 thousand troops, andd Kuzat 2 thousand. As the Kuzat had used the mountains to their advantage destroying part of a mountain so the Ardat troops would be stuck, granting the Kuzat troops the ability to unleash large amounts of a arrow fire. 
=== Battle of the Luxor Straites ===
For now, the Kuzat would just move along the coast getting large amounts of naval support, making their time much easier. Eventually the remaining Ardat troops (about 43 thousand) would move back behind the river which the Kuzat had plans of reaching. The Ardatians had a fortress there, which would make a Kuzat advance too expensive anyways. Now it would be a battle in the high seas. A huge stand off between a large amount of both sides naval forces would clash in the battle of the Luxor Strates. It was 30 Kuzat ships against 23 Ardat ships
The Kuzat ships:
* 15 destroyers
* 5 battleships
* 8 merchant ships
* 2 battle cruisers
The Ardatian Ships:
* 5 destroyers
* 10 light cruisers
* 8 merchant ships
The Kuzat won, but took heavy casualties compared to the Ardatians. The Kuzat considered it extremely embarrassing, and the admiral didn't consider it a victory. 
=== Peace Talks ===
Eventually facing reality the Ardatians decided to give the Kuzat the part of the mesa which they so dearly desired. After three years of brutal fighting the troops could finally return home. The Kuzat economy exploded, and they declared "The Kuzat Empire." 
== The Great Tribal War ==
Though they were still mainly made up off un-organized tribes. And with the rise of Talawa they would have to quell them, there also was the Fluto-Shanian, The Ardat and the Sewer-Mafia. All of these nations plus three more had formed a coalition against the Kuzat. Though the Kuzat had friends in the Kaahiru, and some other organized tribes which was currently in a stand off against the Talawans and Fluto-Shanian. 
Eventually, the Fluto-Shanian would declare war against the tribes which was close allies to the Kuzat, this would trigger a chain reaction. Fluto-Shania declared war against the Tranquebar tribe, this would lead to the other tribes against Fluto-Shania and in the Pro-Kuzat coalition to declare war on Fluto-Shania, which led to Talawa declaring war on them, this would lead to Kuzat declaring war on Talawa and Fluto-Shania, which led to Ardat declaring war on Kuzat, this would lead to Kaahiruu declaring war on Ardat. Most of Ummarnu was now at war. The Kuzat Emperor said "This war will be brutal, but un-avoidable." First the Kuzat sent 6 thousand soldiers down to aid the tribes, and set up for a defensive war against the Talawans for now. 
The Kuzat and Kaahiruu would make a joint advance into Ardat, slowly overruning them, though local militia forces held them back until the army could arrive. The Ardat army was slowly being pushed back, but gave the Kuzat and Kaahiruu hell. Which would also allow Talawa and Fluto-Shania to prepare for an invasion of Kuzat. 
Fluto-Shania was being embarrassed against the small tribes, they were loosing tons of troops, and Talawa didn't want to focus on the tribes but on the main enemies of Kaahiruu and Kuzat. Eventually, the Sewer-Mafia would declare war on Kuzat, as they were in the anti-Kuzat coalition. With all of this the Kuzat troops were slowly being overextended, though they would manage together with the tribes to capitulate the Fluto-Shanians, this would free up and additional 10 thousand troops. Which was divided over all fronts. The Kuzat would eventually launch a large ground invasion into Talawa taking ground at horrifying speeds, but after a huge naval defeat at the Talawan capital of Lukka would be in a defensive stage for the rest of the war. Huge bombings of major Kuzat harbors were taking place and now they were all being pushed back. The small tribes would work towards a seperate peace with all other nations against them. Kaahiruu would do the same. Kuzat would be a hard nut to crack, they would lead guerilla warfare for five years, allowing them to not sign an un-conditional surrender. The Kuzat would surrender, and the Kuzat Empire died as fast as it was born. This would mark the end of the Great Tribal war. And it would only take another ten years before the Talawans and Ardatians would launch the last invasion into Kuzat.
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This would be at the cost of hundreds of thousands of troops - eventually all of these nations would fall in different aspects. The Emperor of the Kuzat would be murdered before the Kuzat surrender, the other general and well kind of heir to the throne, would take some people and form the Acodonite tribe. 
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