Salphonian

Salphonian was an early century commander of the Bull Tribe who was killed by Metellus the Elder or Metellus the Younger, he was a commander under Bullsore during the Bull Wars.
== History ==
=== Reputation ===
Olga of Volkov disdained Salphonian, after discovering that he kept a harem of women that he had raped during his personal invasions. She had originally ordered for him to be gelded, sliced and diced and have his allies and troops be forced to eat his body parts; Livia was disturbed with the insistence of gore with the suggestion; though Salphonian's reputation was part of the reason why the Yutemond Senate pledged full support for Olga's campaign against the Bull Tribe.
== Bull Wars ==
Widely blamed for causing a huge part of the realm to wage war against the much smaller Bull Tribe, Salphonian was conscripted by Bullsore (according to popular sources) Salphonian had a wife, son and daughter who Bullsore threatened to personally rape and kill if he did not join him in his war against Olga and the senate.
In 731 BE, Bullsore led the campaign against the Metellus brothers, while Olga defeated his subordinates. Bullsore withdrew inland, then turned to fight at outer Boustare, where Olga lost 6,000 killed, including her brother-in-law, Rayman, reputedly her most effective subordinate. Bullsre himself suffered 3,000 casualties.
Although the Metellus brothers defeated Salphonian in a separate battle, Bullsore was able to withdraw to Reovell, where he repaired the walls to lure his opponents into a siege, while forming garrisons from other towns into a new field army. Once this was ready, he escaped from Reovell and used it to disrupt Yutemond logistics on land and by sea. Lack of supplies forced Metellus the Elder to quarter his troops in Rocol, while Olga wintered among the Feilerion people.
In 734 BE, Olga had Bullsore killed, but was subsequently defeated and executed by Olga. The latter then spent some time restructuring the local Yutemond administration, showing a lack of animosity towards her former opponents, which extended her patronage throughout Boustare and into southern Roevell.
Category:Early Century
Category:Tribesmen
Category:Deceased
Category:Males