Erýaz massacre

Perpetrator	Za'ah
Victim 	Vidstos
Deaths 	250 000
==Background==
The war between the Radiating Empire of the Devayani and Gate Kingdom began in 299 after the Za'ahene army, either by a mistake or by design, came into open conflict with the Vidstossi at the Battle of Ragnokina , which the Za'ahenes insist was a minor skirmish initiated by the Vidstossi forces. The Za'ahene casus belli is officially to fight "rebellious elements inside the Gate Kingdom", while the war de-facto is fought against the Vidstossi army. Following Ragnokina, the Za'ahene army advanced south of the river Rodmukina, where a massive army of the Gate King Khazi had amassed.
==The Scorched Earth tactic==
Erýaz is one of the largest Za'ahene atrocities yet committed. They began to employ terror tactics unheard of since Loving Embrace , burning down towns and crops and forests(!), salting the soil, filling wells and brooks and water reservoirs with carcasses of men, women, infants, wild and tame animals, livestock. A large region of the Gate Kingdom was devastated, with no living things apart from rats, ravens and flies as far as the eyes could see, and piles of skeletons and skulls strown around the ruins. A nightmare landscape of hell.
In the end, 250 000 vidstossis are killed and a further 100 000 are made refugees.
==The Vidstossi march south and revenge==
The march of the main Vidstos Army is slow but steady, reliant on food support from the north. Sending away a scout team down into the woods, the woodlands of the Haddadi are retaken. A large area is retaken and a gruesome revenge is taken on the Za'ahene rear commandos captured by the Vidstos. At the Battle of Mellacar, over 2000 Za'ahene Ya'zi and Ar'yah are surrounded by the companion cavalry and dispersed, most of them being killed. No prisoners are taken.
Category:Atrocities
Category:Za'ah
Category:Vidstos
Category:Empires
Category:Moaseraiana