War of Persecution

The term War of Persecution refers to a number of conflicts, wars, evictions, genocides, and pograms committed by the Jorans against a variety of other ethnicities and groups during the Anarchy. Beginning with the killing of the First Saint near Ostrova (modern Toradzland), during 160 of the Joran Calendar, it rapidly spread across the region, seeing many pograms occur between 160 and 200.

## Targets of the Persecutions

There were many targets of the persecutions, primarily religious and ethnic minorities in the former lands of the Kingdom. As the pograms were begun to halt the spread of Werranism into the northern Torad valley, Werrans were often targeted most heavily. Other target groups include, but were not limited to:

* Werrans (160-251)
* Estrevenyic Vechtese (162-253)
* Beldym (164 onward)
* Cinelli (171-203)
* Brank Vechtese (161-265)
* High Karredesh (193-200)
* Hardic Jorans (198-210)

## Timeline of Major Persecutions

### Werran Persecutions

The first persecutions were directed toward the Werrans. These activities were begun by the native Toradzmen executing the First Saint in Juhnvechteya, following his defiling of one of their sacred trees.

Following this, almost all who were openly Werran in Toradzland were slaughtered, and their homesteads would be burned. This would effectively halt Werran colonization of the Upper Torad for almost a century. The persecutions would spread to Western Joraje by about 172, and what little Werrans lived in that country were slain by bands of peasants, and those who were spared had their properties siezed.

The persecution of Werrans in Joraje would continue until 251, when the Werranist Loren Dynasty rose to power and outlawed the practice.

### Estrevenyic Vechtese

The Estrevenyic Vechtese would first be targeted by several nobles, who saw them as the reason for the collapse of their powerful kingdom. In 162, a large band of Jorans, under the command of one Darich Ferhafe, began roaming the country near the borders of Tanderland, and began slaughterring any Vechtese they could find.

This would be outlawed in 253 by the Loren Dynasty.

### Beldym

Beldym were one of the largest targets of the Pograms, as they were and remain a secretive people who dislike interracting with others. Thus, in 164, a Beldym village, called Beldamhof was raided and destroyed by a large militia, supposedly due to one of the residents kidnapping and sacrificing a young girl from a nearby town. This would spark a number of pograms against the people.

The pograms continue into the modern day, though they are smaller in scale.

### Cinelli

The CInelli were targeted by various pograms in the northeast, allegedly due to their pricing of certain goods in markets being too high. In 171, a fight broke out in the (then) town of Harda, between a group of Cinelli merchants and a company of Joran burghers. This conflict, which began as a fistfight, grew into riots, where about a quarter of the Cinelli in the city were slain.

The persecution of the CInelli in Harda would cease in 203, when the Hardic Jorans themselves would become persecuted by those of Karred.

### Brank Vechtese

Brankonyan Vechtese were targeted in Toradzland, alongside the Werrans. They would be attacked by native Toradzmen, who saw them as encroaching upon their homeland, and thrust them out of the region. Any who were found following the year 161 were killed, and they would never be allowed into the country until 265.

### High Karredesh

The High Karredesh were first attacked in 193 by the Jorans, for their refusal to abandon their gods and worship the Old Joran gods (day Lieutenants of Werry). The people, which had previously rnged from the Kanberk Stream Basin to the mountains around Kostravald were reduced to living in the highlands, and the persecution ended in 200, when the majority of the people converted (largely by point of the sword).

### Hardic Jorans

The Hardic Jorans were the targets of pograms from 198 until 210, for the worship of the local god, *Serana*, the god of the sea. The Hardic Jorans were persecuted for many years, culminating in a siege of the city in 209, upon which point the people converted to the Joran faith.