Warmaster Bonebreaker

> "*You hear that, lads? Those pointy-ears think we're finished. They think Mikelatti will satiate us. Let's go over there and show them - we're only just warming up!*"
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## Warmaster Bonebreaker / Kaheklan of Tuakla

### Occupation

Warmaster

Warmaster Bonebreaker was a Warmaster who, in the mid-100s BC, commanded the largest and most devastating Kuahi Warpath in recorded history. He famously invaded Chalparna, stole a Golden Conduit - the Hammer of Jalimar - from King Sathir of Lahamaja, carved a bloody southward path through Roulonne and Epsilucia, sacked the Epsilucian capital of Mikelatti, and finally turned his attention to Sevaliara, successfully conquering the islands of Fesora and Alefar and holding them for several years before he was defeated and slain in his assault on Parafia in 143BC. He was the only military commander in history to ever successfully invade and occupy any part of Sevaliara, and one of the very few non-Chalparni individuals to hold a Golden Conduit.

Bonebreaker's Warpath was of extreme size, the largest in history by a significant margin; it may have numbered as much as 250,000 when it first set off from Kuateoha. The population of Kuateoha at this time is estimated to be somewhere between three and four million, and assuming that the men made up half of the population - i.e. 1.5 to 2 million - this would mean that Bonebreaker's Warpath constituted just over an eighth of the entire male population of Kuateoha. Bonebreaker's Warpath did not only include men, though, as it was famously the only Warpath to include female warriors.

In the ill-fated Battle of Parafia, Bonebreaker was slain by King Colien Ulthanas of Fesora, who channelled the devastating power of the Starforge. It is written that although channelling this power eventually melted Colien from the inside out, he died with a smile on his lips despite the agony, satisfied that he had taken revenge for the despoiling of his homeland. Bonebreaker was badly mangled by Colien's magic, and it was further mutilated by the Saverians, chopped up into multiple pieces. His arms and legs were sent to Kuateoha, his disembowelled torso was impaled on Alafésa, his head was impaled on Fesora and his entrails were thrown into the sea. Once the flesh on his bones rotted away, his torso was also thrown into the sea, but his skull was taken to Elifana, where it remains preserved in the local university. Many of his followers who were taken captive were impaled alive on Alafésa and Fesora and left to die over the course of several days, and their corpses were also eventually thrown into the sea.

Very few of the warriors on the Warpath survived the encounter, as the vast majority of them were slaughtered after they were left leaderless when Bonebreaker was killed in the Battle of Parafia. This had a significant demographic impact upon Kuateoha, causing the population to starkly drop as not only was about an eighth of their entire population killed, but there were many tens of thousands of women who could not find a husband, causing birth rates to plummet. It may have taken as much as a century for the pre-Warpath population to recover.

Bonebreaker's lineage is unknown, but it is known that he was originally named Kaheklan, and he hailed from the tribe of Tuakla, which is in the north of Kuateoha and was historically renowned as one of the most warlike and brutal tribes of the country.