The Brimstone War

The Brimstone War was a legendary conflict estimated by historians to have taken place around the years 4250-4130 BS between the scattered human settlements of ancient Vincia and the native Brimstone Clan of Lokins.

## The Brimstone War

### Performers

Scattered Llonite SettlementsBrimstone Clan

## Prelude

In the Early Age of Llonite settlement, the Lokins clans, most notably Clan Brimstone, continued to rule supreme over Southern Yan.

Clan Brimstone held regional dominance due to their Twin Dragons, Sashae and Taka. The dragons were worshiped as deities by the Clan, and led them with absolute power.

According to Llonite tradition, they suffered injustice and slavery at the hands of the Lokins, though this is contested. Tradition states that it was two Llonite slaves to Clan Brimstone, Haste and Reigner, who began a rebellion which eventually spilled out into an all-out war

## Conflict

### The Early War

Outmanned and outgunned, the Llonites relied largely on guerrilla warfare to achieve their goals. The legendary Haste and Reigner, who, according to some traditions were lovers and according to others, brothers, led the human faction in the war.

Although the Llonites were at a disadvantage, losing many of the war's earliest battles, the tides soon turned. The first major human victory was their defeat of the Beast of Hakkun, a great monster held by the Clan Brimstone, characterized as some sort of great crab. The war continued in this fashion, with one sly Llonite victory after another until the Battle of Kakone

### The Battle of Kakone

Haste and Reigner led the Llonite forces next against the Kakone Camp of Clan Brimstone. The exact site of the battle is unknown, though it is estimated by historians to have taken place somewhere in the Mashon Badlands. As the Llonites began to win the battle, the dragon Taka ambushed the human forces, devastating the army. Reigner, however, snuck up upon the beast, leaping into its jaw and killing it from the inside, sacrificing himself to destroy it. The Camp destroyed, the Llonite forces pulled themselves together and retreated further into the badlands in order to avoid further reinforcements.

### Exile

Half his army and his beloved Reigner dead, Haste led the army into retreat for an unknown length of time. The army, for a time, acted as bandits, leading small raids on Brimstone settlements but overall remaining dormant. But upon finding the scorched, recovered body of Reigner put on display within one of the camps, Haste, enraged, resumed a more aggressive strategy

### The Battle of Sashae

In the final years of the war, Haste began tracking Sashae, believing that when the last dragon of Brimstone was defeated, the Clan would be scattered. Around 4190 BS, he finally led a surprise ambush on the dragon with a small contingent of his army. Overwhelming her, Sashae was defeated by the small group of Llonites and Clan Brimstone was scattered. Though a few small vestiges remained, leaving fighting to continue for about a decade more, the war had largely finished

## Aftermath

Tradition, outlined in Kammon's account, states that the aging Haste led his forces to found a city, which would eventually become The Great City of Hanaa. The historicity of this, however, has been called into question. Regardless of whether it was Haste or one of his successors or one inspired by him who founded the City, Haste remained a massive conceptual influence upon the early Llonites, his legacy leading up to the start of the Age of Heroes.

Haste and Reigner are both regarded as Archchampions by the Championistic Church.

## Legacy

The war has remained a vital piece of human history, remaining in the tradition of most Llonites across the continent in some form or another. Generally used as a history of the war is *The History of the War of Fire and Brimstone* by Kammon, c. 4000 BS. It is from this ancient text that many of the basic, traditionally upheld details of the war are pulled, though modern historians doubt many of the details of the text.

The famous play *The Glory of Brimstone*, written by Tasherona in 164, during the First Lokins War, acts as one of the most famous accounts of the war, though no shortage of plays and books have been written on the subject. The play acts on the assumption that Haste and Reigner were lovers, and is largely focused on their tragic romance.