Founding of Scytheria

The Founding of Scytheria was a major event in Natogytt history, as the once nomadic Scytherian people successfully invaded and crushed the Netorro Empire in the Red Sands War taking over their lands, eradicating the entire civilization and culture and forming the Scytherian Empire in its place.

 **Participants** | Scytherian War Bands
Qushan Empire
Neterro Empire
The Valasoffi
 **Result** | Fall of Neterro Empire, Rise of Scytherian Empire, worsening ties between Scytherians and Enchiron Beriddian species

## Background

### Declining Empire

The Fall of Neterro began before their defeat in the Red Sands war. Initially the Neterro Empire was massive and ruled 1/28th of the entire planet of Tygotan at one point (the largest empire of the time) however due to its size it was nearly impossible to fully defend and eventually chunks of territory were lost to enchroaching tribesman over several centuries.

One of these Nomadic bands were the Scytherians who lived on the Eponymous isthmus of Scytheria. These people were well known by the Neterro as raiders and mercenaries, they worked with the Neterro centruies earlier to help them build their empire against the Sesu'j Kingdom.

However after decades of worsening ties due to regional desertification lead to the nomadic Scytherians moving further into the Neterro's territories, leading to numerous battles.

### Red Sands War

The Red War began between the Neterro Empire and the Qushan Empire due to the then religious divergence between the two as well as disputed territory along the Reggit River, this war lasted from 2800 to 2851, both empires clashing for so long and so violently that their manpower dropped by 97% eventually relying on conscripting Female Natogytts and elder Male Natogytts after some time. During this conflict the Scytherians had grown in number and in power they fought their own war against the Valasoffi defeating and assimilating them into their culture. The Scytherians competed with their former allies a Sapient non-Natogytt species known as the Enchiron Beriddians for territory, though very few battles occurred between them due to diplomacy their relations began to sour very slowly over the next few centuries.

The Scytherians now spurred by oppurtunity mobilized one massive army lead by a warrior king known as the "Blue Emperor" or in their original language "Sasson Shakuro" (which retroactively became his name) King Sasson Shakuro would lead his people to victory in over 30 major battles against both weakened empires and by December of 2851 his forces had brought the Neterro to heel, none of the empire's leaders had survived and many of its people slaughtered during the war, the Scytherians moved in and on December 10 2851 Sasson Shakuro would become emperor of the new Scytherian Empire.

### Aftermath and Legacy

The Foundation of the Scytherian Empire came about through oppurtunity, bloodshed and a strong spy network, watching the two juggernaughts of the age destroying one another and taking advantage of their war for the benefits of another group, this ideology became the core of the "Scytherian Style" Political philosophy, for millenia to come, even during the age of the United Sapphirian Republics nearly ten thousand years later, this ideology still persists.