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Following the abandonment of the [[Far East Colony]] in [[1817]] by the [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Marialanii Ularien Trading Company]] the native Oyashi daimyos and ambitious Matsutori mainlanders formed various factions and started fighting to control the territory. One such faction was the [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Republic of Matsutori]], a short-lived [[Occidental]]-inspired republic beset by domestic political divisions and ethnic tensions, and foreign territorial encroachments and diplomatic pressure.

During the 1850s, under the of command the Zurg Tezomoc, Varshan initiated a multiyear-long naval expedition to the [[Shauku Archipelago]], thoroughly defeating the [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] forces in the region and rendering [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] control over the islands unfeasible. With the conquest of the [[Shauku Archipelago|archipelago]], Varshan had a foothold in the Far East of [[Audonia]] and would occupy the islands for the next 170 years.

During the 1850s, under the command the Zurg Tezomoc, [[Varshan]] initiated a multiyear-long naval expedition to the [[Shauku Archipelago]], thoroughly defeating the [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] forces in the region and rendering [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] control over the islands unfeasible. With the conquest of the [[Shauku Archipelago|archipelago]], Varshan had a foothold in the Far East of [[Audonia]] and would occupy the islands for the next 170 years. Under the direction of Tezomoc and successive Zurgs of pious disposition, the archipelago was intended to become a bastion from where to spread [[Arzalism]] and its sacrificial practices westwards. [[Varshan]] shipped thousands of its own people from the mainland to numerically overwhelm the local peoples and secure the islands. In addition to the harsh Arzalist practices of human sacrifice, the local population soon saw themselves relegated to the lowest rungs of Varshani society, seen as infidels kept around only to do manual labor. The governors of the new Shauku altepetl set to whipping the population into shape building new ship construction facilities that were meant to churn out an armada with which to assail the daimyos of [[Oyashima]]. The late 1800's saw a marked increase in naval confrontations and low level conflict between Varshan Shauku and the statelets of Oyashima, this conflict is known as the [[War of the Tides]]. What [[Varshan]]'s sailors lacked in skill made up in sheer numbers and their fleets were able to overwhelm their enemies at several critical junctions. The war ended in a stalemate after Varshan's fleet was engulfed in a sea storm off the northern coast of Oyashima and destroyed, of note being this was the furthest west that Varshan's ships had ever sailed. The ruinous expense of naval buildup forced later Zurgs to step back from Tezomoc's policy of bold adventurism in the western seas, preferring instead to focus on the near abroad of continental [[Crona]].

===Contemporary period===

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 Following the abandonment of the [[Far East Colony]] in [[1817]] by the [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Marialanii Ularien Trading Company]] the native Oyashi daimyos and ambitious Matsutori mainlanders formed various factions and started fighting to control the territory. One such faction was the [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Republic of Matsutori]], a short-lived [[Occidental]]-inspired republic beset by domestic political divisions and ethnic tensions, and foreign territorial encroachments and diplomatic pressure.
-During the 1850s, under the of command the Zurg Tezomoc, Varshan initiated a multiyear-long naval expedition to the [[Shauku Archipelago]], thoroughly defeating the [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] forces in the region and rendering [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] control over the islands unfeasible. With the conquest of the [[Shauku Archipelago|archipelago]], Varshan had a foothold in the Far East of [[Audonia]] and would occupy the islands for the next 170 years.
+During the 1850s, under the command the Zurg Tezomoc, [[Varshan]] initiated a multiyear-long naval expedition to the [[Shauku Archipelago]], thoroughly defeating the [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] forces in the region and rendering [[Oyashima#Republic_of_Matsumori|Matsutorine]] control over the islands unfeasible. With the conquest of the [[Shauku Archipelago|archipelago]], Varshan had a foothold in the Far East of [[Audonia]] and would occupy the islands for the next 170 years. Under the direction of Tezomoc and successive Zurgs of pious disposition, the archipelago was intended to become a bastion from where to spread [[Arzalism]] and its sacrificial practices westwards. [[Varshan]] shipped thousands of its own people from the mainland to numerically overwhelm the local peoples and secure the islands. In addition to the harsh Arzalist practices of human sacrifice, the local population soon saw themselves relegated to the lowest rungs of Varshani society, seen as infidels kept around only to do manual labor. The governors of the new Shauku altepetl set to whipping the population into shape building new ship construction facilities that were meant to churn out an armada with which to assail the daimyos of [[Oyashima]]. The late 1800's saw a marked increase in naval confrontations and low level conflict between Varshan Shauku and the statelets of Oyashima, this conflict is known as the [[War of the Tides]]. What [[Varshan]]'s sailors lacked in skill made up in sheer numbers and their fleets were able to overwhelm their enemies at several critical junctions. The war ended in a stalemate after Varshan's fleet was engulfed in a sea storm off the northern coast of Oyashima and destroyed, of note being this was the furthest west that Varshan's ships had ever sailed. The ruinous expense of naval buildup forced later Zurgs to step back from Tezomoc's policy of bold adventurism in the western seas, preferring instead to focus on the near abroad of continental [[Crona]].
 ===Contemporary period===

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