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General V.R. Ẍusyk, placed in command of the mountain campaign, looked to the local indigenous communities for help, and forged a series of alliances with the hill tribes to coöperate against Varshan. Kiravia provided humanitarian and medical assistance to hill communities and armed tribal militia who were loaned out as auxilliary units. The Army also recruited volunteers to serve as scouts, guides, interpreters, and commandos, embedded in Kiravian regular units. The hill tribesmen (and -womxn) serving with the Kiravian forces took on the moniker "Hailstorm Warriors", in homage to the worship of hail deities common among the hill tribes and suppressed by Arzalist Varshan. This coöperation dramatically improved the mobility of Kiravian troops through the mountains and the reliability of supply chains, and increased the success rate of strikes on Varshani positions. | General V.R. Ẍusyk, placed in command of the mountain campaign, looked to the local indigenous communities for help, and forged a series of alliances with the hill tribes to coöperate against Varshan. Kiravia provided humanitarian and medical assistance to hill communities and armed tribal militia who were loaned out as auxilliary units. The Army also recruited volunteers to serve as scouts, guides, interpreters, and commandos, embedded in Kiravian regular units. The hill tribesmen (and -womxn) serving with the Kiravian forces took on the moniker "Hailstorm Warriors", in homage to the worship of hail deities common among the hill tribes and suppressed by Arzalist Varshan. This coöperation dramatically improved the mobility of Kiravian troops through the mountains and the reliability of supply chains, and increased the success rate of strikes on Varshani positions. | ||
This rapid loss of Varshan's previously absolute confidence in the Mountains of Terror as a barrier against a Kiravian incursion forced the Varshani military, already under severe strain from Occidental and | This rapid loss of Varshan's previously absolute confidence in the Mountains of Terror as a barrier against a Kiravian incursion forced the Varshani military, already under severe strain from Occidental and Daxian advances on other fronts, to divert some troops from the Yaviža-Zenoctalan lines to the Nužul Plateau and the rim of the Širaq Basin. It also put the Varshani expeditionary force in Telonaticolan at risk of being cut off. | ||
[Eventually Kiravians and Hailstorm Warriors push through the two passes, after which the Varshani defence begins to fall apart, The End.] Kiravian military sources have unanimously credited the Hailstorm Warriors and support from native civilian populations for the success of the Mountains of Terror Campaign and, by extension, for victory on the Eastern Front of the war. | [Eventually Kiravians and Hailstorm Warriors push through the two passes, after which the Varshani defence begins to fall apart, The End.] Kiravian military sources have unanimously credited the Hailstorm Warriors and support from native civilian populations for the success of the Mountains of Terror Campaign and, by extension, for victory on the Eastern Front of the war. | ||