Marauder Crisis
The Marauder Crisis took place in Akaria from at least 1515 TT to around 1450 TT.
Background
A famine known as the Withering began in 1518 TT when the majority of the combkar crop failed. Living King Saymok Deram tried in vain to prevent the famine and later to try and end it. Saymok issued his 8th Dictate on 1-1 1515 TT Saymok's 8th Dictate which called for the mass import of swamp leaf, the mass conversion of the derelict combkar farms into leaf bogs and the defunding and temporarily disbanded the Living Army to fund the imports and construction. Large portions of the Living Army did not like being out of work and took to marauding about the Karin Plain, starting the Marauder Crisis.
Marauder Crisis
Early days and the Burning of Skrasken
The first attacks by the marauder groups took place in early 1515 TT.
The scale of the crisis became known on 11-6 1514 TT when a group led by Gochar Feyak attacked the city of Skrasken and burned it to the ground after the Leader of the Skrake, Patok Skrake refused to surrender the city's treasury. After the attack the marauder groups came to be known as Feyaks.
Temur Bokok's rise to power
Temur Bokok took control of the Komur Feyak on 24-12 1474 TT. By this time the Komur Feyak was in loose control of the lands of the Lakar, Dar and Garvak, but did not control any of their principal cities. The Komur Feyak arrived at Lasken on 1-5, 1473 TT and were let into the city on the advice of the Weer Advisor to the Lakar, Goranteer Alandoro. Once in the city they overthrew the Leader of the Lakar, Okal Lakar and replaced him with Komur's son Bekar. After the takeover the Weer Nation began providing the Komur Feyak with supplies as. Temur allowed the Weer Nation to provide him with his own advisor, Shanalee Haloro. On 16-5 of the same year, the Komur Feyak seized Bar. On 26-5 1473, before the Komur Feyak attacked Limeskar Matok Garvak pledged his allegiance to the Komur Feyak and sent a large portion of his army to join them.
By 1473 TT Living King Bark Dar, had little to no influence throughout Akaria, though the post still held religious significance. During this year, Temur Bokok, set out to establish himself as Living King, on Shanalee's suggestion. He began by marrying a granddaughter of Living King so he would have a reason to challenge him to a duel under the right of blood. Next, he rounded up the ossbosches of the Lakar, Dar and Garvak who would be able to name him Living King. On 28-9, 1471 TT his forces advanced into the Deram lands unopposed by the Deram and reached the Tumak Ordok on 7-10 1471 TT. Temur confronted Bark Dar in the Tumak Ordok and challenged him for his leadership of the Dar under the right of blood. As the challenge was not made during a leadership change Bark was not bound by tradition to accept it. However, the vast army surrounding the ordok compelled him to accept the challenge. Temur easily defeated and killed the elderly Dar and declared himself Leader of the Dar as Temur Bokok and Dar. Shortly after the three ossbosches with him declared him Living King.
Temur's March
Temur Bokok and Dar issued 1st Dictate on 17-4 1468 TT, merging the Komur Feyak into the Living Army. Following the merger, a campaign against the Feyaks began, known as the Temur's March.
Though several Feyaks were defeated by Temur's March it was not as effective as Temur had hoped. On 30-6 1450 TT Temur assembled the leaders of the Kadrikes and representatives from the Weer Nation in Ablesken. On 11-7 1450 TT with the support of the various assembled people he issued Temur's 6th Dictate. The dictate established a nationwide tax dedicated to maintaining the Living Army. Payment of the tax could be opted out of if the corresponding Kadrike maintained armed forces of their own. This brought a gradual end to the Marauder Crisis with the last Feyak, the Chomok Feyak, disbanding at somepoint in 1448 TT.