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, . though the scale of the crisis only became apparent after the Burning of Skrasken on 11-6 1514 TT. On 15-6 1514 TT Saymok's 9th Dictate was issued, ordering the reformation of the Living Army and suspending work on the leaf bogs. With the population reduced by the Withering Saymok was unable to recruit enough men to bring the Living Army up to pre-famine numbers.