Ishta

Type

Geopolitical, Country

Official Languages

• Sirji Language

Related Ranks & Titles

• Sultan

Neighboring Nations

• Bonswulia
• Kolor
• Manforge Mountains
• Shield of Life

Related Species

• Human

Related Ethnicities

• Sirji - Human

Related Historical Events

• 909
  Field Marshall Udarmir's wife Lucinda is killed by assassins from Ishta targetting the Field Marshall of the Shield of Life.
• 832
  A cell of spies from the Theocracy of Thadis are discovered to be selling military placements in the Shield of Life to Ishta.
• 536
  Settlers of the northern portion of the Shield of Life formerly of Ishta begin creating civil unrest. Villages settled by people formerly of Ishta begin raiding neighboring villages of Shield of Life residents, claiming moral superiority.
• 527
  A settlement treaty between the Shield of Life and Ishta is broken. Troublemakers linked with Ishta are killed or exiled back to Ishta.
• 508
  A Settlement Treaty is reached with Ishta, allowing settlers from Ishta that settled in the northern region around Os Gulch to stay in the Shield of Life, provided they keep the peace.
• 493
  Military campaign is launched by the Shield of Life against Ishta, resulting in the border reestablished to former point with Ishta. Castle Blackfist is constructed near Os Gulch to aid in defense of border.
• 487
  Bandits begin to plague villages in the Solitar region of the Shield of Life. Suspicions that they are guerilla soldiers from Ishta are never confirmed.
• 434
  Ishta, wary of growing population of Karpathian refugees and dwarven warriors, attempts a pre-emptive strike to take the rest of the Shield of Life. The campaign is successfully stemmed, and the border is maintained.
• 291
  Rural warriors of the Shield of Life rebel against the ruling nobility in frustration with the ongoing invasion by Ishta. The peasant hero Celebor seizes rule, enjoying the support of the masses.
• 285
  An invasion of elephant cavalry and foot from Ishta into the Shield of Life results in loss of territory to Moat Drac'Lorien. Moat Drac'Lorien itself is nearly destroyed, but Shield of Life forces are successful in counter attacking and stemmng losses
• 166
  House of Einus, a respected family of nobles and the builders of Moat Drac'Lorien in the Shield of Life, are bankrupted by a gnome merchant house following an aggresive move into fruit marketing to Ishta