The First Great War

The First Great War is the original conflict between Kalka'shar and Shifters, which ended four hundred years before the current, ongoing Great War.
Though the memory of what exactly caused the War is hazy, it is generally accepted that it grew over a long-lasting rivalry between the two races, and a general disgust which soon grew to resentment. The Kalka'shar could not see why a race so fond of their greatest weakness, water, should be allowed to live so close to them. The Shifters coveted the Kalka'shar's luxury, growing bitter that they were forced to live amongst the trees and dirt while the Kalka'shar built over their land.
Eventually, one Shifter rallied his Clan to attack the nearest Kalka'shar towns, each time being forced back, and each time returning even more determined. Soon enough, more Clans followed his lead, creating the start of an all out War between Kalka'shar and Shifter. Their attacks became more and more organised, with full nighttime attacks on the Kalka'shar, who were unused to fighting and warfare and struggled to hold them back.
The battles continued regularly for almost two centuries (the equivalent of just over five years in Kalka'shar time), with heavy casualties on both sides. Where the Shifters' culture was built around war and defense, the Kalka'shar had no previous experience of a war so bloody and violent, and for a time it seemed hopeless.
When the Shifter leadership changed, so too did the War. The new leadership was not so interested in bloodshed and bitterness, and so negotiations were made and a truce was called between the two races. Seeing no other way to remove the fear that had been created between them, the Kalka'shar King Bayol called for a pact. The Shifters would retreat to the Wetlands, and the Kalka'shar would remain in their kingdom south of that. A magical barrier would be erected between territories which would warn either side of intrusion, and any trespassers would be driven out or killed. The Shifters agreed, and the War was over for a time.

Conflict Type

War