Etami Tetenik (concept)
Beginning in 861 IS with the death of Boqqar Kayoba, the Etami Tetenik was the convoluted succession struggle turned catastrophic civil war that brought the Boqqarut to ruin. With no obvious heir, the succession began as a traditional Tetenik, with a variety of major and minor claimants raising armies and marching towards Zahali. However, unlike in the past, open conflict erupted after a one-year standoff, with the armies led by Falor and Dabok, both powerful noblemen, meeting in open battle at the gates of the capital, soon spilling over into the city. Though Dabok would emerge victorious, he would crown himself Boqqar while gazing upon the wreckage of Zahali.
Of course, this reign was not to last, and a combined army of multiple claimants would march on the city within a few months, deposing him, after which their coalition would collapse into infighting itself. While chaos gripped the heartlands, the edges of the empire began to slip away, as basically anyone with command of a handful of men proclaimed themselves Boqqar, and either marched towards the capital or began carving their own realms out of the collapsing Boqqarut. In several regions, with external authority having disappeared completely, the Lodges became the sole beacons of order, while in others, pre-collapse nobility formed their own kingdoms from the ashes of the Boqqarut. Though the war over Zahali would continue for about a decade, Damota had collapsed in on itself, and the age of warlords would soon consolidate into one of minor realms, with the once-unified region split between a number of rulers and states.