Saints War (concept)
The Saints War is the name for the various conflicts between the Agionist Holy Orders and the native Sarradonians beginning in roughly 1144 IS.
Agioninst, Marcher and Aversarian merchants and preachers began landing in Sarradon in 1144 IS not long after Self-Replicating Blood Magic tore apart the continent, and they were sold large swathes of land as trade possessions by desperate Sarradonian warlords who saw them as a chance to rebuild trade and as a source of mercenaries for their depopulated armies. While there was some conflict with the foreigners, for the most part the initial settlement was peaceful, and largely welcomed.
Overtime, however, the northerners began taking more land, eventually outright warring for lands that were not sold to them initially. Taking the brunt of the attack, the Ritualists were the first to fall, the final independent Ritualist stronghold falling in 1237 IS. Conflict against the Wardenites began in earnest soon after. Now, the merchants and preachers found themselves bankrolled by the Aversarian crown, the Agionists on the mainland being forcefully moved to Sarradon and the Aautokrata extracting great wealth from the newly conquered territories.
The Wardenites were pushed back, the Mamur being seen as weak and slow to respond by many. This was until the rise of Ḥārthah ibn Sarradon, the former chief general to the Mamur who began a one man crusade against the Agionists after the enslavement and murder of his wife by the Order of Saint Calysto's Key. While soon after captured and thrown into the ocean, he miraculously survived, gathering strength in the southeast which he soon turned into a grand counter offensive against the northerners, holding most of the eastern coast by 1254 IS.