Urtkaa
military_conflicts.urtkaa
military_conflict
A running fight in the highlands, 1299 AZN, in which the Zegtuzsos Paathur was killed. Neither side was certain of it for months.
Also known as The Unwitnessed
Timeline
- Year End AZN
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1299 - Year End MV
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5899 - Year Start AZN
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1299 - Year Start MV
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5899
Content
Consequence
Canon requires the Paathur's death before the final surrender, and Urtkaa supplies it - but supplies it badly, on purpose. The Empire got the death it needed and no victory it could stage. There was no field, no banner taken, no witness of rank.
The Zegtuzsos got a martyrdom with no reliable account of it. Within two generations there were four incompatible versions of how the Paathur died, and the imperial version - a duel, honourably given - is the one the clutch songs specifically deny.
Engagement
The engagement itself is militarily minor and appears in the Seventy Claws only as a footnote to the pursuit doctrine it illustrates. Fewer than three hundred died.
Overview
Not a set battle. A Zegtuzsos column caught while withdrawing between two highland holds, harried across two days of broken ground.
The Paathur was travelling with it. He was killed by a Kori-duelist who did not know who he had killed, and did not learn until the body was identified some weeks later by a captured Jun.
Two Names
The Unwitnessed is a Zegtuzsos coinage, and it is an accusation. The Empire simply calls it Urtkaa, after the ground.
Relations
- Belligerents
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- The Grand Army
- Coalition of Tribes
- Parent Conflict
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- Great Wyrm War
Raw JSON (for debugging)
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"aliases": [
"The Unwitnessed"
],
"content": {
"consequence": "Canon requires the Paathur\u0027s death before the final surrender, and Urtkaa supplies it - but supplies it badly, on purpose. The Empire got the death it needed and no victory it could stage. There was no field, no banner taken, no witness of rank.\n\nThe Zegtuzsos got a martyrdom with no reliable account of it. Within two generations there were four incompatible versions of how the Paathur died, and the imperial version - a duel, honourably given - is the one the clutch songs specifically deny.",
"engagement": "The engagement itself is militarily minor and appears in the Seventy Claws only as a footnote to the pursuit doctrine it illustrates. Fewer than three hundred died.",
"overview": "Not a set battle. A Zegtuzsos column caught while withdrawing between two highland holds, harried across two days of broken ground.\n\nThe Paathur was travelling with it. He was killed by a Kori-duelist who did not know who he had killed, and did not learn until the body was identified some weeks later by a captured Jun.",
"two_names": "The Unwitnessed is a Zegtuzsos coinage, and it is an accusation. The Empire simply calls it Urtkaa, after the ground."
},
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"meta": {
"notes": "PROPOSAL, not canon. \u0027Urtkaa\u0027 is a generate_names candidate (sigtaara). The Paathur remains unnamed pending the Zegtuzsos-leadership gap.",
"status": "proposed"
},
"name": "Urtkaa",
"native": null,
"relations": {
"belligerents": [
"The Grand Army",
"Coalition of Tribes"
],
"parent_conflict": [
"Great Wyrm War"
]
},
"sources": {},
"subtype": null,
"summary": "A running fight in the highlands, 1299 AZN, in which the Zegtuzsos Paathur was killed. Neither side was certain of it for months.",
"tags": [
"great_wyrm_war",
"third_age"
],
"timeline": {
"year_end_AZN": 1299,
"year_end_MV": 5899,
"year_start_AZN": 1299,
"year_start_MV": 5899
},
"type": "military_conflict"
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