Nightbringer War

The Nightbringer War was a massive invasion of Greater Kazara, during the Black Age, by the infamous warlock Leogardion the Black Conquestor and his amassed Black Legion from his sack of Akhtos.

Although the prospects of the campaign seemed low, it quickly evolved into one of the infamous campaigns in history. Legoardion spread carnage and destruction across Kazara, even occupying it as his own kingdom for a short time.

The namesake of the war stems from the thick, black clouds that would reportedly follow the Black Legion, and bring the brightest day to darkness. Many legends have stemmed from this, saying Leogardion had used powerful blackweaving himself to demoralize enemies.

History
With the defeat of Duke Gavron of the Blood Hearts in the north, and the betrayal of his allies, the Briar Witches, Leogardion knew he had few prospects left for him in Renia. Soon he would find himself besieged on every side, and he had little interest in holding his plundered territories.

However, Leogardion did find him in the odd position of having a highly capable army of fanatics who had come to worship him as a god-conquerer. In a bold and seemingly bleak move, Leogardion assaulted and seized the city of Nhencia. From there, he captured dozens of ships and in quick succession sailed to Qamin and docked into the city of Amet.

Leogardion had originally intended to merely exhaust his resources in one final bloody conflict, but instead found that Amet was in a slave rebellion of it's own. Leogardion aided the slaves, and the combined forces easily overtook the city. The slaves more than willingly joined into Leogardion's cult-legion, lured by promises of eternal freedom.

Leogardion knew the forces of the Anchorites would likely not follow him into Qamin. The recent favorable turn of events in Amet gave Leogardion great confidence, and he continued his conquests.

Despite the expected bleak prospects, Leogardion would rise at the greatest conquerer of the war. He had sown such a high degree of disorder throughout Greater Kazara that the empire found itself collapsing. Upon his siege of Kazar, the ruling castes would be massacred and the empire would all but dissolve.

Eventually, Leogardion found his own forces depleting from many factors. For one, his legion had become prone to desertion after a defeat at Anlat Canyon, as well as a cosmic event which caused blinding lights in the sky and a comet to strike the Black Legion's camp. Leogardion had also suffered great attrition while marching from Khimend to Nazira, and was forced to return to Khimend.

From Khimend, he would proclaim himself the ruler of Kazara. Despite his declining forces, Leogardion was able to enforce his rule through the use of local militant loyalists. His ravaging of Kazara had grown in such infamy that it had even drawn the attention of the Oserans.

For over a year Leogardion would hold dominion of various Kazaran territories, before his fall in the Conquestor's Crusade.