Fourth Isbajath

The route of tisbajuma from the Third to the Fourth Isbajath

The Fourth Isbajath, 2257 to 2260, advanced the campaign of the Incarnandinas. Under the direction of the Incarnandina Miyanikhiya kath Agiya, the th'ughiya Ukhalirya kath Agiya and the harubeel, S’abubyal kab T’ehub, led the veteran warriors from the successful Third Isbajath in Ebinóë by caravel across the Pallathantic Sea the harbor of Gnousikai. They took rest to gain strength in the lawful stronghold of Zamaclë and then left within ten days to catch the chaos ruler, Varyaz the Shapeless, off-guard. However, the ruler expected as much and was prepared to meet the tisbajuma in the harbor at the Battle of Desmer.

Varyaz the Shapeless, a throe being from another realm, had been summoned by the collaborative effort of the Ugamionite chaos mages of Maturn. The exocosmic being was enthroned as their ruler and took to himself several human brides. Their offspring were prismatic, alien beings and the occasion of his rule is known as Protean Gnousikai to historians.

Varyaz was unable to expel the tisbajuma from his shores and the Shenimite commanders set the walled city under siege, both by land and by sea, a condition which did not change until 2258, when a relief force of beings from the realm of chaos materialized and fought to slay or drive off the tisbajuma in the conflict subsequently known as the Battle of the Sea Throes. The energist warriors defeated the throes and resumed the siege into 2260 when a relief force for the tisbajuma arrived and the commanders assaulted the city and the fortress of Varyaz the Shapeless. In the first conflict, the Battle of the Children of Varyaz, 2260, Harubeel S’abubyal kab T’ehub, was slain, although the tisbajuma did defeat Varyaz's defending army. Dyasa Chaspavut, an Ersercese Incarnandist Commander was made the new harubeel and led the tisbajuma army into the city. After the besiegers broke into the city, they drove through to the seat of the chaos ruler's dominion and fought the hard-pressed Battle of Ojimat Palace in the same year. Zudhayal kab S'ephah and Salishaim kab T'amunyal are credited with slaying Varyaz the Shapeless. The Basilica of Saints S'ephah and Salishaim is named after them.

During the siege, Zamaclë became an important site that received additional tisbajuma before they were transported by barge to the Harbor of Gnousikai. After the defeat of Varyaz and the occupation of the city, the commanders prepared for the advance from Gnousikai to Bryndyd for what would be the Seventh Isbajath against Bexaloth Archmage of the Infinite Elements of Eternal Chaos.

The word 'Protean' refers to Gnousikai's historic period during the rule of Varyaz the Shapeless.

Battles and Conflicts of the Fourth Isbajath

• Battle of Desmer, 2257, sea battle in harbor of Gnousikai
• Siege of Protean Gnousikai, 2257 to 2260
• Battle of the Sea Throes, 2258, relief army from realm of chaos comes to deliver Varyaz, tisbajuma driven to ships in the harbor
• Siege is resumed for over another year into 2260
• Battle of the Children of Varyaz, 2260, Tisbajuma defeat the throe children of Varyaz in Gnousikai, S’abubyal kab T’ehub, harubeel, slain in battle
• Battle of Ojimat Palace, 2260, Gnousikai; Zudhayal kab S’ephah and Salishaim kab T’amunyal slay Varyaz

Commanders and Notable Warriors

• Dyasa Chaspavut, successor harubeel, Ersercese Incarnandist tis'baja,
• S’abubyal kab T’ehub, harubeel, (Life 2223 to 2260), nephew to Miyanikhiya kab Agiya, veteran of third and fourth isbajutha, slain in the Battle of the Children of Varyaz
• Salishaim kab T’amunyal, nephew to Miyanikhiya,
• Ukhalirya kath Agiya, (th'ughiya), older sister to Miyanikhiya
• Zudhayal kab S’ephah, older brother to Gidhoniel kab S’ephah, also credited with slaying Varyaz the Shapeless

Sources

No Longer Extant

• Annals of the Gnousikæan Mages of the God Ugamios, record of summonings and other collaborative efforts—this record is no longer extant, but referenced in other works.

Primary Sources

• Book of Arathracontis
• Funeral Inscription of the Princess Laluthaxa
• Murals of the Tomb of the Family of Kirxionantiaxipos the Scribe
• Oracles of Errenantis, ca 2260
• Princess Sídb Manuscripts, discovered in a neighborhood in Priodezza, Maturn; supposedly copies of letters and diary written by Medibgösk Princess Sídb who was betrothed to Varyaz

See Also

• Isbajutha
• Protean Gnousikai
• S’abubyal kab T’ehub
• Varyaz the Shapeless
• Zudhayal kab S’ephah