Spirit Wars

The Spirit Wars was a series of hostilities between the Xi’an Empire and Kr’Thak which lasted around 991 years (II.961 - II.1735; 272-1263). It was the longest and most devastating conflict in the Xi’an history.

Course of the war
The reason and exact course of the wars are unknown. The Galactapedia states: 'During a Kr’thak incursion in II.1706 (1225), Emperor Iith se Xy.ō and all in her House were exterminated.'

The Xi'an Empire experienced a 152-year interregnum (called The Dark) and fell back in pre-dynastic, civil-warlike conditions.

The war ended years later ended in a stalemate and both sides cut and avoided further contact.

Older Lore
Eradication of the Xy.ō house (412 CE)

In 412 CE, timed to coincide with an important family celebration in honor of Y.ah’a se Xy.ō, the house’s great matriarch and first Emperor the Kr’Thak launched an orbital bombardment of the Xy.ō estate, elimating the reigning Emperor Xy.ō and her house, leaving nothing but a massive crater behind. After the devastation, the Kr’Thak activated dozens of strike forces around the Xi’an empire, systematically targeting any location with a remaining member of the Xy.ō family. The entire Xy.ō line had been eliminated and their house’s 1,735 SEY reign was over, which brought the Second Imperial Age to a brutal and decisive end.

The remaining military bureaucrats in the crippled Xi’an Empire government negotiated a ceasefire with the Kr’Thak sometime between 412 CE to 501 CE.