Eastern Hordes

From Praemal

Long ignored by the peoples of the west, the tribes beyond the Grey Mountains east of Tarsis have periodically raided the lands of the west for centuries. The adventurers of Quasqueton became folk heroes in the northern Prustan Peninsula for turning back barbarian assaults.

But around 700 IA, the tribes unified under King Oulgas. Assailing the Grey range, they swept across the Plains of Panish in the next few years and fought great battles with the Imperial Army. Due to the barbarians' great numbers and the lack of unification among Imperial forces (the Empire was already divided two -- if not three -- ways), by 709, King Oulgas had laid Tarsis itself under siege. By 710, he sat in the Imperial Palace.

People expected Oulgas to proclaim himself emperor, but he did not. Reportedly, Oulgas had nothing but contempt for the more civilized folk of the west. When he left Tarsis in 714, taking the majority of his people with him back over the mountains, rumor has it that someone asked him why he invaded the area in the first place. Oulgas is said to have answered, "Because I could."

Some easterners stayed behind, most settling in the Plains of Panish or southern Nall.