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The Kingdom of Tasirad was already in decline by the time of its crushing defeat at the hands of the Dictrian Coalition due to constant war with the rising mainland and a decline of regional power, and the war sealed its grave, as regional magnates refused to recognize the authority of the crown. The removal of a uniting authority initiated a bloody civil war period on the island, lasting until the Peace of the Vultures in 463, in which the Kingdom of Dukala subjugated a number of Kalan states and bound the rest in an alliance framework that forbade internal conflicts, reuniting the island under an, albeit much more decentralized, authority.
The states in southern Auravas lied in a much more precarious position, sandwiched by the Uravi sphere of influence, the Dukalan sphere of influence, and [whatever dead decides to do rn]. Many states, especially those closer to the great powers, became the subject of devastating proxy wars, and those who exercised a greater degree of independence were engaged in constant war with each other. Many of these wars had religious undertones, such as the ''Temple War'' ''(446-441 BCE)'', fought over a valuable holy site in the Kaskadan Spine. With a fractured political landscape in the south, religious leaders began accruing influence in their respective polities and militarily organizing across state lines, forming the Shviesist League and threatening the influence of the traditional aristocratic families of the region, with many states shifting into more theocratic governments united by the league, and even in the rest hosting powerful religious figures. The league utilized their military force to subjugate the isolated states of southwest Auravas in the ''Wars of the Shviesist League (455-438 BCE)'', directly taking land and leadership and solidifying the power base of the religious leaders of the League
In 403 BCE, the king of Sarti, one of the largest states in southern Auravas, died without a legitimate heir, beginning another proxy war between Urav and Dukala, who both backed a candidate to the throne. Worried by how much an Uravi or Dukalan influence the subjugation of Sarti would bring to the region, the Shviesist League decided to enter the war and support their own candidate to the throne in the 3 way ''Sarti War of Succession (403-378 BCE).'' In the end, the League prevailed due to Urav and Dukala being weakened by their previous constant conflicts and then a number of major revolts that erupted in the 380s BCE in both spheres of influence. This conflict would devastate ancient Auravas, bringing the Urbanization period to a bloody end.
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