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==== Tzruid era ====
The Tzruid Eraera was marked by Tzruid domination of Esmiri civilization from the south while the northern kingdoms remained fractured, leaving them too busy to compete with one another to compete with the Tzruids. The Tzruid Dynasty was Neo-Estamite and thus drove parts of the church into hiding. The bishops associated with the Urashi Synod who were under Tzruid domination were granted synodality by the Orthodox Church as the Daswei Synod. The Council of Rahit in 523 BC led to the decision that all synods were equal under the communion and that Tahiro 4:6 ("And those with closed hearts reign terror on my body, questioning my prophethood") referred specifically to the Neo-Estamites. While the latter decision was not controversial, the decision in respect to equality of synods was. Head Bishop Yebli of the Zayemi Synod argued that the Council of Rahit was a split from the church and that the Head Bishop of the Zayemi Synod was always the patriarch of the entire church, while the Council of Rahit explicitly stated that the Zayemi Synod played an advisory role as opposed to a necessarily dominant one. With him, he brought a little under half of the Zayemi Synod to declare himself as the remnant of the church, stylized as the Patriarchal Orthodox Church. King Muake IV of Zayem declared himself Patriarchal Orthodox in 514 BC leaving Zayem concretely under the political influence of the Patriarchal Orthodox. Certain priests across Esmir also declared themselves Patriarchal Orthodox within their own synods, although it didn't happen often enough to be much of a problem for the synods themselves.
In 381 BC, the Tzruids attempted to vassalize the Kingdoms of Bhurato, Shdek, Esala, and Yomuka and failed. This led these four kingdoms to form a coalition along with several other kingdoms over the next few years. The Anti-Heterodox Coalition, as it was called, called on the Orthodox Church to reassert itself in Esmiri politics. In 356 BC, thirty-two kingdoms formed the Holy Confederation in the north as the culmination of the Anti-Hederodox Coalition. The Holy Confederation invaded neighboring non-Rahitian kingdoms and forcing dynasties to accept the Council of Rahit over the next few decades before the First Holy Incursion was launched against the Tzruids 249 BC. The Tzruids were not prepared for the attacks and with Daswei forces attacking from the west coming down from mountains to meet the northern forces, the Tzruids were forced to retreat immediately. The retreat failed and the bulk of their forces were flanked causing the capitulation of the Tzruids in 245 BC.
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