Sahaar is a desert and the one of three homelands of the Orcs, after events known as the Orc Crusades, in the Ashan universe. It is located in Southwestern Thallan.
History[]
In 467 YSD, an orcish rebellion broke out in the Seven Cities, which spread to Holy Falcon Empire. Rejecting their masters and the Dragon-Gods, the orcs declared themselves free. In the Holy Falcon Empire, crusades were declared against the orcs – attempts to subjugate them and convert them back to dragon worship. The fighting was brutal, and the Orcs were relentlessly driven back. Eventually, the unrepentant survivors fled wherever they could, including the Steppes of Ranaar. Many orcs refused to abandon their homeland however, and with the help of Kibwe remained as nomads fighting the wizards in the Desert of Sahaar. In 504 YSD, a great storm sank the Haven fleet that was prepared to follow the orcs to Pao Islands. The Falcon Emperor declared this a sign from the Dragon-Gods, and formally ended the Orc Crusades.
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