Context.
Since antiquity, the coastal lowlands and interior highlands of Calassy have formed an unofficial cultural partition. In Segouza, the mountainous and harsh terrain distances the Vensalantin (a term for Calassines of Segouza) from the strict central control felt by most of Calassy. This distancing comes at the cost of the security felt by most Calassines, who lack the federal support enjoyed by the western territories against the harsh wildlife and dry seasons.
Segouza also enjoys a closer relationship with the Crown states of Atōmenea and the Sasinthene world, with significant Vensalantin diaspora in Goentea, Tanthes, and Voleize. The prohibitive culture of the western territories, particularly Ketsalanka, is not well-reflected in Segouza. After 953, Cazia-Orod waged several skirmishes in southern Segouza, acts which the new Galat Damor punished harshly. By 1018, Cazia-Orod’s incursions had no sign of stopping, while the Zalahem War drew federal resources away from its traditional marcher territory of Halenkatem, so these incursions met only local resistance.
In 1038, the Galat Simyar VI raised tributary labor quotas federally. In Segouza, this move was met with mockery and anger; security in the region was poor and in Halenkatem many faced frontier law at the hands of ‘unaffiliated’ Cazian warlords. In 1052, aggrieved Vensalantin failed to convince the Dorohat of Halenkatem to divert forces to these territories. Three bands defected. Hunters signed on as irregulars, forming the Segouzan White Army, which waged an unsanctioned war against the Cazian warlord Dano Kemoxtenec and claimed victory in 1055 with his death.
Kemoxtenec was left to rot in the sun. Meanwhile, the Vensalantin had proven that they were capable of their own defense. In the summer of 1056, the Dorohat of Halenkatem was captured from his citadel in Karasmitukim. Yacyar Gibosukis, commander of the Segouzan White Army, declared himself Azet of Segouza. For the Galat Simyar VI, this was a major threat to his rule. For many Vensalantin, it was a call to action.
Gibosukis would never claim the title of Galat, and nor did his successor. From 1056 to 1078, reserves from the Numesian war were deployed to garrison Segouza. Despite the cultural divide, Vensalantin were Calassines, and subject to the intense national pride cultivated by the ascendancy’s offices of propaganda. It was, then, a testament to the squalor in which the eastern territories had been left during the Zalahem war that the garrisons found little sympathy in these eastern cities.
Outcome.
There were few major battles. All of Segouza was rife with small skirmishes and frontier violence. The garrisons were raided and federal soldiers were killed in the streets. No treaty was signed between Gibosukis and the Kalat, nor was Segouza ever ceded to its new custodians. However, the territory remained too expensive to recapture, and the domestic instability forced the Galat into a hasty ceasefire with the remaining Ondmarese forces.