Hegyhát Wars

Hegyhát Wars
Location Primarily Imperial South, expanded towards the Imperial Central and the Sivatag. Result Treaty of Csorvás and Demecser Territorial changes Hegyhát Empire acquires sovereignty over all of the Imperial South. Beginning of the Ébredés & Sovereignity of the Salgó Kingdom.
Belligerents
Hegyhát Empire	1st Kaposvárans Tapolcans Szadans Csemőics Vasadans 2nd Template:Country data Sivatag Confederation Template:Country data Eastern Kingdom (skirmishes) 3rd Template:Country data Jenő Principality Template:Country data Eastern Kingdom Template:Country data Northern Coalition (limited support) Salgó States: Template:Country data Salgó Governorate Template:Country data Balástya Governorate Template:Country data Algyő Governorate Template:Country data Kassa Governorate Template:Country data Alsónána Governorate Template:Country data Sárpilis Governorate Template:Country data Madocsa Governorate

The Hegyhát Wars were a series of three wars fought during the Proto-Imperial between the Hegyhát Empire and a variety of tribes primarily for control over the region of the Imperial South. The First Hegyhát War took place specifically within the central region of the Imperial South, and the Second Hegyhát War was fought over the far-eastern region of the Imperial South. These two wars constituted the Southern Conquest that encapsulated the formation and subsequent expansionism of the Hegyhát Empire. The Third Hegyhát War was the largest of the three and was fought in the western part of the Imperial South. There were also theaters within the Imperial West, the Imperial Central and the Imperial East. The Hegyhát Empire invaded the Imperial Central and subsequently fought a coalition of allies led by the Jenő Principality, who were assisted by the Eastern Kingdom, several Salgo independent states, and the Northern Coalition.

The First Hegyhát War started as a direct consequence of the Doryottan Kidnapping, a series of mass abductions and lootings that were committed by an organized force by the Hegyhát Empire against the Duchies of Kaposvár, the Tapolca and the Szada. These lootings were often violent, brutal and methodical where female Hegyhát soldiers would invade smaller villages and murder the females within that village. They would then abduct the men and be forcibly married when the looting force returned. These men could also be sold into slavery, as abducted men under the societal rules of Hegyhát matriarchy. The First Hegyhát War was an escalation of the kidnappings, and Empress Doryotta II called for a complete invasion and the absorption of any neighboring tribes that could threaten its power. The Duchies of Csemő and Vasad assisted the Tapolca in a united front. However, many of these duchies were unorganized and led to their scattering at the Battle of Mezőcsát. The Looting of Csepel was the final battle in the war, but by that point the only remaining Duchy that had not capitulated was the Duchy of Vasad.

The Second Hegyhát War began when the Sivatag Confederation declared war against the Hegyhát Empire, in an effort of attempting to stop its growing expansion into the far-eastern region of the Imperial South. The Sivatag Confederation consisted of six different tribes: The Székely, Nagykálló, Kiskálló, Bagamér, Vén, and the Őr. The Sivatag Confederation was decisively defeated, however the Hegyhát Empire was never able to fully control the regions the Sivatag possessed. Many of these areas were unhospitable by the Hegyhát.

The Third Hegyhát War began with a Hegyhát invasion of the Imperial Central, crossing the Csóványos Line and beginning the Storming of Kossuth. The invasion was precipitated over increasingly bitter negoigations between the Hegyhát and the Jenő over refugees and migrants coming from the Imperial South towards the cities of Kossuth and Ásotthalom. Word of the invasion spread quickly and the Eastern Kingdom sought to provide military aid. Furhter support was given by the Northern Coalition.

The Hegyhát Wars had reverberating effects on the Imperial South and the Imperial Central. Within the Imperial South, demographic changes primarily affected non-Hegyhát tribes, primarily the initial five tribes that opposed the Hegyhát Empire in the First Hegyhát War. Two tribes, the Székely and the Hajmáskér saw total extinction of their female population due to the Orsolyan Genocide, as their tribes were targeted by Orsolya I, the Empress of Hegyhát.