Mutulo-Reze Wars
| Mutulo-Reze Wars | |||||
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| Part of War of the Exiles | |||||
 Rezeses armors as used during the Wars | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Mutul |
 Sante Reze | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Janab Pacaal Walijaj Chan K'awiil | |||||
| Strength | |||||
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150,000 in total | Template:Country data Reze 60,000 in total | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||
The Mutul - Reze Wars, also sometime known as the Ucayare Wars or the Wars of the Exiled Houses are a serie of conflicts that opposed the Mutul and the Noble Houses of Sante Reze, then forced in a de-facto exile by the Trade Cartel.
The reasons behind the wars are numerous. Since 1502, the Aristocracy of Sante Reze had been dominated by the high bourgeoisie of the coastal cities. While at first they still controlled vast swath of lands in the interior and owned many plantations and exploitations that made the wealth of the country, by the second half of the 16th century they started to loose control of their own lands, seized by Cartel officials through various legal and financial means. Slowly but surely, the Aristocratic landowners were forced further and further westward, far away from the country’s political centers.
By the early second half of the 17th century, expeditions led by exploitants of the Noble Houses had finally come through the Ucayare forest and reached the mountains known as Nojwitz that marks the southern border of the Mutul, as well as the central mountain range marking the separation between Western and Eastern Oxidentale. They explored these mountains in hope of finding gold and other precious minerals, and established new plantations in the valleys and the areas of the Ucayare they had deforested alongside the main rivers.they used to export their products.
The first real war between the Mutul and the “Noble Houses” was preceded by years of small scales conflicts as the exact border of the Divine Kingdom were unclear and poorly defended. The K’uhul Ajaw claimed ownership over most of the Nojwitz’ plateaus and valleys,a sovereignty not recognized by the Houses. In 1671, the Mutul attacked the Houses establishments west of the T’ekot Pass, helped by the insurrection of many Ucayara tribes. The war ended with a truce and the construction of new fortresses to control the T’ekot Pass and other important crossing points into Western Oxidentale.
The second war began with surprise attacks by the Noble Houses against Mutuleses positions in Nojwitz. They managed to seize some forts and take control of various passes and valleys. The rest of the war was made by the Mutuleses trying to reclaim their strongholds, with the notable exception of one expedition by a Reze aristocrat deeper in the Mutul-controlled plateaus.
The Third Mutulo-Reze war started in 1684 when the K’uhul Ajaw B’alijaj Chan K’awiil ordered expeditions against the Noble Houses, crossing the T’ekot Pass and attacking the Rezeses possessions in the Ucayare forest, while also besieging forts in the Nojwitz still held by the Houses.
The Fourth War is generally called the “Subterfuge War” or the “False War”, as it lasted only a few months with no casualty, as its true aim was to hide the existence of the recently signed pact between the Noble Houses and the K’uhul Ajaw and notably the travel of the all the Houses’ children, sent away to K’alak Muul as hostages and guarantees for the Pact.
Thus the Pact marked the end of the fightings between the Mutul and the Rezeses Houses. It led to the official alliance between the K’uhul Ajaw and the Noble League that would rise against the Trade Cartel in 1699, thus moving their interests away from the Mutul and the Ucayare. The Pact also officialized the border between Sante Reze and the Divine Kingdom, largely to the advantage of the later who now owned the quasi-totality of the Nojwitz Mountain Range and was recognized its sovereignty over the lands west of the T’ekot Pass. In exchange for all of this, the Mutul agreed to support the Noble Houses in their conflict against the Trade Cartel, sending ressources, weapons, and even men, through the Ucayare Forest, bypassing entirely the Cartel’s control over sea lanes. Thus, the Pact marked the start of a long period of friendly relations between the Mutul and the Noble Republic, lasting to this day.