The Arathee had long known about the Murtavirans. Of all the people of Dawn, they were both some of the most powerful, most evil. It was they that had invaded the tekatans and forced a change of their writing, it was they that had goaded the Daso into war after war when their people only wanted peace.

But times change. The Daso had been crushed by a Tekatan lead alliance, and stories had surface that the Murtavirans were in sharp decline. If there was ever an opportunity to exact justice on the Murtavirans for what they had done, the time was now.

2,000 Experienced and equipped Soldiers led an additional 12,000 armed with bow and spear. Several thousand donkeys carried supplies in cart, in addition to the personal supplies carried by each soldier. While the Professionals were fully armored, most of the others wore light linothorax in the hot savanna. In addition, some of the professionals rode horses acquired form the Radeti. They were armed with new bows, curved back on themselves, allowing them to fire from horseback. [These are dependent on my tech post, so this part may not happen]

[Giving an additional reason for the fall of the Murtavira. For more interesting stuff, this should happen at the same time as the Tekatan explo. Military]