The "Times of Chaos" (or the "Age of Heroes" as it would later be called) were a devastating period of Southeast Asian history between the fall of the Kingdom of Suhendra and the final consolidation of the Kulawanti Empire. During this time, hegemony over the seas and land was shattered, leading to a rise in piracy, war, famine, plague, and general chaos. 1500 was a year noteworthy for the formation of The Pact of Lupah Sug, an alliance agreed to on the titular island. The Pact was formed as a bulwark against the rising Kulawanti Empire, and would long fund conflict against in, supporting states it was at war with and directly fighting the Empire itself on many occasions. Conflict between the Pact and the Empire would define interstate relations in the region for the better part of the next four centuries, until the eventual destruction of the Pact at the hands of the Empire in the 11th century B.C.E.

Map of Southeast Asia from the perspective of the Kulawanti, 1500 B.C.E.