


Countless numbers of Estalians were enslaved and sent back across the seas to the infamous slave markets of Lashiek. The Estalians are a hardy and fierce folk, but despite putting up a hardy defence, were soon overrun.

The Crusades began in 1448 when the tyrannical ruler of Araby, Sultan Jaffar, sailed across the Great Ocean with a huge army to invade Estalia. The Crusades against Araby were one of the largest military expeditions ever mounted, and probably the largest such war fought against a foe other than the hordes of Chaos. Even twenty centuries after it began, the Great Crusades against Araby remain one of the defining events of the Old World, continuing to this day to have an impact on the nations that took part.
