Galádrós Brážto

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Galádrós
Native nameGaládrós Brážto
Born(149-07-06)July 6, 149
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DiedAugust 8, 179(179-08-08) (aged 30)
(modern Shohuan)
AllegianceLetsatian Empire
Service/branchEastern Colonial Legion
Years of service166-179
RankHigh General
Battles/warsLetsatian conquest of Vaniu

General Galádrós, born Galádrós of Brážto, was a high-ranking military commander of the Letsatian Empire who was renowned in much of the world during his career for never once losing a traditional battle. He played an integral role in the Letsatian conquests of Vaniu which were, by twist of fate, integral in the downfall of the Letsatian overseas colonies in Miraria as well as the monolithic rise of a centralized state in Vaniu.

In August of 179 CE, after a few years of conflict in Vaniu in which Galádrós famously never ordered a retreat nor lost a battle, Galádrós's legion was invited to a dinner prepared by Vaniu tribe leaders who were prepared to surrender to Letsatia. However, the dinner was comprised partly of kaxu, deadly species of fruit that causes severe inflammation of the throat and thus leading to suffocation. Most of Galádrós's legion ate some of the fruit, though he himself refused because of a past incident in which he suffered diarrhea after eating some Vaniu cheese and was thus wary of the foreign cuisine. At the celebration, the effects of the kaxu fruit set in and caused most of Galádrós's legion to begin suffocating, which triggered a united horde of Vaniu horsemen to storm the camp and slaughter most of the dying soldiers, picking off the few stragglers who did not eat the fruit. Galádrós was captured and promptly flayed alive by the tribe leaders, led by Huulongkhwipsong of the warrior caste, all whilst he watched his accomplishments melt away in front of him.

Following the ordeal, Huulongkhwipsong grabbed a captured Letsatian scribe and dictated a message to Emperor Madrandas of Letsatia, which read as follows:

We regret to inform you that your eastern colonial armies have been decimated by us across the sea. We've either captured or killed the colonial leadership that you relied on to conquer lands in what you call Bothania. However, understand that this act was done after years of your people slaughtering ours, both innocent and otherwise, in what seemed an endless campaign for glory or whatever your goals here are. Do not take this as an act of war. It is instead an act of peace, for the fighting is over. Stay out of our lands and we will spare the leaders we've left breathing from a slow demise.

— Huulongkhwipsong, Letter to Madrandas

Emperor Madrandas promptly began assessing the value of continuing to invade Miraria, and decided to begin withdrawing the colonial forces (a process that took roughly 12 years to finish). The events surrounding the end of Galádrós's conquests of Vaniu in 179 CE is referred to as the Peace of Galadrosia, rather than the battle of Galadrosia, because as noted in Huulongkhwipsong's letter it was ultimately an act of peace despite the bloodshed.