The Night of Fiery Daggers was a key battle in the Desert Wars.
History[]
Kharak's early history was full of conflicts. The Heresy Wars raged across most of the planet, and after his ending, most Kiith formed the Coalition of the Northern Kiithid, which renounced to making war between themselves and working together for the common welfare.
But there was a single exception.
Kiith Gaalsien, a fanatized Kiith, believed than everything happening on Kharak was his god Sajuuk's will, and to try to defy it is was a blasphemy. For this, they blew the defenses against the sand of the tempñle city of Saju-ka, drowning the city under the sand, and for this they were forced to exile at the Great Banded Desert.
BY 1074 KDS, the sand's advance threatened to invade the fertile regions of the north pole. To prevent it, the Coalition launched the construction of Project StormBreaker, a gigantic wall to stop it. The Gaalsiens saw it a s a blasphemy and abandoned their isolation and began raiding it... but with limited success, against the huge resources and people of the Coalition. The gaalsien leader at the time could see that if the Wall were completed, it would break any chance of threatening Tiir for decades. For this reason, he ordered a full commitment to "Siifar Kor'shesh": the Night of Fiery Daggers.
On the first night of the year 1074, ten thousand Gaalsien Fists hit the twin gate wall forts guarding the main access valley to the interior, hoping to raze them and drive on into the rich lands beyond. The Guardian forts were still incomplete, but manned by 500 warriors and another 600 technicians and laborers.
Withering cross-fire took down the fanatics by the hundreds, but as the night passed, the Northern defenders were slowly whittled away. By the first ripples of dawn, the fighting had entered the main gates. The last of the Siidim warriors fought and died side by side with S'jet technicians and Hraal laborers who bravely sacrificed themselves to hold their position.
When the last of the Gaalsien reserves had been called into the breach, it was finally time for Naabal-Sa to give the order to close the trap.
One signal echoed out from the comm towers of the gate. "Bring the Red"
And with that, two full legions of Sobani mercenaries rose up from the desert floor and broke the Gaalsien army against the stones of the gate. The Naabal had spent many lives to lure them in and make sure the Gaalsien would be stripped of their army for a full generation... and it had worked.
The Night of Fiery Daggers allowed the Coalition to successfully finish the project, now called Frontier Wall, and keep at bay the Gaalsiens for about three decades.
Appearances[]
- Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (mentioned)