General Oxas

General Oxas is a Bazian military commander from antiquity referenced in histories studied by the avout. During a northern incursion across the frozen River Chontus into the Plains of Thrania, he seized power from the Bazian Imperator and led the legions out to confront the Sarthians near Trantae.

Campaign and death

• After weeks of maneuver around Trantae, the Sarthians staged a feigned retreat. Oxas advanced into a pincer, was surrounded, and the Bazian position collapsed.
• Later tellings specify that he was pierced by eight arrows and fell on his own sword. Within months, Baz was burning.

Context and mentions

• Oxas’s campaign and fall are discussed within the concent as material for a planned botanical reenactment of the Battle of Trantae. Stakes were set to mark sites such as the place where he fell.

Affiliations and adversaries

• Affiliation: Bazian legions; claimed rule by deposing the Bazian Imperator.
• Adversaries: Sarthian forces operating out of the northern provinces.

Status

• Deceased at Trantae.