The term for 'holy war' under the Xhazobkult religion. While all Xhaz have fit this definition to varying degrees, a few could be viewed as having been launched for personal or political reasons.
List of Major Xhaz[]
- Gnoll Great Xhaz (654 BA - 618 BA): the first Xhaz, formed in 654 BA by the First Xhazobine. Famous for conquering Kheterata and Bulwar, and responsible for the Castanite Exodus. Their expansion was ended in the War of the Great Xhaz by Castan the Progenitor, and they and the Xhazobine was defeated in the First Great Cleansing which followed directly from the War of the Great Xhaz.
- Draconic Xhaz (475 - 480 AA): also known as the Second Xhaz, dragon hysteria spread by fleeing Crodamic tribesmen who were fleeing through Businor saw local gnolls unite under a Xhazobine and attempt to invade the Damerian Republic, primarily The Borders. They would push further east, going through what is now the Forlorn Vale to reach Trialmount in order to serve the dragons they believed lived there. In the end, the Draconic Xhazobine would be devoured whole by Zaamalot the Black, who had nested there.
- Third Xhaz (666 - 669 AA): uniquely united by a male gnoll, the Xhazobain. During this time a good portion of Bulwar were ruled by the Gnollish Petty Kingdoms and as such much of the Third Xhaz consisted of gnolls of lesser status, exiles or those driven to religion as a way to counteract the "bulwarized" gnolls ruling over the humans. The Third Xhaz did not get very far into Cannor due to the efforts of the Korbarid Kingdom and Late Castan's Empire, and was eventually stopped at a large cost by the Korbarid King Daravan the Malignant, who flooded much of his lands to create Daravan's Folly. While this killed the Xhazobain and prevented any further gnollish excursions, the Korbarid Kingdom went into decline, and the gnollish survivors of the deluge remained into new marshland as the Flamemarked Gnolls. Conspiracists claim that though the Xhazobain perished, it was he who cursed the Folly with her dying breath, causing some connection between the Infernal Plane and the Folly.
- Twin Xhaz (1240 - 1255): Born near the lands of the gnollish Kogs, the twin Xhaz was the result of a demon possessing two twin gnolls still in their mothers womb, eating their way out and quickly growing adult sized months before their first birthday. They gathered a great gnoll host and invaded Fanguala in the far west, During this invasion Fangaula only defended their capital province, leaving the border lands of their empire easy pickings for the Gnoll horde. Eventually the Twin Xhaz was slain by a Ndurubu warrior in a great duel. The defeat of the Twin Xhaz led to the loss of legitimacy of the demon worshiping faith to many western Gnoll tribes, though it did pave the way to events that lead to the downfall of the second Fangaula empire, with the earth Planetouched Banni murdering the royal family due to anger at the Twin Xhaz's forces having free reign of Fangaula border lands due to the imperial army only being ordered to defend the imperial capital.