The Locust War
Emergence Day to Bloom 17 A.E.: humanity against the Locust Horde.
The Locust War was a planet-wide conflict between the humans of Sera and the subterranean Locust of the Hollow. The war began on Emergence Day, when the Locust Horde emerged from the underground caverns of the Hollow and eliminated one quarter of the human population.
Quick Facts
- Began
- Emergence Day (0 A.E.)
- Ended
- Bloom 17 A.E.
- Place
- Sera
- Result
- Pyrrhic human victory
- Preceded by
- Pendulum Wars
Facts from the source article.
Background
In the months following E-Day, the Locust advanced across the surface of Sera and overran most of the planet. With Locust victory seemingly inevitable, newly elected COG Chairman Richard Prescott used the Hammer of Dawn to eradicate all Locust-controlled areas. The Hammer strikes slowed the Locust advance across the surface, and the human survivors of the Hammer strikes formed independent clans, called the Stranded. By 5 A.E., the Locust began to conquer cities on the Jacinto Plateau, starting with the assault on Landown during the Winter of Sorrow.
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