Pan Wars

The Pan Wars was an early conflict between the two Producer Empires of the Pan and Pintus. The war resulted in the annexation of the Pan lands into the growing Pintus Empire and can be seen as the point whereby the Pintus had become the sole hegemonic power on the continent of Apa.

Both the Pan and Pintus Empires were major naval powers in Southern Apa and had eventually recognised the threat to eachother's security.

The Pan had originated on the Pan Islands and had expanded to the surrounding coast. The exposed nature of their Empire, being surrounded on three fronts by tribes and smaller Kingdoms, had forced the Pan to be aggressive and untrustworthy to survive. The Pintus, in comparison, had originated from the divided and conflict-ridden Ancients' Peninsula where they had learned to become expansionist.

After a series of defeats by the hands of the Pintus, the Pan had been forced to reduce its focus on the borders with the Elmite and Uju Kingdoms to protect against the Pintus. In 70AP the Pintus successfully invaded the Pan Islands thanks to a lucky event whereby the Admiral of the Pan Navy chocked on his breakfast. This put leadership of the Navy into the hands of an inexperienced Admiral of whom sailors had little faith and resulted in the defeat at the Battle of Tritur.

Pressure from the surrounding peoples had forced the Pan to lose much of its continental posessions. By 80AP the Pan Empire had collapsed and was eventually subsumed into the growing Pintus Empire.