Invasion of Luetka

The invasion of Luetka by the Khutuan navy was a military operation that began during Eluli's Slumber in 439 IE. Luetka had been occupied by the Empire sporadically centuries earlier, but after the Empire's collapse, local chiefs, speakers of a creole of Ombesh and the local Luetkan language, had taken power in mainland Luetka. The Luetkan islands, however, were largely untouched by Omban imperialism and had developed a sophisticated maritime economy based on whaling, fishing, and seal hunting. Khutu's invasion of the Luetkan islands, the nearest of which were only some fifty miles from the Khutuan coast, was motivated by a desire to control that trade, and was rationalized as a movement against piracy. The invasion was largely unsuccessful and ended in 441 when Eluli's Slumber ended.