Resource War

Resource War was a conflict among the lizardmen tribes of the Great Lake that started out due to the food shortages in the region.

Background
Seven tribes had occupied the wetlands of the Great Lake in the past. They were the Green Claw, Small Fang, Razor Tail, Dragon Tusk, Yellow Speckle, Sharp Edge and Red Eye. The cause of that war had been the inability to catch enough fish to feed their respective tribes. Eventually, hunters of the tribes were forced to leave their territory and fish outside it. Every tribe had done this and before long, the hunters from each tribe encountered each other at their fishing spots. Since this concerned the rations of the entire tribe, they could not back down. Soon enough, arguments turned to violence, and that violence claimed lives. After that, their respective warriors began travelling with their hunters to back them up, and thus battles broke out over food.

Battle
The war dragged in five of the seven tribes, with the Green Claw, Little Fang and Razor Tail tribes on one side against the Yellow Speckle and Sharp Edge tribes. It became a state of total war that did not just involve their warriors, but even the average male and female lizardmen. After repeated all-out battles, the alliance containing the Green Claw was victorious, while the other two tribes were so worn down they could not function as tribes any further and disbanded. In the war the chieftain of Sharp Edge was killed and his signature weapon was taken from him by Zaryusu Shasha who was hailed as a hero.

Aftermath
The war which had taken many lives and wiped out two tribes, leaving the original seven tribes reduced to five. The tribeless lizardmen were absorbed by the Dragon Tusk, who had not taken part in the fighting. Ironically the lack of food which had led to the war was solved by the decrease in the lizardman population in the wetlands, because everyone who survived now had enough fish to live on. The war though allowed a firm alliance of three of the tribes to continue under the leadership of Green Claw. In the aftermath of the war, one of the members of Green Claw Zaryusu Shasha took it upon himself to become a Traveler so as to find a way to prevent a tragedy from ever occurring to the lizardmen. During his time as a traveler, Zaryusu learned about aquaculture and saw it as the solution to prevent another internecine conflict. Upon returning to his village Zaryusu implemented the idea of a fish farm to create a sustainable food source. The war also in some ways had some last effects on racial unity. It laid out the framework for the future Lizardmen Alliance when the forces of the Great Tomb of Nazarick declared war on the lizardmen of the Great Lake several years later. Green Claw using their three tribe alliance as a base, decided to extend hands of friendship to the other tribes Red Eye and Dragon Tusk to avoid extinction.