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The Eighth Hegemony Conflict (14 March 1998 – 6 November 2003) was one of eight historic conflicts between the Great Houses of the Xai. The eighth conflict took place between the houses of Ryk and Akra, with the latter seeking to dislodge the former from the position of Hegemon of the Xai. The Ryks, the most powerful of the twenty-seven Xai households, held the position for more than 500 years, and the Akras have been challenging their supremacy since the 18th century. More than a one million Xai were effected by the conflict, and more than a quarter of a million were killed. Though not the largest of the currently nine conflicts which have been waged, the eighth was one of the most destructive, causing untold billions in damages, and displacing hundreds of thousands of Xai in the process. In the end, House Akra failed to remove the Ryks from their position as in the past, and were forced to pay reparations for war damages, a move that nearly caused the house to declare bankruptcy.

The other houses involved in the conflict, such as House Kona and House Ruka, were also effected by the conflict due to their supporting House Akra. House Kona – the house with the largest military force of the houses, was forced to downsize its troop count in line with the treaty imposed upon it at the end of the conflict. The Rukas managed to escape retribution in line with the fact that its population was not largest enough to pose a singular threat against the victors, and it was too poor to make any contribution to the reparations forced upon the defeated at the end of the conflict. It is estimated that more than $157 billion in reparations were paid by the first two houses, with Ruka forced to pay over a fifty year period for its role in the conflict. The other houses in the nation ignored the conflict to the best of their ability, often refusing to report on it in hopes that it would simply blow over.