Editing Thraxian-Saladian War (section)

==Background==
On June 26th 2023, a [[Zargothrax|Thraxian]] ship, the ''Cosmic Paragon'', carrying an illegal cargo of approximately 400 lizards docked in [[Salad Land]] to refuel, issuing the harbormaster with a bribe to avoid inspection of cargo. During the night, one of the crates was knocked over, leading the lizards to escape into [[Port Salad]]. The lizards then attacked and bit numerous individuals, leading the [[Salad Land Police Service]] to track the lizards to the ''Cosmic Paragon'', impounding the ship on charges of violating the ban on dangerous animals<ref>The King and the Cats, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2423&pid=23179#pid23179</ref>.

On July 18th, the vast majority of lizards were still at large, leading the Saladian government to form the [[Salad Land Lizard Capture Service]]<ref>Into the Jaws of the Lizard, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2427&pid=23209#pid23209</ref>. The ''Cosmic Paragon'' remained impounded while there were still lizards at large. After the new service failed to tackle the lizard problem, King [[Shapur XIV]] of Zargothrax sent around 100 hawks on August 13th to "eat the lizards" in order to encourage Salad Land to release the ship<ref>Into the Jaws of the Lizard, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2427&pid=23270#pid23270</ref>. This backfired, with Marquis [[Bastien de Salad]] writing an angry letter to the King<ref>Into the Jaws of the Lizard, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2427&pid=23279#pid23279</ref> which included the phrase "a pox on your cats"{{efn|King Shapur previously adopted 12 cats, claiming they would protect Zargothrax from an alleged apocalypse<ref>King Shapur Released from Hospital; Immediately Adopts 12 Cats, ''Thraxian Telegraph'', https://media.idugov.com/2023/06/19/king-shapur-released-from-hospital-immediately-adopts-12-cats/</ref>}}. This led to the King declaring war on Salad Land<ref>Into the Jaws of the Lizard, https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2427&pid=23283#pid23283</ref>.