For the name and the war - My assumption is "the Ajarine Unification" accomplished is the domination of the plains where the Ajarine city-states are, hammering them into one united empire. The fact he is called "Emperor Kardis" implies he established an imperium. Therefore, you could say "He fell forging the Imperium out of the scattered cities in the area." Therefore it wouldn't be called Ajarine anything. Imperiums have always had one thing in common. Expand or die! Imperiums are always expanding, aggressively most of the time. Just as the Romans viewed their conquests as campaigns, so would the residents of any imperial city.
That means it would probably be seen as the Plains of Resen Campaign. The problem with this is he started in Chelm, and found his wife quite a ways to the south. You really need to think through every battle of that. If they started in Chelm, how come the capital is so far south? An alternitive to the entire situation is start them in Ambrolauri, since it is to become the capital of the empire. That way, the second wife is taken fairly early in the days of the establishment of the imperium. That makes it more realistic that he'd be of age when Emperor Kardis dies. But think of what that means. 15 years the wives knew of each other, one bitter at the other for ursuping her son's future rule, the other not accepted as well by the court. 15 years of that situation brewing could very well be why Ambrolauri is a conniving, backstabbing city. The "True" line being hated by the ones they displaced. The original heir line maintaing only a small amount of loyal outward support for fear of alienating the mother of the future emperor. This would be the world that Rishta grows up in. Shihab would already be an adult when the new wife is taken, so may be resentful of how his mother is treated. Where are each of these players, and what are they doing while Kardis expands his realm?
Here's a fictional campaign timeline. Knowing what happened allows you to properly place each city in context, with amount of time in the empire, which allows you to understand how much time each former kingdom had to get a firm grasp of imperial traditions. I got these dates based on a war I actually did against the Ajarine, with some made up stuff in it(Like Baheisir falling was really me going back and resupplying my armies, whom were in a pretty bad state after Chelm, or the "Fleet battle", those cities were mine at the point and really all I did was go back for more troops to try to handle the huge forces that were around Tinori. As you can imagine, I gave up after loosing a 2nd large army.)
-9? - Prince Kardis of Ambrolauri takes a wife, gives birth to Shihab
0 - The old king of Ambrolauri dies
2 - King Kardis Finishes pacifying bandits in his kingdom.
3 - A Border dispute leads to open warfare with the kingdom centered around Kobulaiet
7 - In a series of swift victories, the kingdom around Kobulaiet is captured, ending a four year war with said kingdom.
8 - Shihab takes a wife, and they give birth to a child, Arcos. Meanwhile, the kingdom of Ayrum believe Kardis is plotting to attack, and therefore launch an attack of their own. Ambrolauri is assaulted. This assault is beaten down, and an Enraged king Kardis decides to Conquer Ayrum. It falls before the year's end.(Making Shihab 17)
9 - King Kardis is flattered by an Ayrum woman, whom not only convinces him to revive a long-dead law, but also to forge an empire. They have a child, Rishta, who is granted the status of Heir apparent.
10 - The armies of Emperor Kardis are stopped dead at the bridges of Tinori. The Neighboring Sivaic kingdom, whatever it will be called, engages in a fleet battle with Emperor Kardis when he tries to defy their statement that no ships are to go near their city for the purpose of assaulting Tinori. This causes problems betweem the Ajarine imperium and the Sivaic kingdom from that point after.
13 - Emperor Kardis has forged another large army, and marches towards Chelm.
15 - Chelm falls
18 - Baheisir falls. Emperor Kardis sends his men across the river. they then follow it downstream to Tinori.
21 - Tinori falls.
22 - The truce with Aimara is destroyed in devastating raids across the river against the city of Ayrum.
24 - Emperor Kardis dies in the final battle against free Ajarines, at Silstra. (Making Shibab 33, Arcos 16, and Rishta 15.)
Naturally since mine is based on my own engagement with the Ajarine, it's not going to be what is real. Understanding something like this allows you to develop further history off of it though. Such as, Kardis's first wife is a grand tactician, demonstrated by the fact that when her home was attacked, the agressor city fell quickly, in contrast to the border dispute that sparked four years of warfare. That means that she would feel responsible for her own situation for being a second wife, and perhaps why she didn't just plant a dagger in her rival at the first oppurtunity. She may have even followed the army victories, consolidating after her husband as a way to stay out of the conflict. That would explain why her line was in Baheisir at the end of the advance, since it's closest to Silstra, which was the next conquest. As for the other queen, given what happened to the first, she probably never left the side of Kardis, therefore she probably died in Silstra too, since she was picked up after a battle and she wouldn't want the same thing happening to her.
But that is in my imaginary timeline, not in what is in your story. I suggest you go through your notes and try to figure your own timeline out. It will defenatly help prevent having Carthagenians in the Second World War
