Zipa
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Requirements
The position is an inherited one. Every zipa is succeeded by his nephew: the oldest son of his oldest sister. Though there are some exceptions on a case-by-case basis.
Appointment
This is the investiture ceremony of the honey chief that takes place in and around Little Lake.
He is given the responsibility of offering gold to the gods by lattering himself in it and diving in. Alongside a treasure trove of golden trinkets are floated out on a royal barge to the middle of the sacred lake and dumped.
Duties
History
Pre-Conquest
In its time, the zipa represented just one faction in the Valley of Palaces. With its holders generally being out done by the iraka of the salt people; and in constant competition with the zaque of the emerald people for second place. It was the zipas who were the first to skirmish with the innoit's army around snake lake, sometimes with help from the others, other times without. During one three-way conflict, the honey people found themselves unwilling to continue fighting the innoit, so instead invited them in. Once the innoit were past the choke point that kept them out of the valley, they had an easier time violently surpressing all the people.Revolt of the Bees
This was a surprise, impromptu, ambush by the honey people; where they brought in many of the fleshly bloomed desert flowers into their homes and around innoit barracks. These flowers attracted wasp bees, from the honey towers, whose stings are lethal to those unaccustomed to Sumag Wagta Ch'in but merely cause raised bumps on locals. Being poisoned and disoriented, a mass uprising had an easier time violently ejecting the occupiers from their lands.De Facto Independence
Hananhallpa has been organized under Ca-Chisneu as the Third Quadrant for thirty years. Indeed, it is still officially called that. But after the successful revolt, and the continuation of the Wars of Fire in the Fourth Quadrant, the Sun Court decided that Canna took precedence. Diplomats were sent to Kamachina and it was agreed that that the rebels would maintain their autonomy in exchange for acknowledgment of the Sapa's supremacy over them. The only quadrant to be offered such a deal.Cultural Significance
Honey People
The zipa currently holds supreme power over all the peoples in Hananhallpa. He is accepted as the ruler of Tawantinsuyu's Third Quadrant by the Sapa, so long as he acknowledges nominal Innoit overlordship.Emerald People
The zaque were the ancient rival to the zipa but have since become subservient to Kamachina. They were exhausted due to many years of resistance before the bee revolt finally drove the innoit out.Salt People
The iraka was once a ruler in his own right but has since fallen from political significance. Though contemporary iraka still maintain religious power as priests to the Sun.Notable Holders
Meicuchuca
The zipa counterpart to zaque Hunzahúa and who ruled for 20 years. Stories of their rivalry are more mythical than historical, acting as the basis of the zipa/zaque conflict.Saguamanchica
The zipa counterpart to zaque Michuá and who ruled for 20 years. He is often given the blame for allowing the Terrestrial Army into the valley and yielding to a foreign power without a fight.Nemequene
The zipa counterpart to zaque Quemuenchatocha and who ruled for 24 years. He is credited for regaining the independence of the honey, emerald and salt people under the Confederacy.Tisquesusa
The zipa counterpart to zaque Quemuenchatocha and who ruled for 23 years. Though little else changed, he was able to negotiate an easy co-existence with the rest of Tawantinsuyu's quadrants as the Third.Sagipa
The zipa counterpart to zaque Aquiminzaque and who ruled for 2 years. His selection was a diversion of traditional nephew succession, in that he was Tisquesusa's brother.
Type
Nobility, Hereditary
Status
Elevated to maintain de-facto autonomy
Form of Address
Golden One
Alternative Naming
Honey Chief
Equates to
King
Source of Authority
Length of Term
Life
Past Holders
Reports directly to
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