Ýmor-Maðúšýï
The Ýmor-Maðúšýï was a time period in the western Blýfónic Valley (that is, the Amoŋot Desert and the Volain Forest) that is recorded to have generally lasted from the formation of the Maðúšýï in 25019 to the Matousian Civil War and the breakaway of the Ðú-Üdarr in 24910 AYM. In this period, the Maðúšýï were at the zenith of their raiding power, which they used primarily to establish a time of political and cultural constancy; with the exception of the First Varhoŋïan War in 24976 AYM, no such major change in the political landscape occurred.
Prelude
Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid
Main Article: Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid
The Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid were a series of major government-approved expeditions that represented the first prominent recorded ventures out of the Ïlýrhonid Tribe. In this capacity it also served to break down the barriers discouraging emigration, particularly the legal and religious barriers, causing the formation of settlements and eventually tribes outside of the Ïlýrhonid settlement.
This article will only focus on the influence of the Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid on the Amoŋot Desert and the Volain Forest, as that geographical region was both most responsible for the subsequent creation of the Maðúšýï and most influenced by its presence during the Ýmor-Maðúšýï itself.
Hayïdic Expedition and the Hýyó-Hayïd
Main Article: Hayïdic Expedition, Hýyó-Hayïd
The Hayïdic Expedition was the first of the Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid, occurring in 25032 AYM, and the only such Expedition of the five to specifically and exclusively concern the Hýyó-Hayïd, or the group of settlements located in the southern reaches of the Amoŋot Desert. This expedition was a colossal failure; of the roughly 1600 or so that went on this voyage, around 800-900 of them perished from starvation, as the ground was rendered extremely brittle and dangerously fragile due to erosion and high winds from the coastline.
The Hýyó-Hayïd are the epicenter of the Maðúšýï, and the weather conditions there were the main factor behind its creation. Most importantly, the inability to mine into the ground resulted in a tightly-knit community spanning all of the Hýyó-Hayïd, as the only reliable sources of food were at the Arbin Watershed and Volain Forest, and to a lesser extent the Nuzowli Mountain Range, all of whom were situated at distances of 300-500 kilometers from the center of the Hýyó-Hayïd. A number ofmajor road networks were created during this time.
Wýðúric Expedition and the Hýyó-Wýðúr
Main Article: Wýðúric Expedition, Hýyo-Wýðúr
The second of the five Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid, the Wýðúric Expedition took place a whole five years after the end of the Hayïdic Expedition, as its dismal results significantly reduced public sentiment in the Ýmïlýrhonid Movement and thus caused the temporary cessation of successive expeditions. Led by Wýðúr and Ikheðep, the latter being a survivor and return messenger of the Hayïdic Expedition, the Wýðúric Expedition traveled via the left fork of the Kairn River System before venturing northwest into the northern Amoŋot Desert. During the trek, the team carried various Wëbëlup-Wýðúr, that is, wooden poles with symbolic items affixed. The only city founded by the Expedition themselves is Güðün, the site of the third Wëbëlup-Wýðúr, although the success of the Expedition triggered a wave of emigrations to the northern Amoŋot Desert, and the other Wëbëlup-Wýðúr naturally served as reference points for the foundings of cities like Vërðïm, Lómóhüd, and Óvarhën.
The Hýyo-Wýðúr are the collection of cities in the northern reaches of the Amoŋot Desert, including those not founded by or in the immediate aftermath of the Wýðúric Expedition. This region, unlike that of the Hýyó-Hayïd, is known for its calm weather conditions. Because it lies so far away from the coast, the ground slopes down, creating a wind shelter and funnelling debris and sediments from the coast towards this basin. In addition, because it is not close to the coast, the ground has a sturdy and blocky quality, allowing one to harvest the simply by digging them up. Thus, what emerged in the Hýyó-Wýðúr was not the collective reliance of one another that was exhibited by the Hýyó-Hayïd, but a comparative isolation between cities, represented most poignantly by the Öšdúic system.
The Öšdúic system revolved around the presence of Öšdúu, that is, a ruling system where a city had total control over its own land, but no authority beyond it. This resulted in each individual city having its own ruler/government, legal code, and cultural identity, but assuming no responsibility for the empty space in between cities. This further caused disparate amounts of raiders and bandits to emerge, further confining citizens to their own cities and preventing immigration and travel from one city to another.
Šókhekic Expedition
Main Article: Šókhekic Expedition
The Šókhekic Expedition, occurring from 25021 to 25019 AYM, was one-half of the fourth Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid beside the Alëhadic Expedition. This will exclusively talk about the former of the two, as it pertains directly to the Amoŋot Desert while the latter concerned the Ðýmóš Plains in the east. The main contribution of the Šókhekic Expedition was the construction of roads in both the Hýyó-Hayïd and Hýyo-Wýðúr and the compilation of an extensive set of records, called the Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka, that pertains to the geopolitical situation in the Desert. However, in the scope of the Maðúšýï, the use of materials not readily available to the Hayïdians, especially wood and vines from the deep recesses of the Volain Forest, to create a longer-lasting and safer system of roads between the roads, the Expedition greatly improved relations between the Ïlýrhonid Tribe and the Hayïdians, to the point where the later Úrïsic Expedition was able to use this previous relationship in the founding of the Maðúšýï itself.
Departure of the Ýlëntuk Family
Main Articles: Ýlëntuk Family, First Ýlëntukian War, Varhoŋïð-Khalúš
In 25020 AYM, the Ýlëntuk Family departed the Ïlýrhonid Tribe through the Kairn River System. Spending around 4-6 months in the area around the Ŋópïŋ-Arún, or confluence, of the Kairn River, the group gradually split into two distinct tribes, Varhoŋïð-Khalúš and Kairn. During the Ambush of Ŋópïŋ-Arún-Khërn in 22 Wota-Eimarae, 25020 AYM, a planned Khalúšian raid on the Ïlýrhonid Tribe was violently thwarted. The members of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš were then chased out of the Volain Forest, where they settled in the Wýðúric city of Güðün. A minority also settled in the Hayïdic city of Óm-hayïd, and in the coming months, these two communities would bridge together these two cities, establishing their territory as being the thin strip from Güðün and Óm-Hayïd, that is, the strip adjacent to the Volain Forest. This was also a last-ditch attempt to deal damage against Kairnian forces and score any gains against them and the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, but the Forest became so fortified in these months by Kairnian forces that no such attempt had much success.
The cities of Güðün and Óm-Hayïd themselves were also forcibly occupied during this time by Khalúšians, and those unaffiliated with the Khalúšians were evicted, including the Öšdúu-Güðün and its king Žlúnúyšat, the ruling city-state government of Güðün. For those in the other Wýðúric cities, the possession of Güðün was largely met with ambivalence, as they would not gain much from retaking the city. However, in the Hayïdic cities, the possession of Óm-Hayïd caused a tremendous uproar, as the city represented their only avenue towards resources in the Volain Forest and Nuzowli Mountain Range, so the possession essentially cut those resources off.
Úrïsic Expedition and the Founding of the Maðúšýï
Main Article: Úrïsic Expedition
The Úrïsic Expedition of 25019-25017 AYM was the fifth and last of the five Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid, and the only such one to take place after the creation of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš. This article separates it from the other four Expeditions due to its integral role in forming the Maðúšýï itself.
The Expedition is noted for having left the Ïlýrhonid Tribe through the western passage, comprising the strip of low ground between the southern coast and the Nuzowli Mountain Range. From 25019 to mid-25018 AYM, it visited both the Hýyó-Hayïd and the Hýyo-Wýðúr. Whereas the latter venture had little effect, the former was influential in the establishment of the Maðúšýï in three ways: emotionally, politically, and militarily.
Perhaps the largest contribution came simply in the realization that the actions of the Khalúšians were morally wrong. After all, this was just after the climax of the Ýmïlýrhonid Movement, which featured a swath of emigrations into previously-untouched lands and thus the taking of land and property that were not explicitly theirs. This notion of rightful ownership would become a major idea that marked the superceding of the casual freedom present in Ýmïlýrhonidian ideals in favor of more nationalistic, possessive Maðúšian (referring to the Ýmor-Maðúšýï) values.
Furthermore, it was through the Úrïsic Expedition that the conflict known as the First Ýlëntukian War was occurring, in which Kairn and Ïlýrhonid were fighting against the Varhoŋïð-Khalúš. Thus, far from operating alone, the Maðúšýï were more willing to act if it meant that others would be supporting them, whether directly or indirectly. The latter option would be the case for the majority of the war, as the Khalúšian territory stretched to the southern coast and divided the Maðúšians from the Ïlýrhonid and Kairn Tribes. Regardless, the pressure provided by these two tribes at their respective fronts, and the dogged determination of the Khalúšians in their efforts to reach the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, allowed the Maðúšýï to operate essentially uncontested during the Ýmor-Maðúšýï.
Finally, and most simply, a major part of the Úrïsic Expedition was not only the psychological coercion to war, but the provision of physical instruments of war, which they provided in the form of the typical weapons of the age, usually in the form of the Mëyanup-Zïó. This such weapon in particular would gain immense popularity and use in the Maðúšýï's history, and would eventually evolve into the Žrŋaa around 24900-24860 AYM.
Timeline
Early Raids
The first leader of the Maðúšýï was Gýbakk, who ruled from 25018 to 25001 AYM. He was responsible for the initial formulation of the tribe's raiding strategy as well as its organizational structure. Most notably, he divided the Hýyó-Hayïd in twain, designating the cities to the west to be in charge of gathering resources from the Arbin Watershed and providing necessary items to supplement those in the eastern cities, who would do the actual raiding. As such, given the manpower needed for raids, about 75% of the total population was concentrated in the east.
Ýmor-Maðúšýï
25019 - 24910 AYM
Location: Amoŋot Desert and, to a lesser extent, Volain Forest
Concurrent Periods:
Tribes:
- Maðúšýï (based in the Hýyó-Hayïd)
- The Öšdúu and the Šïpašan-Öšdúu (based in the Hýyo-Wýðúr)
- Varhoŋïð-Khalúš
- Ïlýrhonid
- Kairn
Key Events:
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