Gaðërïŋ-Heta-Alšëwharžar

The Gaðërïŋ-Heta-Alšëwharžar refers to the collection of records dating back to and/or referring to the tribes of the Heta-Alšewharžar. Crucially, all of the records belonging to this category were written at times concurrent to or just after the events/tribes they concern. Together, they form the most reliable sources regarding the 7 tribes of the Heta-Alšewharžar.

The following are those records widely agreed to be part of the Gaðërïŋ-Heta-Alšëwharžar.

• Gaðërïŋ-Hýša
• Žötó-Ïdhatón
• Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka
• Gaðërïŋ-Ýlëntuk
• Gaðërïŋ-Khalúš
• Gaðërïŋ-Khërn-Hymlona
• Gaðërïŋ-Tïspamoŋ

Gaðërïŋ-Hýša

Main Article: Gaðërïŋ-Hýša

The Gaðërïŋ-Hýša are the official tribal records of the Ïlýrhonid Tribe and constitute the oldest of all records in the Gaðërïŋ-Heta-Alšëwharžar. These take the shape of 12 cm by 12 cm by 1-2 cm stone tablets, carved from the grounds of the tribe itself. Surviving tablets are dated as far back as 25187 AYM and continue all the way into the tribe's extinction in 22711 AYM. These tablets mainly constitute diplomatic laws and decrees as written by the Hyvamto-Re-Elironid and the Alaghúl-Garhifiŋ, the two governmental bodies of the tribe, but other such documents are included, like written-down copies of the oral reports given by each of the Expeditions of the Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid.

The Gaðërïŋ-Hýša has notoriously been subject to bias and changing worldviews, especially regarding the events of the Heta-Ýmor-Vëtam. During that period, the state religion, the Kavamïŋ-Ïlýrhonid, was deemed false and formally abolished in 25025 AYM. Sometime after that, a systematic destruction of all records pertaining to the Kavamïŋ-Ïlýrhonid were destroyed, which likely constituted the bulk majority of tablets dated to before 25187 AYM.

Žötó-Ïdhatón

Main Article: Žötó-Ïdhatón

The Žötó-Ïdhatón refers to the Family (Žötó-Ýsïb) -specific genealogy records that were kept and updated in the Ïlýrhonid Tribe. According to legend, these rocks were the only such possessions each tribe carried with them when they migrated and converged at the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, and as such, each one is made of a different exotic type of rock not found in the Tribal land. Unlike the Gaðërïŋ-Hýša, which comprised manageable sizes of rock, the Žötó-Ïdhatón were immense, reaching lengths and widths each of 50 meters, and widths of 25 meters. Being the only such samples of these types of rocks, all genealogical information was recorded on these monoliths, and special signficance was given to them as being the only spiritual ties between the Family and their original lands.

Except for that of the Farïnýð Family, whose population was nearly wiped out before their departure in 25000 AYM, each Family carried their Žötó-Ïdhatón with them when they left the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, and placed them at the site of their new settlement, or at the most prominent one thereof. As the importance of the Family lessened in favor of tribal, diplomatic governance, the Žötó-Ïdhatón were neglected, and often left to decay and rot. However, they have remained crucial relics of the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, and represent the only such source that stretches back beyond the 25187 cutoff date of the Gaðërïŋ-Hýša.

Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka

Main Article: Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka

The Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka comprises the information recorded by the Šókhekic Expedition, the fourth Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid, of 25021-25019 AYM, which was sent to document the geopolitics of the Amoŋot Desert. The Ïlýrhonid Tribe had been wanting to establish diplomatic relations with these groups in the Desert, particularly after the Abolishment of the Kavamïŋ-Ïlýrhonid in 25025 AYM and the large-scale emigrations and settlements that followed it. In regards to the sheer magnitude of records created in that expedition, the mission was a rousing success; the tablet count of over 350 individual pieces of rock make it the second-most prolific collection of records behind that of the Gaðërïŋ-Khalúš. However, in regards to the hopes of the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, the mission was a failure, but not to the fault of the Expedition. The departure of the Ýlëntuk Family in 25020 AYM, and the formation of the tribe of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš, who vowed to destroy the Ïlýrhonid governing system, effectively erased all hope of geopolitical and economic communication with those in the Desert. The Khalúšians had occupied a sliver of land immediately west of the Volain Forest, the Desert's eastern neighbor, and blocked or threatened to block all relevant paths between the Desert and the Ïlýrhonid Tribe.

A much lesser-known fact is that the Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka also includes the tablets compiled from the Alëhadic Expedition, the other half of the fourth Expedition. They had accidentally taken the wrong fork of the Kairn River, thus ending up at the Ðýmóš Plains, and the 15 or so tablets they wrote document the two cities of Býnhafý and Ðóš-Avï, which was all that existed at the time, as well as the wildlife of the area closest to the Forest. A further five tablets were dedicated to the actions of the Expedition regarding their construction of what was going to be the Palïŋ-Lhrúuŋðarr, the first major trade network in the Blýfonic Valley.

Two copies of the Gaðërïŋ-Šókhekka exist. Before the Expedition was recalled back to the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, Šókhekka, the Expeditionary leader, secretly copied the tablets of the Šókhekic Expedition for use by the Ýlëntuk Family post-departure. As the rest of the Expedition traveled back to the Tribe with the original set of tablets, Šókhekka would diverge and head towards the territory of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš with his copies. Given that the Khalúšians were still very much on edge after their tumultuous formation, they perceived Šókhekka as a threat, and ambushed and killed him as he came near. The Khalúšians would then use these tablets throughout their existence, regularly updating them as new cities and tribes were formed.

The original copy is still held in the same area as those of the Gaðërïŋ-Hýša, but not considered part of them. The Khalúšian copy is held in the city of Güðün, alongside the Ýlëntuk Family's Žötó-Ïdhatón.

Gaðërïŋ-Ýlëntuk

Main Article: Gaðërïŋ-Ýlëntuk