Lrhúuŋðarr

Lrhúuŋðarr, or Lrhúuŋ-Ðarr or Larangthaal, was one of the 8 tribes of the Heta-Alšewharžar. The largest of the eight, it occupied a large expanse in the central northern region of the Blýfónic Valley as well as the region north of the Ýhasin Mountain Range, and as such, the name Lrhúuŋðarr may also refer to the geographical region as well as the geopolitical presence of the tribe. This such region is noted for being the transition between the Amoŋot Desert in the west to the Ðýmóš Plains in the east, resulting in an extremely diverse range of geographies, cultures, and resources, most of which are unique to the tribe.

Lrhúuŋðarr had its start via the Alëhadic Expedition in 25020 AYM, which founded the two cities of Waðë-Vïn and Dlaýe-Vïn directly north of the Volain Forest in an attempt to link the cities of the Amoŋot Desert and the Ðýmóš Plains together. This was thwarted when the tribe of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš was formed, whose territory essentially blocked off the Desert from the two transitional cities. Due to their placement north of the Forest, however, the two cities still held value, and the successful resettlement by the citizens of the Plains helped both to their flourishing and to the defense of the cities against Khalúšian forces in the Ylaeintughian Civil War.

History

Alëhadic Expedition

Lhrúuŋðarr's Ómavïtó-Ýšïb, or Parent Cities, are Waðë-Vïn and Dlaýe-Vïn, which were created as a part of the Alëhadic Expedition, a branch of the fourth Yarpalïŋ-Ýmïlýrhonid and the first such expedition after the Abolishment of the Kavamïŋ-Ïlýrhonid, that is, the tribal religion and the main impediment preventing emigration, in 25025 AYM. By the time of the Alëhadic Expedition, this abolishment had led to about 13,000 emigrations, most of which were directed towards the Amoŋot Desert, the focus of the previous three expeditions and thus the most familiar location outside of the Tribe. Comparatively, only approximately 2,000 emigrations resulted in a settlement in the Ðýmóš Plains, most of which were due to the forking path of the Kairn River System and were thus unlikely to be purposeful. This fork situation was also true for those of the Alëhadic Expedition, who were initially meant to establish a road network in the Desert alongside the Šókhekic Expedition.

Upon reaching the Plains, whose only settlements were Býnhafý and Ðóš-Avï, the expedition members transitioned towards using a system of roads and transitional cities to connect the two Plains settlements to those in the Desert, which would help to use the vastly different resources on both regions to create a stable trading system with the Ïlýrhonid Tribe in the center. The crux of this system lay in the two cities known as Waðë-Vïn and Dlaýe-Vïn, as their positions between the two sources of the Kairn River System gave them importance as the gateway from one region to the other.

Despite the speed and promise this system showed in its construction, the plan was ultimately foiled by the emgiration and settlement of the Ýlëntuk Family in 25020 AYM. Specifically, the anti-Ïlýrhonid tribe of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš, formed from members of the Ýlëntuk Family, posed a major threat to the feasibility of the plan, as its territory, a thin vertical strip adjacent to the Volain Forest, included the now-occupied city of Güðün, which was meant to be their pathway into the Desert. Upon realizing this, the members of the Expedition opted to return via the east fork of the Kairn River, with the intention that the citizens of both the transitional cities and the Plains cities would complete that mission in their absence.

Ýlëntúkian Civil War

The two cities of Waðë-Vïn and Dlaýe-Vïn quickly became the most populous in the land east of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš due to a variety of reasons. Possibly the most influential was their placement at the transition between the Amoŋot Desert to the west and the Ðýmóš Plains to the east, affording them access to both terrain types and thus the specific resources, especially food, obtainable from both biomes. This was compounded by the Volain Forest to the south, which provided a reliable source of infrastructure and enabled the cities to develop extremely quickly.

However, the Expedition was also extremely efficient in stirring up popular sentiment; through messages promising the safe passage from the Plains to the Desert and vice versa, and the exchange of materials and services, the Alëhadic Expedition had garnered a devoted local following, who accompanied them and assisted them throughout the building of roads and cities. Thus, even after the Expedition itself had left, the remianing populace were fervently on the side of the Ïlýrhonid and Kairn tribes, and although the Expedition members themselves had failed, the rest were determined to carry it through.

In light of the emergence of the conflict known as the Ylaeintughian Civil War, in which Varhoŋïð-Khalúš mounted a series of repeated offenses against the allied tribes of Ïlýrhonid and Kairn, this quick develop was likely crucial to the survival of the latter two tribes. The early years of this civil war were marked by the dogged attempts of the Khalúšians to find reliable means to the Ïlýrhonid Tribe. This was prevented by three separate forces; the Maðúšýï's frequent raids on the southern Khalúšian towns effectively denied any sufficient use of the passage south of the Nuzowli Mountain Range, the Kairn tribe's patrol systems constantly surveyed the forest, and, in the north, the rapid development of Waðë-Vïn and Dlaýe-Vïn enabled a stout defense that simultaneously deterred any movement past the cities and averted the use of the cities, their abundant resources, and their strategic placement, by the Khalúšians.

In the Khalúšians' feud against Waðë-Vïn and Dlaýe-Vïn in particular, the two sides opted to conduct deeper and deeper ventures northward in an attempt to get past the forces of the other side. This occurred chiefly from 25019 to 25003 AYM, and produced the majority of the major cities in what was the western half of the Lhrúuŋðian territory, like Ürúðaš, Óbhöšëp, and Ók-Kúšö. This is also true of the Khalúšians, who constructed such cities like Ïhŋúr-Rühýköš, one of the five cities of Ardunioz, and Ýhöýhašúk. This culminated in the Battle of Ïbhaažrrt-Ýhöýhašúk in 7-8 Yota-Eimarae, 25003 AYM, in which a crucial attack by Lhrúuŋðian forces pushed the Khalúšians out of their northern cities. Compounded with their dwindling resources, this forced the Khalúšians to abandon their attempts at finding an alternate passageway to the Ïlýrhonid Tribe. As such, this is usually recognized as the end of the First Ýlëntukian War, the first subperiod of the Ýlëntukian Civil War.

Establishment of Palïŋ-Lhrúuŋðarr, Hyvamto-Rhelhrúuŋðarr, and the Creation of Ökghaaŋðarr

Perhaps most importantly, the victory placed Ïbhaažrrt and Ýhöýhašúk firmly in Lhrúuŋðian control, which served as the junction for which the Lhrúuŋðians could bridge the Desert cities with those in the Plains. This was the start of the Palïŋ-Lhrúuŋðarr, or Lhrúuŋðian Road, which would run essentially uninterrupted until the Varonian Civil War in 24633 AYM. As with all other significant infrastructure projects of the Lhrúuŋðian Tribe at this point, the Road made abundant use of materials, especially wood, as path linings and boundary delineations. This was the initial measure of what counted as Lhrúuŋðarr, a name first appearing around this time meaning Patterned or Decorated Path.

At this point in time, the territory controlled by the Lhrúuŋðarr Tribe included land around both the Plains cities and around the northern cities, resulting in an area far too large to be handled, even with the structure and efficiency that the Road brought. Thus, in 24996 AYM, the formation of a new tribe, Ökghaaŋðarr, began to emerge, coerced by the continuous stream of emigrations into the Plains and the lack of attention given to the region in relation to the northern and western cities, who will exclusively be referred to as Lhrúuŋðarr from here onwards.

Around the same time, the Lhrúuŋðian cities began to consolidate under a single authority, the Hyvamto-Rhelhrúuŋðarr, the first being Nmëbýbyvmn. This role dealt most with the interactions between the tribe and others outside its territory, most often Varhoŋïð and Ökghaaŋðarr, but it still left the responsibility of safety and finance to each individual city.