Mēhayui

Mirroring Sēna Amīzuye tradition, a council of elders watched over the settlement and decided on things among themselves. The size of the council waxed and waned before settling on twelve after a few generations.

New members were accepted by the council themselves among those deemed wisest and most capable of leading while working with the other elders. Age might have been a consideration when determining who was let in, although there is little evidence to show if this was an actual law or simply a custom among the counci.

The top of Sōnyowye Hill had been a place for gatherings since Soyaewa's time due to the vantage point offered by its great height, as well as being safe from the annual flooding of Nīwulā River and overall easier to defend. That was also where the eventual Thadi-Ahomē was built which became the seat of governance for the Sō-Thadi, as well as the Elders' Council and the rest of their courts.

Founded sometime before 25 Y.Az., Mēhayui was historically considered the jewel of Nīwulā Valley. During its lifetime the settlement saw wars and famines, but also celebrations and years of peace, joy and plentiful harvests. Within its borders was born agriculture, the farming of grain and vegetables as well as the careful cultivation of several species of fruit trees.

During the reign of the ninth Sō-Thadi Saelyozu, Mēhayui became a bloody stage of war when the king's younger brother made a violent move for the title. Only a few generations afterward, in the 3rd century Y.A.z., the last Sō-Thadi of the first dynasty was killed, and a decade long civil war between Yuiwian followers began, which came to threaten the stability of the entire civilization.

Afterward Mēhayui became a political stage. Decentralization of power due to the destruction and chaos caused by the Temple Wars led to a diminishing population within and without the settlement. Houses previously teeming with life now stood alone and abandoned, slowly deteriorating into nothing.

The buildings of Mēhayui, particularly those on the sides of Sōnyowye Hill, represented some of the oldest of Amīzuyan architecture.

The smallest of homes could be only one room of square or rectangular shape with a single entrance, and often at least one window. Larger houses seemed to simply copy the single room layout and combine them to create two room abodes and rarely even up to three rooms. These larger houses, however, were a later addition, often constructed onto the side of an already existent single-room house.

On top of Sōnyowye Hill was built Thadi-Ahomē by the thirdborn child of Soyaewa and the second Sun King, Sō-Thadi Tēhsō. What likely began as a humble home for the newly established rulers of the Valley quickly grew into a large and lavishly decorated place where the government came to be centralized.

Flat roofs were preferred throughout the Valley. The walls could be made of stone or wood, or reeds and mudbricks.

Mēhayui was built up the hillside of Sōnyowye, the larger of two hills on the north-east side of Lake Akao. The settlement grew freely toward the lake's shore and south, where the land tended to be more fertile compared to the dryer areas up north.

These two hills, along with Lake Akao and its two islands Ēhnuo and Linuo were the most prominent geographical features within and near Mēhayui.