Ðýbŋüšýl

Ðýbŋüšýl was a prominent member of the Varhoŋïð-Khalúš tribe and one of the two main record-keepers, besides the Kairnian Ïýylŋhýyl, of the united Ýlëntuk Family during its brief existence in the Volain Forest (mid-to-late 25020 AYM). He was intensely dedicated to the Khalúšian cause, copying down and compiling over 270 speeches by major speakers like Ŋïdúlúŋ and Hŋýïŋïkki into what would become part of the Gaðërïŋ-Ýlëntuk. Despite escaping the Ambush of Ŋópïŋ-Arún-Khërn, which drew the Khalúšians out of the Forest, Ðýbŋüšýl could not flee with his many tablets, so he buried them deep below his own house. It is only due to this action that these speeches, many of which provide the basis for the ideology of the Khalúšian tribe, have been preserved and attributed to the various individuals mentioned.

Biography

Ðýbŋüšýl was born in 25050 AYM, likely as a member of the low-class in the Ýlëntuk Family. This distinction between high, middle, and low-class was distinguished most prominently by naming convention. In the higher classes, the culture was dominated by a vibrant history of the Family and the naming of oneself after ancestors and legendary figures. As one went to the middle and lower classes, however, they had no access to these histories and in a large sense looked to the higher classes for their identity. This meant that names of the higher classes were used by the middle and lower classes as well, but to distinguish themselves, these names were mixed up, combined, and often had specific phonemes within them repeated at length. These are the origins behind Ðýbŋüšýl's name as well.

The History of the Ýlëntuk Family within the Ïlýrhonid Tribe

The lower classes were filled with deprivation and neglect, and had very little in terms of education. This is partly to do with their territory being situated in the extreme northwest of their tribal lands, which was adjacent to and oftentimes directly part of the Nuzowli Mountain Range. This proximity created a whole host of problems for them, including the extremely rocky ground that one could not build stable houses or easily traverse on, and a greater severity of earthquakes given the fault lines that were nearby, but the most pertinent problem had to do with the rockslides, which were extremely common and often occurred in tandem with other natural disasters. They are estimated to have killed more than 7,000 individuals from 25187 AYM (the earliest date on the tribal records) to 25020 AYM, when the Family left en masse.

Throughout the history of the Ýlëntuk Family in the Tribe, individuals regularly traveled between the lower and middle classes, as it was the bare minimum that someone of lower stature could achieve given their poverty. It was in these middle-lower class areas that the most intellectually gifted of the lower class had achieved the ability to read and write, and these groups of people included the future leaders of the Varhoŋïð-Khalúš and Kairn Tribes, like Hŋýïŋïkki, Ŋïdúlúŋ, Múýhörhat, and Löðkúlhöð. It is extremely likely that Ðýbŋüšýl moved from the lower classes to the middle classes, which was where he became first acquainted with these leaders and enamoured with the ability to read and write. Ðýbŋüšýl would be one of the only such figures to return back to the low classes in his efforts to teach these abilities to the populace at large. (This middle class region was where all such early tribal leaders came from, as it served to satisfy an integral need for both sides; for the lower class, it gave them the means to express opinions eloquently and efficiently, while for the high class it gave them insight into the plights of the lower classes that, although not fixed during the Family's stay in the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, still allowed them to understand their situation and use it in debates against them.)

In this harsh environment, Ðýbŋüšýl came to adopt a similar level of contempt for the higher classes as did the rest of the low classes. Due to the high levels of cooperation that were occurring between these high classes and the Ïlýrhonidian tribal government at large, this disdain spread to them as well. This contempt was also dramatically increased during the Second Period of natural disasters, which ravaged the entire tribe from 25045 to 25021 AYM. In particular, this was boosted by actions on the part of the Ïlýrhonidian government, the most notable of which was the Nüvraŋ-Ýlëntuk in 25035 AYM, in which, due to the severity of the natural disasters, the government could not feasibly help the Ýlëntuk Family without harming the rest of the families, thus effectively leaving them to suffer in their own fate. As a result, all classes of the Ýlëntuk Family were united in their contempt against the Ïlýrhonidian government, and when life outside the Ïlýrhonid Tribe was finally proven to be viable in 25025 AYM (see the Khýnýšic Expedition), thus disproving the state religion known as the Kavamïŋ-Ïlýrhonid, the Ýlëntukian Family's grievances regarding the Ïlýrhonid Tribe reached its peak, and the Family, and all its class divisions, left en masse in mid-25020 AYM.

Emigration

Upon emigrating, the Ýlëntuk Family would settle in the @volain