Šïhal-Ýïr

Šïhal-Ýïr, or Sialver, was one of the 32 Ýïr and a member of the 8 Second-Phase Arðor-Kýï. Unlike most other Second-Phase tribes, it concerned itself not with the Crisis of 24982 AYM but the Húðaŋïl, that is, the original pre-Ïlýrhonidian traditions of the Khólteð Family as rediscovered and reimplemented by Bömwvak and Ëknëteög during the Ýmor-Šapariž. In this fashion, it shared a ideological heritage with Halëðem-Ýïr, although the two differed fundamentally on their views of the Family's cultural identity and thus never came to become allies. In history, the Šïhalïans are most known for their first leader Kóšŋúmaš, who was renowned for his diplomatic and strategic wit.

In the Khólteðian Wars that followed the total expulsion of all Ýïr from the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, Šïhal-Ýïr thus occupied a territory that was very close to the coast albeit blocked by the two tribes of Belúb-Ýïr and Ðïš-Ýïr. Finding themselves lacking in military prowess, they would quickly create a series of alliances called the Treaties of Kóšŋúmaš that ensured the tribe's safety. During this period, they would frequently collaborate with the Belúbians and Ðïšïans to create a shallow trough through which the Šïhalïans could attain access to water. When Rlúýš-Ýïr attacked in mid-24979 AYM, the combined forces of these three tribes would successfully repel them, and Šïhal-Ýïr would use this as leverage to attack their ally Ŋöð-Ýïr, contributing to the latter's demise around early 24978 AYM. Following this, the allied tribes would formally conglomerate into the tribe of Pýŋöð (then called Bëlëŋðar), which would finally defeat Halëðem-Ýïr in mid-24978 AYM to form the first of the four Khólteðian nations.

Etymology

The name Šïhal-Ýïr is among the more straight-forward in origin. It is a combination of the phoneme 'hal' and the prefix 'Šï', and both these parts are shared across the names of multiple tribes whose goals and rationales reflect their names. The 'hal' portion is a shortened form of the Húðaŋïl as befit the rules of the Šüvïŋ-Úfüš system of condensing words. In the Ïšrhot-Mëtaŋ phonetic system, each letter does not constitute a phoneme or a letter, but an action undertaken by the individual to make or change a sound. To make 'hal', one would take the first action of each phoneme (Húð and Aŋï) as well as any suffixes or prefixes (just -l in this case) to create the shortened form. This 'hal' is shared by the tribe of Halëðem-Ýïr, which also based their philosophy around the Húðaŋïl but instead of attempting to come back to the Bömwvakian version thereof, sought to create an entirely new one.

The prefix 'Šï' is a fairly known phoneme that is shared by the Talian tribes of Šïvýð-Ýïr and Šïbha-Ýïr, both of whom saw themselves as the veritable representatives of the Talian cause at large. As such, the 'Šï' prefix has come to be understood as denoting 'originality' and 'authenticity', which is certainly attested to by Šïhal-Ýïr's philosophy of trying to represent the original Bömwvakian Húðaŋïl. Many historians and philosophers have pointed out how the name puts more emphasis on the Húðaŋïl itself rather than the individuals that made up the tribe. Some have theorized about its linkage to the concept of Žömëp-Fýtaŋ, in which an abstract concept, physical object, or leadership role is used as a representation of a certain group such that they are inextricably and metaphysically linked in identity. As such, the Šïhalians would tus see themselves as the Húðaŋïl itself, not merely the believers and adherents therein.

History

The Šïhalians would only emerge in the Second Phase of the Crisis of 24982 AYM, and even then, they would be one of the last to be created. However, their philosophy, especially the focus on the Húðaŋïl, reaches back into the Second Wave of the Žötó-Žimiara that flourished from 25080 to 25044 AYM. The Žötó-Žimiara were a collection of innovators from all 12 families that contributed greatly towards technological, physical, and especially in the Second Wave, cultural and societal changes that often spread across the entire Ïlýrhonid Tribe, but predominantly saw their greatest effects in the familial sphere. That is, an innovator's effects would primarily affect those within their own family, and thus contribute to the divergence of that one family from the tribal culture at large that had been dominant in the Ýmor-Šïwëðo (25187 - 25100 AYM). The two innovators from the Khólteð Family were Bömwvak and Ëknëteög, who each flourished from 25085 to 25065 AYM and 25067 to 25055 AYM, respectively. The former drew upon a recently-discovered cache of documents that were carried over by the Family during their initial migration to the Ïlýrhonid Tribe, which included numerous texts on pre-Ïlýrhonidian rituals, beliefs, cultural values, and linguistic styles of the Khólteð Family. These such pre-Ïlýrhonidian topics were called the Húðaŋïl, a name that came from the two phonemes that were most used in the