Ambush of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð

The Ambush of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð was an engagement that occurred on 25001 AYM outside the twin cities of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð. In this such engagement, the Varhoŋïð-Khalúš would retaliate against the Maðúšýï after years of raids by decisively surrounding and defeating the latter's forces. It represents the culmination of the Tžý-Gýbakk, the first philosophical and semi-religious system of the Maðúšýï, and is the catalyst for its further transformation into the second such system, the Tžý-Úvremk.

Prelude and Background

Predecessor to the Maðúšýï: The Hýyó-Hayïd

The feud between the Maðúšýï and the Khalúšians is one of the earliest such disputes between any two tribes. The former, although not the first to be founded, was based on geopolitical settlements that were the first outside settlements to be created. Namely, these cities were the Hýyó-Hayïd, those based in the southern Amoŋot Desert and the direct result of the Hayïdic Expedition, which in turn represented the very first venture outside the Ïlýrhonid Tribe.

The geographical situation present in that region is one of sparseness, fragility, and environmental constraints. Located at a section of coast just between the Arbin Watershed and the Nuzowli Mountain Range, the winds in a 400-kilometer radius are funnelled through this gap. The resultant wind speeds here reach 60-70 mph and lead to widespread erosion and deterioration of the rock. In addition to forming massive cliffs, this erosion renders the rock very, very brittle and liable to buckle under even slight pressure. Thus, food sources are few and far between and mainly restricted to the two mountain ranges at either ends, both of whom lie more than 200 kilometers from the middle of the region.

As such, the inhabitants of the Hýyó-Hayïd were forced to establish a tight community stretching across all cities. In the years from their establishment in 25032 to that of the Khalúšians in 25019 AYM, a series of roads would be created and well-used to harvest, distribute, and transport the rocks to all the cities of the Hýyó-Hayïd.

Creation of the Varhoŋïð-Khalúš

The Khalúšians made up part of the Ýlëntuk Family, who would depart from the Ïlýrhonid Tribe around mid-to-late 25020 AYM and settle in the Volain Forest at the Ŋópïŋ-Arún-Khërn, that is, the fork of the Kairn River System. This Family's grievances with the Tribe primarily concerned the extremely deadly way of life there, which was characterized by enhanced natural disasters (due to their adjacency to the Nuzowli Mountain Range), a quickly-growing rift between the high and low classes, and a central government who could not adapt fast enough to address the Family's dire situations. The Family wholeheartedly agreed that the relative comfort experienced outside the Tribe was enough of a difference to justify the releasing of the other families, and thus made it their mission to do so. However, the key point on which they disagreed was how one was to do this.

The high class, who had maintained relatively good relations with the Hyvamto-Rhïlýrhonid (that is, the central government of the Tribe), wanted to convince the government of the benefits of the outside world by introducing the exotic materials via trade and economic interactions. However, the low class, who was more often shunned or ignored by both the high class and the Hyvamto-Rhïlýrhonid, could not trust the government on these matters. They preferred to do away with the government altogether through military means. These two differing perspectives would constitute the ideologies behind the tribes of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš and Kairn, and the unified Family would gradually split up into these distinct tribes over the course of 3-4 months.

Tensions between these two would come to a head in 22 Wota-Eimarae, 25020 AYM, during the Ambush of Ŋópïŋ-Arún-Khërn, whereupon a planned Khalúšian raid on the Ïlýrhonid Tribe was thwarted by the Kairnians. In the ensuing fight, a large swath of the Khalúšians was killed and the remaining members fled westward, finding themselves at the cities of Güðün in the north and Óm-hayïd in the south. These were part of the Hýyo-Wýðúr and Hýyó-Hayïd, respectively.