Hrülïšakr

Hrülïšakr, or Rauhler, was the 1st Khlúkúrmïr of the Këhóš-Ýïr. He led the tribe of Këhóš-Ýïr through the first phase of the Ýïrúl War against the Ýbašý-Ýïr, but died before the second phase started. More importantly, however, he defined the duties and abilities of the role of the Khlúkúrmïr through his actions as simultaneously a civic leader and military general, dual roles that would be further emphasized by his successors Müžúökrš and Ïžlevš.

Biography

Hrülïšakr was born in the year 25054 AYM, which is recorded in the Žötó-Ïdhatón, the official familial records. Beyond that, his early life before the Crisis is not well-known, as is the norm for the vast majority of figures from that time period. As such, most of the details regarding this early stage of his life (well, hardly early given that it spanned nearly 75 years) is inferred regarding the general history of the Ïlýrhonid Tribe and surviving accounts of how people reacted to it (which are both listed in the Gaðërïŋ-Hýša, the tribe's official records).

At the time of Hrülïšakr's birth, the tribe was nearing the end of the second wave of the Žötó-Žimiara, which were individuals from all 12 families that oversaw immense cultural and social changes throughout the tribe. This lasted from 25080 to 25044 AYM, with the death of the last figure, RZÜ, marking the end. Concurrent with that end was the beginning of an extended period of natural disasters that ravaged the tribe from 25045 to 25021 AYM. All of these conspired to bring about public uncertainty in the tribe's central government (the Hyvamto-Rhïlýrhonid and the Alaghúl-Garhifiŋ), as they both showed how these supposedly-powerful positions were incapable of exerting real influence upon the tribe and its populace, especially in preserving tribal unity and the safety of its occupants. Instead, real power was found to reside in the family unit itself, and the populace subsequently rallied around the familial leaders (the Hyvamto-Žö-Ýšïb). All of these, which are known to have occurred in Hrülïšakr's life, are presupposed to have influenced his psyche and societal outlook, although the exact manner in which this occurred is indeterminable.

Starting around 25020, tensions between the leaders of the Khólteð Family and the ostracized community known as the Fýr-Hŋýtor came to light, as the latter was caught building a comprehensive series of tunnels throughout the Family land. A predecessor to the Crisis, it would likely have created uncertainty that led the populace to question many things about the Family unit, namely their history regarding the Fýr-Hŋýtor, the validity and infallibility of this unit, and the tribal laws at large that had enable this widespread ostracization in the first place. It would be the precursor to the widespread factionization that occurred in the Crisis, namely the distinction between the Arðor-Úŋï and the Arðor-Kýï. The surviving histories of those that became part of the tribe of Këhóš-Ýïr, like Ólpësŋë and Müžúökrš, are united in that they held relative ambivalence and doubt about the Family unit, being put off by the questionable acts yet still too reliant on this overarching power to really conceive of a life without it. This may have been the same sentiment felt by Hrülïšakr, although this is far from definitive proof.

Crisis of 24982 AYM

Main Article: Crisis of 24982 AYM

The Crisis of 24982 AYM represented the ultimate and irreversible fracturing of the Family into 32 discrete groups that sorted themselves into the Arðor-Tal (the renamed Fýr-Hŋýtor, who were unified by their desire to get rid of the Hyvamto-Žö-Ýšïb), the Arðor-Úŋï (those that campaigned to keep the Hyvamto-Žö-Ýšïb in power), and the Arðor-Kýï (a series of independent tribes that harbored powerful ambitions that did not align with either of the two). Given their ambivalence, the Këhóšians were inclined to become part of the Arðor-Kýï, but their exact motives are not known.

Almost all the Kýïan Tribes (as the Arðor-Kýï are often called) harbored a certain desire regarding the governance of the Family; they wanted to govern the Family on their own terms that they each fervently believed in. This would manifest as a desire to reach the Ëzó-Rhažóval, the seat of power for the Hyvamto-Žö-Ýšïb and thus a source of legitimate governing power according the Kýïan Tribes. The goal of Këhóš-Ýïr was thus two-fold; they fought campaigns to maneuver themselves northeast to the Ëzó-Rhažóval, but simultaneously participated in engagements to the southwest in repeated efforts to deter other Kýïan Tribes from doing the same. This thus produced two different fronts, and Hrülïšakr was a prominent figure in the southwest front (that focused on the deterring of other tribes). According to writings that recount the history of the Këhóš-Ýïr tribe, he was a major figure in the actions there and likely responsible for the successes of the tribe in that aspect. As the chaos of the Second Phase erupted, in which 8 more tribes sprung up to the northeast of Këhóš-Ýïr, the two fronts became many, as the tribe was fighting contenders that surrounded themselves from all angles. The stress and strain of this tumultuous period, which Ðrhuvëškal took sole responsibility of fighting against, eventually led to his death around mid-Geta-Eimarae, mere days before the Ïlýrhonid government put an abrupt end to the escalating violence via the 24982 AYM Ultimatum. Këhóš-Ýïr was thus left without a leader for the duration of the subsequent expulsion of the Khólteð Family and the resettlement in the Tayzem Desert. Hrülïšakr was likely seen as one of the highest contenders, if not an unofficial leader already, but historians agree that the wide range of roles that his predecessor engaged himself in (especially considering the stresses of the pertinent situation) likely caused hesitation and reluctance in accepting the role.

Ýïrúl War (Këhóš-Ýbašý War)

The expulsion of all 32 tribes of the Khólteð Family, an act that was part of the terms of the 24982 AYM Ultimatum, occurred on 3 Heta-Eimarae; the Family would sail for nearly a month before landing at the eastern coast of the Tayzem Desert. During this period, the Ultimatum had also enforced a truce between the tribes prohibiting violence and animosity between them, and the reinstating of Šïk-hórom as the Hyvamto-Žö-Ýšïb, albeit with very limited powers as a compromise for the Talians. Thus, little if any fatalities occurred in the trip, and Šïk-hórom was intent to preserve this peace. Still traumatized by the Crisis, he sought to give tribes no reason for anger or factioning violence, and so he spread the Talians, Úŋïans, and Kýïans across the entire desert, giving each tribe territories that were unbroken and seemed equal to each other. Of course, a bit part of this involved the terrain of the Desert, which was under the influence of a series of strong winds that each operated at different altitudes and built up the higher one went. The Desert was originally one huge mountain, whose smooth curves became segmented and stepped by the different winds. The end result was a wedding-cake-like pattern of horizontal plateaus and sharp cliffs, and the different in altitudes from the peak to the base of a cliff was such that a tribe's territory just could not traverse it. The exception to this was the coastal cliffs, which were also under the immediate influence of coastal winds that irregularly shaped these cliff faces and gave them blemishes that one could use as the basis for traversing the cliff and building settlements on.

Këhóš-Ýïr, for reasons that still to this day remain not fully understood, was given a sizeable chunk of land that sat adjacent to the coast. This gave them a huge advantage in two ways. First, the water in general was very nutrient-rich and became the basis for large-scale agriculture that allowed them to grow plants and gave them a stable food source that did not harm their own land (while the inland tribes had to rely on the quite destructive method of mining). Second, the tribe was located at a very unique part of the coast, namely the location where the Tlïvhakk Ocean flowed into the Ŋaraïðúl Strait. This area was thus blessed with a dramatically increased flow rate and much faster nutrient transport in this case, which further improved their harvest. This is seen in the three urban metropolises that sprung up as the tribe's first settlements: Ïšš-Ðahŋú, which sat right at that point on the coast that very swiftly became the most populous, Öšërk-Ðahŋú , the middle settlements that were established as a geographic indicator, and Vakýë-Ðahŋú , the northernmost settlement that quickly realigned itself away from farming to become a point of defense against Belúb-Ýïr, the neighbor to the north.