Tžý-Úvremk

The Tžý-Úvremk was the second Tžý, or raiding philosophy, of the Maðúšýï, and reached its peak popularity during the reign of its name sake, Úvremk, from 25001 to the First Varhoŋïan War in 24976 AYM. It was a modified and evolved version of the philosophy of his predecessor Gýbakk that built upon recent events like the Ambush of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð. The end result was a version more suited to ensuring tribal longevity and sustenance through strategic limitations, and would be utilized in the First Varhoŋïan War to ensure fulfillment of the tribe's target objectives despite suffering an overall defeat.

Historical Background

The Tžý-Úvremk succeeded the Tžý-Gýbakk, the first such war philosophy of the Maðúšýï, upon the death of its namesake, the king Gýbakk, in the Ambush of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð of 25001 AYM.

To understand the makings of the Tžý-Úvremk, one must first understand that of the Tžý-Gýbakk, as the former takes most of its foundational details from the latter. This Tžý-Gýbakk was the result of a developmental process that occurred from the tribe's inception in 25019 AYM to around 25015 AYM. This would coincide with the first few raids of the tribe, during which time these such attacks were fueled mostly by pure vengeance. However, Gýbakk quickly found that, due to the sparseness and desolation of the area, the tribe could not afford to settle down and sustain themselves via local resources. In order to keep themselves alive and thriving, the raids had to continue, and this Gýbakkian philosophy was the new rationale for raiding that would outlast the short-bursted vengeful spite that initially kickstarted it.

The Tžý-Gýbakk's main philosophical tenets were made to pivot the purpose of raiding from a mere hateful perspective to one focused on the maintenance and sustenance of one's own tribal community and those of its allies, namely the Ïlýrhonid and Kairn. (These tribes had signed a pact, the Pact of Kairn, with the Maðúšýï upon its formation during and after the Úrïsic Expedition.) Specifically, this repositioned set of tenets consisted of the following:

• The nourishment of oneself and others through the resources obtained by raiding
• The ensurement of tribal protection through the weakening and debilitation of enemies, namely the tribe of Varhoŋïð-Khalúš
• The use of raids to pursue and assist in pursuing endgoals in common with the Kairn and Ïlýrhonid Tribes

Upon implementation, these tenets did wonderfully in their intended purpose; in addition to encouraging the execution of more than 35 other raids during Gýbakk's reign, they created a fanatical-like obsession with the concept of raiding that pushed and boosted the tribe towards further attacks on much farther away targets like the Hýyo-Wýðúr in 25010 AYM. This success to leaps and bounds was also emphasized by the relative unpreparedness of the targets, who were often caught defendless and allowed abnormally large amounts of resources to be taken from them.

However, as time went on, the targets would become used to and even build up strong resistance to these raids. This would culminate in the Ambush of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð, in which an assault on the Khalúšians at Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð in 25001 AYM was ambushed by troops flanking from the nearby city of Óm-hayïd. A substantial part of the raiding group was killed, including Gýbakk. Among the injured was Úvremk, who limped back to the Maðúšýïan territory and spent two weeks healing from his wounds. During this time of rest, he would formulate the Tžý-Úvremk from the failings of the Tžý-Gýbakk.

Philosophy

Being a patching-up of the vulnerabilities of the Tžý-Gýbakk, the Tžý-Úvremk was much less a complete revamping as it was the addressing of a noticeable 'hole' in the existing philosophy, that is, the lack of how one should conduct raids. Namely, Gýbakk had outlined these crucial tenets for tribal stability and sustenance, but not the specific actions and strategies that would achieve these tenets.

Úvremk drew the vast majority of his philosophy from his experiences in the earlier Ambush of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð, which was itself the culmination of a series of events between the Maðúšýïans and Khalúšians. What Úvremk focused on was the eagerness and voracity with which the raiding party attacked their targets during the early raids. This had scared the Khalúšians, who began retreating and abandoning the city of Óm-hayïd in favor of the farther-away cities of Šahr-Óðlýn and Öðma-Amakoð. This had, knowingly or unknowingly, made the flank attack of the Ambush possible.

Úvremk's first act was to formulate a cycle of raiding. Different from a 'realistic' cycle describing events in the Gýbakkian era, this was an idealistic cycle, which would happen if one raided 'correctly'.

• As a city is raided, the inhabitants become scattered, most likely fleeing into the surrounding wilderness due to the sparsely populated geopolitical state during this time.
• After a lull of around 4 to 8 months, the city would gradually begin repopulation and rebuilding.
• Once the city is rebuilt and fully working again, the Maðúšýï allow 2-4 more months to let them settle in and accumulate resources
• The city is raided again, and the cycle restarts.

The core of his philosophy, however, was that 'balanced' raiding cycle. One had to approach the act of raiding with caution, striking the targets with just enough force to subdue them but not enough to cause them to permanently abandon their cities. If too much force was applied, the inhabitants would flee to and establish new cities farther away, meaning that the Maðúšýï would need to travel farther and expose themselves more in order to carry out their raids. This was what had occurred to lead to Gýbakk's death.

However, the opposite was also dangerous. Not enough force rendered the inhabitants still cohesive and able to access much of their defensive tools, meaning that their resistance increased dramatically as a result.