Vakýë-Ðahŋú

Vakýë-Ðahŋú was one of three large urban areas, alongside Ïšš-Ðahŋú and Öšërk-Ðahŋú, that populated the coastline of the tribe of Këhóš-Ýïr. It was the northernmost of the three, sitting adjacent to the tribe's border with Belúb-Ýïr. From it arose the Vakýë-Ëŋšïk, one of the three major components of the Këhóšian army. Although this urban area would bear witness to fighting in the Ýïrúl War, especially near the inland city of Raðvïš-Ïmrú, it would be directly involved in the succeeding conflict known as the Këhóš-Belúb War, where it was largely destroyed.

History

Like all other cities, the history of the Vakýë-Ðahŋú complex is directly tied to the history of the entire tribe of Këhóš-Ýïr. The three settlements were created mere days after the initial settlement of the tribal lands in late-Heta-Eimarae, after they, alongside all the other Ýïr, had finally reached the Tayzem Desert. All three of these urban areas did not start off as the multifaceted composite city that it became, but multiple small-scale settlements along the coast that happened to contact each other through expansion. Being coastal cities, and thus constrained in land by the wall of cliffs that ran along the coast, these small-scale settlements often crept up these walls to form a highly diverse structure.

For Vakýë-Ðahŋú, it was the smallest in terms of initial settlements. While both Ïšš-Ðahŋú and Öšërk-Ðahŋú were composed of anywhere from 5 to 10 different initial towns, Vakýë-Ðahŋú was composed of just 3. This can be traced to geology; along the coast, as one moves southwards, the inland terrain becomes much more rugged and higher in elevation while the coastline stays roughly the same in that respect. This is due to the same reasons that the Ŋaraïðúl Strait exists; it is the location of the boundary between the Kalzuth Plate and the Tayzem Plate, which have a complicated history of interactions that have simultaneously moved towards each other (leading to a much higher elevation) and away from other (creating that gash known as the Ŋaraïðúl Strait). The larger height means a much larger cliffside with much more irregularities (secondary cliffs and jagged surfaces, to name the most obvious), and each of these irregularities became the basis for more divided settlements. Vakýë-Ðahŋú, in comparison, had a much shorter cliff with little-to-no irregularities, and so, the entire complex was rendered very homogenous in structure.

The three components that made up Vakýë-Ðahŋú are as follows: