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The '''Witz Machilob''' or '''Mountain Clans''' as they are known in [[Mutli]], but generally referred to as '''Puxtjay''' ("People of the Machete") by its members is an {{wp|Mixe people|Ayüükjä'äy}} - {{wp|Zoque people|O'de püt}} is an {{wp|Organized crime|criminal society}} originating from the [[Mutul]], in the hills and mountains separating the provinces of [[Yajawil of Joy Chan|Joy Chan]], [[Yajawil of Muynal|Muynal]], and [[Yajawil of Kanol|Kanol]] and dating to at least the 19th century. the Mountain Clans represent an especially secretive society which has proven especially difficult to infiltrate by the authorities. This is mostly due to their family-based recruitment, membership within the organisation is a purely dynastic affair, and only loose ties between Clans.
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The '''Kingdom of the Drev''' was one of the two {{wp|Finno-Ungaric languages|Lush}} kingdoms that came from the partition of king [[Gersa I]] retinues. It took its name from the [[Drev river]] around which the kingdom was centered.


In 811, [[Gerza I]] died. Two of his sons had survived to adulthood and shared their father's inheritance. The second born, [[Worsak]], received no land but enough men and cattles to survive. But rather than continue his people's migration, he chose to settle in the Drev river valley. To win the local {{wp|Western slavic languages|Ludz}} communities to his side, he converted to {{wp|Eastern Orthodox Church|Christianity}}. It's this act that is considered to mark the birth of the Kingdom of the Drev.
The Clan form the basic unit of the organization. Each Clan consider itself sovereign over a given territory, generally a village or a neighborhood. In their territory, they practice {{wp|Racketeering}}, {{wp|Procuring (prostitution)|Prostitution}}, {{wp|Gambling}}, and {{wp|Usury}}.


In 1014, the king [[Worsak IV]] was murdered because of his {{wp|Iconoclasm|Iconoclast}} sympathies. His weak son, [[Worsak V]], was crowned under the patronage of his first cousin once removed, the Duke [[Havar of Vizstran]]. Havar was the leader of the Iconodulist faction, and he led campaigns after campaigns of repression against the Iconoclast movement. He died in 1020 and was succeeded in his position of strongman by his son, who was murdered in broad daylight the same year. [[Karro]], Magrave of Sevromark, gathered a powerful Iconoclast army and marched on the capital, where he forced the king to appoint him as the new Mayor of the Palace. Two years later, Worsak V died without an heir. Rather than claim the throne for himself, Karro elevated his March into a Kingdom. Since the leader of the Iconodulist remnants refused to take the mantle of King of the Drev, preferring to elevate his lands to a Grand-Duchy, it was the official end of the Kingdom.
==History==


==Government==
The ''People of the Machete'' developed in the essentially tribal society of the 19th century western [[Mutul]]. The {{wp|Mixe people|Ayukjay}} and {{wp|Zoque people|O'de}} are two {{wp|Mixe–Zoque languages|closely related}} ethnic group, themselves covering a range of around sixteen or so dialects. Following traditional tales and archeologic evidences, these groups are often considered to be the modern successors of the ancient {{wp|Olmecs|Chakb'ah}} and {{wp|Epi-Olmec culture|Tzib’ah}} civilizations.
===The Monarch===
 
The '''Drev Korran''' had limited powers that made him a "first among equals" or the "fair judge" of his land rather than an absolute ruler. He couldn't raise taxes, and there was no institutions in place to let the King directly reach his subjects, leaving the landowning nobility to play the role of intermediary bodies between the monarch and his people.
In the 18th century, Ayukjay and O'de people were mostly present in the highlands of the [[Yajawil of Yokok'ab]] and [[Yajawil of Muynal]]. Farming was their principal activity, producing raw materials for the artisans and enterprises of [[Yu]]. Poorer than their {{wp|Chontal Maya language|Yokot'an}} neighbors, many of these highlanders ended up migrating to [[Yu]], to serve among the [[Mutulese Ochran|Great Companies]] as sailors or marines. But after the 1750s, an economic crisis from which the Mutul never entirely recovered greatly reduced the economic opportunities across the Divine Kingdom. Ayukjay and O'de people especially suffered during this time as they ended up constantly sidelined in favour of their Yokot'an, {{wp|Mixtec|Nuu Davi}}, and {{wp|Ben Naa}} neighbors. These same ethnies would become core components of the [[Noble Republic of Northern Oxidentale]] during the [[Sajal War]]. As a result, Ayukjay and O'de people would mostly side with the Royalists in that civil war, forming pockets of resistance against the Noble Republic' conscription and taxation. It's then that the expression "People of the Machete" first appeared.
With the lack of taxes, the king and his court was entirely dependent on the revenues from his own lands. The fragmentation of the royal domain among the king's children meant that the crown's revenues were always dwindling. Dynastic strategies, investment in the infrastructures, intensification of the agriculture, and other attempt to acquire more lands slowed down the process, but did not stop it. Especially once the landowning aristocracy of the northern and southern borders started to expand outward through conquests and raids, something the Monarchy couldn't do. Ultimately, the crown became politically dependent on this high nobility and on any strongman that emerged. A process that led to the dislocation of the kingdom.
 
===The Mergrovet===
In the aftermath of the Civil War, the [[Ilok'tab Dynasty]] wished to reward its partisans across the country, the Men of the Machete included. The idea of a "Witz Machilob" (''Mountaineers'') Vice-Kingdom was floated, but ultimately a different solution was prefered. Yokok'ab was divided in two, its highlands becoming the [[Yajawil of Joy Chan]], which was still dominated by a {{wp|Chontal Maya language|Yokot'an}} aristocracy despite the greater powers acquired by the Ayukjay and O'de at the provincial level. ALthough most of the O'de people lived in this new state, the bulk of the Ayukjay population would remain in the [[Yajawil of Kanol]] where they acquired provincial-level autonomy.
The '''Mergrovet''' or "Mayor of the Palace" was originally one of the King's courtier who was in charge of the correct management of his master's material wealth, without any political power. With time it became the equivalent of a Chancellor or of a Prime Minister, de facto head of the government. During the early days of the Ikonkivoyra, both the Iconodulists and Iconoclasts fought over the position as it was synonymous of taking over the kingdom. The last two Mergrovets, Duke [[Havar of VIzstran]] and Marquis [[Karro]], are both perfect examples of the political evolutions of the late Drev kingdom.
 
===The Clergy===
In Joy Chan, inter-community violences would become the norm between the Yokot'an and the O'de, to the point the former would give the latter the name of ''Ok'ol'', "''The Mud''". After the first wave of expropriation and redistribution of the lands that followed the Sajal War, during which Royalist troops played a key role in law enforcement, the region was left more-or-less to fend for itself by the royal authorities. In the void left, elites of both sides would recruit their own "companies-at-arms" to hunt down thieves, opposing bandits, and negotiate the return of stolen property. The O'de troops, obviously, were mostly made up of People of the Machete.
Despite the hegemony of the Lushs over land ownership, Drev's early priesthood was made entirely off Ludz. This allowed the old aristocratic families to secure a place for themselves in the higher political spheres, serving as bishops, deacons, and scribes. Religion during the early years of the kingdom was a tool of integration of the various elites and the monarchy kept close ties with the Orthodox Church as a way to profit from their dense network of clergymen and natural positions as community leaders.
 
The schism between the {{wp|Iconoclasm|Iconoclasts}} and the {{wp|Orthodoxy|Iconodulists}} during the late period of the kingdom was a devastating blow to the unity of the kingdom, reducing the legitimacy of both the Church and of the Crown while aggravating the conflicts inside the nobility.
This proto ethnic war was ultimately won by the Yokot'an elites who secured the [[Yu]] - [[Sakulew]] {{wp|Rail transport|railroad}} and the [[S'aa River]] waterway.

Latest revision as of 18:43, 19 January 2022

The Witz Machilob or Mountain Clans as they are known in Mutli, but generally referred to as Puxtjay ("People of the Machete") by its members is an Ayüükjä'äy - O'de püt is an criminal society originating from the Mutul, in the hills and mountains separating the provinces of Joy Chan, Muynal, and Kanol and dating to at least the 19th century. the Mountain Clans represent an especially secretive society which has proven especially difficult to infiltrate by the authorities. This is mostly due to their family-based recruitment, membership within the organisation is a purely dynastic affair, and only loose ties between Clans.

The Clan form the basic unit of the organization. Each Clan consider itself sovereign over a given territory, generally a village or a neighborhood. In their territory, they practice Racketeering, Prostitution, Gambling, and Usury.

History

The People of the Machete developed in the essentially tribal society of the 19th century western Mutul. The Ayukjay and O'de are two closely related ethnic group, themselves covering a range of around sixteen or so dialects. Following traditional tales and archeologic evidences, these groups are often considered to be the modern successors of the ancient Chakb'ah and Tzib’ah civilizations.

In the 18th century, Ayukjay and O'de people were mostly present in the highlands of the Yajawil of Yokok'ab and Yajawil of Muynal. Farming was their principal activity, producing raw materials for the artisans and enterprises of Yu. Poorer than their Yokot'an neighbors, many of these highlanders ended up migrating to Yu, to serve among the Great Companies as sailors or marines. But after the 1750s, an economic crisis from which the Mutul never entirely recovered greatly reduced the economic opportunities across the Divine Kingdom. Ayukjay and O'de people especially suffered during this time as they ended up constantly sidelined in favour of their Yokot'an, Nuu Davi, and Ben Naa neighbors. These same ethnies would become core components of the Noble Republic of Northern Oxidentale during the Sajal War. As a result, Ayukjay and O'de people would mostly side with the Royalists in that civil war, forming pockets of resistance against the Noble Republic' conscription and taxation. It's then that the expression "People of the Machete" first appeared.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Ilok'tab Dynasty wished to reward its partisans across the country, the Men of the Machete included. The idea of a "Witz Machilob" (Mountaineers) Vice-Kingdom was floated, but ultimately a different solution was prefered. Yokok'ab was divided in two, its highlands becoming the Yajawil of Joy Chan, which was still dominated by a Yokot'an aristocracy despite the greater powers acquired by the Ayukjay and O'de at the provincial level. ALthough most of the O'de people lived in this new state, the bulk of the Ayukjay population would remain in the Yajawil of Kanol where they acquired provincial-level autonomy.

In Joy Chan, inter-community violences would become the norm between the Yokot'an and the O'de, to the point the former would give the latter the name of Ok'ol, "The Mud". After the first wave of expropriation and redistribution of the lands that followed the Sajal War, during which Royalist troops played a key role in law enforcement, the region was left more-or-less to fend for itself by the royal authorities. In the void left, elites of both sides would recruit their own "companies-at-arms" to hunt down thieves, opposing bandits, and negotiate the return of stolen property. The O'de troops, obviously, were mostly made up of People of the Machete.

This proto ethnic war was ultimately won by the Yokot'an elites who secured the Yu - Sakulew railroad and the S'aa River waterway.