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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 '''Pa'l''' are a subgroup of [[Tulura|Tuluran]] [[White Path|White Pilgrims]] that live in its majority in isolated communities deep in the Tuluran countryside, as opposed to the other followers of the White Paths that predominantly live in coastal urban settlements. They are the descendents of White Pilgrims armed militias that settled in secluded areas of [[Tulura]] during the [[War of Ten Thousand Leagues]] as a way to avoid persecution. There are currently XXXXX P'al registered by the census, who work predominantly as cattle herders and coffee farmers. They are especially famed for their {{wp|poultry}}, including chickens, ducks, but also {{wp|Phorusrhacidae|Terror Birds}}, {{wp|Ostriches}} and even {{wp|Moa}} from [[Onekawa-Nukanoa]].


Because of their role in the [[Thousand Leagues War]], the P'al were reputed to be violent, bloodthirsty, communautarists. They have an history of opposition to the State, notably on the matter of {{wp|conscription}}, but also of conflicts with neighboring communities, even if their secluded settlements limit the number of confrontations.
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}}.
 
==Etymology==
It is the other white pilgrims communities that gave the P'al their name, which then became commonly used by the other Tulurans. P'al mean "separated" in {{wp|Mayan languages|Satti}} and refers to the separation that occured inside the [[White Path]] community after the end of the [[Mutulese Ochran|Mutulese presence in the Ozeros]]. The majority of pilgrims stayed in the portuary cities where they've always resided, while a few preferred to abandon their urban settlement to find refuge deeper inland, away from the [[Tulura|Tuluran]] and especially the [[Azdarin||Iifae]] as tensions between the two groups were at an all time high. Since then, while contacts between the two communities are regular, especially during pilgrimages, their lifestyles remain irremediabely different.


==History==
==History==
===The Separation===
===War of Ten Thousand Leagues===
===Settling and territorial conflicts===
===Conflicts with the State===
==Economy==
Their economy is based on {{wp|agriculture}}, the raising of {{wp|livestock}} (especially large avians), and {{wp|hunting}}. Most of their agriculture is subsidence-based, with very few P'al growing coffee or other cash crops. The main crops are sorghum, millet, and corn, but also pulses and yams.
===Livestock===
Livestock production plays an important role in P'al communities. Almost the entire population is involved in some way with animal husbandry. They raise large avians, such as {{wp|Ostriches}}, {{wp|Moa}}, and some specific breeds of {{wp|Phorusrhacidae|Terror Birds}}, but also smaller birds like chicken, turkeys, and ducks. They're all raised for their feathers, skins, eggs, or meat. Ostriches are an especially important source of revenues for P'al ranchers. They've also developed special saddles for ostriches, allowing for {{wp|List of forms of racing|Ostriches racing}}, while Terror birds are raised in manner not dissimilar from dogs either as company animals or for running and fighting competitions.


==Culture==
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.
===Language===
P'al speak [[Tulura|Tewanya]] as their first language. Very few are capable of speaking {{wp|Mayan languages|Satti}} and only know the religious vocabulary. As it is, Satti remain firmly a litturgical language, only spoken fluently by the clergy and some community leaders.
===Religious practices===
While there's no specific ethnicities associated with them, P'al are all, by definition, [[White Path|White Pilgrims]] which distinguish them from their neighbors.


The P'al's White Path main divinity is {{wp|Chaac|Chaak}}, including his Avatar [[Azdarin|Mesfin]]. They consider that, since he was a God made human, all his descendent, the Mesfids, can potentially become Avatars themselves and thus claim the title of {{wp|Caliphate|Kallu}}, or "Holy Lord". However only his son, [[Temesgen]], claimed the title of Kallu and his Caliphate died with him. Thus, the P'al consider that Temesgen was the last true Holy Lord, and that all other Kallu after him were illegitimate. Including the Almurids.
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.


Hunting is especially important to the P'al way of life and it has a repercution in their practice of the White Path. The Chax Massat K'ij, "Day of the Blue Deer", is an annual feast organized by the hunters of the community and is considered one of the most important day of their festive calendar. Meanwhile, a contrition day is held each year for the hunters, so they can be forgiven if they hadn't respected the religious rules surrounding the Hunt, such as preserving all the bones of their preys and to depose them at an Hunting Altar, or unnecessarily wounded the game.  
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.  


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.


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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.
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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.

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