Nemaghui Alliance

The Nemaghui Alliance (Tiwatli: Nemacwa-tiwicapa; Nymagh: Iligöd Numagh or Iligöd Doyatl) was the precursor state of the Nemaghui Empire, founded by an alliance between early Tiwatli settlers and the indigenous Numagh people on the Nemaghua Peninsula. According to legend, the Dozen Clan-Fathers signed a pact with the Numagh on the island the city of Alpatlian formed around. After the Iron Massacre, this haphazard alliance grew into a confederacy of the two core tribes and allies. Alpatlian became the seat of the Tribal Assembly, the governing force of the alliance. There were two Speakers, one Tiwatli and one Numagh. As more Tiwatli moved to the east and intermarried, the formerly united Tiwatli tribe fractured into a dozen clans, each containing many family groups and claiming direct descent from one of the Clan-Fathers. Their presence increasingly crowded out the Numagh and other littlemen tribes. A Tiwatli prince, brother to the reigning Sun-Emperor, known primarily as the Rising Sun, fled to Nemaghua in exile, gathering enough support to be elected Speaker by the Tiwatli. Religious and political tensions exploded in the War Between Giants and Dwarfs. Ultimately, the Numagh were wiped out, and the Rising Sun was crowned Sunset Emperor of the Nemaghui.