Ariss's Rebellion

Ariss’s Rebellion

On the sixth year of the second generation, the Bluemah (and other tribes) suffered a food shortage. Many people in the land grew angry, especially the Bluemah (like 10 people were furious and starving). This caused people to question Taeee’s leadership, and all of the tribe except Taeee’s house and his guards were ready for him to step down.

There was a vote to be held anyway, for Taeee started ruling on 2 2E, and the ancient document of Tol stated that the Bluemah king must be elected every four years. The candidates were Taeee, Ariss, Taha, and Rhohin.

Taeee simply wanted to keep leading to feed his family and prove he could change the tribe for the better. He protested and said people were only mad at him because they were hungry, but the people denied this and blamed his not fixing of the lady houses.

Ariss was the sixth child of Roj, and the first woman ever to run for Bluemah king. She promised a new view of women in the tribe, and that there would never be a ladies house again. Also, around this time, she had joined the newly formed Assassin’s Guild, so she was trying to make connections and get as much power as possible. She would use guild members Arkimedese and Mikmus to vote for her.

Taha was to be king if Taeee were to die, for he was Taeee’s vice president. Taeee trusted in Taha and would rather him be king than any other. Taha wanted to be king to feed his family, but for the most part, he was still loyal to Taeee. People voted for Taha because he was a gentle old man – destined to Kratachii. However, his Kratachiiing made other furious for being an old man and a fool.

Rhohin was the general under Taeee, and, though still loyal to Taeee, thought he would enjoy more power as king. His arguments were Roj-like, but no one voted for him.

Ultimately, it was down to Taha and Taeee, though Ariss was very close. The ladies of the tribe wanted to split away from Taeee’s lady house making and poor choices, so they chose Taha (mainly because they really choice Ariss and she chose Taha because she knew she could overthrow him).

With the ladies and Ariss wanting to split the tribe in half, Taha refused and joined Taeee once more, thus forcing his half to be led by Taeee yet again. This infuriated the ladies who only chose Taha because he wasn’t Taeee, so when he left, they looked to their true leader – Ariss.

Ariss lead her half into the forest to start a fresh, but Taeee and the Grefah would not allow this. Like with the Yempah uprising, this one would not be tolerated. However, since they were all Bluemah, no one wanted to kill anyone, so Taeee decided to just imprison Ariss and bring the demoralized back home.

Mikmus during this time, decided to be an Assassin’s Guild spy and join Taeee’s side. When Ariss and her half arrived to the Bluemah camp, Ariss yelled for Mikmus to “take her shot.”  Mikmus fired an arrow into Taeee, injuring him. Ariss yelled for the women to rise up and fight the oppression.

Many ran to the Bluemah armory and a battle began. Nide and Toh died while defending Taeee. Once the battle calmed, Ariss and her side ran to ally with the Yempah. Taeee crawled to the Grefah to ask for help again.

The Grefah tried to get the Bluemah from the Yempah, but the Yempah had convinced the Rafon that now they could take on anyone in the world. Not wanting to suicide, the Grafah and Taeee’s Bluemah backed down. Taeee spoke of plans to have a covert mission to kill Ariss and win back the Bluemah, but the Grefah convinced him that no matter what, all plans will end in suicide for half of the tribe.

So Ariss got her way and made friends with the Assassin’s Guild’s member Kilee, Queen of the Grefah. With the Yempah, Rafon, and half the Bluemah on her side, the Grefah had no chance to fight them all. Thus began a terrifying new age as Ariss leads her rebels to victory or defeat.

After 2 years, in 8 2E, Ariss and her Bluemah made the fatal mistake of leaving the borders of the Yempah to live on their own. This gave the Yempah and Rafon no incentive to protect Ariss, so the Bluemah and Grefah took over Ariss and everything was reset to normal. However, Ariss's influence had not left the women of the tribe, and they immediately elected another woman, Eeee, as ruler of the Bluemah.