Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)

928 CE

January:
In the Kraton of the Sugbuanon capital Nahalin, the monarch Datu Daya Daanbantayan had formally proclaimed his eldest son Datu Arapayan as his definitive heir to the throne of the island-kingdom in a solemn ceremony that was held in the main banquet room within the Middle Court of the Sugbuanon royal palace complex. The said ceremony was attended by some of the well-known and influential personalities in the Sugbuanon society in general, in which includes well-known traders, noblemen who were actually relatives of the local chieftains of towns and villages across Sugbu, senior members of the kingdom's bureaucratic class, chief priests of the principal Sugbuanon temples across the island and foreign dignitaries. At the time of his confirmation as the definitive heir presumptive to the Sugbuanon throne, the twenty-one-year-old Datu Arapayan was already skilled in matters related to both military and government, as he was studied under the personalized guidance of some of the well-known generals and scholars from across the island-kingdom; in fact, it was considered prestigious and very important for a learned man within Sugbu that he was personally invited by the monarch to the Kraton of Nahalin to teach the royal children personally. Upon his newly-confirmed status as the crown prince of Sugbu, Datu Arapayan would inherit the Kraton of Daanbantayan, his original hometown, as his permanent residence until he succeeded to the throne as the new monarch.
February-March:
The chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of the Bulud Talim temple complex Apu Abal-abal nan Buludanayup had received a personal scrolled letter from the chief minister of the kingdom (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan back in the Kraton of Tondo, in which he informed the former that the proposal that the principal priests of some of the most important and sacred temples in the Luuk-speaking heartland of Tondo-Namayan has been approved by the Council of State of the kingdom and a decree related to such decision has already been written and personally approved by the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen based on the written version of what have been decided in the said session of the council. Nonetheless, the chief minister has reminded the Punung Kiyai that the election of the chief priest of the Bulud Talim temple complex would still retain, as it was already a tradition among the Luuk-speaking priestly class to choose their supreme leader because of the fact that the temple complex at Bulud Talim was considered as the most sacred and important of all shrines and temples; in addition, Gat Tirugaruda has also indicated that the chief priest of the temple complex at Liangan would be chosen from an assembly of priests as well, as it was decided through a decision of the Minister of Center
Apu Dabung nan Daambalayanan to elevate it into one of the most important and sacred, after the principal temple at Bulud Talim. After the New Year festivities, scrolled copies of the royal decree (and the decision made by the Council of State) was made available in all shrines and temples across the Luuk-speaking heartland; it was noted that for the very first time, paper was used in writing documents like decrees and edicts, although it was always accompanied by scrolls written in abaca fiber.
April:
Accompanied by a small entourage of courtiers and bureaucrats, the monarch of the western Visayan kingdom of Akean Datu Dinangandan it Anilawan had arrived in the principal port of Namayan, where he was formally greeted by the Secretary of State Kaburaw Balaykatana and some of the courtiers of the Kraton of Tondo. Upon their arrival in the throne room within the Middle Court of the principal royal palace complex of the the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, the Akeanon monarch presented himself before the presence of his Luuk-speaking counterpart Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court of Tondo-Namayan. Speaking in Luuk language with a slight Akeanon accent, Datu Dinangdanan said that his gesture was his way of paying his own homage to the sovereign ruler of the most influential political entity in the archipelago; it was revealed from the Akeanon monarch that even distant kingdoms such as Magahat, Buglas and Sugbo also felt the presence of Tondo-Namayan in their shores, particularly through their intermediaries in the Rade Confederation. As the purpose of the visit of the Akeanon monarch was to strengthen the relationship between the two kingdoms, it included a state banquet held in the state dining hall within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo, in which both Datu Dinangandan and Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen reaffirmed the strength of the relationship between Akean and Tondo-Namayan. The diplomatic visit of the Akeanon monarch in the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan lasted more than a week.
May:
Scrolled reports has reached the personal quarters of the Ministry of Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo from the border region of southeastern Kumintang that the forces of the Balaybasud clan gained new alliances as scions of the rival Manide-Inagta clans were starting to defect to the said clan as spies hired by the Balaybasuds and their allies has successfully infiltrated the troops of their rivals and presented before their commanders the secrets of the rival forces, particularly those who were the most vulnerable battalions within the rival clans' troops, particularly the battalions who would plan to defect,and most importantly their general weaknesses. It was indicated from the scrolled letters sent by both general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga that the young diplomat Apu Tirutapang nan Balaybasud was teaching the technique of espionage among the newly-recruited Manide-Inagta warriors, particularly those who defected recently. Meanwhile, the refugees who fled at the outbreak of the civil war had returned to their original homes, especially in the areas where the Balaybasud troops won decisive victories, which at that moment occupied more than half of the Manide-Inagta territory; even the Balaybasud troops, as the scrolled reports also noted, helped on the reconstruction of the villages across the liberated territory.
June:
While bartering was still practices among the traders within the Ifugaw Confederation, its current confederate leader Apu Wigan nan Bokiawan had formally decided through a special decree, which was written in his relatively modest residential complex in the Ifugaw confederate capital Banawe, that coins would be also used in trading within the Ifugaw region. In the said decree, which was actually the result of a common decision that was agreed upon in the recent assembly of all the chieftains across the Ifugaw Confederation, Apu Wigan nan Bokiawan had indicated that since the region wasn't yet capable of using its own coinage, cowrie shells and used coin trees from the neighboring countries, most notably from the Samtoy Confederation, would be used by the traders (and common Ifugaw folk in general) while transacting in every Ifugaw town and village. In addition, the same decree had also indicated that the animal teeth, which was also used in some of the necklaces that used by the Ifugaw society in general, was also recommended as a piece of monetary value.

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Necklaces made of animal teeth

July:
Almost thirty-three years after Kamayin na Nangkayan presented before Gat Ama Perajaya the scrolled letter in which the chieftains of the Kaboloan region appealed to the former Haringadlaw sovereign to accept their unanimous request for vassalage under the Luuk-speaking kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, his son Apu Lakay na Nangkayan had presented himself before the current monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court of Tondo-Namayan in the throne room within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo that his native homeland was now unified under a confederation, in which his eldest brother Apu Kaboloan was proclaimed the paramount leaders of all Kabunian-speaking lands, both in the lowlands and in the highlands. The youngest son of the deceased Apo Kamayin explained that at the time his father presented himself in the principal royal palace complex of Tondo-Namayan, the chieftains of the principal Kaboloan city-states like Binalotongan and Agoo were starting to talk about unifying the region, sharing responsibilities in affairs such as trade, defense and even culture and arts. Apu Lakay continued that his father was ultimately chosen as the first paramount leader of the Kaboloan Confederation, a role that he assumed whole-heartedly until his death a couple of years ago; he continued that reason why his father wasn't able to communicate with the royal court of Tondo-Namayan because he was busy consolidating the whole region under his guidance and rule. Nonetheless, Apu Lakay has affirmed the loyalty of the Kaboloan Confederacy as the vassal state of Tondo-Namayan.
August:
The arrival of Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat and his Sambal followers, most of whom served previously in the militia of the neighboring kingdom of Sisuan, in the Nusang Sambal had unexpectedly caught everyone, particularly the aristocracy and the feuding factions of the Ulumbulud clan, who never thought that the youngest son of the current monarch of a fellow vassal state of Tondo-Namayan would carry out such action, especially if it was officially sanction by the current monarch of the Luuk-speaking kingdom (and their overlord) Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen. When Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat and his men had occupied the center of the erstwhile Sambal royal government, the Kraton of Ulungapu, he immediately summoned the leaders of the principal clans in the whole region who already expressed their support to the former's spouse Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud and her quest as the rightful sovereign of Nusang Sambal through a series of scrolled letters. Because of the fact that the whole kingdom was already in disarray, some of the soldiers serving in the remaining battalions of the Sambal militia, most of whom had remained their loyalty to the direct line of the Ulungbulud royal clan, was personally sent by Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat to protect the messenger from being attacked by the rival clans.

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A Sambal common couple

Boxer Codex

September-October:
Rumors have circulated within the diplomatic community in the Palaw'anen capital Taytay that a sector of courtiers and senior officials within the Kraton of Taytay was concocting a plot that would overthrow the current monarch Tungkuyanin and his consort Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw from the throne of Palaw'an; according to such rumors, the said officials had approached a group of Palaw'anen nobles who secretly resented the current leadership of the monarch Tungkuyanin, especially because of the foreign origin of Dayang Mayari, whom these nobles had accused of being manipulative and "aiding the elements that had undermined and continued to undermine the greatness of the kingdom", referring to the territorial concessions that the island-kingdom had committed in the past, particularly the cession of its control over the city-states in the southern part of Mangarin island. It has been agreed among the rebel nobles and court officials that a rival scion of the ruling clan, who was currently headed by the nobleman and former military officer Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi and based in the southern town of Taniongbobog, was their choice to lead the island-kingdom, and for a reason: The Kuaybulud-Dugi clan was expelled from the clans considered for succession to the Palaw-anen throne because the latter has argued that Palaw'an should retain its influence in southern part of Mangarin/Kalamian to the point of declaring an armed conflict with Tondo-Namayan, something that the current monarch Tungkuyanin had openly disagree with. Such rumors has reached the Kraton of Tondo when the chief emissary of the Khmer Empire in the court of Tondo-Namayan Gouch Mun received a scrolled letter from his brother Gouch Damrong, the chief emissary of Nanggar in the Palaw'anen court, referring to the events that was happening within the Kraton of Taytay. Because of such relatively sensitive nature of the scrolled letter, Gouch Mun has personally approached the monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen in a closed-door meeting in the latter's personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo; it was said that the current Haringadlaw monarch was preoccupied of the situation of her sister and the rest of the Palaw'anen royal family if such situation had succeed, and reportedly ordered some of the courtiers and royal guards to go to the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok to search for a residence that would shelter the Palaw'anen royal family (Kuaybulud) and their loyal servants when such events happened.
November-December:
The royal decree written and signed by the monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen has assigned paper-making factories across the Luuk-speaking homeland within the kingdom alongside the already existing abaca factories. According to the said decree, the reason behind this decision was as both abaca and paper would be used as medium for writing documents, formal and otherwise, it was indeed necessary for the workers of both papermaking and abaca to cooperate with each other to develop their own craft, especial in the skills of papermaking; it was though indicated in the royal decree that there would be transition to the exclusive use of paper as the medium for writing documents, as it was planned that the production of abaca would be used in the future in the future for making clothes. Nonetheless, the royal decree continued, older documents written exclusively in abaca would still be preserved; in addition, documents written in paper would be preserved in the same way as its abaca counterparts: encased in a richly decorated cylinder that resembled cut bamboo stalks, or in some cases, a cut (large) bamboo stalk. In effect, papermaking factories were being built in every part of the Luuk-speaking territory, more often alongside or in front of their counterparts in abaca fiber making, mostly under the supervision of the local authorities there.
 
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Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)

929 CE
January:
In her personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo, the current monarch of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkutu Inangpen had secretly received the group of courtiers she personally sent to the northern town of Gatus-na-Kapok to find a prospect residence for Palaw-anen royal family, alongside their loyal servants, once the coup attempt against the Kuaybulud clan succeeded, as reported by the chief emissary of the Khmer Empire in Tondo Gouch Mun through the scrolled letter sent by his brother Gouch Damrong. According to the palace servants who were present in the said chamber, the courtiers had informed the current Haringadlaw sovereign that they had indeed found a residence that could fit the Tungkuyanin family and their servant; it was once owned by a local merchant named Apu Pilayar nan Buludbalalang; recently, the courtiers continued, the merchant himself had donated the said residence to the provincial government of Bulakan as he believed that his residence would be used by the royal family when they were staying in Gatus-na-Kapok. The residence that Apu Pilayar nan Buludbalalang had described as spacious, with different chambers that could satisfy the needs of the Palaw'anen royal family, if the inevitable happened. The residence originally built for Apu Pilayar nan Buludbalalang was typical of the new middle class that emerged in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok.
February:
In the Kraton of the Hantikan capital Malandog, Prince Penmurugan Kuaybulud had finally received the rumors that was circulating for a very long period in his homeland: the possibility of a coup against his brother Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud and the rest of the ruling Kuaybulud clan from the throne of Palaw'an, to be replaced by the head of the rival Kuaybulud scion, Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi, as the monarch of Palaw'an. According to the courtiers within the Hantikan royal palace complex, the monarch Dayang Maniwantiwan nan Malandog was already aware that such attempt of destabilization has been talk among the diplomatic community of Malandog in the previous period, especially when the Palaw'anen embassy has revealed secretly before the Hantikan monarch about the attempted destabilization. In addition, since it was already known that the monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen had planned to settle the current Palaw'anen monarch in the northern part of the kingdom, Dayang Maniwantiwan and her husband Prince Penmurugan has concocted a secret plan for the remaining relatives of the main Kuaybulud clan, which means that the some of the relatives of the monarch Tungkuyanin would be found refuge in the western Visayan kingdom of Hantik and its neighboring countries.
March-April:
After a week of New Year festivities, regular activities had resumed in the royal government of Tondo-Namayan, particularly in the Council of State (Pened nan Kaharian) within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo. In this case, the Minister of Center Apu Dabung nan Daambalayanan received the priestess-princess Dayang Idiyanale nan Haringadlaw-Daraga in the former's quarters within the royal palace complex; the youngest daughter of the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen had revealed that the selection for the chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of the temple complex of Liangan was rather limited, and she presented a couple of scrolled letters from some of the priests of other temples across the Luuk-speaking heartland to explain their non-participation in the planned assembly: While the priests of the temples had already recognized that the Liangan caves were indeed sacred for the Luuk-speaking people, with the same reverence as the temple complex in Bulud Talim, it was already been agreed that the temple complex in Liangan was dedicated to the fallen heroes of the Luuk Civil War, and also regarded as the family shrine of the ruling Haringadlaw clan. The Minister of Center had immediately noted the chief minister (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan and the monarch herself about the scrolled letters that was sent to Dayang Idiyanale, and suggested that the chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of Bulud Talim Apu Abal-abal nan Buludanayup should be informed of such developments. In a matter of few weeks, the chief priest had finally noted of the complaints that was sent to Dayang Idiyanale and went to the Kraton of Tondo to inform the Minister of Center about the proposed change in the selection of the chief priest of Liangan. According to some of the courtiers, the youngest daughter of the current Haringadlaw sovereign had suggested that the chief priest of the said temple complex would be selected internally.
May:
The current monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen received a scrolled letter from her counterpart in the western Visayan kingdom of Hantik Dayang Maniwantiwan sang Malandog in relation to the evacuation of the main branch of the ruling Buaykulud clan if the destabilization plot against the current Palaw-anen monarch Tungkuyanin and the rest of his family not only material, but also succeed. In the said scrolled letter, the Hantikan monarch said she and her husband Prince Penmurugan Kuaybulud, who was the younger brother of the current Palaw-anen monarch, had already set up a plan that would accommodate the refugees not just in the capital of their kingdom Malandog, but also in neighboring countries like Akean, the Rade Confederation and Ilaya; in fact, Dayang Maniwantiwan countinued, her emissaries in the capitals (Bakan, Irong-irong and Bamban respectively) had informed their respective leaders about the said plan and the main reason behind it; in turn, it was indicated that the her counterparts in other parts of Pan-ay would cooperate in resettling such refugees. Dayang Maniwantiwan has assured her Tondo-Namayan counterpart that anytime Datu Tungkuyanin could travel to Malandog to visit them, as long as his ship was adequately accompanied by armed naval vessels of Tondo-Namayan navy of its counterpart in the vassal states of Mangarin and Romblon.
June:
In the monarch's personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo, the Minister of Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum has been personally informed by Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen about the current political situation in the island-kingdom of Palaw-an, which was the planned destabilization and overthrow not just of the current monarch of the said kingdom Gat Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud and his immediately family, but also almost all members of the ruling Kuaybulud clan, especially those who are directly related to the current Palaw-anen monarch. In relation to such threat, the current Haringadlaw monarch presented the scrolled letter written by her counterpart in the western Visayan kingdom of Hantikan Dayang Maniwantiwan nan Malandog, in which it said that in the case that the current Palaw-anen monarch was deposed, he would be allowed to see his relatives that would possibly be settled in Hantik, as long as the vessel that would be sailing Gat Tungkuyanin would be escorted by either the Tondo-Namayan royal navy, its counterparts in the vassal states of Mangarin and Romblon, or both. For his part, Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum has assured Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen that he would find necessary measures to assist the Palaw-anen monarch once such event happened inevitably.
July:
From his personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Ulungapu, the current regent of the kingdom of Nusang Sambal Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat had finally received scrolled letters of response from the different clans located across the westernmost vassal state of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, in which the latter had expressed that they would fully support the claim of his wife Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud as the monarch of their homeland. In those scrolled letters, the leaders of the principal Sambal clans had explained that the principal reason behind their support to Dayambai Mangalagar was that she represented the direct branch of the Ulungbulud clan, who had been ruled Nusang Sambal for a relatively long period; indeed, they commonly indicated that recognizing Dayambai Mangalagar, who was the only daughter of the most recent Sambal monarch Apu Aliahog nin Ulungbulud, as the new sovereign ruler of their kingdom would end the strife that plagued Nusang Sambal since the time Apu Aliahog nin Ulungbulud died unexpectedly. As weeks had passed, Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat had received scrolled reports from some of the spies that he hired that almost half of the other branches of the Ulungbulud clan were planning to express their support to their own relative as the new monarch of Nusang Sambal.

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Sambal warriors
Boxer Codex

August:

Scrolled reports from the frontier region between the vassal states of Kumintang and Isarog has reached the quarters of both the Minister of Military Gat Tumbaga and chief minister (Pangulu) of the kingdom Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan in relation to the advancement of the Manide-Inagta troops led by the Balaybasud clan and their allies in the ongoing civil war that ravaged their homeland for a relatively long time; based on the reports sent by both general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga, the Balaybasud troops had already captured more than three-quarters of the Inagta-Manide territory as the surviving troops of the remaining clans formally surrendered to the Balaybasud generals and started to cooperate with the Balaybasud army to end the civil war and complete the ongoing reconstruction of the Manide-Inagta territory. In relation to the surviving members of the rival clans, the scrolled reports from the Kumintang-Isarog frontier region, were either fled up north, probably to the Dumagat territory, or surrendered themselves to the Balaybasud army in exchange of their unquestioned loyalty to the current dominant Manide-Inagta clan and their allies.
September:
The well-known merchant from the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok Apu Pilayar nan Buludbalalang has unexpectedly summoned to the throne within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo to have an audience with the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen, particularly on one of his residences that was supposedly intended for the royal family when they would visit the northern frontier of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan. Instead, as the current Haringadlaw sovereign has revealed, the residence would be used for the Palaw'anen royal family in case "something worse would happen back in their homeland", and immediately revealed before Apu Pilayar nan Buludbalalang the volatile situation of the whole Kuaybulud clan in the island-kingdom of Palaw-an as the rumors of destabilization of the Palaw-anen royal court in Taytay was starting to circulate beyond the foreign diplomatic circles. The monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen added that the residence donated by Apu Pilayar nan Buludbalalang was chosen by her courtiers because it mostly resembled a royal palace complex, something that would fit her brother-in-law Gat Tungkuyanin, the rest of his family and their loyal servants. For his part, the merchant from Gatus-na-Kapok admitted that he was still surprised on the prospect occupants of one of his residences, which was previously donated to the provincial government of Bulakan.
October:
As the tensions was rising up in their neighboring island-kingdom of Palaw-an, both the current Kalamianen temenggong (confederate leader) Apu Agipo ta Adalmanabel and the current Romblomanon monarch Datu Balibakhaw Taubuhid had recieved a scrolled letter from the royal court of Tondo-Namayan, particularly from the northern kingdom's chief minister (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan, in which they were given the authority to mobilize their own forces to response to the possible disturbances that would affect the kingdom and its sphere of influence, pertaining to the current status of both the Kalamianen Confederation and the kingdom of the Four Islands of Romblon as vassal states of Tondo-Namayan. In the said scrolled letters, Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan had revealed that the current monarch of the Luuk-speaking kingdom Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen had already knew of the current situation in Palaw-an and its possible effects on its sphere of influence, thus she considered the possible mobilization from both Mangarin and Inodiongan would be permitted immediately, given that they would be assisted by their counterparts from Tondo-Namayan, whose presence had been noted in both islands weeks after their current rulers received scrolled letters that eventually permitted them to mobilize militarily.

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Karakoa (with sail)

November-December:
After a relatively long period of speculations that began to circulate not just in the foreign diplomatic circles in the Palaw-anen capital Taytay, the inevitable happened within the Kraton of the Palaw-anen capital: While Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud and the rest of the royal family, accompanied by some of their servants, soldiers and courtiers in the central part of the island-kingdom, particularly in the coastal town of Langogan[1], the rebel nobles and courtiers led by Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi, accompanied by the rebels factions of the Palaw-anen army, had seized the Palaw'anen royal palace complex, killing the guards who resisted the invasion and held the remaining courtiers imprisoned, with the possibility that they could be killed if they disobeyed the instructions imposed by Gat Upa Kuwan. On the course of days, revolts of similar kind has happened in the rest of the island-kingdom as relatives of the recently-overthrown Kuaybulud clan had fled to the center of Palaw-an to escape persecution and possibly death from the rebels; however, some of them wasn't fortunate to follow their fellow Kuaybuluds, most of them the elderly people, who were too weak to escape the wrath of rebellion: Most of them had died from the violence that followed the rebellions. Immediately, Gat Tungkuyanin had received a scrolled letter from the embassy of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, in which it informed what happened to the Kraton of Taytay and suggested that before they should fled to the northern Luuk-speaking kingdom, the recently-deposed Palaw-anen monarch should assemble the remaining members of the Kuaybulud clan to gather together in order to plan their definitive escape, in which he indeed realized: In the said gathering, a quarter of the clan members would follow Gat Tungkuyanin and his family to fled up north, particularly in the area near Gatus-na-Kapok, the northernmost town of Tondo-Namayan; another quarter would fled to the countries in the Pan-ay island, most especially in Hantik, the rest would settle in the southern part of Mangarin island, serving as sentinel for what was happening in the Palaw-an. The fact that the Kuaybulud clan was using the whole fleet of the Palaw-anen royal navy in their escape from their own homeland was indeed an evidence that there was a clear rivalry between the two branches of the Palaw-anen military, a rivalry that was manipulated by different political circumstances.

NOTE:
[1] OTL: Part of the city of Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan.
 
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Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)


930 CE
January:
Already arrived in the main port of Namayan, and accompanied by their loyal servants, Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud, his wife Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw and their children has formally received by the Crown Prince of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Apu Banuibatu nan Haringadlaw and his wife Dayambai Sitam nan Balaytumpok. Upon the former Palaw-anen royal family's arrival in the Kraton of Tondo, they were emotionally received by the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court of the Luuk-speaking kingdom. In their private conversation in the monarch's personal quarters within the Middle Court of the royal palace complex, the current Haringadlaw sovereign had told her sister and his brother-in-law about she learned the events that led to their overthrow from the throne of their homeland, the island-kingdom of Palaw-an. What happened next surprised Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen: her younger sister Dayang Mayari said that she already knew that there were a plot to threw them out of the island-kingdom; Dayang Mayari continued that although a part of the courtiers supported the rival branch of her husband's family, she never expected that Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi has supporters and sympathizers outside the four walls of the Kraton of the Palaw-anen capital Taytay. The Tungkuyanin clan stayed in the Kraton of Tondo for almost two weeks before they headed to their new residence in Gatus-na-Kapok.
February:
From his quarters within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo, the Minister of Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum has written a series of scrolled letters to both terrestrial and maritime commanders station in the vassal states of Mangarin, particularly in the island's south, to reinforce their presence in both land and the sea as Gat Tumabaga reminded the said commanders of the changes that had happened in the island-kingdom of Palaw-an, particularly hen Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi was proclaimed its new monarch. In the scrolled letter sent from the Ministry of Military, Gat Tumbaga had explained behind the relatively massive overhaul of the military forces of Tondo-Namayan was the fact that the recently-proclaimed monarch of Palaw-an was known to be hostile to what perceived as "rival", particularly the northern Luuk-speaking kingdom, and wasn't even hesitant to invade a certain part of the archipelago and convert it into a pirate dean. Therefore, Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum has suggests that the military commanders should recruit and hire local male residents of southern Mangarin to assist them in such relatively delicate affairs. After the New Year festivities, scrolled reports had reached the personal quarters of Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo, and all of them had claimed that the military commanders, both in the army and the navy, had applied the suggestions recommended by current Minister of the Military.
March:
After the festivities in relation to the New Year, the current regent of the kingdom of Nusang Sambal Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat had received an unexpected visit in his personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Ulungapu from the leaders of some of the principal clans of the westernmost region of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, where the latter had confirmed (and reiterated) their support to Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud in her claim to the Sambal throne. According to the courtiers who were present in the said chamber, the clan leaders who paid an unexpected visit to Apu Lakanapi included three of the principal branches of the Ulungbulud clan, who earlier decided to settle their difference and support their Dayambai Mangalagar as the new monarch of their homeland; subsequently, their own private militias had reintegrated to their royal counterparts, thus the reconstitution of the Sambal militia was considered almost complete; it was also noted that Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud herself attended the said gathering. Meanwhile, it was said that the royal court of Tondo-Namayan, most particularly its current monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen, had already recognized the legitimacy of Dayambai Mangalagar as the Sambal monarch.

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Flag of Nusang Sambal

(Modernized/Reconstructed)
April:
Since the relocation of Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud and his family, accompanied by loyal servants, to the northern frontier city of Gatus-na-Kapok, it was followed by the relocation of other members of the Kuaybulud ruling clan to various residences neighboring the palace complex that was current occupied by the former royal family of the island-kingdom of Palaw-an. Eventually, the said community had acquired a new name: New Taytay (Bag-ong Taytay), after the Palaw-anen royal capital, whom they missed dearly. In order to confront the loneliness they've suffered since their exile, they were encouraged to sent personal scrolled letters regularly to their loved ones, who were also living in exile in places like Mangarin/Kalamian and the countries in the island of Pan-ay (Hantik, Akean, Iraya and the Rade Confederation).
May:
Scrolled reports from the vassal states of Kumintang and Isarog, particularly in the border region that it shared with Manide-Inagta country, has reached both the quarters of both the Minister of the Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum and the chief minister (Pangulu) of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan, where it was reported that the Manide-Inagta troops under the leadership of the Balaybasud clan and their allies has almost completed their conquest of their own homeland, and then formally perceived that the civil war in the Manide-Inagta territory was official ended. According to the scrolled letters sent by both general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga, it has been s consensus among the Balaybasu family, as well as their allies, that a single man could hold the responsibility of governing the Manide-Inagta territory., most especially the total reconstruction/recovery of the country, and their choice was indeed surprising: The young diplomat Apu Tirutapang nem Balaybasud.

June:
In response to the numerous rumors in relation to the possibility that Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat would co-rule Nusang Sambal alongside his wife Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud, the recently-appointed chief minister of the kingdom (and vassal state of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan) Apu Kalasakas nin Balibunat had confirmed in a scrolled letter that he wrote from his personal quarters within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Ulungapu to his counterpart in the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan that such scenario would be immediately considered as impossible, unless the principal Sambal clans themselves would consider seriously such proposal, especially because of the condition that Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat came from the neighboring kingdom (and vassal state) Sisuan, something that could be offensive to some sectors of the Sambal society, particularly to the clans who deemed that a foreign prince ruling their own kingdom was an ultimate insult. In addition, Apu Kalasakas nin Balibunat had also indicated in his scrolled letter that both Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat and Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud themselves had accepted that such changes would need intervention not just from the principal clans of the kingdom, but also from the other important sectors of the Sambal society.
July:
In their residence in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok, Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw received a scrolled letter from the chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of the Bulud Talim temple complex Apu Abal-abal nan Buludanayup, in which the latter had offered the spouse of the former Palaw-anen monarch Gat Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud to lead the temple complex near the caves in the town of Liangan, which was currently managed directly from Bulud Talim. In the said letter, Apu Abal-abal nan Buludanayup had explained that the temple complex needed a priest or priestess to lead the ceremonies in the Liangan temple complex, as well as to manage the basic economy of the temple complex, particularly food and livelihood that was provided for its dependents. For her part, the youngest daughter of the former monarch of Tondo-Namayan responded to the scrolled letter, saying that she would consult her husband about the proposal of leading the Liangan temple complex. Before her marriage to Gat Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud, Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw served as priestess in the familiar shrine within the Kraton of Tondo.
August:
As expected, additional fleet of karakoas from the maritime forces of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan had arrived in the ports of Inodiongan and Mangarin, as part of the plan that was set up by the royal government of the Luuk-speaking kingdom to protect its own interests, especially the affairs of its two vassal states (island-kingdom of Romblon and Kalamian Confederation) from the changing geopolitical climate in the neighboring island-kingdom of Palaw-an as the effects of the sudden rise of Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi and his faction from the south, principally the unexpected overthrow of Datu Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud and its exile to Gatus-na-Kapok in the northern part of Tondo-Namayan alongside his own family and the loyalist faction of the Palaw-anen royal court. Almost immediately, the local naval military fleets of both Kalamian Confederation and Romblon had integrated with their Tondo-Namayan counterparts; in addition, the commanders of Romblomanon and Kalamianen naval fleets received additional training from their Tondo-Namayan counterparts with the previous permission from their respective leaders, the current Romblomanon monarch Datu Balibakhaw Taubuhid and Kalamianen temenggong (confederate leader) Apu Agipo ta Adalmanabel.

September:

In response to the recent political changes in the island-kingdom of Palaw-an, in which its new monarch Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi had personally declared that every other neighboring countries would be considered as permanent "threat" to the security and interests of Palaw-an, both the Hantikan monarch Dayang Maniwantiwan nan Malandog and her Akeanon counterpart Datu Dinangandan it Anilawan had definitely declared the "permanent vigilance" of their respective kingdom's naval forces in their common shoreline: the eastern part of the Sea of Sulu, which they shared with Palaw-an. According to the court insiders in both the Kratons of Malandog and Bakan, the respective capitals of Hantik and Akean, both monarchs had immediately felt that their territories would be immediately threatened, especially if an attack from the Palaw-anen navy, or actually a faction of the Palaw-anen navy who supported the current monarch Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Pagi , had actually happened, so they immediately took the advice of their respective councils of state and decreed the mobilization of the navies of both Hantik and Akean in their respective coastline. Another reason was the influence of the northern kingdom of Tondo-Namayan in decision-making: a few months earlier, both ground and naval forces of Tondo-Namayan has reinforced to join their counterparts in the vassal states of Mangarin/Kalamian and Romblon in order to prevent an attack from Palaw-an.

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Sulu Sea

October:

More or less than three months since Dayang Mayari nan Harindgadlaw received a scrolled letter from the chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of Bulud Talim temple complex Apu Abal-abal nan Baludanayup, in which the latter had offered her the position of leading the temple complex of Liangan, the younger sister of the current monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen has formally responded to the invitation of the leader of the priestly class of the Luuk-speaking heartland of Tondo-Namayan. In her scrolled letter of response, Dayang Mayari said that a period of consultations with her husband Gat Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud, she politely (and apologetically) declined the offer of Apu Abal-abal nan Buludanayup for two principal reasons: First, the distance between her new hometown Gatus-na-Kapok and Liangan, and second, she accepted the invitation to be semi-regular priestess in the nearby temple dedicated to Dayang Hanan, the personal patron goddess of the town of Gatus-na-Kapok. Instead, the youngest daughter of the deceased monarch of Tondo-Namayan Gat Ama Perajaya has recommended a nephew of her husband to be the possible candidate as the principal priest of the temple complex in Liangan, and his name was Apu Hanumanko nan Kuaybulud-Iwahig.
November-December:
The long-running civil war that engulfed the Manide-Inagta territory was finally over as the the principal Balaybasud leaders, accompanied by their immediate allies and troops, were gathered in the capital of the former confederation Mambulao in order to hear the new paramount leader Apu Tirutapang anak Harigbulud nem Balaybasud officially declared that peace has finally arrived in their homeland. From the border region that they've been shared by Kumintang and Isarog, two of the vassal states of Tondo-Namayan, the general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga went to Mambulo to represent the presence of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, particularly to the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen. At the time peace has finally returned to the Manide-Inagta territory, almost all towns and villages were restored to what it was before the outbreak of the armed conflict; the speedy and ongoing reconstruction was attributed to the cooperation between the local people and the Balaybasud army, who participated actively in the reconstruction almost immediately after they won numerous battles in most of the Manide-Inagta territory.

 
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Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)

931 CE
January:
In the Kraton of Manide-Inagta capital Mambulao, the new paramount leader of the country Apu Tirutapang anak Harimbulud nem Balaybasud has affirmed before both general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga that his country would become an ally of the Luuk-speaking kingdom of the Tondo-Namayan, without indicating that the Manide-Inagta nation would become a new vassal state of Tondo-Namayan. In their meeting in the personal quarters of the paramount leader in the palace complex of the Manide-Inagta capital Mambulao, the paramount leader had thanked the two principal representatives of Tondo-Namayan for their active contribution in ending the recently-concluded civil war that cost countless lives, innocent and otherwise, and properties all over the Manide-Inagta territories. In addition, Apu Tirutapang openly expressed that his country would become an important ally of Tondo-Namayan, without actually offering the possibility of becoming an vassal state of the Luuk-speaking kingdom. Almost immediately, the general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba had informed the royal court in Tondo, particularly to the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen, about their conversation with the Manide-Inagta paramount leader.
February:
At the request of the chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of Bulud Talim temple complex Apu Abal-abal nan Baludanayup, Apu Hanumanko Kuaybulud-Iwahig was unexpectedly summoned to the throne room within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo, where he not just presented himself before the chief priest of the most important temple in the Luuk-speaking heartland of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, but also before the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court of Tondo-Namayan. In his presentation, the nephew of the former Palaw-anen monarch Gat Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud has admitted that he received a personal scrolled letter from Apu Abal-abal nan Baludanayup almost immediately after he was recommended by Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw in her most recent scrolled letter to the chief priest of Bulud Talim as the principal priest of Liangan temple complex. The young Palaw-anen nobleman, who currently resided in the northern town of Gatus-na-Kapok and speak Luuk language fluently, said that he was interested on leading the group of priests in the second most important temple in the Luuk-speaking heartland of Tondo-Namayan and perform the ceremonies associated with the Liangan temple. It was revealed that before his arrival in Gatus-na-Kapok, Apu Hanumanko Kuaybulud-Iwahig served as priest in the Iwahig temple complex back in his native Palaw-an.
March-April:
After a week of New Year festivities,regular activities had resumed in both the Council of State and the royal court in the Kraton of Tondo, as well as all regular activities in the provincial governments across the Luuk-speaking heartland of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan. In particular, the rumors in relation to the upcoming retirement of the current Minister of the Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum and his possible successors; one of the possible candidates, according to the rumors that circulated not just within the royal palace complex of Tondo, but also in the upper echelons of the Tondo-Namayan society, was the general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba, who recently returned from his duties in the Manide-Inagta country aiding the Balaybasud clan and their allies win the recently-concluded civil war that plagued the said country. The general himself wasn't expected that he was included the possible successors of Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum as the Minister of the Military; in fact, he met with both the chief minister (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan and the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen in the latter's personal quarters within the royal palace complex of Tondo, in which the general had learned the duties and responsibilities of the Ministry of the Military once he was selected in the said position, in which included the intense vigilance on the coast of Mangarin/Kalamian in response to the threat of Palaw-an under the leadership of its new monarch Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi. After almost a month of review of further speculation, with the personal participation of the outgoing Minister of the Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum, the chief minister Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan has formally proclaimed the general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba as the new Minister of the Military of the Council of State of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan; Gat Tumbaga nan Balaybakawan, meanwhile, was elevated as the one of the principal courtiers of the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen within the Kraton of Tondo.
May:
The monarch of Kitanglad Datu Kugita hong Bugabus has reported to be contemplating on setting up a council of state that would assist him on governing the country on a daily basis, as rumors that was circulated within the Kraton of Lantapan has claimed, Together with his chief minister Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalengen, who hailed from the Talaandig tribe and been accompanying Datu Kugita and his family since his arrival in Kitanglad as the overlord of the then confederation of eight principal tribes of the region, the Bugabus sovereign was seriously considering such a significant change in the structure of the royal government of Kitanglad as the bureaucracy of the region was growing and a government body was needed to respond to the needs not just of the bureaucrats, but also of the general population as well. In addition, it was rumored that Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen would retire from his position as the chief minister of the kingdom of Kitanglad immediately after the formation of the hypothetical council of state of the kingdom; according to such rumors, the retirement was voluntary, with Datu Ibabasok arguing that such decision would a new generation of leaders to share duties and responsibilities with the monarch and the rest of the royal court of Kitanglad.

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A Kitangladnon warrior
(symbolic/ceremonial, colorized photograph)
June:
Rumors circulated not just within the four corners of Kraton of Tondo, but also within the foreign diplomatic circles in the capital of the Luuk-speaking kingdom of Tondo-Namayan that the embassies of the western Visayan kingdoms of Hantik and Akean was planning to sent spies to Palaw-an as part of an attempt to overthrow the regime of Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi. According to the said rumors, both the Hantikan and Akeanen embassies had privately contacted the Palaw-anen exile community in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok, through intermediaries whom they directly hired, to convince them to participate in such a plan. It was revealed that not just the Palaw-anen exile community in Gatus-na-Kapok rejected the possibility of spying to destabilize the current regime in their homeland, but also it received rejection from two members of the Council of State of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan: both the Minister of the Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum and the Minister of Ceremonies Gat Kaburaw Balaykatana have rejected the proposal presented by the embassies of both Hantik and Akean to use the members of the Palaw-anen exile community as spies.
July:
In his personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Binanwaan[1], the current monarch of the vassal state of Isarog Datu Tirudaga nin Balaytumpok had received a scrolled from the recently-installed confederate leader of Apu Tirutapang anak Harimbulud nem Balaybasud, in which the latter had suggested if the former would contribute to the rebuilding of the neighboring region (and fellow vassal state of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan) after a relatively long period of chaos and devastation caused by the civil war. In the same scrolled letter, Apu Tirutapang nem Balaybasud had revealed that calling for help not just from the fellow vassal states, but also from the royal government of Tondo-Namayan, had already been personally permitted by the current monarch of the Luuk-speaking kingdom Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen. In response, Datu Tirudaga nin Balaytumpok wrote in a separate scrolled letter that he was already planning to sent a delegation to the neighboring Manide-Inagta region as part of reconstruction of the said vassal state.
August:
Before the presence of the monarch Dayang Katankuntu Inangpen, her sister Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw and the princess-priestess Dayambai Idiyanale nan Haringadlaw-Daraga, Apu Hanumanko Kuaybulud-Iwahig was formally anointed as the principal priest of the temple complex of Liangan in a ceremony headed by the chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of the Bulud Talim temple complex Apu Abal-abal nan Baludanayup in the town of Liangan. The proclamation and anointment of Apu Hanumanko as the principal priest of the second most important religious shrine in the Luuk-speaking heartland of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan signified the return of the Liangan temple complex as an autonomous religious shrine after years of being under the mandate of the chief priest of Bulud Talim complex. It has been noted that before his arrival in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok, Apu Hanumanko Kuaybulud-Iwahig has served as one of priests of the temple complex of Iwahig in his native of Palaw-an; in fact, his family were a branch of the Kuaybulud clan who served for generations as priests of the Iwahig temple, hence their family name. Apu Hanumanko nan Kuaybulud-Iwahig was recommended by his aunt Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw to the Punung Kiyai of Bulud Talim Apu Abal-abal nan Baludanayup immediately after the former queen consort of Palaw-an politely rejected the offer of the chief priest of presiding the temple complex of Liangan.
September
In the kingdom of Kitanglad, the chief minister Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen had proclaimed before the delegates of the towns and villages across the kingdom from the corridor outside the Middle Court of the Kraton of the capital Lantapan that the monarch Datu Kugita hong Bugabus would search for any capable statesmen from every part of Kitanglad that would assist him in governing the kingdom, referring to their plan of setting up a council of state that would serve both as an advisory body of the monarch and the highest civilian government body that would also incorporate the emerging bureaucratic class in the future ministries, including that of the office of the chief minister. In addition, Datu Ibabasok has announced that all statesmen who would be interested to be part of the future council of state of Kitanglad would present themselves before the monarch in the throne within the Kraton of Tondo, complete with a scrolled letter that would explain their personal and professional histories. As scrolled copies were distributed to the every part of Kitanglad and consequently read by the local authorities, the response was unexpectedly massive, especially for those who personally wanted to serve the kingdom with passion.
October-November:
In order to permanently resolve the issue regarding the definitive role of Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat within the royal government of Nusang Sambal, the principal clan leaders from every corner of the westernmost vassal state of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan had gathered together in the Main Hall within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Ulungapu for a special assembly in response to the previous announcement made by the said kingdom's chief minister Apu Kalasakas nin Balibunat, who were present in the said gathering, through sending a series of scrolled letters to the principal clans of the Sambal society, particularly those who were residing outside the royal capital Ulungapu. As confirmed by the courtiers who were present in the said part of the principal royal palace complex of Nusang Sambal, the current monarch Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud were also present in the said special gathering. Coincidentally, the assembly of the principal clan leaders in the Kraton of Ulungapu coincided by the search for the possible surviving scrolled copies of the principal laws of the kingdom of Nusang Sambal, which was salvaged from the royal archives in the midst of the chaos following the death of Apu Aliahog nin Ulungbulud. A few weeks later, an unexpected event had happened to the neighboring kingdom (and fellow vassal state) of Nusang Sisuan: The sudden death of its current monarch Apu Balatong nin Arayat in his personal quarters within the Inner Court of the Kraton of Bakulud; in response to the scrolled letter by his eldest brother, the recently-proclaimed Sisuan monarch Apu Aripanapun, Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat and his spouse went east to participate in the funeral and, subsequently, burial of the Apu Balatong. In effect, the weekly audiences with the principal clan leaders were suspended for a definitive period.

December:

In the Kraton of Atipulu, Dayambai Sitam nan Balaytumpok has personally learned the she was already pregnant for almost three months, five years after the birth of their daughter Dayambai Mayari nan Haringadlaw. Immediately, she personally informed her husband, the Crown Prince Apu Banuibatu nan Haringadlaw-Daraga, about her current condition and the heir to the throne of Tondo-Namayan responded quickly: the Crown Prince has informed the principal courtier of the Kraton of Tondo Gat Tumbaga nan Balaybakawan, who were staying at that moment in the Kraton of Atipulu, about the current situation of his wife Dayambai Sitam, and both agree that the formal proclamation would announce simultaneously once Gat Tumbaga nan Balaybakawan returned to Tondo and inform the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen about the current condition of her daughter-in-law, which the chief courtier did; thus, almost simultaneously, the Kratons of Atipulu and Tondo had formally announced the second pregnancy of Dayambai Sitam nan Balaytumpok, with the latter had announced it before the delegates of both the provincial governments of the Luuk-speaking heartland and the vassal states. In effect, both decrees had indicated that the regular activities of the Crown Prince would be slightly modified to accommodate the needs of his spouse.

NOTE:
[1] OTL: Pili, Camarines Sur

 
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"WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD?"

920-966 CE

EAST ASIA
(Former) northern Chinese Empire:
After the fall of Dang (唐) Dynasty, a series of short-lived dynasties had ruled China from the start of the 10th century. At this period, Chio Lieng (朱梁)[1] dynasty was ruling over the country from the imperial capital Bienlieng (汴梁)[2] [and earlier, Lok-yong (洛陽)][3]. After Chio Lieng, three more dynasties, also considered as short-lived, ruled the same area and population: Shada Dang (沙陀唐)[4], Jiek-cin (石晉)[5] and Shada Han (沙陀漢)[6]; such dynasties were ruled by the already Sinicized Shada (沙陀), an ethnic group of Turkic origin, who influenced the politics of the whole (northern) China since the middle of the last century, during the declining years of the previous dynasty. At the middle of the tenth century (951), Kwak Vi (郭威)[7] established one of the longer-lasting dynasties in Chinese history: Kwak-ciu (郭周)[8], then renamed as Sung (宋)[9] during the reign of Jai Yung/Shicung (柴榮/世宗, 954-74) in honor of his personal friend Diu Khuang-yin (趙匡胤)[10], one of the ablest generals in the Chinese military history and continued the campaign of unifying the country under Kwak-ciu/Sung leadership, finally defeating the Northern Han (Pek Han, 北漢)[11] in the year 961 after years of infiltrating the latter through sending spies and creating intrigues among the Pek-han elite. In addition, under the Kwak-ciu/Sung imperial government, the provinces were given the same treatment in budgetary matters as their counterparts in the capital, alongside strengthening its military capabilities, especially in both northern and southern borders, and reestablishing the civil service examinations.
Huainam (淮南):
Already established a few years earlier, the kingdom of Huainam[12] was another of the post-Dang Chinese kingdom located between Huai Ho (淮河)[13], considered the traditional border of northern and southern China, and Kong Ho (江河)[14], the natural border between China and the (vassalized) native kingdoms in the south, a situation that was already existing for a long time, although it was already noted that its eastern neighbor Nguo-yat (吳越, Gô͘-oa̍t)[15] was already sinicized despite its located south of Kong Ho. Its founder Yiang Hangmit (楊行密)[16] was previously known as a regular soldier in the Dang army before he seized power in Liuciu (廬州)[17], his own prefecture and subsequently the principal capital of his kingdom; when such actions happened, the Dang Empire was already in progressive state of decadence and decline; by the year 907, Huainam became an independent kingdom, taking advantage of the overthrow (and the final demise) of the Dang (唐) Dynasty. While the reign of Yiang Hangmit as the monarch of Huainam was short-lived, his direct successors continued his legacy of maintaining the independence of Huainam until the year 937, when Li Ben (李昪)[18], the adopted son of the kingdom's regent Zi Ven (徐溫)[19], seized the throne and declared himself as the monarch of what he claimed as the restoration of the Dang (唐) Dynasty, hence the second dynasty that ruled Huainam was called Southern Dang (Nam Dang, 南唐)[20]. From that moment, the southern Chinese kingdom had a constant period of tension with its northern counterpart, especially in the period of ascension of Kwak-ciu (郭周)/Sung (宋), particularly with the latter's objective of unifying China under its own rule.

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Huainam coinage, Nam Dang era


Kuingie (歸義):
Because of its frontier nature, Kuingnie (歸義)[21] region was ruled by a single family, the Tiang (張) since Tiang Ngie-tieu (張義朝)[22] took advantage of the chaos that was engulfing the Tibetan Empire by leading a rebellion and seize the mentioned region within a short period (850-51 CE) and immediately, he submitted his loyalty to the Dang emperor. Indeed, for a long period, the Kuingnie region retained its special status as the vassal kingdom of the Dang Empire until the year 910, when Tiang Jin-fong (張承奉)[23] had received the news of the latter's demise three years earlier, he declared himself as the monarch of the newly-established kingdom of Kimsan (金山)[24]. Despite the change of official name, the Tiong family retained their ruler over Kuingie until the year 914, when Jau Ngiekin (曹議金)[25] overthrew the latter and restored the previous name of Kuingie, thus the Jau (曹)[26] dynasty ruled the Sinitic frontier kingdom for a relatively long period, maintaining good diplomatic relationship with the northern Chinese dynasties, especially with Kwak-ciu /Sung (郭周/宋), albeit without the previous overlord-vassal type of relationship.

Nguo-yat (吳越, Gô͘-oa̍t):
Situated in the southeastern part of the former Chinese empire, the post-Dang kingdom of Nguo-yat (吳越, Go-Uat) was formed after the final demise of the Dang dynasty in the year 907. Founded by Jien Liu (Jîⁿ Liû, 錢鏐)[27], an aristocratic warlord to took advantage of the chaos that was followed in the aftermath of the collapse of the imperial government in Diang'an (長安). Under his reign, Ngui-yat/Gô͘-oa̍t prospered economically and culturally, particularly the extensive development of the kingdom's agriculture, initiating relatively ambitious infrastructure such as dredging river and lakes, building seawalls and expanding the royal capital Jiendang (錢塘, Jîⁿ-dn̂g)[28], and his legacy continued by his successors, thus continuing the prosperity that enjoyed Ngui-yat/Gô͘-oa̍t. In addition, the southeastern post-Dang Sinitic kingdom took advantage of its location to establish diplomatic relations with foreign countries, which included maintaining ties with the northern Chinese dynasties; it has been noted of its special relationship with both Japan and Kaya, as well as its diplomatic presence in the geopolitical entities in southeast Asia, which included the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan; such diplomatic ties had maintained by the Kwak-ciu (郭周)/Sung (宋) empire after it absorbed Nguo-yat (吳越, Go-Uat), and the fact that the imperial government in Bienlieng (汴梁) had appointed delegations to the southeast Asian geopolitical entities who hailed from the same region.

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Jien Liu /Jîⁿ Liû, (錢鏐)

First monarch of Ngui-yat/Gô͘-oa̍t (吳越)

NOTES:
[1] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Zhu Liang
[2] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Bianliang, the historical name of Kaifeng.
[3] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Luoyang, another historic Chinese capital.
[4] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Shatuo Tang
[5] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Shi Jin, the second of the northern Chinese Five Dynasties
[6] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Shatuo Han
[7] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Guo Wei
[8] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Song
[9] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Chai Rong/Shizong
[10] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Zhao Kuangyin, OTL founder of Song Dynasty.
[11] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Bei Han
[12] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Huainan, located in the OTL Chinese provinces of Anhui and northern part of Jiangsu.
[13] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Huai He, the historical and traditional border between northern and southern China.
[14] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Jiang He, historical name of Yangtze (Chang Jiang).
[15] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Wuyue, located in the OTL Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, including Shanghai/
[16] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Yang Xiangmi.
[17] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Luzhou, the historical name of Hefei.
[18] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Li Bian, also known as Emperor Liezu of Southern Tang.
[19] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Xu Wen, the stepfather of Li Bian.
[20] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Nan Tang
[21] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Guiyi, located on the OTL Chinese province of Gansu.
[22] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Zhang Yichao, the conqueror of Guiyi.
[23] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Zhang Chengfeng, the grandson of Zhang Yichao.
[24] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Jinshan, the dynastic name of the Zhang monarchs when they ruled Guiyi
[25] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Cao Yijin, the founder of Cao dynasty of Guiyi.
[26] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Cao, the second Han Chinese royal family of Guiyi.
[27] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Qian Liu, the founder of Wuyue's Qian dynasty.
[28] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Qiantang, the historical name of Hangzhou.
 
Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)

932 CE
January:
In the Kraton of Tondo, the consort Gat Tungaw Haringadlaw-Daraga received a scrolled report from the embassy of Tondo-Namayan in the Palaw-anen capital Taytay, in which it reported that the diplomatic community has been personally summoned to the throne room within the Middle Court of the Palaw-anen capital's Kraton by the actual ruler of the island-kingdom Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi, in which he reminded the foreign emissaries that he entrusted them thoroughly as long as they never leaked any information that was considered sensitive and "potentially dangerous" to the interests of the island-kingdom of Palaw-an to their respective home countries, particular its immediate neighbors within the archipelago. The scrolled report, which was written by the chief emissary of the Luuk-speaking kingdom to Palaw'an Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-gala, has added that at the said moment, it was now suspected within the royal court of Taytay that majority of the foreign community was beginning to be perceived as potential spies for their homelands, especially those who hailed from the neighboring kingdoms of Tondo-Namayan, Akean and Hantik. After reading the said scrolled report, Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga immediately summoned the Minister of Center Kaburaw Balaykatana to confirm what was written by Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-Gala back in Taytay, and the minister responded that it was certain, as based on what he'd learned from the merchants who regularly traded with the island-kingdom of Palaw'an.
February:
Accompanied by her husband Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud, Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw went to the Kraton of Atipulu to visit the latter's niece-in-law Dayang Baysitam nan Balaytumpok to personally see the progress of the latter's second pregnancy, as well as to accompany Dayang Mayari's niece, the Crown Prince Apu Banuibatu nan Haringadlaw-Daraga, as he was adjusting his regular activities for the second time due to the gestation period of his wife. According to the courtiers working in the palace complex of the heir to the throne of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, the former queen consort of the island-kingdom of Palaw-an giving her niece-in-law a handful of advice of how to take care of herself during such a delicate period, citing the traditions that was followed by the Palaw-anen people, both common people and nobles alike. Meanwhile, the courtiers also observed that Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud had personally helped his nephew-in-law in dealing with every personal meetings with some of the most important personalities in the kingdom and handling some of the important scrolled documents that was sent to Atipulu from the Kraton of Tondo, one of which was development on the events that was happening in their native Palaw-an.
March:
After the New Year festivities, rumors had circulated in some sectors of the diplomatic community in the capital city of Tondo where the embassies of the western Visayan kingdom of Akean and Hantik were reviving the plan of using some members of the Palaw-anen exile community in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok as spies and would play a pivotal role in the possible overthrow of Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi from the Palaw-anen throne and the eventual restoration of the direct line of Kuaybulud clan under the rule of Gat Tungkuyanin and his descendants. According to such rumors, the principal leaders of the Palaw-anen exile community, who were now recently realizing that the rule of Gat Upa Kuwan would probably last for years as the monarch of their native island-kingdom, hesitantly accepted the offer of the embassies of the two western Visayan kingdoms as they always believed that diplomacy was still the best possible solution to end the rule of Kuaybulud-Dugi clan in Palaw-an, not martial tactics such as espionage; this was the same attitude of both the Minister of Military Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Minister of Ceremonies Kaburaw nan Balaykatana when they accepted such offer, albeit with a suspicion greater than that of the Palaw-anen exile community.
April:
Almost a month she was formally proclaimed and crowned as the new monarch of the kingdom of Nusang Sambal in the Main Hall of the Kraton of Ulungapu, the current monarch of the westernmost vassal state of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud had formally proclaimed from the throne room within the Middle Court of the principal Sambal royal palace complex a special decree in which it confirmed that the current heir to the direct descendants of the Nusang Sambal royal family, including the possible descendants of the current Crown Prince Damalog nin Arayat, would carry the joined clan name Arayat-Ulungbulud. In the said decree, the current Sambal monarch explained that the combined clan name would still reinforce the legitimacy that Dayambao Mangalagar and her descendants over the Sambal throne because they still considered as part of greater branch of Ulungbulud clan. According to the courtiers who were working within the Kraton of Ulungapu, the royal decree was actually the result of the suggestion made by the chief minister of Nusang Sambal Apu Kalasakas nin Balibunat as the latter felt that the contribution of her spouse (Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat) to the restoration of the Sambal monarchy, alongside its stability.
May:
Countless of scrolled letters from every part of the kingdom of Kitanglad has presented in the personal quarters of the chief minister of the kingdom Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen within the Outer Court of the Kraton in the Kitanglad capital Lantapan as the search for the potential members of the planned council of state continued. Aided by a team of seven courtiers, all of whom came from the library of the royal palace complex, they read every scrolled letter sent by the people who were truly interested in serving the kingdom as a minister of such a council, particularly in the tasks of advising the monarch on some of the most important issues Kitanglad and its people, as well as to lead the growing bureaucratic class of the kingdom. Almost regularly, the monarch himself Datu Kugita nan Bugabus visited the said quarters within the Kitanglad royal palace complex and participated in sorting information from the prospect applicants from all over the kingdom.
June:
Meanwhile in her personal quarters within the Inner Court the Kraton of Atipulu in the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, Dayambai Sitam nan Balaytumpok had given birth to their second child with her husband the Crown Prince Apu Banauibatu nan Haringadlaw-Daraga in the consort's personal quarters within the said royal palace complex. The second child of the current heir to the throne of the Luuk-speaking was a male, and he was named Apu Mahamu because of his "calm face" minutes after his birth. Immediately, the principal courtier of the Kraton of Atipulu has contacted his counterpart in Tondo Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan about the said news through a scrolled letter written in both paper and abaca, in which the current chief minister (Pangulu) of the Luuk-speaking kingdom responded that he already been given permission by the current monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen, who went the Kraton of Atipulu to be with her daughter, to proclaim such news to the whole Tondo-Namayan through a special royal decree, in which he eventually did from the throne room of the Kraton of Tondo in front of the rest of the royal court. Eventually, scrolled copies of the said special decree had been distributed across the Luuk-spaking heartland of Tondo-Namayan.

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Principal quarters,
Kraton of Atipulu[1]​

July:
In his personal quarters within the Inner Court of the Kraton of Uson, the current Masbatnon monarch Datu Butandingan san Natadkugita was found completely unconscious by a courtier when she was supposedly brought his morning meal directly from the royal kitchen. Immediately, the courtiers had summoned the royal palace complex's resident court medics-priests to the said quarters of Datu Butandingan in order to examine the cause of his sudden unconsciousness. When the current Masbatnon monarch regained his consciousness, he found out from the resident court medics-priests that he was suffering from high blood pressure due to his duties and responsibilities as the sovereign ruler of the island-kingdom, alongside the fact that his already advancing age was an indicating factor behind Datu Butandingan's sudden decline in his personal health. Indeed, as the current Masbatnon monarch was advised to take a relatively long period of rest from the resident medics-priests of the Kraton of Uson, his eldest son Datu Kagurangan san Natadkugita, who was accompanied by his own family, was assigned to take over the duties and responsibilites as the regent of the island-kingdom of Masbat.
August:
The chief minister of the kingdom of Sibugay Datu Makaumbang nog Talpokan has formally announced before the delegates of all towns and villages across Sibugay that the co-monarch Gat Tabunaway nog Guayan has died in his own quarters within the Kraton of the Sibugaynen capital Dipolog from complications associated with his long-term illness of extreme coughing. He was sixty-two when the co-monarch of Sibugay passed away. In the said proclamation, the chief minister of Sibugay has also confirmed that the other co-monarch (and consort) Dayang Belembang nog Mipangi had already agreed that the throne would pass to the Crown Prince Gat Tagmabalag nog Guayan circumstances like the death of one of the co-monarchs indeed happened. In effect, the royal decree continued, the royal government of Sibugay and its local counterparts would be paralyzed for almost two months as the country was preparing to pay their very last respect for Gat Tabunaway nog Guayan to commemorate his legacy on the Sibugaynen history as a whole. As copies of the said decree were distributed to every part of Sibugay and read by the local authorities, the people in every town and village responded by going to the shrines and temples, praying for the soul of their beloved monarch[2]
September:
A month after the kingdom of Sibugay paid their last respect to its founding co-monarch Datu Makaumbang nan Talpokan as he was buried in the family mausoleum in the mountains not far from the capital Dipolog, his son Gat Tagmabalag nog Guayan was formally proclaimed as the new monarch of the peninsula-kingdom in a ceremony held in the throne room of the Kraton of Dipolog. The said ceremony was not just attended by the former co-monarch (and currently consort dowager) Dayang Belembang nog Mipangi, but also members of the council of state of the kingdom headed by its chief minister Datu Makaumbang nog Talpokan, some of the principal personalities of the Sibugaynen society in general and foreign emissaries. As the news of the proclamation of the new monarch of Sibugay has reached every corner of the peninsula, the people rejoiced and held festivities that said to be lasted for almost a fortnight; they never forget to go their local shrines and temples to pray for the longer reign of their new monarch Gat Tagmabalag nan Guayan. Meanwhile, the consort dowager would retain her own quarter, now within the Inner Court of the Kratons of Dipolog and Sembwangan, the other Sibugaynen capital.

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Buklog
(Thanksgiving ceremony in Sibugay)[3]
October:
Rumors had circulated within the Kraton of Tondo that both Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga and the chief minister (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan had already knew that there was a plan made by both the embassies of Akean and Hantik to use some members of the Palaw'anen exile community in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok to be used and trained as spies as part of a larger plan to overthrow Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi and his direct descendants from the throne of Palaw-an and restore Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud as the sovereign ruler of the island-kingdom. The rumors had pointed out that both the Minister of Ceremonies Kaburaw Balaykatana and Minister of the Military Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba had regularly meet with the chief minister and the spouse of the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo, thus the plan became well-known because of their conversations within the royal palace complex. Eventually, the monarch herself began to investigate such developments by asking some of her most trusted courtiers to the both Akeanon and Hantikan embassies to ask their respective emissaries about the said plan.
November-December:
Accompanied by the rest of the embassy of Tondo-Namayan in the Palaw-anen capital Taytay, Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-gala has unexpectedly appeared before the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court in the throne room within the Kraton of Tondo as the diplomatic relationship between the Tondo and Taytay froze over allegations of spying by the royal court of the current monarch of Palaw-an Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi,. The diplomat and former chief emissary of the Luuk-speaking kingdom has explained the way the embassy was expelled from the Palaw-anen capital: it was revealed that the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, alongside the western Visayan kingdoms of Akean and Hantik, had the largest population of the Palaw-anen exiles, most of whom were the then-ruling Kuaybulud clan and its sibling branches, accompanied by their loyal servants and their families, and thus considered both as a concern and a threat for the interests of Palaw-an, particularly on its current monarch. So, the diplomat continued, a courtier from the Kraton of Taytay went to their chamber and gently informed them that they would be expelled from the country for security reasons; the courtier added, at least according to Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-gala, that the only people from Tondo-Namayan whom the current Palaw-anen monarch had faithfully trusted were the merchants as Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi believed that they were only interested in exchanging goods. In response, as advised by her chief minister (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan, Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen has summoned some of the most influential traders who have regular contacts in the island-kingdom to her personal quarters within the royal palace complex to give her the latest developments from Palaw-an.

NOTES:
[1] While the image representing the Kraton of Atipulu was indeed a Minangkabau residence in OTL, well, the (ATL) folklore behind such architecture, especially among the residents of Atipulu, was that before it was acquired by the Gat Ama Perajaya (or the royal court of Tondo-Namayan), the previous owners of said palace complex was a merchant clan, whose patrilineal descent hailed from a Minangkabau migrant named Apu Magiran Kabawgadang, who married a daughter of the local chieftain and established a prominent clan of merchants.
[2] For more information of the burial rituals of the (OTL) Subanens/(ATL) Sibugaynens, see this blog post.
[3] See also this YouTube channel to watch an actual "buklog".
 
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"WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD?"

920-966 CE

EAST ASIA
Khitan Empire:
The Khitan empire, also known as Leu (遼)[1] dynasty, had been existed for a few years because of the leadership of its khagan (later emperor) Yaluit Apauki (耶律·阿保機)[2], despite the constant internal squabbles instigated by his own brothers and relatives; in fact, his victory over his rebellious relatives had proven that the Yaluit clan could rule the empire as a dynasty, inspired by its culturally superior neighbor in the south. Apauki's legacy had included conquering whole territories, which was the case of the erstwhile Koreanic kingdom of Buethai (渤海)[3] in the year 926, the year of Apauki's own death; at that period, it was already clear who would inherit the Khitan throne; it was his eldest son, Yaluit Bui (耶律·倍)[4], despite the open opposition of the khagan's (later imperial) consort, Zhiuitluit Biang (述律·平)[5], who conceded (or some within the Khitan imperial court said, forced to concede) after the other factions of the same clan threatened that they would reject the hypothetical reign of Tek-kuang/Ngeu-kuet (德光/堯骨)[6] as the next Khitan emperor, which possibly included a palace coup that would force her to exile from the Khitan imperial capital Bagarin[7]. Nonetheless, Zhiuitluit Biang's influence over the Khitan imperial court had retained, but it was checked by a privy council composed of the rest of the Yaluit clan. In compensation (with a bit of disappointment, as rumors had circulated within the Khitan imperial court), Tek-kuang was offered the throne of Buethai [Khitan: Dan Gur, Chinese: Tungtan (東丹)[8], which he accepted after consulting both his mother and his relatives.


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The landscape of Bagarin

Yaluit Apauki (耶律·阿保機) 907-26
Yaluit Bui (耶律·倍) 926-40
Yaluit Nguen (耶律·阮) 940-61
Buethai (渤海):
After the conquest of Buethai at the hands of the neighboring Khitan Empire in the year 926, the time when its khagan/emperor Apauki passed away, the throne of the erstwhile independent kingdom was offered the the latter's second son Tek-kuang [德光; Korean: Deok-kwang (덕광)]; after consulting both his mother, the imperial consort dowager Zhiuitluit Biang (述律·平) and his paternal relatives, which persistent rumors of a constant power struggle between the two sides, especially because of the rumors concerning the Khitan consort dowager's opposition to what she believed as the relegation of her second son, Tek-kuang had accepted the offer of Buethai throne and declared as the first monarch of the country's Khitan dynasty, now considered as either vassal or puppet kingdom of the Khitan/Leu (遼) Empire. In order the emphasize continuity with the previous rulers of Buethai, Tek-kuang had retained the kingdom's extensive bureaucratic system, which included appointing some of them to some of the most important post in the kingdom's government; at one point, he even sent a diplomatic mission to the Japanese imperial capital Beian-kyō (平安京)[9], but the latter politely refused to receive such diplomatic gesture because they believe that the Dai [大, Korean: Dae (대)] were the legitimate rulers of the country. Indeed, the fact that alongside the constant presence of the Dai/Dae clan and their loyal supporters living in exile, the rejection to their rule from a relatively large portion of the Buethai population was a constant problem for Tek-kwang/Deok-kwang and his successors.

Yaluit Tek-kwang/Yayeul Deok-kwang (耶律·德光/야율 덕광) 926-47
Yaluit Kwieng/Yayeul Kyeong (耶律·璟/야율 경) 947-69

NOTES:
[1] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Liao
[2] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Yelü Abaoji
[3] OTL: Balhae
[4] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Yelü Bei
[5] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Shulü Ping
[6] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Deguang/Yaogu
[7] OTL: Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia
[8] OTL Mandarin Chinese pronunciation: Dongdan
[9] OTL: Kyoto, the historic Japanese capital.
 
Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)


933 CE
January:
In the Kraton of the Kitanglad capital Lantapan, the outgoing chief minister of the kingdom Datu Ibabasok nan Igmalangen has formally proclaimed before the delegates of all towns and villages across the Kitanglad territory that after a relatively long period, he and the monarch of the kingdom Datu Kugita hong Bugabus had ultimately chosen the nine principal personalities that would compose the future council of state of Kitanglad, including the potential successor of the Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen as the principal adviser of the monarch and the highest civilian official of the Kitangladnen royal government. In the said proclamation, the outgoing chief minister added that the eight men who would compose could the council came from every part of the Kitanglad territory and from different sectors of the kingdom's society in general, thus claiming that the council would represent the kingdom of Kitanglad and its population. As the scrolled copies of the said proclamation has distributed to every corner of the country and read by the local authorities in every town and village, the people in the whole kingdom of Kitanglad became curious on the eight privileged individuals who would share power with the monarch.
February:
After more or less than six years of staying in the royal court of the northern kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, the delegation led by Datu Bulalakaw sa Balaytolong had returned to their native kingdom of Magahat/Kanlaon, particularly in its capital Bakong, where they were greeted personally by the monarch of the kingdom Datu Mabanglis sa Tigbawan and the rest of the royal court of the central Visayas kingdom. In a special gathering that was held in the banquet room within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Bakong, the head of the Magahat/Kanlaonen delegation had narrated before the monarch, his family and the rest of the royal court their experience in the northern kingdom of Tondo-Namayan while learning the system of government that was existed in the said nation; among the things that Datu Bulalakaw sa Balaytolong had narrated before the distinguished personalities present in the said gathering included the formal introduction of paper in every part of the Luuk-speaking kingdom, the arrival of the refugees from the island-kingdom of Palaw-an in the northern town of Gatus-na-Kapok and the recent changes in the politics within the Kraton of Tondo. Upon their return to Magahat/Kanlaon, the delegation led by Datu Bulalakaw sa Balaytolong would immediately work with the monarch to apply what they've learned from their stay in Tondo-Namayan.
March:
After the New Year festivities, regular activities in the Kraton of Tondo, the provincial governments in the Luuk-speaking heartland and their counterparts in the vassal states has resumed their regular activities, and almost simultaneously, the rumors of a possible successor to Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan as the chief minister of the kingdom (Pangulu) as the latter has confirmed before the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen in her personal chamber within the Middle Court of the royal palace complex that he would retire from his current position and retire definitively from the service of the royal government after more or less than thirty years. According to the rumors that circulated both within and outside of the Kraton of Tondo, the principal candidates that would be speculated as the next chief minister of the kingdom were the current Minister of Ceremonies Kaburaw Balaykatana, the current principal courtier of the Kraton of Tondo Gat Tumbaga nan Balaybakawan and the current Minister of Taxation Apu Tirutingting nan Buludadayu. However, the chief courtier of the Kraton of Tondo had personally denied that he would possibly succeed Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan as Pangulu (chief minister) of the Luuk-speaking kingdom, citing that he was content of his current position; in fact, the chief courtier of the Kraton of Tondo would participate in the actual process of selecting the successor of Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan as the chief minister of the kingdom, alongside the majority of the Council of State and the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen. After weeks of speculation, it was now confirmed that Kaburaw Balaykatana was selected as the new chief minister of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan; the diplomat Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-gala would succeed him as the Minister of Ceremonies.
April:
Exactly a year after Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud was formally proclaimed as the new sovereign ruler of Nusang Sambal in a very important ceremony that was held in the Main Hall within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Ulungapu, the current Crown Prince of the westernmost vassal state of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Damalog nin Arayat was now formally betrothed to Dayang Mingan nin Botol-kolintah, one of the members of the influential Sambal clan from the town of Botolan, who were considered as one of those who were closest to all branches of the ruling Ulungbulud clan, which included the current ruling branch of the same clan (Arayat-Ulungbulud). Indeed, the betrothal ceremony wasn't just attended by the rest of the Botol-kolintah clan, but also by other prominent Sambal clans, most of whom were also close to the Ulungbulud clan in general; alongside these prominent members of the upper class of the Sambal society, the betrothal between Crown Prince Damalog nin Arayat and Dayang Mingan nin Botol-kolintah was attended by the principal members of the Sambal royal government, as well as the delegation from the Kraton of Tondo.

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Ruins of the Main Hall/Pavilion (Pendopo) of Kraton of Ratu Boko;

like its Luuk counterpart (Kraton of Tondo), the Kraton of Ulungapu was patterned
on the Javanese royal palace complex, but on a lesser scale

May:
The paramount leader of the Manide-Inagta country Apu Tirutapang anak Harimbulud nem Balaybasud responded to the possibility that his territory, particularly its frontier with the Kumintang and Isarog, would be used as training ground of the potential spies that to be used in the planned invasion of the island-kingdom of Palaw-an and consequently, the hypothetical overthrow of the reign of the current Palaw-anen monarch Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi and the restoration to the throne of Gat Tungkuyanin Kuaybulud, who currently resided in the northern town of Gatus-na-Kapok alongside his family and the rest of the Palaw-anen exile community. The paramount leader said that he would permit the military and civil authorities of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan could use the frontier region for training of the future spies, most of whom came from the exile community in Gatus-na-Kapok, as long as there was a participation from the local military, as Apu Tirutapang nan Balaybasud cited that the military of Manide-Inagta country was well-known for their effective espionage tactics, which was extensively used in the civil war that was concluded a long time ago; in fact, such suggestion was sent to the Tondo-Namayan monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen through a scrolled letter written within his personal quarters in the Kraton of Mambulao.
June-July:
After months of speculation in relation to the possible successor of Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen as the chief minister of the kingdom of Kitanglad and the composition of the future council of state, the monarch Datu Kugita nan Bugabus himself has formally proclaimed from the throne room within the Middle Court of the Kraton of the Kitanglad capital Lantapan before the delegates of the towns and villages across the country that a Higaonon merchant from the coastal town of Himologan, whose name was Datu Kinulintan hong Kapayagan, was chosen as the successor of Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen as the chief minister of the kingdom. Alongside Datu Kinulintan hong Kapayagan, the seven other ministers that would compose the council of state of Kitanglad was also proclaimed by the monarch himself. As information from the Kraton of Lantapan became widespread across the country through the scrolled copies that were distributed in every town and village, which were read by the local authorities, the people of Kitanglad were said to be relieved as they now knew who would succeed Datu Ibabasok hong Igmalangen as the principal civilian leader of the kingdom, as well as the men who would compose the council of state. A few weeks later, Datu Kinulintan nan Kapayagan and the rest of the council of state appeared in the throne room of the Kraton of Lantapan to confirm their appointment before the monarch Datu Kugita hong Bugabus.

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A (reenacted) troop of Kitangladnon warriors
August:
In his personal quarters in the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo, the chief minister (Pangulu) of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan Gat Kaburaw Balaykatana had formally received the scrolled letter sent by the paramount chief of the Manide-Inagta country Apu Tirutapang anak Harimbulud nan Balaybasud in relation to the suggestion raised by the Minister of Ceremonies Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-gala in which the frontier region of the country would be used as training ground for the potential spies that to be recruited from the Palaw-anen exile community in the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok as part of a planned destabilization against the current monarch of the island-kingdom Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi. In his personal scrolled letter, the chief minister said that the suggestion raised by the Manide-Inagta paramount leader, which was the active participation of the local military in training potential spies, was coincidentally considered by the Secretary of State of the Luuk-speaking kingdom as well; in fact, Gat Kaburaw Balaykatana had indicated to Apu Tirutapang anak Harimbulud nem Balaybasud through his scrolled letter that Apu Baniakaw nan Dakel-na-gala had already sent a scrolled letter to the Manide-Inagta capital Mambulao, in which the Minister of Ceremonies of the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan had indicated that the active participation of the Manide-Inagta military in the training of the spies from the selected members of the Palaw-anen exile community would be considered seriously.
September:
In the Kraton of the Sugbuanon capital Nahalin, the monarch Datu Daya Daanbantayan had formally received a contingent who fled from the island-kingdom of Palaw-an as they seek asylum in the outskirts of the Sugbuanon capital. The leader of the said contingent Apu Taliyakad nan Kuaybulud, who was the cousin of the deposed Palaw-anen monarch Gat Tungkuyanin nan Kuaybulud, who explained before the monarch and the rest of the Sugbuanon royal court in the throne room within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Nahalin that the contingent was actually represented a group of refugees from the Palaw-an, and they arrived in the island-kingdom of Sugbu after the fallout of the branch of the Kuaybulud clan led by Apu Taliyakad and the currently ruling branch of the Palaw-an (Kuaybulud-Dugi) led by the monarch Gat Upa Kuwan Kuaybulud-Dugi, a few years after the initial migration of the other branches of the Kuaybulud clan to other parts of the archipelago. Thus, as Apu Taliyakad continued, they seek refuge in the Sugbuanon capital to avoid repercussions that would face in their native Palaw-an. In his part, Datu Daya Daanbantayan was convinced enough of their explanation that he immediately granted them the permission to settle in a section of the Sugbuanon capital.
October-November:
The very first papermaking factory outside the northern kingdom of Tondo-Namayan was formally inaugurated in the outskirts of the Rade capital Irong-irong by the paramount leader of the Confederation Gat Umawang nan Balaybinukot and the chief emissary of Tondo-Namayan in the southeastern Pana-ay confederation Apu Tautapang nan Balayanayupan. The papermaking factory, like their counterparts in the northern kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, was built in front of its counterpart in making abaca fiber, thus adapting the process of slow but gradual transition between the use of abaca fiber as the principal writing material and the gradual use of paper. The personnel who would operate the papermaking factory were trained and supervised by the people who brought from its counterparts in Tondo-Namayan until the local personnel were skilled enough to operate the factory. Even before the actual construction of the papermaking factory, there were already talks that the papermaking industry could expand not just in the rest of Rade Confederation, but also to the rest of the island of Pan-ay and neighboring islands; in fact, it was claimed that the paramount leader of the Confederation Gat Umawang nan Balaybinukot has received inquiries from the neighboring nation-states of Iraya, Akean and Hantik (and even the kingdom of Magahat/Kanlaon) on the possibility of having their own papermaking factory.

December:
In his personal chambers within the Middle Court in the Kraton of Butuan, the monarch Datu Hanuman hong Bugabus was said to be planning out alongside his ministers about the possibility that the Butuanen-speaking elite (and aristocracy) would fled to the island of Bo-ol if the friction between them, as well as the inhabitants of Surigao and the Manobo-speaking population wasn't resolved immediately by offering a long-term solution that would stabilize the kingdom in general. According to the rumors that circulated in the Kraton of Butuan, while it was already established that the Butuanen-speaking elite and aristocracy would fled to the Bo-ol, particularly in its principal town of Gindulman and in the southeastern part of the island, it was actually suggested that a portion of the aristocracy should in the southwestern part of the island, particularly in the town of Tagbilaran, where it currently experienced constant growth because of its position as a major trading hub between the nation-states of Mindanao and the Visayan islands. For the Surigaonons, as the rumors indicated, the plan of their possible exodus to the southern part of Nusang Ede remained unchanged. However, as the rumors has pointed recently, the monarch has personally considered the suggestion made by Datu Tiruravanam nan Bugabus, in which the whole kingdom of Butuan would be constituted as "three nations", each with its own government, with the throne as the "common link" between the Butuanens, Surigaonons and Manobos.
 
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