Chapter V
In the 16th year of the reign of King Amalhregs
These are the tributes given by the governor of Patgwel upon its conquest by Amalhregs Koryowaldaylios. 60 cattle, 20 donkeys, 400 lambs, 1,000 sheep, 400 chickens, 2,740 wagons of flour, 20 wagons of olives, 10 wagons of barley, 10 wagons of cheese, 100 wagons of wine, 30 wagons of vinegar, 20 wagons of milk and 3,000 wagons of fodder.
Excavated clay letter dated to the Early Lekandryliosite Period
During the chaos following the fall of the Ghelhos was the rise of the Kingdom of the Lekandrylios. They were originally an Aryosite tribe who exploited the division amongst survivors to carve out a state for themselves settling down and abandoning their former ways but maintaining their warlike nature. There are those who speculate the Lekandrylios to be descended from a figure during an early period, Preyhostus. He is commonly regarded to be the catalyst for the collapse of the Ghelhos due to his breaking down of the internal order. The line of descent is believed to be through his half Ghelhosite son, Hlekandr, who is theorized to have gained some followers amongst the peasantry as he not only offered protection but a strong claim to the now collapsed kingdom. However, there is no proof that the Lekandrylios were descended from Hlekandr or that they actually named themselves the Lekandrylios. If they did then it is just as reasonable that they claimed descent from Hlekandr to legitimize their hold over their new territories. The short-lived nature of the Lekandryliosite kingdom, however, will probably mean that a definite answer won't be given in the foreseeable future.
However, what is definite is that the Lekandryliosites had begun the transformation of the Aryosites from nomadic raider-pastoralists into nomadic raider-merchants. Starting this trend was the funding of the construction of roads connecting the many colonies that now existed along the Bhenwodr. These roads not only connected the Ghelhosite daughter cities together but also the Amaloxite colonies who were essentially independent as their mother country decayed and became surpassed by the Kalazzans. Waystations were built upon these roads but Aryosite raiders came down and burnt down these waystations and looted the merchants travelling by land. However, the raids became slower with many tribes realising that they could build up more wealth through protecting caravans rather than looting them and thus began the career of many an Aryosite as caravan guards. Some of these tribes would themselves become merchants filling in the niche left behind through the abandonment of land routes due to their danger. This allowed great wealth to develop amongst the Aryosites as the colonies began mass trading not only amongst themselves but also with the newly arisen Kalazzans and the Lekandryliosites.
The accumulation of wealth meant that it had to be stored somewhere and thus fortifications began to be built greater than before so that the wealth had somewhere to be stored. Some of these fortifications would see the growth of villages around them and this would begin the first Aryosite towns, primarily along the Bhenwodr and Don. Some tribes would find the trade routes around the Bhenwodr to not be profitable enough and thus they took to Hushatru in the east. The tribes that headed east brought with them amber which they had brought from the Kalazzans who had themselves brought the amber from foreign lands. This precious material became popular amongst the Hushatru and sold for high prices and thus the trade routes from Hushatru to Kalazza developed into profitable endevours with tribes organizing themselves so that they would transport the goods from one region to another before passing it onto a new tribe who will purchase the good and transport it somewhere else where a new tribe will buy the goods. Of course, many of these merchant tribes would carry on their raids with them being against other tribes who might have threatened their bussiness or where very successful. This created an arms race between tribes who would purchase good quality weaponry from the civilized world causing their enemies to seek better quality weapons as well as tactics. Some decided to defend themselves in forts and some of these forts become towns. It is this way that the Lekandryliosites paved the way for the first true Aryosite state along the Don.