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=== Formation of the Tribe ===
Following the collapse of the Proto-Anana Tribe, the people of the western plains did not initially come under a single unified power. Many bands and clans stayed sovereign, choosing independence over allegiance to any tribe. Tula the Great, previously an advisor for the Proto-Anana chief, is often credited for the swift unification and consolidation of power within the western plains in the year following the Proto-Ananan collapse. The exact details of her methods of power consolidation over the independent clans of the plains are unknown, although many historians speculate that she likely used similar expansion tactics as her successors. After the initial expansion of influence the Yevak Clan had over the western plains, Tula declared all of the western plains rightful land of Yevaks, effectively severing any power local clans had had and replacing them with a class of Yevak aristocracy who often adapted to local customs and traditions in order to gain power legitimacy. The rising power of the Yevak Tribe set an unprecedented record for the quickest a
=== Expansion and Increasing Influence ===
After the death of Tula the Great, she was replaced with her firstborn daughter Xóoshei, a tradition that following Yevak chiefs would continue to uphold. At this time, the Yevaks held a significant amount of power over the western plains, but held little in regards to inter-tribal influence. That would change when Xóoshei came to power, drastically altering Yevak stance on inter-tribal dealings. The Yevaks continued to expand their own power domestically, but did so in ways that affected tribes all around Sagut. The Yevaks took direct control over the Sagut trade route, which historically ran through several small clans who did not have enough influence to affect it. After taking control of a prominent trade route, the Yevaks were propelled into the international stage as an economically vital tribe and solidified both their economic and political position as a regional power. Some smaller tribes that still existed in the western plains complained over the monopoly the Yevaks had gained over trade in the western plains, to which the Yevak responded by re-routing smaller veins of the Sagut trade route away from those smaller tribes, economically starving them. Tribes that were friendly toward the Yevak found themselves in favorable position for trade and economic growth, which tempted more and more small clans and tribes to become influenced by the Yevak. Unlike most tribes, the Yevak played diplomacy in a very specific manner. Instead of asking for a tax or tribute when a small clan or tribe wished to gain access to a trade route, the Yevak instead urged the small tribe to marry one of their nobles, placing that small tribe under direct Yevak rule. This cyclical process continued until all lands in the western plains were under direct Yevak rule.
=== Great Tribal War (1426 - 1453) ===
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