Hy-Faka

The Forest people, alternatively known as the *Hy-Faka* in Samorite, were an unknown tribe(s) that attacked Samor during the middle Vei period. As the Taraform writing system wouldn't emerge until the late Vei period, who these people, were they came from and what their motifs were remain a complete mystery, with the earliest mentions of them only occuring around 600 years after the events which the *Hy-Faka* are involved in happened, which led to many early scholars on the topic to believe that the *Hy-Faka* were completely fictitious, and only a myth preserved through oral tradition.

The *Hy-Faka* were involved in the widespread looting & destruction of various Samorite sites during the middle Vei period, with all settlements dating from that period, with an exception of Vei, showing signs of looting and destruction on a widespread level. The attacks also seem to have been fairly coordinated, with most of the raids taking place in a relatively short timespan.

## Potential identities

The identity of the *Hy-Faka* has been one of the greatest mysteries for Samoritologists, as there is no conclusive evidence pointing towards a specific tribe, or even a specific region; everything that scholars are left with is inconclusive evidence, bordering on speculation, and there is no widely agreed upon consensus.

Professors from the Carisian University of History (As well as the Carisian Antiquity Institute) propose that the *Hy-Faka* originate somewhere in the northern white forest region and that they are identified with the *Gaugamet* & *Yin* tribes, although no archeological findings matching with their culture have been found from that period of time yet (meaning that they might have had a very minimal to none existing presence at all in Samor back then) and trade with northern tribes was very uncommon back then.

The Moldevian society of archeology & history believe that the *Hy-Faka* were the ancient tribes of *Katanameiea* (an ancient region in southern Samor), and that they banded together to raid Samor. This too is probably unlikely, as the tribes were heavily dependent on trade with the Samorites, with some of them even being under direct allegiance to some city states, and crippling the trade with them would lead to a significant blow to the tribes as well. A recent dig made by a group of Liteian archeologists have found the remains of a *Katanameiean* site from the same period, showing signs of raiding just like the Samorite cities, showing that the *Katanameiean'*s were also affected by the raiding.

Another big theory comes from the Euripeian Institute of History, which claims that the *Hy-Faka* were instead an eastern migratory tribe, most likely the *Eetis.* Although archeological digs have found various artefacts and temporary settlements matching the *Eetis* from that time period, it's also rather unlikely that they attacked Samor, as the *Eetis* were a famously peaceful tribe, and later Samor writings call the *Eetis* "very peacable".

Although an outdated theory not supported by any large institutes, the theory that the *Hy-Faka* were nothing more than a myth propagated by oral, and then later written tradition is still somewhat prevalent in more fringe communities of Samoritology.