House Undōsa

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**House Undōsa** was founded as an adaptational response from the Masetzu'an people to fit into the feudal hierarchies of Nieden and Syltör. To their overlords, it functions as a proper Noble House, owning land and governing cities, holding office and counsel to the Imperare and his Regents. However, to the Masetzu'an people, it is merely a symbolic title, for owning it does not change one's status in Masetzu'an society. Due to its egalitarian and highly collectivist nature, Masetzu'an society has no need for social hierarchy and therefore has no need for things like Noble Titles. Symbolically, however, the Surname Undōsa is given to whoever is appointed as the leader of the Masetzu'ans. This title can be hereditary, though it can and has been passed through council edict to another publicly elected ruler. Essentially, it is similar to referring to the leader of a nation as President X or King Y.

## History

The House Undōsa was first founded after the Great Migration (which previously saw the division of the Masetzu'an people, sending half eastwards into Nieden). When Sßamakhavfiāä I led his half of the Masetzu'an tribe to the former WealthHaven, he realized that he and his people could never fully live the same lifestyle they had grown to love again, and therefore sat with the tribe's elders to devise ways to adapt to live in Nieden. They devised an elaborate plan, in which a council would be chosen by the people to conduct foreign diplomacy and lead the people, allowing the Masetzu'ans to live their own lifestyle whilst retaining a "westernized" facade to conduct diplomacy.

Throughout its history, House Undōsa would go on to lead several Masetzu'an states, all of which are long since defunct or otherwise destroyed.

## Societal impact

House Undōsa, therefore, was created as an adaptational response to the Niedene Noble bureaucracy. On paper, it functions just like any other Noble House: as an organization, it is able to own land and govern cities, and members of the house are able to hold individual counsel and office to other higher members of Imperial feudal society. However, back at home, the title Undōsa means nothing. To an extent, it is even worse than nothing, because the title connotes the idea of low social servitude and peasantry along with the painful history of being forced to adapt to outside society. Undōsa, in Masetzu'an society, is just a title with little genuine social value. To the average Masetzu'an, it just tells them that the person's job is to deal with people living outside of Masetzu'an communities.

House Undōsa continues to serve as public representation of the Masetzu'an people to the outside world, and it is currently undergoing an application process for recognition in the Simulami Empire.

## Chronology

Sßamakhavfiāä Undōsa I (\*~1590A.S.C., ✝~1610A.S.C.)

* House Founder
* Founder of Dorostadt
* First officialized ruler of the Tymarati people

Sßamakhavfiāä Undōsa II (\*~1605A.S.C., ✝~1630A.S.C.)

* Son of Sßamakhavfiāä Undōsa I
* Conducted diplomacy with the Aesperium Niedea resulting in the eventual annexation of Tymarat

Sßamakhavfiāä Undōsa III (\*~1625A.S.C., ✝~1650A.S.C.)

* Son of Sßamakhavfiāä Undōsa II
* Final ruler of Tymarat before annexation into Aesperium Niedea

***(Grey Period - unnoteworthy House Heads continue to represent the Tymaratis under the Aesperium Niedea/Escharia)***

Juno Undōsa I (\*1692A.S.C., ✝~1720A.S.C.)

* "The Great Liberator", is often compared to the likeness of Sßamakhavfiāä Undōsa I in accomplishment
* Founded Xepulsau, later Xemalatau
* Reorganized the local Masetzu'an faiths into the reformed religion: the Theos of Kÿō
* Aided in the collapse of Escharia, freed Tymarat to become its own nation-state
* United Xemalatau and Tymarat under the state of Xiani-Undōsa

Juno Undōsa II (\*1713A.S.C.)

* Disgraced son of Juno Undōsa I
* Divorced Tymarat from Xiani-Undōsa, bringing it under the protection of Gertonia
* Allowed the downfall of Xemalatau, forcing the islands back under Tortuga
* Stepped down from leadership and public life after failures, passing the mantle and title of Undōsa to the elected Juno Undōsa III

Juno Undōsa III (\*1711A.S.C.)

* Aided in the internal reorganization of the Simulami Empire, becoming close friends with the Imperare ZenoHUN Himself
* Reclaimed the former capital island of Xemalatau, Xepulsau, from Kronesia (still under Tortuga)
* Is the current representative of the Tymaratis to the Simulami Empire