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'''Sopoh Dolysoh''' /'sɑpə dɑ'liːsə/ was a [[Dawn]] settler and the founder of [[Toor]]. He claimed to have reached "the edge of the world" - the northernmost point of [[Tarnaria]] - first. He then used that achievement as a justification for his rule. Aided by a man known as [[Bonten]], Sopoh founded a settlement called [[Peelee]] at the foot of Gaaj-Mas. Eventually, the settlement was moved away from the mountain after multiple avalanches made it clear that the location was not safe.
{{Ruler infobox
|name=Sopoh Dolysoh
|name_caption=Father of Mankind
|image=
|title=Gole of Toor
|reign=1771-1779 [[FR]]
|predecessor=
|successor=[[Opol Dolysoh]]
|born=c.1740-1750 [[FR]]
|died=1779 [[FR]]
|parents=Mylda and Blos Dolysoh
|siblings=[[Blos Dolysoh]]
}}
'''Sopoh Dolysoh''' /'sɑpə dɑ'liːsə/ was a [[Dawn]] settler and the founder of [[Toor]]. He claimed to have been the first to reach Ydoh Rol, "the Edge of the World" - the northernmost point of [[Tarnaria]]. He then used that achievement as a justification for his rule. Aided by a man known as [[Bonten]], Sopoh founded a settlement called [[Peelee]] at the foot of Gaaj-Mas. Eventually, the settlement was moved away from the mountain after multiple avalanches made it clear that the location was not safe.
Sopoh wanted to pass on the rule to Bonten's son, but was instead murdered by his own son, [[Opol Dolysoh|Opol]].
Sopoh wanted to pass on the rule to Bonten's son, but was instead murdered by his own son, [[Opol Dolysoh|Opol]].
== Osdol's version ==
== Early life ==
Sopoh was born in [[Gantolia]], to a family of late [[Dawn]] settlers, who were part of the third wave of migration that took the settlers to the north of [[Tarnaria]]. His mother was Mylda Dolysoh and his father was Blos Dolysoh. He was the youngest child and had several siblings, although records exist of only his eldest brother, [[Blos Dolysoh|Blos]], who was named as his father. The latter fact makes several historians confuse aspects of their lives.
== Founding of Toor ==
=== Osdol's version ===
[[Osdol|Osdol's]] version is a highly mythologized version which is part of the Stron Ydoh Rol (Song of the Edge of the World). He talks about how Sopoh and his right hand Bonten led their people to Gaaj-Mas, which is "the Seat of Mankind", and established what is a "paradise and home to any person, the true [[Xaewoon|Mamkoon]]".
[[Osdol|Osdol's]] version is a highly mythologized version which is part of the Stron Ydoh Rol (Song of the Edge of the World). He talks about how Sopoh and his right hand Bonten led their people to Gaaj-Mas, which is "the Seat of Mankind", and established what is a "paradise and home to any person, the true [[Xaewoon|Mamkoon]]".
Stron Ydoh Rol is part of the north-eastern tradition, also known as the Great Lore, and has been passed on from generation to generation until the middle of the second revolution. From there on, only parts of the Great Lore survive, including Stron Ydoh Rol.
Stron Ydoh Rol is part of the north-eastern tradition, also known as the Great Lore, and has been passed on from generation to generation until the middle of the second revolution. From there on, only parts of the Great Lore survive, including Stron Ydoh Rol.
== Ludoh's version ==
=== Ludoh's version ===
[[Ludoh]] generally sticks to Osdol's version of events, adding in just a little more detail. For instance, she does say that Sopoh was succeeded by his son and that Bonten became "estranged from the blessed family". She also briefly speaks about how Sopoh built Peelee at the foot of Gaaj-Mas. But she doesn't mention anything else about Peelee, other than that the city "pushed for the sky. It could not be a rival to the Seat of Mankind, but its ruler wanted it to not be an embarrassment to the stars."
[[Ludoh]] generally sticks to Osdol's version of events, adding in just a little more detail. For instance, she does say that Sopoh was succeeded by his son and that Bonten became "estranged from the blessed family". She also briefly speaks about how Sopoh built Peelee at the foot of Gaaj-Mas. But she doesn't mention anything else about Peelee, other than that the city "pushed for the sky. It could not be a rival to the Seat of Mankind, but its ruler wanted it to not be an embarrassment to the stars."
Ludoh does mention "the treacherous Meledesians", which is the first indication of another party mentioned at the location.
Ludoh does mention "the treacherous Meledesians", which is the first indication of another party mentioned at the location.
== Porteek's version ==
=== Porteek's version ===
[[Porteek|Porteek's]] account differs dramatically. He bases his work on three [[Oaleed]] sources, none of which have survived.
He talks about how Sopoh justified his rule by being the first to reach Ydoh Rol, same as in the myths, but that as soon as they arrived, they realized that they were far from first. In fact, there were many villages where the people known as [[Meledesians]] lived. Porteek speculates that Meledesians must have reached Ydoh Rol as early as a century earlier, basing it on the level of their integration with the environment and established routes and settlements.
At the same time, Sopoh's party was not the only one and [[Bonten]] is described as a member of another group which was led by a woman named [[Doroh Hun]]. Both groups were fiercely competing and had previously clashed, as both were planning to use the achievement as claim to power. When it was discovered that the area was already populated, Sopoh approached Doroh and suggested to merge their groups and claim the land from Meledesians, who lived in small groups and could be attacked village by village. Porteek reports that Doroh seemed to have rejected the proposal, although her reasoning was not specified in Porteek's sources and he writes that he is not interested in speculating. Bonten, on the other hand, realized that Sopoh's plan was the only one that was capable of bringing them glory and he murdered Doroh, by pushing her off a cliff. He probably had enough support among the group to kill Doroh, as he as then able to take the lead and march to Sopoh's camp, where both groups were merged under Sopoh's lead, while Bonten became second-in-command.
[[Porteek|Porteek's]] account differs dramatically.
Porteek then describes a bloody campaign that saw the merciless slaughter of Meledesians. Several months later Sopoh claimed that he reached Ydoh Rol first and the settlement of [[Peelee]] was founded near Gaaj-Mas.
