Agedu ganoga geinin niuira noi. - A common enemy gives a new friend.

Once the Yauoiligasi tribes joined the Miecan cultural sphere, they became the richest among the steppe peoples. This was due to the salt trade monopolised by those people, who now could sell their goods to everyone to the west. Therefore, every western chief did their best to be on good terms with them.

And, yet, that was not the only finding for the Miecans. They learnt from the Yauoiligasi that there was a river further east larger and richer than the Nadu that was familiar to them. It did not take long for the first expeditions to be sent in that direction. And indeed the Miecans found a large river by whose shores lived another steppe people. Unlike those they had met before, however, these spoke a language that no Miecan could understand, even if their looks and customs were similar to theirs. According to these people, the river's name was the Gattahanliu, which soon became known as Gattainniu to those from the sunset.

A less warlike folk than the Miecans, the Gattainnites also had trouble with the demons from northern Nigasu, who would take advantage of their more sedentary nature and raid them time and again. This common enemy helped the greedy Miecan chiefs secure a good relationship with them. They extended their protection to the river peoples and many of the western nomadic tribes moved to the valley to wage war against the north. In exchange for land and protection, the Gattainnigin had to pay tribute to them. All in all, it did not take long for the region to be teeming with Miecans, who soon married into the local populace and replaced the local elite.

A few generations down the line, the speech of the Gattainnigin was nothing but another dialect of Miecanna, and both peoples could be said to be one and the same.

Map - Meeting the Na Honded Soon?