Metayu

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Metayu
-375 - -290
Native:	Metayu
Verdurian:	Metayu
Characteristics
Capital:	Dunōmeyū
Government:	Monarchy
Ruler’s title	yaviciu
Language:	Cuêzi
Religions:	Cuzeian Theism

Metayu [mɛ ˈta ju] is the Cuêzi name for Meťaiu, a Monkhayic state consisting of little more than its capital Aránicer. When the Cuzeians conquered the kingdom in -375, they took its name not only for their own successor state (which grew to include a good chunk of Okiami as well), but for the Monkhayic people as a whole. It's convenient to continue their usage and refer to the Monkhayic peoples in Eretald as the Meťaiun.

The capital of Metayu was Dunōmeyū (near modern Zariaspa), and the major cities were Nandaros, Uruyas, Aránicer, and Comex; it also briefly ruled Cayenas (-318 to -300).

According to Cuzeian tradition, the kingdom was conquered by four coequal lineages and was to have been divided among them; but though spoils and estates were distributed, political leadership was usurped by the lineage of Inibē. The Inibēigo were troubled by civil war and (by later Cuzeian standards) apostasy against Iáinos, and their kingdom was ultimately destroyed by the Nimoicū. The central portion was reorganized as the kingdom of Dācuas (-290), while the remainder fell into the hands of various Caďinorian barons.