Oksida Syndicate

From humble beginnings as a mining colony-commune and tunnel diggers' union, Oksida Syndicate would go on to be one of the most important entities in the Ashlands and give rise to the Oksidan exodus diaspora, which eventually led to the establishment of Carcosa.

Founding and early history
Starting in -60E0, the miners in the south of the Kumaq region began to take residence in the depleted sections of their mines, rather than return to Kumaq proper. Though it wasn't until -51E0 that there'd be a petition by these "oeq'sida" [Trans: people who live underground. Lit: of the earth residers] for recognition as an independent commune in the Ashlands with a seat at the Council of Kumaq.

Though for unknown reasons, Kanuq Chiefslayer intentionally stalled efforts for Oeq'Sidan independence, though the need to maintain her influence over the Chenoeq and Makhnoq delegations through the sheer volume of Ashlanders she represented is likely to have played a role. It wasn't until her grandson, Kenuqse Giver-of-Letters took the position of councilor of Kumaq that formal recognition of Oeq'Sidan independence was granted and the budding commune formally got a say in Ashlander politics.

Postwar Syndicalization
Not directly involved in The Winter War, Oeq'Sida still played a substantial role in providing residency to refugees and resources for the war effort. Overstretched, the small commune's logistical abilities collapsed and the Ashlands saw its first famine since before the Long Night.

Spreading out throughout its tunnel network, the collapsed Oeq'Sida Commune turned towards smuggling and controlling transit throughout the underground of North Natum to survive. By the end of the Winter War, a young Oksida Syndicate, organized by New Oksidan Syndicalism, declared itself to the Council of Kumaq and began to operate entirely independently of the rest of the Ashlands until an aging Kenuqse Giver-of-Letters was able to negotiate a re-normalization of Ashland relations with his daughter the emergent head of Oksida Syndicate, Nanuq of Oksida.