Mertarxideker (The History of the Hadarans)

Mertarxideker was the first king of Hadara. He lived an exceptionally long time (90 years) and set the stage for Hadaran world domination.

Biography
Mertarxideker's original name was "Ganarasheer", meaning "like the sun". He was the only child of a woman named Ganaqē (meaning "like water"). His father apparently died before he was born, and so, Ganarasheer was raised entirely by his mother, Ganaqē. At the time, Hadara was dovided into several chiefdoms competing for power. Ganaqē was the daughter of a local chieftain, meaning that she had the titlw of xidē. "Xidē" means "noblewoman" or "a woman of high social status" in Hadaran. Since Ganarasheer was entirely raised by his mother, the other Hadarans started calling him "Mertarxideker", meaning "child of the noblewoman", because at the time it was disgraceful for boys to be entirely raised by women.

When Mertarxideker was 28, his mother died and Mertarxideker was invited by the old chieftain to join his mother's tribe. However, the old chieftain quickily died and Mertarxideker was elected the new chieftain. At age 30, however, Mertarxideker created a new title for himself, "g'ārabeq". The title was composed of two words, "g'ār", meaning "great" or "mighty", and "abeq", meaning "chieftain". This title would eventually get to mean "king", but in Mertarxideker's days, it simply meant "great chieftain".