why didn’t its owners use the Codex to uplift the Xaela?
If the Hotgo was founded by Mide and Dayan, and they were able to see everything Alexander could, every possible outcome of changing history, I would say it makes sense for them to lead history to the exact same path it is right now and don't prevent their tribe from being massacred, knowing it would lead to them eventually summoning and stopping alexander.

Not sure if this makes sense, it's hard to convey what I mean in a topic about time traveling.



Quote Originally Posted by KihtJakkya View Post
The whole basis for my argument is that I see a lot of people hand-waving what the Dotharl did as "the way of the Steppes". However, if it were, why don't we see more of it? Why is it only noted to happen to the Hotgo? I think there is a bigger story there - one I hope will be revealed.
The answer to that is in your own post

"Kahkol: A tribe made up of orphans and refugees from tribes defeated or destroyed. Many choose to combine the name of their old tribe with Kahkol."

Tribes defeated and tribes destroyed, so this isn't the first time a tribe is destroyed, the Hotgo isn't a single occurrence nor it's an outlier if it has happened enough times that the survivors ended up uniting in a tribe.

Then going off this

"Many choose to combine the name of their old tribe with Kahkol."

We would have to wait until we meet more Kahkol to know the names of the other tribes that were destroyed or defeated.