National University of Divinity (Vahtlor University)

The National University of Divinity in the city of Vahltor, more commonly known as Vahltor University, is the most prestigious educational institution in the Hartheran Union. Its schools of governance, law and theology are pre-eminent in the nation, its students forming the elite rulership of the nation.

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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr

  • Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah
  • Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy
  • Capital: Vahltorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVahltor

    Vahltor is the capital city of Harthera (also: Vultor, Vuhltore; archaic names: Biyahl, Bahl Dorr, Buldoya). It is one of the grandest, wealthiest and most powerful cities in the world, but its surrounding walls limit the city's expansion, creating cramped streets, oppressive towers, poor housing, poverty, disease and squalor in its poorest quarters. It is colloquially known as BMEBMEHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHarther…
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  • Religion: Church of Hartrahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of Hartrah

    The Church of Hartrah is the state religion of Harthera. It faith combines ancestor worship with the principle of the god, Hartrah, who is the spiritual fusion and synthesis of all the righteous ancestors of the nation who have gone before. Upon death, your spirit begins its ascension and merging with the Godhead. During the lifetime of the family, spirits are still present and contactable, so they can provide guidance and support, and intercede with God to provide strength an…
  • Language: Hartraanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartraan

    Hartraan is the official state language of Harthera. All Hartheran citizens are expected to speak Hartraan for official and public use, but in practice most rural people in central and southern Harthera speak local languages as their first language, have only limited exposure to the languagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguage
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    Saloyan is an Eloyoun language, the principle language of the former Grand Palatinate of Saloya in northeastern Anásthias. A great many dialects existed, several of whom are still spoken in the Salyoan highlands. The majority of people in the region now have Hartraan as their first language.

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    Rouvawetig, also called Old Ravorran, is an Eloyoun language spoken by the Rouvawhi people of Ravorr, in central Harthera. Historically the local Eloyoun dialect was heavily influenced by Iskean, particularly the more clipped and gutteral Junda pronunciation, though its vowel inflection is much simplified and its case structure is significantly different.languageEloyounlanguage
    , Jundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Language

    Junda, often called Old Junda, is an Iskean language which was once spoken throughout the Junda Isles, Perudd and the Junda Coast.

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    Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheraHartheranlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage

History

The university was founded in the 5th century ME to educate the priesthood of the Church of Hartrah, with a core curriculum of law, philosophy and divinity. Its high educational standards attracted the sons of the nobility, and it flourished particularly during the Hartheran Commonwealth when its curriculum broadened into natural sciences, mathematics, history, rhetoric, poetics and other fields of study.

Today it is still the pre-eminent institution for the church and for those hoping to enter government, though in terms of practical research it has been eclipsed by Harlon University.

The university occupies a campus to the east of the great Basilica of Holy Hart, in what is left of the old Royal Palace of the Commonwealth, built in the time of Queen Shoyvah.