The Junda Isles [JUN-der] are an island group off the northeast coast of Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

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, traditionally inhabited by the Jundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda People

The Junda are an Iskean-ethnic people found throughout the Junda Isles and the northeast coast of Anásthias, whose conquest of the mainland led to the foundation of the modern state of Harthera.

Historically they were notable for their shamanic religion and unique calendar, the Junda stormscale.

Junda peoples commonly raided the coasts for food and goods, having little of worth to trade on their home islands. They were accidentally instrumental in the downfall of the people, and now part of the Hartheranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

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 cordromeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCordrome

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * Religion: Church of Hartrah * Language: Hartraan (official), also Saloyan, Rouvawetig, Junda

A cordrome is an administrative unit of the Hartheran of Perudd and the Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerudd

Perudd is a peninsular region of northeastern Harthera, which marks the boundary between the Iskean Sea and the Redeeming Ocean. Politically it is part of the cordrome of Perudd and the Isles, meaning the Junda Isles, since the coast of Perudd was traditionally a territory of the Junda people.

Harthera

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The group consists of six large islands and dozens of smaller ones, each with their own dialect and cultural variations.

The islands vary in topography and climate, some being relatively flat with flourishing greenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen

The Green Kingdom of flora and fauna includes humans, mammals, birds, whales, greenfish, and most green plants and crops cultivated by humankind. farmland, others being vertiginous with viridplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. jungle.

Esiganplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEsigan

Esigan is the largest island in the Junda Isles, roughly 200 km from the Hartheran mainland province of Perudd. It is approximately 125 km north-south and 150 km east-west. Its capital is the port of Jongaven, the largest and most important city in the Isles.

islands harthera (EH-sig-enn) is the largest of the isles, being 115 km east-west and 120 north-south. It is consequently the most metropolitan, being relatively close to the mainland. It was traditionally inhabited by the “Seven Tribes”, whose conflicts form a great deal of legend and literature. Esigan has one of the few sheltered deepwater harbours in the islands: the city of Jongavenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJongaven

Jogaven [jong-GAV-en] is a city on the island of Esigan, the most important port in the Hartheran Junda Isles and its de facto capital.

Set in a large deepwater lagoon, the city is a strategic port for the Hartheran Navy. It is a hub for all trade within the Isles, a centre for shipbuilding, and a frequent stopping point for merchantmen trading between, which today is an important port for the Hartheran navy. In the 8th century MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME

ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years. Esigan was subject to land clearance and mass immigration from the mainland, so relatively little traditional Junda culture remains.

Jokta and Kongad were historically one island, and are still connected at low tides during the storm season. The tribes of Jokta and Kongad were famous for clan wars and vendettas, with a fierce reputation as sea hunters.

Perek is the longest island at 160 km east-west, but is also subject to severe weather. Perek was an important religious centre for the ancient Junda religionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda religion

The ancient Junda had a mixed religion, which developed over thousands of years. It combined ancient tribal belief in shamanic ancestor-worship with a wider nationalist mythology, in a cosmos containing a variety of gods. Latterly the Junda primarily worshipped the Storm Lord, herherherherherherherlanguagelanguage. The island is littered with Iskeanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean People

The Iskean are an East Thalsic people primarily inhabiting the northeastern coastal regions of Anásthias. Today they are one of the major ethnic groups of Harthera, with Iskean populations also found in the eastern coastal provinces of Ororr, as well as islands in the ruins dating from the Celadon Epochplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCeladon Epoch

Name for the period of history c.6200-3000 BME, also called the Age of Miyarris, after the foremost civilisation of that era. (approximately 4000 BMEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)

Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch.). Several of the most ancient holy sites have been reconsecrated by the 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…. New Perechplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNew Perech

Alternate name for the Eastern Isles., the Hartheran colony in the eastern ocean, is named after Perek.

Elorsken, or Elózgen in the local Junda languageplugin-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.

Language

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Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheraHartheranlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage, is the most northerly island. Due to its remoteness it always had a reputation for its distinct accent and culture, and today it is the greatest bastion of traditional Junda culture.

Unviken is the largest in the Landward Isles. Traditional Junda consider people of the Landwards as not true Junda, since in earlier epochsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWorld History

Helevos has eight thousand years of recorded history, with archeology, artefacts and myth stretching back much further. There are two dominant views of human history: the theological view that the whole world and humanity were created some thousands of years ago in one instant of creation; the second, that all humanity descends from a race of fallen demigods called the viridEmerald EpochBMEgreenBMEAnásthiasAnásthiasBMEAnásthiasfolkloreMiyarrisGodmenBMEMEOrorrHartheraMEviridAnásthi… they were connected to the mainland.