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Helevos (also known as Vos, or Veeos) is a temperate terrestrial world, fourth planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox binary star system. The stars Cordes and Arjos are distant binaries, so on Helevos, Arjos is only seen in the northern hemisphere as star, sometimes bright enough to be seen during the day, circling roughly over the greenAnásthiasAnásthiasgreen
is a fantasy world of magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic

In common terms, magic is the art of producing a desired outcome through occult means. Various arts are described as magical, from common street illusionists, village herbalists, and rituals for the intercession of deities. However, true magic is the art and science of elemental mastery, harnessing elemental creatures and instructing them to perform simple or complex tasks.
and science, divided by two incompatible biologies: the Green Kingdomplugin-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.
of humans, trees, grasses, cropsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFlora

Topics related to herbs, crops and plantlife.

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Virid Flora

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and red-blooded animalsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMammals

List of red-blooded mammals, members of the Green Kingdom closely related to humans.

Fauna

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, and the Virid Kingdomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life.
of toxic jungles, poisonous plants, terrifying creatures and airborne infectionsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpor

Spor are the single-celled reproductive units of virid plants, distinct from seeds or spores found in the green kingdom. Most spor are airborne, release from spor-pods, the fruiting bodies of virid plants. Many spor are motile with rudimentary flagella, either fertilising mature plants, or randomly bonding with the spor of other plants and settling to make a new plant seedling.viridviridvirid
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Over thousands of years humans have forged the hundred nationsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Nations

The Civilised World has many nations, from small island republics to vast continental empires, which over the millennia have carved homelands out of the once hostile virid landscape. The two great opposing world powers of today are the holy nation of Ororr and the maritime empire of
of the Civilised Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCivilised World

The Civilised World refers to the known regions of human civilisation, notably the continent of Anásthias, the Natorn Archipelago and surrounding islands.

Gastrinimer's 3rd century BME Map of the World, showing Anásthias and the Natorn Isles. Note: old maps place north to the right.AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias
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Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera
, dominated by the two Great Powersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Powers

Great Powers are the most powerful nations in the world, the greatest modern powers being Ororr and Harthera.
: the magicalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic

In common terms, magic is the art of producing a desired outcome through occult means. Various arts are described as magical, from common street illusionists, village herbalists, and rituals for the intercession of deities. However, true magic is the art and science of elemental mastery, harnessing elemental creatures and instructing them to perform simple or complex tasks.
theocracyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher
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Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
, and the steam-powered naval might 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
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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 BMEBMEHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranH…

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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
city of Vahltor

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The Empire of Dor-en-Sann, [DOORR-enn-SAHN] also called the EnSanni Empire, was the largest empire in history. It dominated central Anásthias for nearly two thousand years, from 1903 BME, until the conquest of Galkesh in 59 ME. The empire consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups and cultures, its people were collectively called the MEOrorrHMOrorrHMHartheraME

Old Empire of Dor-en-Sann

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The Old Man of Niseq, sometimes called the Old Man of Seqal, is a distinctive natural rock formation in the Kalkot Gorge, at the confluence of the Red and Green branches of the River Wiyel, near the town of Niseq, 60 km south of the city of Seqal.

Weathering of the rock face has created what appears to be the sleeping face of an old man, with a downturned mouth, beard and closed eyes. The effect is enhanced by scrubby

The Old Man of Niseq

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Aego Gastrinimer

Aego Gastrinimer (c. 311-254 BME), was a renowned navigator, explorer, merchantman, privateer and prestigious Cartographer-Royal to the Court of Sann'al. He produced the first great world map of the modern era, based on his supposed circumnavigation of the continent of AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias

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Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera
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Cornelen

Cornelen [cor-NEL-len] is a major deity in the Anrelian Pantheonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrelian Pantheon

The Anrel Isles has a rich polytheistic philosophy that sees the world as inhabited by many gods and willful spirits. They view all world religions as valid, but believe gods are tied to certain lands and places. Deities can therefore have separate or even conflicting mythologies, but these are accepted because they are the story of that particular deity. Gods, being non-human, can be capricious and irrational, and their followers adopt a pragmatic attitude to worship. Prayer …
, goddess of the harvest, the 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.
lands and “all the good fruits of nature”. She represents the cycle of birth, life and death, so she is also the reaper of a good death at the end of life.

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The Anrel Isles has a rich polytheistic philosophy that sees the world as inhabited by many gods and willful spirits. They view all world religions as valid, but believe gods are tied to certain lands and places. Deities can therefore have separate or even conflicting mythologies, but these are accepted because they are the story of that particular deity. Gods, being non-human, can be capricious and irrational, and their followers adopt a pragmatic attitude to worship. Prayer …

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The Anrel Isles has a rich polytheistic philosophy that sees the world as inhabited by many gods and willful spirits. They view all world religions as valid, but believe gods are tied to certain lands and places. Deities can therefore have separate or even conflicting mythologies, but these are accepted because they are the story of that particular deity. Gods, being non-human, can be capricious and irrational, and their followers adopt a pragmatic attitude to worship. Prayer …
, the gods, beliefs, myths, religious practice and folkloreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFolklore

Folklore

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of the Anrel Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles

Alternate name for Anrel.
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She is worshipped in rural seasonal festivals, and invoked in village communities for blessings, marriages, and fertility rites. Cornelen is an ancient natural deityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeital (God)

A deital [DAY-it-ul], also called a deivat or god-spirit or god, is an elemental which has achieved a great power and a degree of consciousness from being the focus of human worship.

Magic

magic

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“Deital” is a magicAnásthiasmagic
, older than the high goddess Minasaiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMinasaia

Minasaia is the mother goddess of the Anrelian Pantheon. She is Lady of Serenity and Healing, both physically and spirituality. She is said to appears in various manifestations, most famously as a hairless beautiful woman. There are legends that she sometimes appears as a mother or an old woman, to test the hearts of men.her
. She has no official state cult, instead herplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerbs

Herbs are usually green plants cultivated and used for use in medicine, cooking or for other purposes.

Herblore is the traditional practice of making decoctions, extracts, powders and other preparations from the roots, leaves, seeds, bark and fruit of plants found across the world.greengreenAnásthiasAnásthiasgreenMunatangreengreen
ceremonies are celebrated by an informal priesthood who officiate in village festivals and local rituals. In myth she is said to manifest as an ambience rather than physical form, a sense of drowsy summer warmth and scent, and most rarely as a beautiful woman seen through a haze of summer haze.

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Herbs are usually green plants cultivated and used for use in medicine, cooking or for other purposes.

Herblore is the traditional practice of making decoctions, extracts, powders and other preparations from the roots, leaves, seeds, bark and fruit of plants found across the world.greengreenAnásthiasAnásthiasgreenMunatangreengreen
name may derive from krim-alem, ancient Aralsicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAralsic

Referring to the Aralsic peoples, or the family of Aralsic languages.
for “the spirit of clean food”.

Gorval

Gorval, also called Gobal, is the most northerly province of the region of Gaskaninplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaskanin

Gaskanin is one of the six regions of Ororr, occupying the northeastern part of the country.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic
in northeastern Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
, occupying the Gorval Peninsulaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGorval Peninsula

Gorval Peninsula is a large peninsula in Gorval province in northeastern Ororr. It is roughly 250 km wide and 350 km north-south, with a rugged coastline and an interior of hills and uplands. Its traditional inhabitants are the Gobalay. The area's largest city is the port of Ororr
and its hinterland. Its people are traditionally called the Gobalayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGobalay People

The Gobalay are an Issid-ethnic people who inhabit the Gorval Peninsula of modern Ororr.

Lowland Gobalay people in the south of the peninsula are mixed with Gaal, Doroun and other ethnic groups of Ororr, but Insular Gobalay, the people of the far northern and upland regions still have a significantly pure Gobalay population. All speak local variants of Ororr
. The province consists of rugged coastline with hundreds of rocky islands, and uplands with an ancient 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.
ecology. It is primarily an agrarian backwater which has changed little since the most ancient times. Its major city is the port of Jé Gamelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJé Gamel

Jé Gamel [JAY gah-MELL] is an important port city in Gorval province in the northeast of Ororr. It is a strategically important naval port, guarding the coast of the Iskean Sea.

Ororr

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Articles related to the Anasthian nation of Ororr.

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Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
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Ororr

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Ororr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. languagelanguagel…

  • Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr
  • Government: Theocratic Republic
  • Capital: Torroramaiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorroramâi

    Torroramâi (also Tororr, T'amai, [tɔ-ROR-ah-MAH-ee, or simply “The Capital”) is the administrative and religious capital of the modern nation-state of Ororr.

    Torroramai

    This is in a series of articles about Torroramai, capital city of the nation of Ororr.viridviridOrorrOrorrviridviridgreenvirid
  • Foundation: 52 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME

    ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years.
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  • Demonym: Ororran
  • Language: Dorounplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language

    Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.

    Language

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    Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage…
    (official), regional languages
  • Religion: Mother Church of Ororr (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

    The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher

→ Read more...plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGorval

Gorval, also called Gobal, is the most northerly province of the region of Gaskanin in northeastern Ororr, occupying the Gorval Peninsula and its hinterland. Its people are traditionally called the Gobalay. The province consists of rugged coastline with hundreds of rocky islands, and uplands with an ancient Ororr

Hornum

Hornum is a town on the north coast of Sensatardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sensatard

The Hexactic Kingdom of Sensatard is an island nation, the northernmost of the Anrel Isles and the northern tip of the Natorn Archipelago. Consequently it is colloquially called Northland, particularly by its inhabitants.

Sensatard

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. Though small, it is the largest settlement in the north of the country. Historically it was the city of Harnam, which became an affluent city-state known for its industry and culture. In the period of civil war following the end of the Long Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLong War

The Long War (219-263 ME) was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the Anrel Isles, between the allied city-states of the Northern League (now the kingdoms of Trésard and Sensatard), and the Kingdom of Narette. It is often bitterly called the Orphans' War, since it went on so long it was fought by two generations of people whose own parents had been killed in the war.viridAnrelmagicAnrelAnrel
, Harnam was burned to the ground and never recovered its former grandeur.

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Alternate name for Anrel.
, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNatorn Sea

The Natorn Sea is a region of oceanic ridge, separating the Polassirn Ocean and the Redeeming Ocean. Islands in the ridge form the Natorn Archipelago.

Etymology

The name may be derived from ancient Ahngrit, meaning “near/of our birth”, referring to the legend of the Godmen in which humanity is said to have originated in region now lost beneath the sea. It also relates to the god
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The Final Friend

The Final Friend is a personification of death in classical Issidplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid People

The Issid people, also called the Issithai, are a West Thalsic ethnic group, traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of northern Ororr and the Wiyel Basin.

ethnicity
culture, a being who brings comfort and relief to injured soldiers or the sick and elderly.

Belief

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A list of religions, beliefs and philosophies.

World religions

List of major religions in the modern Civilised World.

Deities

List of gods and deities, ancient and modern.

All beliefs

All other belief topics.

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The idea predates the Theristplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReferring to Therism, a name for the Mother Church of Ororr. religion, and despite attempts to crush all rival beliefs the Final Friend is still spoken about as a metaphor for death in modern Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
.

In the Vetthi Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Republic

Nation occupying the islands of Vetth and Eirr.
there are wayshrines to the Final Friend where people say prayers and leave offerings, praying for the passed souls of love ones, for the gentle passing of those mortally ill, or for a good death themselves.

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Detatedn Palace

The Detatedn Palace is an ancient fortress in the city of 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…
, capital 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
, one of the principle centres 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
government.

Shouft

The Shouft, also called the Path of the Prophet or the Great Pilgrimage, is a religious journey to the holy shrine of Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigForatuna

The Sanctuary of Foratuna [Fo-Rah-Too-Nah] is the holiest site of the Mother Church of Ororr: the desert place where the Great Prophet built his sanctuary tower, in which he formulated the principles of the new religion, and laid the foundations for the Ororran state.

The Sanctuary is a complex of religious buildings and housing for the priesthood, including a great hall and holy circle or greenmagicmagic
in Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
. It is a key element of Theristplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher
religious practice, a spiritual journey visiting sites of religious significance.

The devout wishing spiritual enrichment, or sinners or criminals wishing to make restitution, follow the route the Great Prophetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Prophet

The Great Prophet Therion, founder of the Mother Church of Ororr.
took after the conquest of Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigToborr

Toborr [toe-BORR] is a historic port city at the mouth of the River Wiyel, the most important port in modern Ororr, and arguably the greatest shipping port in the world. Toborr City lies on an island in the river mouth, but now encompasses a conurbation which surrounds the whole estuary bay, including the city of Therion
, beginning at the port city and travelling upriver by boat to Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigForatuna

The Sanctuary of Foratuna [Fo-Rah-Too-Nah] is the holiest site of the Mother Church of Ororr: the desert place where the Great Prophet built his sanctuary tower, in which he formulated the principles of the new religion, and laid the foundations for the Ororran state.

The Sanctuary is a complex of religious buildings and housing for the priesthood, including a great hall and holy circle or greenmagicmagic
, the spiritual heart of the church.

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plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher

This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher
, the state religion of Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
.

Pilgrims traditionally travel to Toborr at the mouth of River Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Wiyel

The River Wiyel or Weil [WILE, WAH-yil] in Ororr is the longest river in the Civilised World. The Wiyel Basin drains two thirds of modern Ororr, running over 5000 km from its source in the southern Dun Trisan mountains, flowing northwards to the sea.

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As the river is so long it has been known by many names by different civilisations throughout history. 'Wiel' is the name used during the time of the GreenOrorr
, often the longest part of the journey. They then travel upriver by pilgrim galley, visiting shrines and holy sites along the way, before a two-day journey overland to the holy retreat at Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigForatuna

The Sanctuary of Foratuna [Fo-Rah-Too-Nah] is the holiest site of the Mother Church of Ororr: the desert place where the Great Prophet built his sanctuary tower, in which he formulated the principles of the new religion, and laid the foundations for the Ororran state.

The Sanctuary is a complex of religious buildings and housing for the priesthood, including a great hall and holy circle or greenmagicmagic
. The trip from Toborr to Foratuna is at least 2500 km, taking at least a month, though pilgrims travelling from distant parts of Ororr can take many months before even reaching Toborr.

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The Shouft, also called the Path of the Prophet or the Great Pilgrimage, is a religious journey to the holy shrine of Foratuna in Ororr. It is a key element of Therist religious practice, a spiritual journey visiting sites of religious significance.

The devout wishing spiritual enrichment, or sinners or criminals wishing to make restitution, follow the route the OrorrOrorrgreengreen

Tulf Jhaena

Tulf Jhaena is a remote province of Deltirotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeltirot

Deltirot (also arch. Deltiriot) is one of the six self-governing regions of modern Ororr, occupying the southeastern corner of the country. It is bounded by mountains on three sides: the Dun Trisan to the east, the Dun Jaen to the south, and the Vildon Mountains to the west. To the north are the Riverlands of Seqal, the Ororr
, the southernmost region of Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
. Geographically it comprises the drainage basin of the Red Wiyel, the eastern tributary of the great River Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Wiyel

The River Wiyel or Weil [WILE, WAH-yil] in Ororr is the longest river in the Civilised World. The Wiyel Basin drains two thirds of modern Ororr, running over 5000 km from its source in the southern Dun Trisan mountains, flowing northwards to the sea.

Names

As the river is so long it has been known by many names by different civilisations throughout history. 'Wiel' is the name used during the time of the GreenOrorr
.

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Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
.

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Ororr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. languagelanguagel…

  • Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr
  • Government: Theocratic Republic
  • Capital: Torroramaiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorroramâi

    Torroramâi (also Tororr, T'amai, [tɔ-ROR-ah-MAH-ee, or simply “The Capital”) is the administrative and religious capital of the modern nation-state of Ororr.

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  • Foundation: 52 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME

    ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years.
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  • Demonym: Ororran
  • Language: Dorounplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language

    Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.

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    Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage…
    (official), regional languages
  • Religion: Mother Church of Ororr (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

    The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher

In the latter years of the Empire of Dor-en-Sannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmpire of Dor-en-Sann

The Empire of Dor-en-Sann, [DOORR-enn-SAHN] also called the EnSanni Empire, was the largest empire in history. It dominated central Anásthias for nearly two thousand years, from 1903 BME, until the conquest of Galkesh in 59 ME. The empire consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups and cultures, its people were collectively called the MEOrorrHMOrorrHMHartheraME
it was nominally under the rule of the Kingdom of Gahskahtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Gahskaht

The Kingdom of Gahskaht was ancient kingdom, which later became a constituent nation of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. Its capital was the city of Gahsk. The modern region of Gaskanin in Ororr takes its name from the ancient kingdom.

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This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the BMEBME
, though the majority of its populace consisted of tribespeople from Mangasorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMangasor

Mangasor, [mang-GAS-orr, maŋga'sɔ̝ːɾ)] (arch. Mangasuor) also called the Mangasor Desert, is a Special Autonomous Region in central Ororr. It is a mainly arid region with no permanent surface water, a landscape of rocky plains, dusty dunes and dry lake beds. At the heart of the desert is the holy site of
, or mountain peoples in the east, though the province is so isolated it holds no more than a few small cities and trading posts.

Since the second century MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME

ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years.
and the reorganisation of Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
into the current six regions, the province became part of Deltirotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeltirot

Deltirot (also arch. Deltiriot) is one of the six self-governing regions of modern Ororr, occupying the southeastern corner of the country. It is bounded by mountains on three sides: the Dun Trisan to the east, the Dun Jaen to the south, and the Vildon Mountains to the west. To the north are the Riverlands of Seqal, the Ororr
. This caused great resentment among the locals people, who are have no traditional cultural ties to Deltirot and have an entirely separate languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLanguages

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. Consequently the region is considered an unruly one, with regular protests and boycotts against the Delan government.

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