Hevúl
Hevúl [heh-VOOL] is a religious site in Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is a meeting site for the Hevúl festival which happens in the autumn every three years, celebrating all of the gods.
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Anrel Isles
Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of
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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 Godmen were the mythical inhabitants of a landmass contiguous with the modern Natorn Archipelago, said to be the ancestors of all the Thalsic peoples of the northern Civilised World. In the Emerald Epoch they created the first great civilisation, referred to as the Realm of the Godmen. The Godmen are said to be mytho-historic, memories of an ancestor race shrouded by millennia of HartheraAnrelAnrelherherAnrelAnrel. The oracle is long since buried or lost, but mystics are said to still hear the voice of the gods in this location.
Hevúl Festival
The site is regularly visited by people seeking spiritual solace or to pray to the gods, but the greatest gathering is the Hevúl Festival. Every three years devotees of the Anrelian Pantheon, mainly from Sensatard but from throughout the Anrel Isles, make the journey to Hevúl, setting up a temporary tented town. The festival runs for three days, with communal prayers, ceremonies and offerings to the gods.
A key religious feature of the site is a gateway or portal, said to open once every three year allowing spiritual access to the Realm of the Godmen.