Toborr [toe-BORR] is a historic port city at the mouth of the 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 AnásthiasGreenOrorrgreen, the most important port 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. Ororrviridlanguagelanguagelanguage, 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 Vailinn on the east bank of the river.

Ancient Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Toborr

Ancient Toborr was one of the powers of the ancient world, a city-state and maritime empire centred on the island city of Toborr. Despite losing its empire to more aggressive neighbours, Toborr survived as a self-governing entity for an incredibly long period of history, from it's foundation circa 2900 BMEBMEBMEME was a powerful city-state which at its height ruled a maritime empire stretching hundreds of kilometres along the coast, and as far inland as the borders of Ancient Remelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Remel

Ancient Remel was one of the great powers of the ancient world. The city-state grew rich from controlling trade on River Wiyel, fed by fertile riverlands of the Triminot valley. The city's rich culture, complex religion and multiplicity of gods was a significant influence on the later BME.

Toborr sits on a strategic island in 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.

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 AnásthiasGreenOrorrgreen, surrounded by tidal salt swamps particularly on the western side. The island has three main hills, the most important being the Natranorn at its northern end. In ancient times the Natranorn was the temple-fortress of the Roaring Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRoaring Man

The “Roaring Man” was the traditional protector-god of Toborr, from the Beryl Epoch until the Siege of Toborr. Originally he was fire god of the Issid tribe who settled here, protector of home and hearth. In a marshy estuary environment where every day was a struggle against water, a fire god was in opposition to the aquatic element, provider of warmth, dryness, light, food and defence. In the, the defender-god of the ancient city. Today it continues to be both a temple of the Mother Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church

The Mother Church of Ororr, also known as Therism. and a military fort.

Founded by the ancient 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 people, Toborr was originally laid out with rows of Issid tower-houses, in a block pattern clustered around the Natranorn. The modern city roughly retains this grid of streets. Originally, rather than street names and numbers, each line of dwellings was given a name. Those running north-south were named for colours (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., Blue, Gold) and those running east-west were professions or local features (Silk, Bridge etc). A building's address would be the intersection, so for example the most prestigious block in the city centre is Gold Silk. This pattern is retained in older parts of the city, but today it is the streets and districts that are so named.

During 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., Ancient Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Toborr

Ancient Toborr was one of the powers of the ancient world, a city-state and maritime empire centred on the island city of Toborr. Despite losing its empire to more aggressive neighbours, Toborr survived as a self-governing entity for an incredibly long period of history, from it's foundation circa 2900 BMEBMEBMEME was a powerful city-state, which grew rich from its control of shipping between the Wiyel and the sea. Due to its position on an island in the river delta, surrounded by water and swamp, it remained nominally independent throughout the Dor-en-Sannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDor-en-Sann

The Empire of Dor-en-Sann, one of the largest multicultural empires in history. imperial period, although in later years it was essentially a self-governing constituent of the empire. It was finally conquered by the Mother Armyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Army

The Mother Army was the unstoppable zealot army forged by the Great Prophet Therion, which swept across northwest Anásthias, toppling the Empire of Dor-en-Sann to found the modern nation of Ororr.

Therism

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This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of of the Prophet Therionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherion

The Great Prophet Therion, founder of the Church of the Mother., and as such is one of the Three Holy Citiesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThree Holy Cities

The Three Holy Cities are three cities in Ororr: Toborr, Remel and Seqal. They were three major cities of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann, personally conquered by the Prophet Therion by use of holy miracles, or the magic of the Mother Goddess. Today the cities are visited by thousands of pilgrims taking part in the OrorrOrorr personally conquered and converted to the faith by the Prophet himself. Since this time it has been one of the most important cities 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. Ororrviridlanguagelanguagelanguage, being the starting point for the faithful making the pilgrimage upriver 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 Mother Army of the Prophet Therionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherion

The Great Prophet Therion, founder of the Church of the Mother. had swept in from the far west, conquering Siltorn and the key Imperial city of Remel. Toborr was the next greatest target, being a wealthy trading city and a symbolic centre of imperial power.

The Mother Army laid seige to the city for seven weeks. It was well defended and difficult to approach unobserved. Several attempts to assault the walls and gates by boat failed.

The official tale of the conquest of Toborr is recorded in the Chronicle of the Mother Army, though this version of the siege of Toborr is exaggerated at best.

According to legend, the city was founded by one of the Godmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodmen

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, worshipped as the Roaring Man, who prophesied that the city “could never be taken, by man nor God”. This came true, since the city was only taken by the power on earth of the Goddess.

The Chronicle depicts the Roaring man as a vast figure that towered over the island and commanded all its waters. (In truth the island is 12 miles from end to end, and it would have been impossible for the Man to defend more than the most vital northern approaches.)

However the Man acted as a symbol of power, inspiring terror and awe in all who dared approach or assault the city.

After the fall of Toborr to the Mother Army, the last assault led personally by the Prophet Therion, the Roaring Man was torn down by a mob of Toborrans, and thrown into the water. His priests were slain and the temple ransacked. Two “feet” of the Roaring Man stand in Toborr, said to be the sole remains of the statue: huge feet of black stone giving an impression of its former vastness. These feet were almost certainly constructed many centuries later, as an attraction for visitors and pilgrims: a symbol of the Prophet's and the Church's victory over heathen barbarism.

Toborr is connected to the mainland by the Bronze Bridgeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBronze Bridge (Toborr)

The Bronze Bridge, also called the Long Bridge, is the longest bridge in the world, connecting the island city of Toborr with the mainland. It is 384 metres in length, consisting of 26 arches with a maximum arch height of 18 metres. The two widest spans allow even the largest ships to pass through to enter the ports of, the longest bridge in the Civilsed World.

The Natranorn is a fortified church-state complex consisting of a military garrison, administrative buildings as well as temples.

Toborr was the site of the “Third Miracle” performed by the Great Prophet, the last of the great miracles he performed before handing over command of the Mother Army to his generals and travelling upriver alone with his closest disciples. As such Toborr is considered a holy city, the starting point of the Shouft, the great 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 OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher pilgrimage.