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- Race and Ethnicityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRace and Ethnicity
The concepts of race and ethnicity in the Civilised World are complex, related to issues of history, geography and culture. Some theories of the origins of humanity claim that all humans are descended from a single group of original ancestors, while others believe mankind is made up of distinct races with separate origins. EloyounHartheraAnrelOrorrOrorrEloyounGodmenEloyounOrorrMunatanEloyounAnásthiasGodmen @helevos - ferior, since fertility between Thalsic and Gyeil people is low, though philosophers are uncertain why thi... ===== Natorno-Thalsic ====== The Natorno-Thalsic peoples are the majority human population of the [[Civilised World]]. They include the Thalsic peoples of northern Anasthias, the Aralsic peoples of the Natorn Archipelago, and the Eloyoun peoples of Otekahr
- 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 … @helevos - C~~ ===== Religious Philosophy ===== Though the people of Anrel believe in the existence of many gods, most people only revere and worship a limited subset of deiti... on, class, professional and personal choice. Some people only occasionally take part community worship for... themselves exclusively to a particular cult. Most people pray to specific gods in certain circumstances an
- Gyeil Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGyeil People
The Gyeil [g-YAY-l] are the indigenous inhabitants of Gildot in central Anásthias, with modern populations throughout southwestern Anásthias and Munatan. The Gyeil have a unique culture and language, unrelated to the Thalsic peoples who colonised much of the region from the Jade Epoch onwards. Consequently they have been subjected to centuries of oppression and conflict, and have derogatively been called the “Night People” or viridlanguageOrorrviridviridviridgreenviridviridgreen… @helevos - ====== Gyeil People ====== The **Gyeil** [//g-YAY-l//] are the indigenous inhabitants of [[Vildon|Gildot]... culture and language, unrelated to the [[Thalsic peoples]] who colonised much of the region from the [[Ja... ict, and have derogatively been called the “Night People” or "Jungle Cats". {{ :races:gyeil.jpg?200}} ~~TO... ch]]. They are remarkable in being one of the few peoples to have managed to survive in a mainly virid env
- Church of Hartrahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of Hartrah
The Church of Hartrah is the state religion of Harthera. Adherents believe in a single god who is a fusion of all the righteous ancestors of the nation. Upon death, your spirit is judged by God, and begins a slow process of merging with the Godhead. As a faith it is a syncretism of ancestor-worship and veneration of a monotheistic protector god who is the embodiment of the station. The church strongly promotes respect for family, tradition and heirarchy as well as duty and per… @helevos - rcised a great degree of religious tolerance, its people having a strongly philosophical and metaphysical ... rificing their lives. With Hartheran expansion, peoples with varying religious traditions were brought i... formed from the collective will of the Hartheran people, housing the souls of all righteous Hartherans wh... bodies dug up and burned in huge pyres. Conquered peoples (and other nations) saw these as monstrous atroc
- Thalsic Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic People
The Thalsic People are the dominant ethnicity of northern Anásthias. The majority of the diverse peoples of Harthera, Otekahré and Ororr are all thought to descend from a common Thalsic ancestry, as well as the Manthi peoples of western Munatan.
According to mythology, the Thalsic people originated in the land of Harthera @helevos - ====== Thalsic People ====== The **Thalsic People** are the dominant [[ethnicity]] of northern Anásthias. The majority of the diverse peoples of Harthera, [[Otekahré]] and Ororr are all thou... ommon Thalsic ancestry, as well as the [[Manthi]] peoples of western [[Munatan]]. {{ :races:issid.jpg?200|
- Gobalay Peopleplugin-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 @helevos - ====== Gobalay 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 [[Ga... ethnic groups of Ororr, but Insular Gobalay, the people of the far northern and upland regions still have
- Notable People in Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNotable People in History
List of important people from history and the present day.
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topics hist1 cult1 @tag - ====== Notable People in History ====== List of important people from history and the present day. <WRAP column 45%> ===== Historic People ===== {{topic>people -living&nodate&table&nouser&desc}} </WRAP> <WRAP column 45%> ===== Living People =
- 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 @helevos - ]], said to be the ancestors of all the [[Thalsic peoples]] of the northern Civilised World. In the [[Emer... ands now lost beneath the sea. ===== Non-Thalsic peoples ===== When Thalsic people first encountered [[helevos:ethnicity|other races]], their cultural and physical differences led Thalsic peoples to believe they had a separate origin, and were
- Manthi Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManthi People
The Manthi are a diverse group of Jorothi-ethnic peoples found in southwestern Anásthias, particularly southwestern Ororr, Veedormim and the Manthi-Lien.
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The early Manthi migrated south along the coast of Anásthias from the Jorothi homelands in what is now northwestern viridvirid @helevos - ====== Manthi People ====== The **Manthi** are a diverse group of [[Jorothi]]-ethnic peoples found in southwestern Anásthias, particularly so... e Manthi developed a separate identity as nomadic peoples, being some of the first people to tame herds of virid [[drort]] and breed them to be both pack animals
- 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 @helevos - red on the local [[pandata]] or temple, where the people meet to discuss various issues. Their views are e... and carry out manual labour at Foratuna. ===== People ===== The Ororran people are a pan-ethnicity, though in fact the nation is made up of many [[ethnicity|e... verwhelming majority are [[thalsic|West Thalsic]] peoples, with some [[Iskean]] peoples in the northeast,
- Gildonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGildon
Gildon [GIL-don] is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr encompassing the southwest of the country. Its capital is the fortified city of Agann, roughly 500 km from the modern border with Hesjbagaaia. Historically the region was called Vildon.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrviridBME @helevos - of //Gildot//, the homeland of the [[Gyeil|Gyeil people]], and //Vildon// the [[Daltirich]] name during t... portmanteau, Gildon, even though the majority of peoples in the coastal region are of [[Manthi]], [[Jorot... of the region are the ancestors of the [[Gyeil]] people, who settled the virid jungles of the Sargil Vall... ide possibly came with [[Jorothi]] and [[Manthi]] peoples on the lower Sargil river, who traded with the G
- Kingdom of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Narette
The Kingdom of Narette, or Naret [na-RET, na rɛt] (arch. Anret or Anrette), is a modern nation occupying the southern half of the largest island in the Anrel Isles. Before the Orphans War it was called the Kingdom of Anrette.
Narette
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This is in a series of articles about the AnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - chosen by the Hexact Council with consent of the people. In Narette the Council is responsible for lev... are the de facto everyday currency for the common people of Narette. ===== History ===== In ancient time... s began arriving. At first these were [[Asokway]] peoples who settled at first along the southern coast, b... e east coast of Trésard, and the [[Sarekéa]] hill people of central [[Sensatard]]. There is a long histor
- Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAntyok
Antyok or Antyoq [ant-YOK, uhn-CHOK] is an island in the Natorn Archipelago, due east of Besoa. It was formerly an independent nation, the Principality of Antyok, but since 1086 ME, following the Bizoan War, it is now under Hartheran dominion.
Antyok
This is in a series of articles about Antyok, an island nation in the HartheranHartheranHartheran @helevos - Civilised World]], [[Mount Karmoqué]]. The native people call it the 'God Mountain', since it constantly r... is the main refuge of the indigenous [[Ko-kway]] people, who were displaced from the rest of the island c... ted for countless millennia by a proto-[[Iskean]] people called the **[[Ko-kway]]**. They are very distantly related to the [[Junda|Junda people]] who founded modern [[Harthera]]. Ko-kway lineag
- Asokway Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAsokway People
The Asokway are an Iskean-ethnic people living in the Natorn Archipelago and islands off the coast of Harthera. They are believed to be descendants of a breakaway or even proto-Iskean group who preferred to remain in the smaller islands of the archipelago rather than joining with the great civilisation of @helevos - ====== Asokway People ====== The **Asokway** are an [[Iskean]]-ethnic people living in the [[Natorn Archipelago]] and islands ... ter times they were often displaced by [[Reidan]] peoples from the north of the archipelago, notably in [[... st surviving Asokway population is the **Kokway** people of [[Antyok]]. [[The Spines]] are inhabited by no
- Elaymen peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElaymen people
The Elaymen were an ethnic group living in eastern Anásthias during the Jade Epoch (c.10,000-6000 BME), in an area encompassing modern southeastern Harthera. It is uncertain whether they were an offshoot of the Iskean people, or a mixture of Asokway and Aralsic peoples who migrated from the north. Modern scholars assume they were the ancestors of the language @helevos - ====== Elaymen people ====== The **Elaymen** were an ethnic group living in eastern Anásthias during the ... n whether they were an offshoot of the [[Iskean]] people, or a mixture of [[Asokway]] and [[Aralsic]] peoples who migrated from the north. Modern scholars assume ... yarrain]] and therefore of all modern [[Eloyoun]] people, though this was disputed by ancient Miyarrain wr
- Siltorn Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Republic
The Siltorn Republic was a longstanding historic nation state in the uplands of northwestern Anásthias, enduring from its foundation in 2380 BME to it's absorption into the Mother State of Ororr in 96 ME.
Empire of Dor-en-Sann
This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the MEMEOrorr @helevos - Gaal Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaal People
The Gaal people are an ethnic group whose original homeland was in the uplands of what is now northeastern Ororr. The Gaal Empire grew to encompass much of the region, and was the progenitor of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. Consequently the Gaal people, their language, culture and influence, formed the foundation of modern Ororran society. @helevos - Kingdom 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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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, herherherherherherlanguagelanguage @helevos - Li-bamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLi-bam
The Li-bam [Lee-Bam] are a major ethnic group of southern Anásthias, the indigenous peoples of the upland regions of Munatan and Taur-dji-oum. They are one of the three distinct branches of the human family, along with the Gyeil and the Thalsic.
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ethnicity
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Li-bam are referred to pejoratively as @helevos - Rouvawhi peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRouvawhi people
The Rouvawhi people [roo-VAH-wee], also called Ravorrans are an ethno-linguistic group in central Harthera.
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ethnicity
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The Rouvawhi are a mainly Eloyoun people. In history their language and culture was strongly influence by languageHartheralanguageHartheraHarthera @helevos - Othei Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei People
The Othei [oth-AY-ee] (also Outhai, plural Othein) are a Manthi-ethnic people indigenous to the Othei Plains of western Ororr.
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ethnicity
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They were traditionally a nomadic people subsisting on herds of semi-wild aurox, organised into numerous clan groups. After the annexation of their land by @helevos - Munatanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMunatan
Munatan [Moo-Nah-Tahn] is the southernmost region of Anásthias, south of the Dun Trisan mountains. The name possibly derives from a ancient Thalsic, meaning “Land of One Sun”, since the daystar is not visible in the southern hemisphere. Or it may be a reference to the Manthi people who were once the majority population of western Munatan. The term is an OrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraHartheran @helevos - Aralsic Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAralsic People
The Aralse or Aralsic people are the majority ethnic group in the Natorn Archipelago.
Aralsic people are the overwhelming majority in the Anrel Isles and Besoa, but there are many minority peoples including the Asokway and other Iskean ethnicities. @helevos - Emperor-General Ollilontanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmperor-General Ollilontan
Emperor-General Machellen Ollilontan (c.3 BME-58 ME) was an author, artist, and the last Emperor-General of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. He rallied the remaining forces of the empire to briefly rout the Mother Army, after the collapse of the last imperial dynasty. His leadership was the final flowering of EnSanni arts and culture, which ended with his death.TheristMEMEMEMEMEHartheran @helevos - Tilleul Zinnoberplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTilleul Zinnober
Tilleul Zinnober (c.650-581 BME) [zin-OH-berr] was a historian and philosopher in the late period of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, most noted for his elegiac history of the empire, and his idiosyncratic system for naming the historic epochs after green gemstones.
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This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Anrel Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel 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 Trésard and Narette. The island @helevos - Daltirichplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDaltirich
Daltirich [dal-TEE-rich] (also Daaltirich) is a language spoken in Deltirot, the southeastern region of Ororr. The modern language reflects the region's mix of people over time, being at heart a Li-Bam language with strong Issid influence. It has large vocabularly of Mayápo words for cultural concepts and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Doroun peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun people
The Doroun people today refers to the inhabitants of central Ororr, who speak Doroun as their first language. The Doroun people today are a panethnicity, composed of many historic ethnic groups united by a common language and the religion of the Mother Church. The Doroun heartland is the region of language @helevos - Pishanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPishan
Pishan (also Mashan, historically Pishahn), is an important provincial city, capital of the Nashandt cordrome of Harthera. Historically it was the capital of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya.
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: @helevos - Anrel Aristocracyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Aristocracy
The Anrel Isles are governed by a class collectively called the Grafen or Graves, individually given the courtesy title Graf. Leaders of towns, cities, and even nations are drawn from this class. Traditionally, leaders are selected by will of the populace, based on their personal qualities and family merits, according to the traditional honour system of Anrel @helevos - Larcassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLarcass
Simron Larcass was a Narettian poet and essayist of the 6th century ME. He is most famous for his collection of poems Vines of Green, a meditation on life and death, so often quoted that lines are known by most people in Anrel and used as everyday aphorisms. @helevos - Seqaalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqaal
Seqaal or Seqaalqun is the foremost surviving language of the Issid language family, spoken primarily in the Sekalkot province of central Ororr.
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language
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The language has existed in various forms for at least four thousand years, descending from the early tongues of the languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Issid Peopleplugin-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.
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La-Err-Rûm [/la-AIR-room/] is an ethnolinguistic region high in the Dun Jaen mountains, sparsely inhabited by isolated villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and @helevos - Tale of the Four Brothersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTale of the Four Brothers
The Tale of the Four Brothers is work of folklore or oral history from the island of Krotolat-ten-Azri, largest of the Azri Isles. It is likely an allegory of actual historical events, when more advanced settlers from the mainland arrived in the Beryl Epoch, though with few written records the real history is unknown. @helevos - King Pilab of Sann'alplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Pilab of Sann'al
Pilab Kenor Berill (1038-1093? ME) was the final ruler of the Kingdom of Sann'al before the Hartheran conquest of the island in 1092 ME. As king he was widely loved and respected by his people, though initiated no particular reforms or innovations. He had three children, two elder daughters who married into Sannalese nobility, and a younger son, Hartheran @helevos - The Faithless Vultureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Faithless Vulture
The Faithless Vulture, subtitled “A comedy of tragic ends”, is an opera written by the last Ensanni Emperor, Ollilontan. It is his longest and most controversial work, a thinly veiled parody of the rise of Therion, the Great Prophet of the Therist religion. To modern TheristHartheraTherionMETherist @helevos - Derailadplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDerailad
The nation of Derailad, often called the Kingdom of Derailad despite having no king, was one one of the “Four Kingdoms” of ancient Besoa. Derailad was the smallest of the four with the poorest farmland, but was relatively wealthy and technologically advanced. It was annexed by the @helevos - Perbosasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerbosas
Thesh Perbosas Theylal (686-737 ME)was an Ororran artist famed for murals and frescos depicting religious scenes. He was a master of the Therist art of depicting scenes related to the Prophet Therion, who religious dictat forbids from being shown in art. As such, he mastered the art of implying the Prophet's presence, either by a glimpse of fabric on the edge of the painting, or a shadow, a sandle, or indicated by the gaze of the people in the painting who are viewing someone just out … @helevos - Inkusjezepaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigInkusjezepa
Inkusjezepa [INK-ushj-ez-EP-ah] is a nation in Munatan, whose name in the Essep language means “The Collective of the Essep People”.
munatan
* Name: Inkusjezepa * Demonym: Inkuszi * Government: Commensalism * Capital: Koojit * Foundation: 875 ME (Traditional) * Religion: Heterodox Church, Essep traditions @helevos - Heronbaht Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeronbaht Language
Heronbaht, also called Tekeheron, is the historic language of the Principality of Antyok and the former Kingdom of Heronbar.
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language
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Heronbaht was once thought to be a language isolate, unrelated to the two major languages families in the region, Asokway and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Ton-lobenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTon-loben
Ton-loben, meaning “blood of the stones”, is the animistic spiritualism practiced by the people of La-Err-Rûm in the Dun Jaen mountains. The people believe the mountains are god-spirits, and that rocks are fragments of that spirit which can form a link between the spiritual and human world. Certain rocks and natural formation are revered by the native people and are integral to their ritual practices. @helevos - peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPeople
This is in a series of articles on famous and historic people. @infobox - Rouvawetigplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRouvawetig
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 @helevos - Bizoan War and Occupationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBizoan War and Occupation
The Bizoan War (1086-1092 ME) was a war of conquest by the Hartheran Union against the islands of Besoa and Antyok. The invasion lasted was followed by a period of Occupation from 1092-1114 ME. Besoa was liberated by nationalist forces led by the Sann'ali Court-in-Exile, who established the HartheranHartheraHartheraHartheranOrorrHartheranAnrelOrorrHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheraHarth… @helevos - Maratplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMarat
Marat is a city in Gyeiladde province, in the Gildon region of Ororr. It is a port on the River Sargil, centre for the trade in agricultural products and timber from plantations in the surrounding temperate foothills of the Dun Trisan.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - 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 @helevos - La-Err-Rûmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLa-Err-Rûm
La-Err-Rûm is a nation and ethnolinguistic region in the Dun Jaen mountains, consisting of numerous isolated tribal settlements, villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and viridvirid @helevos - Eloyoun Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEloyoun People
The Eloyoun people are an ethnic group found throughout eastern and northeastern Anásthias. They are the majority ethnicity in Kahtoyn and most of southern Harthera. Modern Hartheran language and culture is a blend of Eloyoun and Iskean.
The Eloyoun people claim descent from the ancient realm of Harthera @helevos - Ennseperan Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEnnseperan Empire
The Holy Empire of EnSann and Essep, commonly called the Ennseperan Empire or simply Ennseperans, was a historic state in the southwest of Anásthias, existing from 101-683 ME.
Ennseperans
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It encompassed the modern nation of OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Iskean Peopleplugin-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 @helevos - Gundaporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGundapor
Gundapor [GUN-de-poorr] is the capital city of the Kingdom of Danagunda in Munatan. It is a port city on the River Gungo, 14 km from the sea.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about Munatan, the temperate region of southern Anásthias.
History
The city is thought to have been founded around 1200 ME @helevos - Hartheran Governmentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Government
The government of the Hartheran Union is an oligarchy centralised in Vahltor, where the wealthy rule through a labyrinthine bureaucracy of committees, boards and assemblies who all jealously guard their powers.
Governance
This is in a series of articles on HartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheran @helevos - Miyarrain Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarrain People
The Miyarrain were the inhabitants of ancient Miyarris, famed as the most advanced civilisation of the Celadon Epoch. The Miyarrain were the progenitors of all modern Eloyoun peoples throughout eastern Anásthias.
Ancient Miyarris
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The Urgil or Urgeil are a Gyeil-ethnic people living mainly in the Gildon province of southwest Ororr.
Ethnicity
ethnicity
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The Urgil consider themselves the “original” Gyeil people, distinct from the Essep “outsiders” or wanderers who left their homeland long ago. @helevos - Welvérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWelvér
Welvér [WELL-vair], also called the Well of Truth, is an oracle and religious site in the southeastern hills of Besoa, important to the traditional animist religion of the island.
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The site has been used by successive civilisations for many thousands of years, and is littered with ruins and ancient artefacts. The oracle itself is an underground chamber accessed by a stone shaft, believed to have been constructed by … @helevos - Junda Peopleplugin-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 @helevos - Douthai Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDouthai People
The Douthai are a Manthi ethnic group in what is now Chosilha and parts of central Hesjbagaaia. The Douthai have mainly been subsumed by the general mixing of ethnicities within the old Ennseperan Empire.
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Sjao Sjinezi was an artist specialising in religious paintings, frescoes and murals, particularly those decorating the great imperial-era Heterodox churches of Hesjbagaaia.
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His most famous work is Urra Sjala Upon the Wheel @helevos - Voshárnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVoshárn
Voshárn [voe-SHAH-n], sometimes called Mordan, is a sparsely populated province of northwestern Ororr, the largest province in the region of Moritarr. For historic regions it is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr.
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This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrOrorr @helevos - Death Breathersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeath Breathers
Death Breathers are the Night-Priests of Veedormim, who use virid narcotics in their rituals. They were contrasted with the Sun-Priests, officials of the state cult.
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The name was originally pejorative but is now commonly accepted. The Death-Breather cult was at its height in the first century virid @helevos - Derailish Stormwardenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDerailish Stormwarden
Derailish Stormwarden was a semi-mythic sorceror-king and founder of the Kingdom of Derailad, on the island of Besoa. Even the time of his existence is unclear, but he may have lived any time between the 2nd and 1st millennium BME.
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Henner Goult was a 6th century ME author, historian and poet, still renowned in the Anrel Isles. She is most known for compiling the Helevosien, the controversial mytho-history of Anrel.
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The Vodroy were once a wealthy Saloyan-Hartheran noble family, who numbered three of the nine kings under the Hartheran Commonwealth. They are most remembered for the Vodrodim Palace and the Vodrod Bridge in the capital city of Vahltor.
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The House of Anez or Anesj was a royal dynasty of the Ennseperan Empire, from its founding by Rodorigo I in 101 ME to the nation's first regnant Queen, Ezabella, in 287.
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people clans ennseperans @helevos - House of Bettoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Betto
The House of Betto were a noble family which ruled the Kingdom of Sann'al in the final centuries of the Beryl Epoch. They were succeeded by the House of Kenoa.
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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 @helevos - Nesh Gobáplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNesh Gobá
Nesh Gobá [nesh go-BA] is a city in Gorval province in Ororr. Today it is a fairly small market city, but it is the historic cultural capital of the Gobalay people.
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Pirrin of Narette (1090-1115 ME) was King of Narette from 1110-1113 ME. He was the son of King Ehamet IX of Narette of the House of Ehuth, born to the king's third wife relatively late in his reign. Pirrin succeeded to his father's throne in 1110 ME at the age of 20. His short reign was tumultuous and unstable.herherher @helevos - Ehamet IX of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEhamet IX of Narette
Ehamet IX (1047-1110 ME) was monarch of the Kingdom of Narette for four decades, from the age of 23 until his death in 1110. He was considered a strong and irascible king, little loved but made the kingdom powerful and strong. He was succeeded by his son @helevos - Moritarrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMoritarr
Moritarr is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr, in the northwest of the country. It is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr since the conquests of the Great Prophet's Mother Army began in this region, though strictly this was limited to the provinces of Narlorn and Vosharn.
Ororr
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The Kitroys are a wealthy family in Harthera, descended from old Saloyan aristocracy. The Kitroys were a moderately prominent family under the Hartheran Commonwealth, but were one of the few nobles to back the military coup of the Teraths during the Vainglorious Revolution of 571. This enabled them to prosper in the years following the revolution, allowing them to become one of the richest of the new mercantile-aristocratic clans. @helevos - Terath Familyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerath Family
The Terath Family is a political dynasty whose name holds enormous power and prestige in Harthera. They are descendants of the militaristic Chelidt Trath clan, who in the 7th century overthrew the old kings of the Hartheran Commonwealth period and instigated the modern government of Harthera @helevos - Ororr (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr (Category)
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topics nati1 @tag - Sann'ali Court-in-Exileplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSann'ali Court-in-Exile
The Sann'ali Court-in-Exile was a group of aristocrats and former government officials who fled the Kingdom of Sann'al in 1092 ME, during the conquest of the island by the Hartherans in the Bizoan War. The Court is led by the Crown Prince of Royal Sann'al, who resides in Abel Palace, a restored former fortress on a hill above @helevos - Harthera (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera (Category)
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topics nati1 @tag - Menkirafedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMenkirafed
Menkirafed (c.110-72 BME) was a political radical, anti-theist and apostate who was executed in the latter days of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. His disciples founded a new sect, the Menkirians - more often called the Cult of the Hanged Man.
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Namerism, or Etemuabal, was the state religion of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya, and of many Eloyoun peoples. The faith stemmed from ancient Miyarrain philosophy: that a single entity was the instigator of all life and the entire fabric of the universe. This instigator was Etemua, The Namer. @helevos - Folk magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFolk magic
Folk magic is the traditional practice of usually rural peoples, involving herblore for healing, as well as various minor rituals supposed to bring good luck, wealth or fertility.
Folklore
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Belikast (Nikolo Drorkin, or Nikolo Signfound) was an infamous historic Grand Master of the Rasian Academy (86 - 32? BME), who was expurgated and forever renamed as “Belikast the Black”.
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He is often called the “Last Grand Master @helevos - Spatan Hemulóchayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpatan Hemulóchay
Spatan Hemulóchay [heh-moo-LOW-chay] (59 BME - 7 ME) was the 51st Grand Palatine of Saloya, reigning from 2-7 ME.
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He was hastily elected by a Special Assembly, following the assassination of his predecessor ME @helevos - Dtahmzipuhplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDtahmzipuh
Dtahmzipuh [tɑː'mzɪpɐ] was a historic Eloyoun nation on the River Nar, in what is now the far southwestern province of Harthera. Dtahmzipuh was traditionally a collection of river tribes, sparsely inhabiting a marginal region of virid forest, with pockets of green farming. @helevos - Literatureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLiterature
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topics cult1 @tag - 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 @helevos - Chelidd Statesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChelidd States
The Chelidd States, also called Chelidt, was a historic nation on the northeastern coast of modern Harthera, known for their strong martial tradition.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
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Gessia Himray was a 7th century poet in the Anrel Isles. Her most famous work is the poem cycle, “The Virid and the Green”, a meditation on the ruin and destruction in the aftermath of the Orphans War, where abandoned towns and villages were engulfed by virid forest.
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The Siltun are a mixed Issid-ethnic people of the Siltorn plateau in northwestern Ororr, inhabiting the region of the former Siltorn Republic.
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cult1 topics @tag - Junda Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Isles
The Junda Isles [JUN-der] are an island group off the northeast coast of Harthera, traditionally inhabited by the Junda people, and now part of the Hartheran cordrome of Perudd and the Isles.
The group consists of six large islands and dozens of smaller ones, each with their own dialect and cultural variations.HartheranHartheran @helevos - Secra Urra Sjalaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSecra Urra Sjala
Urra Sjala [OO-rra ZJAH-lah] is one of the chief secra or saints of the Western Heterodox Church.
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Urra Sjala was a priestess or wise women living in the town of Souto in Ennseperans, now in modern Ororr. According to legend she challenged troops of the herHerherherherherherMEherherherherherOrorrME @helevos - Essep peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEssep people
The Essep are a Gyeil-ethnic people, once native to the Gildot region of southwestern Ororr, now found throughout western Munatan. They are one of the key ethnic groups of the nation of Hesjbagaaia.
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“Essep” derives from a Gyeil word meaning outsiders, or travellers, the tribes who left their original homeland, as opposed to the @helevos - World Historyplugin-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… @helevos - Eijult peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijult people
The Eijult are a Manthi-ethnic people living in central southern Munatan, particularly in the modern nations of Danagunda, Kasepan and Teij. Coastal parts of these nations once comprised the Eijult Empire, which flourished in the 7th century ME.
munatan eijult @helevos - Gebjon Galrenidhplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebjon Galrenidh
Gebjon Galrenidh (1973-1903 BME) was a military leader who ruled the Gaal Empire for the final seventeen years of the Gobalay Interregnum, from 1920 BME until his death in 1903.
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The period was relatively peaceful after decades of turbulence and violence. He was succeeded by his nephew @helevos - Tulf Jhaenaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTulf Jhaena
Tulf Jhaena is a remote province of Deltirot, the southernmost region of Ororr. Geographically it comprises the drainage basin of the Red Wiyel, the eastern tributary of the great River Wiyel.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Gaal Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaal Empire
The Gaal Empire (c.2400-2055 BME) was the cultural and military hegemony of the Gaal people, whose capital was Gaalkedch in what is now northern Ororr. The Gaal Empire lasted five centuries, steadily accumulating territory and wealth, until it was taken over in a military coup by BME @helevos - 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 @helevos - Great Prophet Therionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Prophet Therion
The Great Prophet Therion (c.30 BME - ?62 ME), often simply called the Great Prophet, was the founder of the Mother Church and nation state of Ororr.
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therism
This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of TherionTheristTherion @helevos - Arnut Gethiferplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArnut Gethifer
Arnut Gethifer (975-1036 ME) was a Hartheran playwright and satirist. He wrote a number of comedic plays mocking contemporary hypocrisies and manners, as well as some less successful historical works. He wrote a monthly column of scurrilous satirical doggerel for @helevos - Deital (God)plugin-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.
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“Deital” is a magicAnásthiasmagic @helevos - Tilplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTil
Til, also called Tilpéorr or Delbior, is a city on the River Vildon in Gyeiladde province in southwestern Ororr. For centuries it has been the administrative capital of surrounding region, first as a colonial city of the Kingdom of Deltirot, then the United Duchies of Vildon, and now as modern Ororr.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Crisagiss Heltayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrisagiss Heltay
Crisagiss Heltay [kree-SAAH-giss HELL-tay], also called The Golden Palatine, was the 50th leader of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya. He ruled for thirteen years from 12 BME to his death in 2 ME, a period which is considered the last flowering of the Saloyan state. @helevos - Living Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLiving People
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topics cult1 @tag - Dji-vi-lamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDji-vi-lam
Dji-vi-lam [dJEE-vee-lam], meaning “tongue of the Dji people”, is the common language of Taur-dji-oum. It is a Li-bam language with hundreds of dialects with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility. Given the isolation of the mountain environment, some dialects are almost unintelligible with people only a few valleys away. @helevos - King Daacquen Terayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Daacquen Teray
King Daacquen Teray (b.1071 ME) is the current king of the Hexactic Kingdom of Trésard.
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stubs anrel tresard living people men @helevos - Luminateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLuminate
Luminates are individuals with the rare ability to form a mental connection with an elemental. This can happen unconsciously and without training, making such connections potentially dangerous if the elemental carries out the violent subconscious desires of a child, rather than the conscious will of a trained @helevos - Virid sicknessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid sickness
Virid sickness is a general term for various kinds of poisoning caused by consuming virid plant or animal life. Virid sickness is particularly found amongst traditional peoples who consume virid-based foods due to lack of green plant life, notably in southwestern viridviridviridviridvirid @helevos - Mingasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMingas
Tela Mingas was an eighth century historian and writer, best know for his Mythology of Ancient Anrel, and the Helias Helecarn, a compilation and retelling of ancient histories, myths and philosophy.
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He was born to a Trésardi merchant family in the city of @helevos - Mayápo Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMayápo Language
Mayápo or Mayápon [may-YAPP-poe] was the formal language of the ancient realm of Miyarris, spoken for several thousand years in the Celadon Epoch and after.
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Though it been extinct as a spoken language for almost two thousand years, it continued to be used throughout the Eloyounlanguagelanguagelanguagegreengreengreengreengreen @helevos - Grandmaster Ferokianplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrandmaster Ferokian
Ferokian (721-620 BME) was Grandmaster of the Rasian Academy from 672 to 620 BME.
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He is famous for his exploits during the so-called Dragon War, in which he created terrifying illusions of fiery flying creatures, and according to legend destroyed the slaver city @helevos - Gerod of Ben Akirplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGerod of Ben Akir
Gerod of Ben Akir is the credited author of the eponymous Mysteries of Gerod, a series of accounts of mystical encounters with gods and spirits, revelations and prophecies. It is considered a holy codex by many who follow the Anrelian pantheon, since it describes the relationship of prayer and ritual which can be performed to attract the good graces of certain deities. @helevos - Jorothiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJorothi
The Jorothi are a Thalsic ethnic group native to northwestern Anásthias. The ancestors of the Jorothi spread westward along the coast of modern Ororr in the 10th century BME during the Jade Epoch. A second wave followed the fall of the Issid Block States in the 7th century BME.
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Mushour Vihrat (c.3050-3010 BME) was a writer of epic poetry who lived in the declining years of Miyarris, when the once great civilisation had been reduced to a loose confederation of city states struggling to survive rising sea levels and catastrophic climate change at the ending of the @helevos - House of Kenoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Kenoa
The House of Kenoa [KEN-oh-ah] is an aristocratic lineage in the Kingdom of Sann'al on the island of Besoa.
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The Kenoa were once minor nobility holding farmlands on the great food plains of the River Palkan, but rose to prominence during and after the @helevos - Thalsic Cuisineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic Cuisine
Thalsic cuisine is a broad term encompassing the staple foods and dishes eaten by the Thalsic people. Specifically it is part of the common food heritage of the Issid and Iskean peoples of the northern and northeastern coast of Anásthias from the Junda Isles to Cape Cadal.
Food and Drink
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Miyarrain Patrician Godsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarrain Patrician Gods
The people of Miyarris were pragmatic in terms of religion, and worshipped Patrician Gods, also called Guardian Spirits. These were powerful deitals or demi-gods, charged with protecting the lands of Miyarris from storms and sneak attacks by enemies.
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Gamanang was the greatest of the Dromean philosophers. He was born in 264 BME in the town of Sejenganeng in central Munatan. Little is known about his background, but he studied Plosi astromancy at the school in Sjil. This laid the foundations for his philisophical journey.
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Wormskin is a fine, strong, translucent leather-like fabric made from the hide of virid tunnel-worms. It is particularly used in costly leather goods and clothing produced in Ororr and Munatan.
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Wormskin is usually prepared from recently-shed skin, harvested from tunnels. This yields the thinnest and finest skin, though the quality is variable and relies on the skill of hunters to identify the time and place where w… @helevos - Sjiganplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSjigan
Sjigan is a traditional food of the Essep people, made from fermented meat. It is consumed particularly in rural and mountainous parts of Gildot and Hesjbagaaia.
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Various kinds of meats can be fermented, but it is particularly used to process virid @helevos - River Nurallonsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Nurallons
The Nurallons, (also called the Narl), is the principle river of the Moritarr autonomous region of northwestern Ororr. Its valley drains the western watershed of the Siltorn Hills, flowing westwards through Narlorn province into the Sea of Grief. The city of Penithelarn is the principle port at the river mouth.Ororr @helevos - Terabplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerab
Terab, also called by its Iskean name Teraq, is the capital city and main port of the island of Antyok. It is officially a Protectorate of the Hartheran Navy, who claim to administer the island on behalf of the native Ko-kway people. In practice the city and the island are essentially under MEHartheran @helevos - Aukplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAuk
Auks are a variety of green sea bird, one of the traditional staple foods of the Junda people. Their pungent eggs are an Iskean delicacy, though disparaged by most other peoples.
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fauna green @helevos - Asheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAshera
Ashera is the ancient Gaal mother goddess, who under the Empire of Dor-en-Sann became chief of the many faces of the Mother of All Aspects. Ashera remained the figurehead of the Imperial Cult within the ancient church, her devotees being called Asherites. Since the founding of Ororr there have been repeated scares of shadowy figures in the @helevos - Seyullerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeyuller
Beyun him dayn Seyuller [say-OO-ler, seɪ'ʊlər] (2323-2250 BME) was a philosopher and jurist, who formulated the First Constitution of the historic Siltorn Republic. He is considered the founder and father of the republic.
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The Hexact Doctrine is a philosophy of government developed in Anrel in the early 3rd century ME, with the aim of creating governments that benefited the health, wealth and wellbeing of its citizens. It is the model for many governments throughout the MEAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - Queen Shoyvahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQueen Shoyvah
Queen Shoyvah (427-498 ME) was a Hartheran queen-regnant during the Hartheran Commonwealth period. She was the youngest daughter of King Cliran II and sister of his successor King Cliran III. Her reign was seen as a time of peace and prosperity, and began the true flowering of arts and culture for which the Commonwealth is know known. She is known by the epithet The Mother, since unlike her @helevos - Vetthi Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Republic
The Vetthi Republic is a prosperous island nation which plays a crucial role in trade and international affairs. Its position in the Vetthi Sea north of Ororr makes it a strategic trade hub between Anrel, Harthera and Ororr.
* Name: The Vetthi Republic * Government:OrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrviridviridOrorrOrorrOrorrTheristepochsvirid @helevos - Crish and Vargplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrish and Varg
Crish and Varg is an island group over 900 km north of Cape Cadal, the most northwesterly point of Anásthias. It is named for the two largest islands, but the group includes six smaller islands plus rocky islets, many appearing and disappearing with the viridgreenlanguageOrorrTherist @helevos - River Dorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Dor
The River Dor is a tributary of the River Wiyel, with a catchment area encompassing much of eastern Ororr. Throughout history it has been an important route for trade and communication, allowing the passage of people and merchandise between the Wiyel Basin and the eastern provinces of @helevos - Traitheplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTraithe
The Dominion of Traithe or Empire of Traithe [TRAY-th] (also Trathe, Vraithe) was an ancient civilisation that flourished during the Jade Epoch, roughly from 8900 to 6500 BME. Its heartland was a peninsula in the far northeast of Anásthias, in an area which is now the @helevos - Kokwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKokway
The Kokway are an Iskean people native to the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. They are a tribe of the wide Asokway ethnic group, found throughout the archipelago.
Ethnicity
ethnicity
This is in a series of articles about anthropology, ethnicity and race.
The Kokway were once nomadic pastoral people who moved around the island. Settlers from the @helevos - Doroun languageplugin-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
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… @helevos - 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. @helevos - Manokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManok
Manok (arch. Menioq) is a small island 1100 km west of mainland Anrel. It is a regular stopping port for the trade between Anrel, Vetth and Ororr, particularly for hardy traders willing to risk heavy open seas rather than risking the coast of Harthera.
Trade routes
Manok is part of a direct trade route between the AnrellanguagegreengreengreengreengreenAnrel @helevos - Saloyan peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan people
The Saloyan people, also called the Saloya, are or were an Eloyoun ethnic group originating in the uplands of northwestern modern Harthera.
Ethnicity
ethnicity
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ethnicity harthera @helevos - King Ralam of Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Ralam of Besoa
Ralam Kenor Berill (1075- ME) is the first king of the newly forged United Kingdom of Besoa, declared in 1115 ME after a combined patriot exile force reclaimd the island from Hartheran occupation. For most of his life he was Crown Prince of the Sann'ali court-in-exile.
People
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Queen Illieten of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQueen Illieten of Narette
Illieten of Narette (1081 ME-) is Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Narette and Queen Consort of the United Kingdom of Besoa, by marriage to her husband, King Ralam of Besoa.
People
This is in a series of articles on famous and historic people.
Biography
She was born in the city of Heth Ania, daughter to Ehamet IX of Narette and his first wife Alsia. On the death of herherherherherherher @helevos - House of Ehuthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Ehuth
The House of Ehuth [eh-HOOTH] is a royal and political dynasty which has ruled the Kingdom of Narette for the past three centuries. Narette is not officially a hereditary monarchy, but the Ehuths have effectively held control of the monarchy throughout this period by controlling all the electors who select the next ruler. @helevos - Gahanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahan
Gahan is a Manthi term for war-leader. Gahans were the temporary battle leaders of tribes in ancient times, but in the settled regions of the Manthi-Lien, they were warlords and leaders of their people, kings in all but name.
Governance
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Chouda peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChouda people
The Chouda [chow-OO-da] were an Iskean ethnic group who emerged in the Celadon Epoch following the fall of Traithe. They inhabited the Chouda Peninsula and land which is now the Junda Isles. They were the ancestors of the Junda, Chelidt and many peoples of northern Harthera.
ethnicity harthera @helevos - King Mikoth of Northlandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Mikoth of Northland
King Mikoth (1056 ME - present) is the current ruler of the Kingdom of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles, commonly called Northland.
People
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He was elected ruler at the age of 52, in 1108 ME. He is considered to be a fair minded, if dour and irascible king. @helevos - Herf Gerlatinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerf Gerlatin
Herf Gerlatin is a Professor of Human Sciences at Harlon University. He was generally considered to be a fringe scholar and theorist until the publication of his hugely successful book Man from the Green Sea Deep, in which he proposed what is now called the Green Sea Theory, that all mammals and green plants evolved separately from @helevos - Sarekéaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSarekéa
The Sarekéa [sa-ray-KAY-ah] are the “hill people” of the central uplands of Sensatard, the most northerly island of Anrel in the Natorn Archipelago. The Sarekéa are distinct from other Northlanders, with a distinct language and rich culture.
Sensatard
This is in a series of articles about the @helevos - King Ehamet Ehuthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Ehamet Ehuth
King Ehamet Ehuth, or Ehamet I of Narette, was the king of Anret/Narette towards the end of the Long War between the Kingdom of Narette and the Northern League. He was founder of the Ehuth Dynasty, which has ruled Narette for nearly 400 years.
People
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Salsifer Pentaneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSalsifer Pentane
Salsifer Pentane (1011-1064 ME) was a Hartheran scholar, engineer and inventor, most known for his invention of the mechanical calculating device, the arithmometer.
People
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Pentane was a graduate of naval engineering from the @helevos - Misjafplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMisjaf
Misjaf [MEE-shav], is a hard, high-fat ovorn cheese originally from the cool upland areas of the Essep homelands of Vildon, now found throughout Hesjbagaaia and southwestern Ororr. Misjaf means “mountain food”, since it was the staple food of upland people for surviving the winter months. @helevos - Gebjon Dynasty (Dor-en-Sann)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebjon Dynasty (Dor-en-Sann)
The Gebjon Dynasty was a line of related rulers of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, from its founding in 1903 BME to 1645 BME. Early rulers of the dynasty were sons or nephews of the ruling emperor, but as time progressed inheritors of the title were increasingly by marriage or adoption. Some emperors even forcibly adopted themselves into the line. @helevos - 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
language
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Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Aralsic Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAralsic People
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The Aralse or Aralsic people are a the majority ethnic group in the Natorn Archipelago.
ethnicity @helevos - Ewetoy familyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEwetoy family
The Ewetoy family are a Hartheran family with distinguished history in the Hartheran Navy. Though not ancient nobility, they have had many prominent generals, politicians and military leaders.
Their most renowned modern member is Captain-General Yamis Ewetoy, who led the expedition to found the colony of @helevos - Gobalay languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGobalay language
Insular Gobalay is the ancestral language of the Gobalay people, in the Gorval province of modern Ororr. Insular Gobalay is an Issid language with some mutual intelligibility with Vetthi. Most people today in Gorval speak the common Doroun tongue of Ororr, though native speakers remain in remote and isolated villages far from the cities. @helevos - Yamis Ewetoyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYamis Ewetoy
Captain-General Yamis Ewetoy [EH-wet-oy] (1069-) is a renowed explorer and captain of the Hartheran Navy. He is most famous for leading the 1110 ME expedition to explore the coast of the mysterious eastern continent of Retzayk, and for founding the first successful colony at @helevos - Virs Preisjistosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirs Preisjistos
Virs Preisjistos [VEERS pray-ee-JSHEEZ-toes] (986-1049 ME) was a Hesjbagaaian artist and painter, renowned for inspiring the artistic school of Primitivism with his vibrant landscapes depicting the island of Agueda in the Sea of Grace.
People
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Pao Sjelomerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPao Sjelomer
Pao Sjelomer [POW shJEL-oh-merr] was an artist, painter and key figure in the the Ennseperan Modernist artistic movement.
People
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He is most famous for his disturbing depictions of warfare, violence, and the martyrdom of saints of the @helevos - Gebjon Vequidchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebjon Vequidch
Gebjon Vequidch (reigned 1903-c.1860 BME) was the first emperor of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann and founder of the Gebjon dynasty. He was of Gobalay descent, and rose to power to take over the ailing Gaal Empire to form a new empire after the chaos of the Gobalay Interregnum.
People
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Pictesis Soumayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPictesis Soumay
Pictesis Soumay (29 BME - 23 ME) was an statesman and warlord during the period of the Saloyan Civil War. After the murder of the 50th Palatine Crisagiss Heltay, he became one of the pre-eminent warlords of the Rightist faction, who fought to become the next leader of the ME @helevos - The Obverseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Obverse
The Obverse is the opposite side of the globe to the Civilised World. It is largely unknown to the peoples of the Civilised World, and consequently subject to folklore, myth and speculative theories.
The most prominent of these is the Duospherical theory. It proposes that the Obverse is the physical inverse of the Civilised WorldCivilised Worldvirid @helevos - Junda Stormscaleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Stormscale
The Junda Stormscale is a historic calendar used by the inhabitants of the Junda Isles from around 3000 BME until the third century ME.
Calendar
This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.
The Junda were considered a simple tribal people living on a remote group of islands, yet despite their seeming lack of sophistication they developed a complex mathematical system. Their annual calendar was based on the @helevos - Storm tidesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStorm tides
Storm tides are particularly high tides, often accompanied by storm surges and dangerous flooding, which occur on Helevos every 1.3 solar years when Helevos comes into conjunction with the giant planet Kwato'or. Storm tides are at their peak within a two week period, and at their most severe when accompanied by natural storms. @helevos - Theaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThea
Thea, or Theeya, is the larger of the two moons of Helevos, the smaller moon being Themsa.
Thea is a spheroid approximately 1582 km in diameter. I's surface is covered with an ochre iron-silicate dust with mountain ranges of lighter grey rock. In the night sky it appears as a disc less than half the size of Earth's moon, and much less bright. It's surface gives Thea a pinkish light in the night sky. @helevos - Peruddplugin-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
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Iskean Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean Sea
The Iskean Sea lies between the southern end of the Natorn Archipelago and the mainland of Anásthias, stretching as far west as the Gorval Peninsula.
Much of the sea bed is relatively shallow, and in previous epochs when sea level was lower, the sea bed was exposed as islands and land. @helevos - Mordantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMordant
The Mordant is a historic pejorative term for the Vóshan people of northwestern Ororr. @helevos - Ilunsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIluns
Iluns is an island in Famul Bay, on the east coast of Besoa. It's capital and main port is Iluns Town.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
The island is 52 km east-west, its closest point being 7 km from the mainland.
History @helevos - Issithaiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssithai
Issithai is a collective name for the Issid people of northern Ororr. @helevos - Doughberryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoughberry
Doughberry is a green cereal plant cultivated for its seeds, which grow in clusters of spherical grains about 8mm in diameter. Freshly picked doughberries can be eaten raw, but more commonly are dried in the sun and rehydrated in hot water as a nutritious accompaniment to meals, where they have a soft, slightly chewy texture.Ororr @helevos - Strait of Armetsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStrait of Armets
The Strait of Armets or Armess, is a sea channel in the Anrel Isles, between the northerly island of Sensatard and the coast of Trésard. It is an economically important shipping link between the two capital cities of Traste and Por Muel. The strait is approximately 80 km in length and 5 km across at its narrowest point, though this narrows dramatically during @helevos - Carrow grassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCarrow grass
Carrow is a variety of tough green grass common in marginal regions. Carrow grass has tall, broad, sharp-edged blades, coloured various shades from green to yellow to variegated, depending partly upon variety, but mostly due to soil conditions. It pollinates by wind, producing an abundance of fluffy airborne seed pods which can travel long distances.greengreengreen @helevos - Principality of Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrincipality of Antyok
The Principality of Antyok was a former nation state on the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. Historically the Principality was the only remaining independent part of the Kingdom of Heronbar, after it was conquered by the Kingdom of Sann'al. The Principality was conquered by Harthera in 1086 @helevos - 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 @helevos - Vetthi naming conventionsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi naming conventions
Vetthi names are a fiendishly complicated social hurdle for all visitors to the island, and can represent a challenge even to the most socially adept Vetthi hierarch. Vetthi names can be lengthy, since they describe not only family connections, but a history of honours and distinctions both personal and inherited. The longer a person's name, the greater the prestige of the family, and those wishing to curry favour are obliged to remember the entire name of a new associ… @helevos - The Spinesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Spines
The Spines is an island chain in the Natorn Archipelago, linking the Anrel Isles in the north with Besoa in the south. The islands are the “backbone” of the archipelago. With their geology of grey and white basalt rock, many of the islands are said to resemble gnarled bones, rising out of the sea. Local AnrelAnrelHartheran @helevos - Thalsic musicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic music
Thalsic music is the musical traditions of the Thalsic peoples, the predominant human population of the northern and eastern Civilised World. Thalsic music has many styles, but common factors included use of polyphony and diatonic scales. Classic Thalsic music is played on a combination of stringed and wind instruments, with percussion made from shells and shallow skin drums. @helevos - Hirèrk Moonscaleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHirèrk Moonscale
The Hirèrk Moonscale [Hee-Rerrk] (HM) is a luni-solar calendar used at least since the time of Miyarris, which measures cycles based on the moons, solar years as well as the millennia-long cycles of global climate change. Today years HM are only seen in historic works and not considered accurate in historical accounts.epochHMHMBMEepochsepochsepochepochepochepochepochHMepochsMEME @helevos - Grand Palatinate of Saloyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrand Palatinate of Saloya
The Grand Palatinate of Saloya, sometimes poetically referred to as the Rose Empire, was a historic Eloyoun nation in northeast Anásthias. It was home to the Saloyan people and the Saloyan language. The Palatinate was a complex oligarchy, highly civilised and cultured. Until the start of the BMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEMEMEMEME @helevos - The Tirennionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Tirennion
The Tirennion is an epic saga which outlines the legendary history and origins of humanity, from the creation of the universe, the mutual destruction of the ancient first gods who created mankind, and the descent of the Godmen to the world, from whom all mankind is descended. The work is most known in the @helevos - Manthi-lienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManthi-lien
The Manthi-lien is an area of southern Munatan once inhabited exclusively by Manthi-ethnic peoples. Traditionally the Manthi-lien was the area of plains stretching from the hills of Chosilha in the west, through what is now southern Hesjbagaaia, Danagunda, Kasepan and Teijhu.
During the @helevos - Aralsic Languagesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAralsic Languages
The Aralsic language family is one of the major world language groups. They are all descended from dialects of Old Aralsic, spoken in the Second Epoch in the region now encompassed by the Natorn Archipelago.
Language
language
This is in a series of articles about Languages and Communication.
Modern languages in the group include language @helevos - Aralsicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAralsic
Referring to the Aralsic peoples, or the family of Aralsic languages. @helevos - Jade Flower Templeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJade Flower Temple
The Jade Flower Temple is a Therist pandata at the city of Seqal in Ororr. It sits on the rocky promontory above the famous Eidolons of Seqal, a landmark well known to travellers and pilgrims along the River Wiyel. At night it is lit with brasiers so its green glow is visible from a great distance.greenTherist @helevos - Ethnicityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEthnicity
A list of peoples according to their race and ethnicity
topics cult1 sci1 @tag - Gaalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaal
Topics related to the Gaal People and the Gaal Empire.
topics @tag - Thalsicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic
Referring to the Thalsic peoples and Thalsic languages. @helevos - Essepplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEssep
Related to the Essep people or language. @helevos - Galkeshplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGalkesh
The modern city of Galkesh [GAL-kesh, g'alkeʃ] is capital of the Gaskanin region of northeastern Ororr, and of Galkesh province. In ancient times it was Gaalkedch [nGAHL-kedge-sh, ɣɑːːɫkeʒʃ], centre of the first Gaal Empire, and later the holy metropolis of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrME @helevos - 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 Ororr @helevos - Boat-cloakplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBoat-cloak
A boat-cloak is a large garment of skin or waxed fabric, which wraps around the wearer to protect them from harsh weather. The outer edges of the cloak have a series of inflatable pockets, so that when the cloak is laid flat and inflated, it forms a small boat or raft. @helevos - Sandsteakplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSandsteak
Sandsteak is a plant-based food eaten by nomadic peoples in desert regions of central Ororr and western Otekahré.
Food and Drink
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Sandsteak is prepared from the bracteate virispurge cactus, a globular virid plant found in very arid climates. @helevos - 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 @helevos - Dogplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDog
Dogs are common canid mammals kept as working animals and pets throughout the Civilised World. They are particularly used in hunting, to bring down game or locate animals shot by arrow. They are also to guard homes, and for companionship.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about Civilised WorldMunatan @helevos - Indigenous Nativesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIndigenous Natives
The indigenous native inhabitants of Helevos, collectively called jinnies, are lemur-like virid creatures indigenous to virid forests and jungles throughout the world. Many are considered intelligent, though they are widely thought of as animals and vermin, and have largely been eradicated from areas of human habitation.viridvirid @helevos - Blood Honeyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBlood Honey
Blood honey, or tejhosan from the Othei language, is a rich red honey-like food harvested from secretions of virid fire ants.
Food and Drink
This is in a series of articles about Food and Drink.
Fire ants are viricrustaceans native to the equatorial regions and plains of Anásthias, particularly the dry plains of western central @helevos - Cheliga-Sujataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCheliga-Sujata
Cheliga-Sujata [chel-EE-ga soo-JAT-a] is the traditional animist religion of Veedormim. Meaning “Spirit of the Sun, under the Shadow”, the faith is a highly ritualized form of sun worship, with public rituals to the sun performed at dawn and noon, accompanied by private mystery rites at dusk and night at resolve the inner shadow of doubts and fears. @helevos - Sea dragonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea dragon
The sea dragon is a large marine virid creature inhabiting the pelagic zone in deeper waters off the oceanic shelf. They are predatory, living on a diet of fish and carrion. In the Civilised World they are most common in the temperate waters around Munatan, southern virid @helevos - 1gdplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAstrography of the Gamma Delta Quadrant
This is in a series of articles about stars, planets, civilisations and technologies of the wider Gamma Delta Quadrant.
These articles are not written in an in-universe style, since this information is unknown to the people of Helevos. @infobox - Besoan Diasporaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Diaspora
The Besoan Diaspora was a wave of mass emigration of people from the Natorn Archipelago island of Besoa, caused by the Hartheran invasion and brutal occupation.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
Many Besoans were international traders with connections in port cities around the world. Those who were able to leave were many rich merchants, nobles and their households. They established emigré communities in ports aro… @helevos - Pelchekplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPelchek
Pelchek (also pelseq) is a virid plant which yields a sharp citric spice particularly favoured in Hartheran cuisine.
Food and Drink
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Pelchek is a parasitic plant found in stands of older virid jungle. Its seed pods are small, multi-lobed and a purple-red colour. When eaten by foraging animals, the pod is digested, while the small hard seeds are passed out as dung which helps the seedlings germinate and grow. virid @helevos - 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 @helevos - Galkesh Provinceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGalkesh Province
Galkesh Province is a province of northwestern Ororr, named its capital, the historic city of Galkesh. The central region is lush green temperate highlands, in ancient times the home of the Gaal people.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Sarétaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaréta
Saréta [sa-RAY-tuh] is a small city in the central uplands of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles.
[Sarekéa region of central Sensatard in the Anrel Isles]
The city is surrounded by mountains, and is the cultural and religious capital of the ethnic Sarekéa people who inhabit the mountain region. The Kings of Sensatard have long given the city and the region a great deal of autonomy, although the city abides by Northland laws and pays taxes to the @helevos - Orrisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrris
Orris is a grassy green plant with characteristic green-gold leaves and seeds. Orris is common grain food, eaten throughout Anásthias.
Food and Drink
This is in a series of articles about Food and Drink.
Orris grows in well in a variety of soils, from well-drained temperate to marshy areas, the amount of available moisture determining the size of the crop. It is moderately tolerant to salt, so is often a staple of peoples living in coastal areas subject to @helevos - Besanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesan
The besan [BESS-un] is the currency of Ororr, struck as rounded rectangular coins. In everyday parlance a besan is called a dam.
Money
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This is in a series of articles about money, currencies and finance.
One besan is subdivided into eight melea, with one melea divided into eight @helevos - Ko-kwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKo-kway
The Ko-kway or Karmoken are the indigenous people of the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago, a nation of the wider Asokway ethnicity. Historically they lived in villages throughout the island, mainly as subsistence farmers and fishermen. They were displaced from much of the island by colonists from the more advanced neighbouring island of @helevos - Baronies of Ravorr (Rouvawa)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBaronies of Ravorr (Rouvawa)
The Baronies of Ravorr (or Ivauk Rouvawhi in Eloyoun, Warchiefs of Rouvawa) was a confederation of feudal states in Northeast Anasthias, which existed from 573 BME to 288 ME. It first formed as an alliance against the expansionist ambitions of its Saloyan neighbours to the north. With the rise of BMEBMEHarthera @helevos - Virid tabooplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid taboo
Virid taboo is a social prohibition against foodstuffs or any kind of products derived from virid plants and animals.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about religions and beliefs.
Historically this was a natural survival strategy, since virid material is often toxic, and contains insufficient nutrients to sustain human life and health.viridviridVirid @helevos - Ra and Ratérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRa and Ratér
Ra (RAH) and Ratér (rah-TAIR) are mutually-orbiting binary planets in the Cronox System. The two are both marginal for human life but were settled many millennia ago. Rivalry and conflict between the two throughout their history laid the foundation for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the @1gd - Miluplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMilu
Milu is a coastal province in the Gildon region of southwestern Ororr. It is the most isolated and sparsely inhabited province of Ororr, consisting of arid hills and fishing villages with no significant cities.
Ororr
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These maps are the third incarnation of Helevos - coloured digital conversions of my hand drawn maps.
I filled out the world with a new continent on the far hemisphere, and the north and south poles. I put a lot of work into the maps but wasn't really happy with how the world looked as a whole. @gallery - Hamdreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHamdre
Hamdre [HAM-derr] is an administrative region, or cordrome, of the state of Harthera. It encompasses the entire southwest of the country, a mostly wild region of mountains and virid jungle. Civilisation proliferates along the valley of the River Nar.
Harthera
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Cavann [ka-VAN] is a border province of northeastern Ororr, much of it consisting of green forest and virid jungle, in the foothills of the Dun Jaen mountains. During the modern epoch parts of the coast and outlying islands were settled by Iskean peoples including Junda, leading to border disputes and naval encounters with Ororr @helevos - Siltorn Canalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Canal
The Siltorn Canal in Ororr is a pioneering system of canals and locks which links the heartlands of the Wiyel Basin with the northwestern provinces, which are otherwise isolated by the Siltorn Highlands. The key link in the network is a series of canal tunnels running through the mountains, raising barges and lowering them to the far side. The Siltorn Canal is a critical link in OrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Delánplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDelán
Delán (de-LAN, from Daltirich Dalítlan, dal-IT-lan) is the capital of Deltirot, one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr. It is the largest and most prosperous city in the region, a centre for trade, industry and Daltirich culture. The city lies on the Green Wiyel, the central tributary of @helevos - Thalseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalse
Thalse is a land mentioned in several mythological accounts, said to have existed in northeastern Anásthias during the Emerald and Jade Epochs. Thalse was the original homeland of the Thalsic peoples, the ancestors of most of the population of modern Anásthias.
Thalse is mentioned in the Helevosien, the mythic history of the world written in the Anásthias @helevos - Femanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFeman
Feman [feh-MANN] is an inland province in the Gildon region of southwestern Ororr. The land is relatively arid with thin soil, so the region is sparsely populated. It was once entirely virid scrubland which was cleared, but proved unsuitable for agriculture, leaving it a patchwork of Ororr @helevos - Lake Otaranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Otaran
Lake Otaran [oh-TA-ran], known locally as The Otaran (arch. Otarah), is a brackish lake or inland sea in the island of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is connected to the sea by the Otaran Sound, a flooded former river valley.
The lake is economically important as a rich source of @helevos - Tradescriptplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTradescript
Tradescript is a writing system originally developed by the Doroun traders of the River Wiyel, used for drawing up trade deals and simple contracts. It is an ideographic script, with a limited set of symbols for trade goods, numbers, dates and practical concepts. language @helevos - Rett Bayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRett Bay
Rett Bay, also called Peritt Bay, is a gulf in eastern Harthera between the Perudd peninsula and the province of Retthen. Much of the bay's coast is low-lying, consisting of long sandy beaches, mud flats and salt marshes, subject to inundation by storm tides. Consequently much of the region is sparsely populated, though it was settled by migrant @helevos - Maresh Hillsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMaresh Hills
The Maresh Hills are an upland region on the western edge of the Mangasor Basin in central Ororr, most famous for being the site of the holy shrine of Foratuna.
Geologically the hills are a karst escarpment of sedimentary and igneous rock, pocked with caves. Any rainfall immediately sinks through the porous rock, making the hills dry and almost devoid of vegetation other than hardy @helevos - Taslamacplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaslamac
Taslamac [tass-LAM-ack], colloquially called the Red City, is a city in in southern Ororr, on the north bank of the Red Wiyel. It is in the Mangasor Special Autonomous Region, benefiting from relatively low regional taxes and regulation.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrOrorr @helevos - River Sargilplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Sargil
The Sargil, also called the Vildon, is the greatest river in southwestern Ororr. It flows 2500km from the foothills of the Dun Trisan mountains, through the region of Gildon to the lowland plains of Meral and thence to the Umber Sea. Its watershed is the main boundary of OrorrOrorr @helevos - Kingdom of Kasepanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Kasepan
The Kingdom of Kasepan is a Manthi-ethnic nation in Munatan.
Munatan
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The region of modern Kasepan became a viceroyalty of the Ennseperan Empire in the 6th century @helevos - Helevos Biology & Natural Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevos Biology & Natural History
Helevos has two categories of life which are mutually incompatible, the virid, and the green.
Green life includes humans, and all domesticated plants and animals which are nutritious and useful to human exploitation. Green life is considered to be soft, benevolent and useful, an essential part of human settlement and civilisation. greenviridviridgreengreengreenviridgreenviridgreenviridviridgreenviridviridviridviridGreengreengreenAnrelgreengreenAnrelAnrelAn… @helevos - Nos Aniaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNos Ania
Nos Ania [noss AH-nee-uh] is a port city on the Ania Plateau in the Kingdom of Narette. It is the chief port and commercial and agricultural heart of the kingdom, the second largest city in Narette after Belisan.
History
The city of Ania was founded by the Annéan people, perhaps in the 4th millennium @helevos - Cadálplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCadál
Cadál [ka-DAL] is the most northwesterly province of Ororr, part of the autonomous region of Moritarr. The province is contiguous with Cadál Peninsula, a body of land surrounded by water. Cape Cadál is the very northern tip of the peninsula. In practice the three names are often used interchangeably. The province is extremely isolated, notorious for piracy, poverty, and sinister religious practices.Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Issid Stone Godsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid Stone Gods
The ancient Issid people had an animist faith, believing that spirits resided in the air and in certain rocks and holy places. They particularly revered certain shaped stones and rocks, leaving offerings and performing rituals.
Belief
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Purism is a movement in the Church of Hartrah which advocates simplicity and strict adherence to discipline and moral codes. It is often called Chelidt Purism for its origins amongst the Chelidd people of northeastern Harthera. It arose in the 5th century ME, in response to the perceived liberalism and idolatry of the @helevos - Mount Karmoquéplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Karmoqué
Mount Karmoqué is an active volcanic mountain on the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. The native Asokway people call it the 'God Mountain', and it is central to their animist spiritual beliefs.
Antyok
This is in a series of articles about Antyok, an island nation in the @helevos - Church of the Namelessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of the Nameless
The Church of the Nameless, also called the Cult of the Nameless, is a subversive religious sect in the Anrel Isles. Their God is referred to as 'The Nameless One', because Anrelians believe that saying his true name attracts his evil attention. Anrel @helevos - Rock butterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRock butter
Rock butter is made from animal fats and rock salt, a traditional food among cultures of the Dun Trisan mountains in Munatan. It is very high in calories, a necessity for people living at high altitude, with the rock salt acting as a preservative as well as providing many essential minerals. @helevos - Butterfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigButterfish
Butterfish are virid fish found in cold waters far from the south coast of Anásthias, and in the Polassirn Ocean north of Anrel. Butterfish are carnivorous, feeding from a diversity of smaller sea creatures. Some varieties like the gurnjaw also consume cold water crustaceans and filter feeders. @helevos - Godkillersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodkillers
The Godkillers were an unofficial paramilitary group associated with the Grand Academy of Rasia, tasked with rooting out newly-formed god-elementals, and the potentially dangerous religious cults associated with them. The group was active during the High Period of Rasia, from 500 @helevos - Farsightplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFarsight
Farsight is a thaumaturgical discipline enabling magical practitioners to see and sometimes hear people and places distant from their present location.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
Farsight requires the mastery of many other disciplines, since it requires controlling at least two @helevos - Secraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSecra
Secra are saints of the Heterodox Church, people respected for the power of their religious faith. Many secras are said to have performed holy miracles, channelling the power of the divine.
beliefs heterodoxy hesjbagaaia @helevos - Ves Jaen Warsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVes Jaen Wars
The Ves Jaen Wars was a protracted period of conflict in the Wiyel Basin during the Celadon Epoch, c.3900-3700 BME, the result of refugees feeling coastal civilisations due to rising sea levels.
Conflict
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In a time of cataclysm, with floods and storms laying waste to the coastal @helevos - Saloyan Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan Language
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.
Language
language
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - The Final Friendplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Final Friend
The Final Friend is a personification of death in classical Issid culture, a being who brings comfort and relief to injured soldiers or the sick and elderly.
Belief
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The idea predates the Therist religion, and despite attempts to crush all rival beliefs the Final Friend is still spoken about as a metaphor for death in modern @helevos - Gaalkimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaalkim
Gaalkim is the ancient language of the Gaal people. Gaalkim is a Thalsic language with elements of Iskean, possibly an offshoot of an earlier proto-Iskean tongue. It survives in many inscriptions and some surviving texts, though it became extinct as a spoken language probably by 1800 language @helevos - Champlugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCham
Cham is a starchy virid root used to make cham-meal (cham-cham) and cham-cake (kout-cham), staple foods in Munatan.
Food and Drink
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Cham-tree
Cham trees (kamsjiva or kamchiva) are bushy virid plants found in temperate climates throughout viridviridviridviridMunatan @helevos - Fermented foodplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFermented food
Many types of food around the Civilised World are fermented, either to preserve them, or to improve their flavour or nutrition. Fermentation of virid vegetable matter was invented by the Essep people, and gave them the unique ability to eat virid plant matter without suffering virid @helevos - Thaumaturgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgy
Thaumaturgy Is a style of magic, codified and practiced by the Rasian Academy. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably.
Magic
magic
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Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic @helevos - Essep languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEssep language
The Essep language is the spoken language of the Essep people, a major ethnic group throughout southwestern Ororr and Hesjbagaaia. Essep has hundreds of dialects and sublanguages, but its greatest contribution is to the modern language of Hespor, the official language of Hesjbagaaia.
Language
language
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Fire antsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFire ants
Fire ants are a colonial species of virid crustacean, native to the hot and dry equatorial regions, particulary in central Ororr and western Otekahré. They are considered a pest due to their habit of swarming over anything considered a threat to the nest or a food source, inflicting a mass of painful bites with their powerful jaws. Though the ants have no venom, crushing the ants by rolling on the ground or trying to brush them off releases a caustic fluid which is a painful irritant … @helevos - Alsaneth Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAlsaneth Republic
The Alsaneth Republic, also called the Alsaneth Commonwealth (official name The Hexactic Commonwealth of Alsan), was a historic nation occupying the southern half of the island of Besoa. The Republic existed from the overthrow of the old MEME @helevos - Gahanate of Sijheeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahanate of Sijhee
The Gahanate of Sijhee was a former nation in the Manthi-Lien, which became the centre of Eijult Empire. Sijhee were a migratory people, but controlled a territory contiguous with modern central Kasepan. The modern city of Sindje later became the de facto capital of the empire. @helevos - Kililiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKilili
Kilili is a sign language originating in the province of Gorval, where congenital deafness was once common in isolated communities. Today it is still used by deaf minorities throughout Ororr.
Language
language
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History
The sign language originated in isolated villages of the Gorval Highlands, who had a high incidence of congenital deafness, the result of cultural inbreeding. Both non-hearing and hearing villagers … @helevos - Ambertoneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmbertone
The Ambertone Phonautogram is a sound reproduction machine made by the Ambertone Talking Machine Company of Harthera. The technology was first developed for government and business, particularly allowing ministers to dictate correspondence to copyists. More recently, Ambertone machines were used for important news and speeches, allowing people in distant parts of the Union to hear the voices of their leaders for the first time. @helevos - Sonoré Calvattiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSonoré Calvatti
Sonore Calvatti was a 9th century singer, musician and composer. She created a huge number of musical works, particularly choral music such as oratorios setting secular poetry to music, as well as liturgical works for the Heterodox Church.
Culture
This is a category of articles on @helevos - Kethelayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKethelay
Kethelay (Hartraan kethilee, Reidan ketilly) is a style of music played with pipes and drums. It originates with the folk music of the Gobalay people of northern Ororr, but spread to the Empire of Dor-en-Sann as courtly dance music.
Culture
This is a category of articles on Arts, Music, Literature & Culture.
Classic kethelay is now a quaint and old fashioned style, but has gained something of a modern revival through composers of classical @helevos - Randplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRand
Rand is a fortified hill city in the central plains of Narette. It was the only major settlement in the plains not destroyed during the Long War, despite multiple assaults and seiges. It owes its survival to its position on a hill with unusually strong walls. During the war the outer city was sacked many times, the surviving inhabitants rebuilding their lives within the safety of the citadel. @helevos - 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… @helevos - Chouda Peninsulaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChouda Peninsula
The Chouda Peninsula is the most northerly region of mainland Harthera, roughly contiguous with the the province of Garsundt.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy @helevos - Kat-i-Vauplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKat-i-Vau
Kat-i-Vau is the highest mountain in the Civilised World, a peak in the Dun Trisan mountains 8100 metres above sea level.
[ ] Kat-i-Vau, viewed from the west, northern ridge to the left
The mountain is greatly revered by the people of Li-Vam-Aur and Taur-Dji-Oum as the connection between earth and the heavens, the means by which spirits of the dead ascend to the sky. @helevos - War of the Flags (First Vetthi War)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of the Flags (First Vetthi War)
The War of the Flags (792-796 ME), also called the First Vetthi War in Ororr, was a conflict between Ororr and the Vetthi Republic over control of the Vetthi Passage.
The 8th century saw a deterioration of relations between Ororr and Harthera, with trade relations tense and ships often barred and turned away from each other's ports. Consequently, ships of the OrorrOrorr @helevos - Othei Plainsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei Plains
The Othei Plains [oth-AY-ee] (also Outhai Plains) is a wide region of green grassland with patches of virid scrubland lying between the Blue Wiyel and the southern Siltorn Hills. The region is named for the nomadic Othei people who were and remain the principle inhabitants of the region.Ororr @helevos - Realm of the Godmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRealm of the Godmen
The Realm of the Godmen was semi-mythic ancient civilisation, said to have existed in the Emerald Epoch from roughly 15,000-12,000 BME. It was the home of the mythical Godmen, the said to have been the first human civilisation from which all mankind descends. Godmen @helevos - Ghost shipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGhost ship
Ghost ships (teergavves [TEE-err-gah-vez in Vetthi]) is a seamen's term for trading vessels of the Vetthi Merchant Fleet. Vetthi ships are grey in colour and relatively low profile in the water, making them difficult to spot at sea, so they seem to slip into port like ghosts. @helevos - 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 @helevos - Vainglorious Revolutionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVainglorious Revolution
The Vainglorious Revolution of 571 ME was a military coup which overthrew the Hartheran Commonwealth. It ended the effective oligarchy of the kingship and the old Saloyan aristocracy, with the intent of putting power into the hands of the common people. In practice this meant the wealthy merchant classes, and the military domination of the @helevos - Seqalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqal
Seqal is a historic city in Ororr, at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Wiyel. The ancient city was cut into the rock between the two rivers, making it one of the “Hidden Cities” that were mainly underground. Today the majority of the population live in New Seqal, built on the river bank a little downriver from the Old City.Ororr @helevos - Niseqplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNiseq
Niseq is a town perched on the vertiginous cliffs of the River Wiyel in the Sekalkot Province of central Ororr. The town is rough and unremarkable, notable only for its proximity to the so-called Old Man of Niseq, a natural rock formation at the confluence of the Red and Green branches of the Wiyel. Ororr @helevos - Onutasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOnutas
Trers Onutas is renowned as one of the greatest composers of late Ensanni classical music, particularly noted for his operas, such as “The Tears of Lilire” and “Gelle”.
Culture
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people men opera music @helevos - 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 @helevos - Mother of All Aspectsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother of All Aspects
The Mother Of All Aspects was the Supreme Goddess of the religion of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It was officially called the Church of the Mother of All Aspects, more often simply called the Imperial Religion.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Vóshan peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVóshan people
The Vóshan [VO-shan] are a Jorothi-ethnic group native to the Voshárn [vo-SHAHN] province of western Ororr. The Vóshan were traditionally many clans of nomadic hunters and warriors, surviving in the thin soils of their homeland by shifting cultivation, herding, and raiding the towns and cities of the valley. Ororr @helevos - Puottiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPuotti
Puotti [poo-UH-tee] is a dish made from fine doughberry flour, mixed with water and stretched until it becomes elastic and almost rubbery. Puotti is a staple of Jorothi cuisine, eaten particularly in the arid parts of central and western Ororr, where it is not only eaten as a starch, but used as a utensil to pick up roast meat in particular from a communal plate. @helevos - Firewineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFirewine
Firewine (Othei tejhomedu) is a potent honey wine with mildly narcotic effects, distilled from the honey of Ororran fire ants. It was traditionally made by the Othei people as their most valued trade good, traded to Seqal and the Issid cities of the River Wiyel, where it was consumed in temple rituals. @helevos - Polmaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPolma
The polma is a traditional Thalsic garment made from a single length of cloth, which today is particularly associated with the Shouft, the Great Pilgrimage of the Therist religion. Polma's are traditionally made of linen, but can be made of wool or other fabrics. @helevos - Kingdom of Emánunéplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Emánuné
Emánuné [eh-MAN-oo-nay, imæn'uːeɪ] was an ancient kingdom occupying the fertile valley of the River Velun, in what is now modern Harthera.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
This is in a series of articles about the ancient history of Northeast HM @helevos - Miyarrisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarris
Miyarris [mee-YA-riss], (also Miarris, from Mayápo Mayarous) was a hugely influential ancient civilisation located which flourished during the Celadon Epoch, from 4000-3000 BME. It is considered the first great civilisation in history since the the mythic Godmen.
Ancient Miyarris
BMElanguagelanguagelanguageAnásthiasEloyounlanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - 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 @helevos - Notable Men in Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNotable Men in History
List of important men in history.
topics people @tag - Otekahréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOtekahré
Otekahré [oh-tek-AH-ray] (also called Anarthis in Harthera), is the southeastern region of Anásthias, lying south of Harthera and east of the Dun Jaen mountains. The region has no central governments, but the cities and polities are joined in a loose cultural and economic league, called HartheraOrorrviridHartheraOrorr @helevos - Primentureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrimenture
Primenture is a social structure found particularly in the Natorn Archipelago, used to determine social rank and leadership. Primenture means leadership by those who are perceived to have the most social capital, and therefore usually, though not always, the most able. @helevos - Othei Protectorateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei Protectorate
The Othei Protectorate was a territory of western Anasthias in the first to third centuries ME, nominally sovereign but under the military protection of Ororr.
Ororr
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Orthein is a province of the Dunasanin autonomous region of central Ororr. It mainly consists of flat green grasslands and rolling hills, called the Othei Plains. It has few towns and villages, mainly inhabited by ovor herders and nomadic Othei people.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Reidanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReidan
Reidan is an Aralsic language spoken in the Anrel Isles, particularly throughout Trésard and Sensatard.
Language
language
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The Lar Vale dialect of northern Trésard is considered Standard Reidan, and is generally intelligible throughout Anrel. The Northland dialects of Sensatard are distinct, with the Eastern dialect being close to standard Reidan, and the Western being more obscure. The north coast language @helevos - Rodorigo Iplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRodorigo I
Rodorigo I was founder of the Ennseperan Empire and of the dynastic House of Anez which ruled the early empire.
Ennseperans
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people men leaders ennseperans @helevos - Rodorigo IIIplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRodorigo III
Rodorigo III, known as the “King for a Season” or the “Stormtide King”, was a ruler of the Ennseperan Empire. He was the last direct descendant of Rodorigo I, the founder of the empire.
Ennseperans
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people men leaders ennseperans @helevos - Notable Women in Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNotable Women in History
List of important women in world history, politics and the arts.
topics people @tag - Secra Esjbelaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSecra Esjbela
Secra Esjbela (116-157 ME) was an Ennseperan princess of the royal House of Anez. After dedicating her life to good works and the Heterodox Church, she married at the insistence of her father and subsequently died in childbirth.
Hesjbagaaia
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* Name: Kingdom of Hesjbagaaiaherherherherher @helevos - Mutualismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMutualism
Mutualism is a cultural philosophy deeply ingrained in the culture of Otekahré, and in particular in the polities of Kahtoyn. Mutualism emphasises the need for people and communities to work together in harmony to fulfil their common objectives, and strong opposition to hierarchy, violence and coercive control. Without a central authority to regulate the economy, non-monetary economies arise. @helevos - 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 @helevos - Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa
Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.
Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map
Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME
Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr @helevos - 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 @helevos - Aego Gastrinimerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAego 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 @helevos - Kingdom of Sann'alplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sann'al
The Kingdom of Sann'al [SAN-AL sæn'æl] (from arch. Senna'al), also called Royal Sann'al or simply Sannal, was a historic nation in the northern half of the island of Besoa that existed from its founding c.1500 BME, to 1092 ME when it was annexed by BME @helevos - Hevúlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHevúl
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.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the @helevos - Eijult Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijult Empire
The Eijult Empire dominated much of the coastal territory of western Munatan during the 6th and 7th centuries ME. It was forged by the Manthi-ethnic Eijult people, who spread along the coast by land and by sea, seizing control and settling lands once held by the @helevos - Tire-Ohnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTire-Ohn
Tire-Ohn is a mythic warrior hero, known to many ancient Thalsic cultures. He was the first offspring of the Godmen to be born on the soil of Helevos. His saga is recorded in the Tirennion, the greatest and most respected work of mythic literature in the Anrel Isles.
Folklore
This is in a series of articles about oral traditions, tales, folk practices, and Godmen @helevos - Taur-Dji-Oumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaur-Dji-Oum
Taur-Dji-Oum [Tower-shjee-ohm], known as Torthien in much of the Civilised World, also called the Vale of Tortanis in Ororr, is an upland area of southeastern Anásthias. It is a politically complex and unstable region, consisting of twenty-three major ethnic nations, territorially sub-divided into smaller kingdoms, chiefdoms, fiefdoms and clan holdings, with a shifting pattern of allegiances and alliances. @helevos - Oyeezplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOyeez
Oyeez [oy-YEEZ] is a port city in the south of Kahtoyn. It is the most southerly major city in Kahtoyn, noted as a city of eccentrics and a place where people with unusual and non-conformist views would flee.
Otekahré
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This is in a series of articles about the region of @helevos - Architecture in Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArchitecture in Ororr
Architecture in Ororr has been an important cultural force in the theocratic nation of Ororr. It was particularly so in the early days of the nation, when the disciples of the Great Prophet were establishing new church-state institutions in opposition to the imperial bureaucracy and diverse religions. @helevos - Green Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen Man
The Green Man is the personification of the vital force of all green life, including humans and all domestic crops, plants and animals. He is particularly a part of the Anrelian pantheon, where he is represented as a green-skinned man, garlanded with flowers, with antler-like branches growing out of his head. GreengreenGreenGreen @helevos - Seborimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeborim
The Seborim, occasionally called the Church of Seborisand despite its areligious nature, is a secret society with a small, scattered but influential following amongst the upper echelons of many nations. The organisation promotes a secular philosophy of peaceful enlightenment through gradual social reform, and places great emphasis on the appreciation of aesthetics, and the promotion of beauty and art. Its overarching aim is to improve society through the spiritual and aesthetic enlight… @helevos - Battle of Four Kingdomsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBattle of Four Kingdoms
The Battle of Four Kingdoms (35 ME), also called The Field of Maiúnla Diëlmes [may-UHN-la dee-EL-mez], was a pivotal military campaign in the history of the island of Besoa, culminating in an all-out battle between its historic Four Kingdoms. Its brutal aftermath led to the fall of the kingdoms of @helevos - Eridaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigErida
Erida, literally meaning “Words” in the extinct ancient language Ahngrit, is the instinctual core language of the Eridai, or elementals, Eridai meaning “of the words”. The art of thaumaturgy can therefore be described as the structural use of Erida to perform physical outputs.
Magic
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This is in a series of articles about languagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Go-Ám-Gamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGo-Ám-Gam
Go-ám-gam [go-AM-gam] is a sparsely-inhabited nation in southeastern Munatan, consisting mostly of temperate upland hills and rugged coast with temperate virid forests and no navigable rivers. Its only principle city is Go-ím-ri, situated some miles inland from the sea. @helevos - Marr Sirqueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMarr Sirque
Marr Sirque [mar SEE-urkh] (Miyarrain: Miyarsouok; Hartheran: Narsik) is a port city in Kahtoyn, the principle trading port in Otekahré.
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This is in a series of articles about the region of Otekahré in eastern Anásthias.
Historically it was an outlying river city of Hartheran @helevos - Theurgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTheurgy
Theurgy, also called Theosophy, Theosophical magic or holy magic, is a style of magic that instead of using the power of an ordinary elemental, invokes the power of a deital or god-spirit. Theurgy requires no understanding or even awareness of thaumaturgy or other styles of formal magic. Instead, practitioners follow a specific ritual format depending on the action required, usually involving ritual prayer, sacrifice and other activities which induce a heightened level of consciousness.… @helevos - Besoaadplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoaad
Besoaad [BESS-soh-AHD / bɛsɒ'æd] is the language of the island of Besoa. It is the official language of the United Kingdom of Besoa. Besoaad is broadly part of the Aralsic language family, with heavy borrowing from Iskean languages and other world languages.
Language
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AlsanilanguageHartheranAnrelAnásthias @helevos - Soulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoul
Cultures throughout the Civilised World hold different ideas about the nature of the human soul, the animus that gives living beings life, thought and will.
Belief
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The ancient Doroun had a syncretic concept of the soul being made up of seven distinct parts, including all the physical, spiritual and psychological parts that make up a whole human being. These had been assembled from a variety of Thalsic tribal and early religi… @helevos - Catáosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCatáos
Catáos [cat-AY-oss] is a small but wealthy city in Deltirot, famous for the Cataos Falls, the most impressive waterfalls in Ororr, which form a natural barrier between the autonomous regions of Deltirot and Dunasanin.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Ream mossplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReam moss
Ream mosses are a family of green plants and lichens which thrive in the boundary between green and virid ecosystems. The boundary between biomes is called the “burn zone” due to the red and yellow colour of lichens which colonise the area.
Flora
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This is in a series of articles about viridgreengreenviridviridgreenvirid @helevos - Candlenutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCandlenut
Candlenuts are the fruit of a virid shrub, whose oil is used for lighting, a variety of domestic and industrial uses, and refined for human consumption. Candlenut bushes are native to southern Otekahré, Munatan and the virid jungles of southwestern Ororr, where they form part of the staple diet.viridvirid @helevos - Commensalismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCommensalism
Commensalism (also called Commensarism, from Hespor Cormensjara) is a political philosophy which proposes appropriating existing social and power structures to create a pluralist political and economic system which is beneficial to all. It derives from @helevos - Evernessenceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEvernessence
Evernessence is the narcotic extract of the evernut, the buds of a perennial virid shrub native to the upland jungles of central southern Anásthias. It was traditionally used by shamans of the Essep people as part of initiation and social rituals. Its use later spreading amongst the @helevos - Bluefernplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBluefern
Bluefern is a virid plant with distinctive blue feathery fronds, found principally in the temperate uplands of Anásthias. Its white tendrilous roots are ground and dried to form a potent narcotic known as sylin.
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This is in a series of articles about virid @helevos - Gikrikplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGikrik
The Gikrik, also called the Frogmen, are mythical race of man, described in the folklore throughout the civilised world.
According to the tales of Anrel Isles recounted in the Tirennion and elsewhere, the ancestors of the Gikrik rebelled against the strictures that confined humankind to the Realm of the Godmen during the mythic @helevos - Shouftplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigShouft
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 Ororrgreengreen @helevos - Ahngritplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAhngrit
Ahngrit [AHN-grit], or Ancient Ahngrit (also Ahnglic in some sources) is an extinct language of the Godmen, thought to be an ancestor of Old Aralsic and the modern Aralsic languages of the Anrel Isles.
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Little is known about Ahngrit as a languagelanguage @helevos - 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 @helevos - Orikalkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrikalk
The orikalk, or oryk, is a horned quadruped mammal, distantly related to the ovor. They are primarily found in the southern Natorn Isles, and live green woodland and scrubland in the northern and eastern peninsulas of Anásthias.
Fauna
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They are most numerous in dry grassland such as found in western @helevos - Signtismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSigntism
Signtism is an ancient philosophy and subculture in the Anrel Isles, one of the many Schools of Thought who found a home in the Rasian Academy. The Grand Master Belikast was born into the Signtist community of Larford, and his association with the culture and the city led to its utter destruction during the @helevos - 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 @helevos