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'''Hethmora''' <small>({{Audio-nohelp|Hethmora.mp3|listen}})</small> is a large volcanic landmass in the [[Mondozean]], halfway between [[Nuro]] and [[Topei]]. Initially uninhabited by humans, it was later settled and fought over by various powers throughout history, including the [[Eicony|Eicons]], [[Norvenia|Norvenes]], [[Kuo|Quodi]], [[Swastria|Swastrians]], [[Bataignens]], [[Topei|Topeians]], and [[Vahian Empire|Vahians]]. | |||
==Names== | ==Names== | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Hethmora was undiscovered for much of history. [[Pennesios]] makes no mention of the island in his ''[[Voyages of Pennesios|Voyages]]''. It may have been visited by the [[Solcian Empire|Solcians]], as ancient Solcian shipwrecks have been found off the island's south coast | ===Antiquity=== | ||
Hethmora was undiscovered for much of history. [[Pennesios]] makes no mention of the island in his ''[[Voyages of Pennesios|Voyages]]''. It may have been visited by the [[Solcian Empire|Solcians]], as ancient Solcian shipwrecks have been found off the island's south coast. Prior to the discovery of [[Adséa#Points of interest|Dromonds' Deep]], some historians speculated that the [[Solcian Empire#Lost Armada|Lost Armada]] could have sailed to Hethmora. Solcian coins have also been found on the island, but these were probably brought by later explorers. The name ''Hethmora'' itself is a Solcian term, which the geographers [[Plaulian]], [[Vicevelus]], and [[Calanni]] used to refer to a distant, cold land to the north of the Empire. Although that land was presumed by later scholars to be Hethmora, it more than likely referred to [[Norvenia]], a place definitively known to the Solcians. | |||
A volcanic eruption in Hethmora led to a period of [[Solcian Empire#Dread Winter|devastating winters]] that strongly affected the Solcian Empire in the mid-6th century, as well as the rest of the world. | |||
==== | ===Settlement from the West=== | ||
====Monastic Eicons==== | |||
[[File:Cliffside monastery.png|thumb|400px|The ruins of a monastery on Hethmora. Eican monks were the first known settlers to reach the landmass, arriving in small numbers throughout the 9th century.]] | |||
The earliest-known settlements on Hethmora were built by [[Eican]] monks around 825 CE. The Eicans constructed impressive cliffside monasteries, ruins of which still survive to this day. The seclusion of Hethmora made it an ideal locale for deep meditation, but that would change with the coming of raiders from [[Norvea|the north]]. | |||
==== | ====Northerners==== | ||
[[Norvenia|Norvenian]] sailors visited Hethmora throughout the 9th century and met with isolated groups of Eicons there, according to traditional accounts. Norvic peoples began settling Hethmora in earnest in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, with the largest such migration led by [[Eijeltyk|Eltic Wind-King]], over-chief of the [[Ganns]] and the [[Vesti]]. They were followed by the [[Roens]] and [[Koviks]] in the 11th and 12th centuries. | |||
===Settlement from | ====Bataignens, Swastrians, and Later Eiconians==== | ||
===Settlement from the East=== | |||
====Arrival of eastern explorers==== | ====Arrival of eastern explorers==== | ||
====Dai Lung expedition==== | ====Dai Lung expedition==== | ||
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===Modern period=== | ===Modern period=== | ||
====Great Wars==== | ====Great Wars==== | ||
*Battle of Furnacefort | |||
====Long Peace==== | ====Long Peace==== | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
===Sunderland=== | |||
Rife with volcanic activity, the stark Sunderland is inhabited by a hardy people: the Sundermen, descendants of exiles and outlaws from east and west who came to inhabit the scorched, ever-changing landscape. Current major settlements include Onagil and Temton. | |||
===Karo=== | |||
The name of the more temperate midlands comes from the Vahians, who first came to the region in the 14th century. [[Mount Karo]] is an active volcano and the namesake of the province. Karo is dominated by round mountains such as these, as well as crystal blue lakes and great pine forests. | |||
===Major settlements=== | |||
*Ashfort | |||
*Bleakfort | |||
*Furnacefort | |||
[[Category:Ardai]] | [[Category:Ardai]] | ||
[[Category:Islands]] | [[Category:Islands]] | ||