Nathonian Cycle (Origo Mundi)

The Nathonian Cycle is the traditional romance epic of Ancient Azoz, as well as several other nations in the greater Mesallian culture. Its subject matter surrounds the reign and administration of the legendary King Nathon (or Na-Thon) "the Pious" of Azoz, as well as his collection of warriors and traditional lancers known as the Knights of the Pentangle of Perea.

Among the most famous knights in this circle is the legendary warrior Cassander, an immigrant from Mesallas, who was often considered the strongest and most charismatic warrior in the known world. Nathon's tutor and religious advisor, the mystical Prophet Isodore, has a collection of legends on his own right, most famously the pseudo-biographical Life of Isodore. Nathon's father, King Jair "the Lionhart", was a significant ruler in his own right in the late first century AR, his existence testified in Mesallian documents as having fought on the side of Ulmians during the Nykosian War. Together, the collection of legends and epic traditions ascribed to the generations of Jair and Nathon, down to the fall of Perea in 130 AR, are known as the Matter of Azoz.