Helosians

The Helosians, referred to as Heloskani in Helosian, historically known as the Helöisans, are a Human ethnic group originating from Northern Eldham before rathnirian colonization and the comet. The Helosians are inspired by real world Germanic cultures with German in specific being the primary inspiration. The Helosians inhabited numerous regions of Eldham, with a heavy concentration in the Aurum Archipelago along with much of Valresh. In Abexilas Helosians are spread out throughout the entire world. There is a major concentration of Helosians within central Halinn, specifically in the city of Ottirnalia and its surrounding areas.
Helosian language and culture is generally split between two distinct groups, Old Helosians & New Helosians. Old Helosians are currently the minority, being pure-blooded Helosians whom use old written forms of the language. The Old Helosians are also know as the Eldham Helosians. Upon migrating to Abexilas many Helosians syncretized with native cultures forming many new subgroups. In general these Native Abexilian and Helosian creoles are known as New Helosians. Many New-Helosians do not generally speak Helosian due to generations of integration with other cultures. In Ottirnalia a new form of Helosian was created known as Ottir-Helosian. Ottir-Helosian today is generally considered the official form of Helosian being the most widely written script with around ~100,000 speakers. 
== History ==
The History of Helosian people spans over thousands of years. The Helosians were native to the land of Hesland. Hesland was located north of eldham. Animal migrations brought the Helosians into Valresh. Helosians began to civilize and establish maritime settlements turning into a maritime-focused nation. Many Helosians settled in northern Stormgova but were forced off the island by the arrival of the Simulami Empire and other Rathnirian colonizers. One Helosian, Bitter Dovialka would attempt to lead multiple revolts across Eldham along with a large army of Helosians known as the Helosian Brotherhood. Most of these failed and eventually Dovialka brought Helosians to the Aurum Archipelago and declared himself prince of the Helosian People. Eventually the new nation-state was subjected by the Nova Azcorian Republic but they quickly revolted and conquered most of the Aurum Archipelago establishing the First Kingdom of Helos. the First Kingdom became the most powerful thalassocracy in Eldham. After around 103 (79-182 TE) years of its founding the First Kingdom collapsed with the death of Bitter Dovialka and the Helosian Civil War. Eldwic Hogerzien established the Helosian Republic under a de-facto dictatorship. The republic collapsed in about four years. Helosians spread across Eldham with there being concentrations in Prubensia and the AWE, countries with similar cultures to Helosian Culture. A group of extremist Helosians attempted to reestablish a Helosian state in Korosechev but failed. After the comet hit Eldham millions of Helosians died but about 3 million escaped to Abexilas spreading further across the world. Helosians were brought back together by Eldwic's descendant, Spencer Hogerzien who called them to the town of Ottirnalia in Halinn where most of the modern Helosian population remains and grows.
Category:Helos
Category:Races
Category:Abexilas
Category:Eldham