Thennasus

Thennasus is a city within Ashkavar, situated on a small grassy peninsula north of the Iristoyan desert. The people of Thennasus are made up of two groups, the native Orellos people, and the Sylfaeist settlers from Eldham. The religion of Thennasus is also a mixture of the two religions in the province, and the native Hudorianist religion, and Sylfaeism, each sect incorporating the traditions and ideas of the other to such a degree that both faiths can be described as one religion. 
== History ==
=== Pre-Sylfaeist Thennasus ===
The Orellos people lived in what is now called Thennasus for thousands of years, eventually discovering agriculture and building humble settlements. The name they gave the land they settled was the same they gave themselves - Orelloi - meaning "of the waters" due to the peninsula bordering three different oceans - the warm desert ocean, the temperate northern ocean, and the inland rivers. The Orellos people learned fishing and had a varied diet due to the different oceans they could fish in. 
One day, a young Orelli fisherwoman was out at sea in the temperate ocean when she felt something bite on her line. When she reeled in, she found that it was the Shark God Kharkary. Quickly, the god broke free of the hook and swam back into the deeps, faster than any sea animal could. When the fisherwoman returned to land, the Goddess Hudoria appeared to all in Orreloi. The Goddess spoke that for eons they protected the world from outside threats without the humans knowing, and by interacting with Kharkary, the younger fisherwoman became the first human to span both the divine and mortal worlds. With that, Hudoria proclaimed her to be the first Oracle of Orelloi, and the Hudorian faith began to be widely practiced among the people. 
=== Sylfaeists' arrival ===
Two hundred years after Hudoria proclaimed the first Oracle, the contemporary Oracle - Aeinos - proclaimed that an unknown entity was emerging from the Mother Tree. After assembling a group of warriors to investigate, Aeinos witnessed the manifestation of the god Sylfae. The god spoke to the warriors.
With that, Sylfae ascended toward the sky and disappeared. Aeinos and his band made it back to Orelloi and told the people about this new god and his refugees. Just then, on the horizon, a person spotted a flotilla of ships approaching them. Aeinos, however, noticed that on the sail of each ship was a blue ankh - the same appearance as the god he had witnessed, and told the people they were friendly. 
The Sylfaeists introduced Sylfaeism to the Orellos people, and they introduced Hudorianism in return. For many years, the Sylfaeists and Orellos lived peacefully enough, but there was tension over what to call the land, as the people inhabiting it were not all Orellos anymore. The Sylfaeists called the land "New Eldia" after their old holy land, though the Orellos did not like that name. In the end, both peoples agreed to call the land Thennasus, named after the first child born between both peoples.
=== Age of prosperity ===
The land of Thennasus grew in prosperity, as while the Orellos people built their town around agriculture and water infrastructure, they did not do much beyond that. With knowledge and help from the Sylfaeists, the people of Thennasus were able to harness both the power of Hudoria and of Sylfae to create a divinely-powered steam generator, which could be used as an infinite source of fresh water and of electricity. Soon, the province began expanding and constructing new buildings incorporating the generator's electricity. Soon, steam-powered lanterns lined the streets of Thennasus, and high above the surface was one of the continent's first airship docks, all powered by the generator's steam. 
=== Age of crusade ===
The current Oracle of Hudoria, Dandalus, was given a sight by both Hudoria and Sylfae showing the Nether dimension breaking through to the overworld after so many people greedily exploited the Nether for their own ends. After a fight with a few Nether entities that escaped into the overworld, a Sylfaeist Crusade was declared on the Nether, and preparations to defeat the Nether's creatures are currently underway.
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