New Mossitie

== The New Mossitian People & Their Tales ==
Let's begin from the start, first we will describe the basics about the people of new Mossitie, their culture, religion, costumes, differences of the average Ischanorian, then follow it with lore about the New Mossitians
====== New Mossitie Culture ======
New Mossitian culture is inspired by the IRL counter-part of the Anglo-Saxons they are a warring culture, that values peace and protection but, aren't neutral, aways searching to prosper on the resources of their lands and be self-sufficient, they speak a Ischanorian dialect called Mossitian Ischanorian, they are a foreign people descedent of an old tribe called the Wese tribe, they usually have most traditions like ignoring the bow in warfare, using axes and swords in battle, also they do not like to build most things, they are a simple people that usually love to work rather than enjoy building, they are mostly miners, farmers and lumberjacks supplying the great industries of Ischanor.
====== New Mossitie Population & Believes ======
New Mossitians believe in the Kryhal religion althought there is some who practice other Ischanorian religions but, that's a rarity, their population is very homogenous but, there is differences with the Mossitians loving diversity as they believe diversity makes the strenght of a society, with different ideas, more workers and more warriors, 
====== New Mossitie Origins ======
Even the New Mossitians dont know where they came from, tales say they appeared out of nowhere in Ischanorian shores searching for a home and lived as slaves under the goverment where they arrived, soon becoming more populous and becoming civilians, they now have their own home and costumes called New Mossitie, it's called that also since the first patriarch of the Mossitians said they came from the great Mossitie mountains but, it's unknown where that would be as it was lost to translation as the Wese language started to die out and the Mossitians became more Ischanorian through time creating their own dialect even.
====== A Meritocratic System ======
Halfred the first patriarch made a system where people voted by the population as a majority would become rulers with the patriarchs, now-a-days referred as main mayors, the elected ones are considered as the elected mayors, this meritocracy comes from valuing the individual person for their achievements and by nobles of this culture not liking to be among the posh and rich, instead liking to be with the common man working with them, usually called "Peasant Leaders" by the other Ischanorians because of that as a form of mocking them at the start but, then became their official secondary title.
====== Government Type ======
The government type of New Mossitie is an autocratic meritocracy, focusing on civic nationalism and self-sufficiency, they are tolerant to all faiths and peoples, being a bastion of tolerance in the realm of Ischanor, they do not accept racism, xenofobia and religious intolerance, due to being a small community it's pretty easy to see problems happen and stop them, there is no slaves in the New Mossitian society and there is no thing as a POW, what would be a POW is integrated into the New Mossitian society as a citizen, although with restrictions on weapons use due to it's danger in a recently integrated foreigner's hand, they are know as the "Foreignmen".
====== Education & Practices ======
New Mossitie is focused on the education of children by verbal meanings and to maintain their culture, even trying to study about their past and learn the old language although, hard due to the lack of archeological evidence that it once existed, practices are included, great feasts where people drink wine and eat lamb, wrestling competitions and training tourneys, where men and women fight with wooden swords and axes against each other without any armor, those events happen in the times of winter where harvests aren't plentiful and so, many people rest for the time and focuses on mining.
== A New Mossitie, A New Restart ==
Halfred father of all New Mossitians had his entire tribe murdered by foreign invaders, the few that survived left in great voyages through the world and travelling the continents to find a new home, the ones who stayed were slaughtered by the invaders, Halfred came from an unknown place that New Mossitian chroniclers did not discover about, Mossitie got it's name due to the mountains Halfred told his children that were their home "The Mossitian Mountains" and their tribe the Wese tribe, the few survivors who were in Halfred's ship settled in the far south of where they came from, making a small village there, they would be fisherman and farmers in the land, working it and being a self-sufficient before growing larger with their own indentity, connected to Ischanorian traders from a far during the late Rugudian imperial era, the lands settled by them were close to a river, after the Ischanorian invasion of Rugudian lands, the Mossitians became slaves, until growing to become so numerous in their population they became free and so officialized citizens, they would live as nomads and would have on their caravans and in their arms the Halfred's ship art, usually painted with blood of animals they would hunt in the wind giving origin to the modern banner, this nomads would give way to a great community with a different culture from Ischanor, soon gaining lands to work in New Volkore under the leadership of Svenn "Speechborn", named Speechborn due to his charisma to convince the New Volkore duke to let them have lands, after that, they started to grow in autonomy and power soon gaining their own duchy ruled by the powerful family that would rise from miners to mine owners, the Hermann dynasty, lead as in the moment of the foundation of the lands by Americo Hermann, Americo Hermann is son of Guthrida and Anastasius, both were miners but, due to cunning and stewardship they gain the power to soon become a baron but, instead of calling themselves barons they would call themselves mayors of the town to sound more close to the people around them.
Hermann started immediately building an underground town basis so, the small lands they have could be used at the maximum, this made them stumble into many minerals becoming a mining colony of the land, supplying resources to the more industrial zones of the empire, coal, iron and gold are the main resources of New Mossitie with a side of carrots and potatos from their plantations, most of their buildings use stone.
Due to Americo's family been converted by a missionary of the Kryhal faith the made the main religion of New Mossitie, since Mossitians didn't have one religion but, many it would not be a problem but, some who didn't believe in anything filled with fervour of having finally a home for themselves joined the Kryhal faith with Americo.
Still there is a long way to New Mossitie to grow, being just a backwater at the time this is being written soon, destined to grow if the Gods intend on it.
== An Underground Expansion ==
The underground city plan was created due to necessities due to the land claim being so small so, the plans for a city was layed but, underground, Mayor Americo believed in this plan with full heart but, his subjects doubted him until, they started working and saw there was potential for this underground city so, all the people started working on this underground city, it is planned to end in 2 years at minimum and 5 years at maximum, they would find many minerals to build and many stones to work on the over-world, they would start making their own small stronghold at the side of The Maw, a small paradise for their people, with the construction a small farm was made outside close to the river for the people to have a small but, sustainable amount of food, it was filled with carrots and potatos, the last ones being able to be cooked or eaten raw due to their nature even though, people usually preferred to eat carrots due to their numbers being higher than the potatos, all people had an iron armor with them now and at list an iron tool, from stone to iron they evolved, this seems like an incredible prospect, the sign of the cross started to be used a lot for their religion and also to symbolize Halfred's death, as he was crucified for trying to defend his community that would gain rights after his crucifixation but, people are divided between religious symbology and historical symbology of the cross so, it was called the cross dilema, as most people can see in the flag there is even a cross around Halfred's ship to symbolize his death and most agree, 70% of the people from this time believed in it as a symbol of Halfred, with the aristocracy being mostly religious symbology except, some like Americo and Viper who liked crosses to symbolize Halfred.
Americo built the called "Entrance Cross", a cross that is the entrance of their humble lands.
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