Kenoa

Kenoa is a nation in the northeastern wetlands off the eastern continent. It's primarily inhabited by Kenoans, but there are many other population groups as well. Names in this article are in old Kenoan.

**Kenoan Geography**

The Kenoan coast and the surrounding areas are part of the northeastern wetlands. Further inland, there is a big tropical rainforest. As the land gets closer to the Apocan Mountains, the land gets hillier. There are many rivers in Kenoa, the biggest ones are the Dadōso Kân, the Abranōs and the Narrenor. At the edge of the rainforest the Abranōs forms a lake, next to which the capital, Hálēzhál lies. Further east, near the bay of Kērotārenel, the old capital of Yonange lies in a river valley next to the Kewensipor volcano.

**Kenoan history**

Kenoa was founded after the Yonangan civil war. See Yonange's page for info on it.

*"Fall of yonange*

The Terter and Kenoans especially supported this change, having felt left out of development and wealth for generations, but the promised development didn't come to many areas outside of Yonangan areas, and when it did it was very limited. The terter and Kenoans thus started to trust the government less and less. This caused a period of instability in the country, in which power changed hands constantly and distrust grew.

In Halēsel, Sadda Ablēl had started a community of extremist Kenoans, who disagreed with everything Yonange stood for. in her eyes, Yonange didn't have right to any of the land it possessed. After all, Yonange grew by conquering surrounding areas. Inspired by Koso Xawri's ideals (Koso was in her eyes the only Yonangan that deserved his power), and Jaga Tohla's bravery, she vowed to restore power to the Kenoans, and create a deeper connection in the region than ever before. In the community, dubbed the Sadda's, they planned to, once in power, leave Otino, since doqnokarr is it's leader (the Sadda's were very xenophobic against non-human people), but also because Kjeropan did as well, and Kjeropan (due to some nearly mythical tales) had become a role model country for the Sadda's.

Another reason many people didn't want to be in Otino anymore, was because in the Great War Kjeropan was at war with Doqnokarr. because of this, the inhabitants of Yonange started to like Doqnokarr even less. After all, their role model Kjeropan was at war with them.

Many Kenoans weren't as extreme as the Sadda's in their beliefs, but did agree with some core points of their philosophy. For example, most Kenoans believed they were the rightful people to be in charge, that they should leave Otino, and become more similar to Kjeropan (in striving eternal joy, and growing toward a utopia). Most Kenoans also believed Yonangans were just arrogant, rich people who didn't know how hard life could be. Another secret community got founded, the Sutém. they were less extremist, smaller, and consisted of more intelligent people who had studied at a university. They devised a plan to use the Sadda's, without them knowing. Their plan was to have the Sadda's grow in number, tipping them off on where Yonangans kept weapons etc.

Meanwhile, in Nusku (renamed Núsqu, and Nusku had come to mean all primarily Terter lands), uprisings were also brewing. Except here, the Terter looked back on history, and realized Yonange had been oppressing them for ages. Thus, in Nusku, contrary to Kenoa, the Terter wanted independence of Yonange entirely. Terter ideals became to, for the first time in known history, have a united empire.

Since the Kenoans are pacifist, they didn't use the weapons for a violent overthrow of Yonangan rule, but in stead kept them so the Yonangans could hardly do anything if the Sadda's just walked into Otārene. And they did. they were in power for about a month, while the Sutém got ready for the last overthrow. They did so by secretly going to prisons, and promising assassins their freedom if they did one last job for them and then leave the country forever. This job, of course, was to assassinate the Sadda's. It worked, and the Sutém took power by having their leader, Cado Farâghe run for president in the first election in the newly established nation of Kenwar (I'll make a separate page on Kenwar). They won, but some say the Sutém might've had something to do with the results."

The war against Iywahar and Rothelneh

A few years after the fall of Yonaga and the split into Yontara, Nusku and Kenoa, word reached Kenoa that some nearby countries were seeking the territories. A lot of research has been done on these rumors. And it turns out that the rumors from the north came from Rothelneh and Iywahar. In the meantime, the population's fear of another war has increased. No Kenoan wanted to be involved in a war again.

Suddenly, leaflets appeared on the streets of the cities with the slogan: "Take up arms citizens of Kenoa, defend family and fatherland" And so it happened that the first volunteers declared themselves ready to raise an army to protect their families from possible to protect against dangers.

The Kenoaian people are plagued by unrest and fear of attack from the north. So the government is forced to take action and raise a solid army of volunteers.

Thus the troops of Kenoa march north in several successive campaigns and pacify the area of ​​Iywahar and Rothelneh. In order to keep the peace, Kenoa keeps control over these areas and continues to expand their influence over these areas.

Reunion with Nusku

Word of a coup in Nusku reached word in Kenoa. Once contiguous and separated by a civil war, Kenoa fears that Nusku will split into multiple parts like Yonanga did back then. With some of Nusku's militias invading Kenoa territory, and with the shared past between Kenoa and Nusku, the government feels compelled to support Nusku during these trying times.

The troops of Kenoa manage with difficulty and need to put down the uprisings and ensure peace and order. To guarantee law and order until a new government is formed. Kenoah's troops remain stationed there. Most of the population there is very happy that safety is finally back.

**Kenoan culture**

**Kenoan religion**

The majority of Keno believe in Matrunism. there is a sizable minority that believes in olangism. About 20% of Keno believe in olangism, 77% in matrunism, and 3% in other faiths.

*Matrunism:*

Matrunism is the religion of the Kenoans. It's a religion with a base of peninsular religions, which was heavily influenced by northeastern religions, especially Olangism. Matrunic gods are spirits, living as planets and stars and occasionally visiting earth as birds. Thus, birds are sacred in Matrunic communities, and eating birds or their eggs is not allowed. Matrunic places of worship are towers with a garden (called Ghentâ Wâzwo in old kenoan), in which a sacred fire is always kept on. Around the fire there are statues of deities. Offerings are made to these statues in the form of jewelry.

Clergies, priests and priestesses wear a blindfold during rituals, and more important religious figures do so for around 8 hours a day, and some outliers even swear an oath of Matrun, declaring they give up their sight in the name of the faith.

major deities are:

-Wadwa, the eagle of order

-Dunlán, the weaverbird of community an family

-Khwiven, the raven of knowledge and innovation

-Bándre, the goose of economy and trade

-ōlwéfro, the grebe of chaos and war

-Wizá, the crake of the oceans and seafaring

-Ruráoq, the owl of farming and rain

on top of these there are a lot of small deities.

*Olangism:*

Olangism is the primary religion of the Terter and Yonangans. They believe the planet is entirely an ocean, with enormous turtles as the land. These turtles are said to have all the knowledge available.