Yasuism

The tree, the symbol of Yasuism

### Branches

Traditional Yasuism, Vustanan Yasuism, Reformed Yasuism, Purpura Provincial Church, Illirican Black Sun Church, Hunetian Yasuist Church

**Yasuism** is a major religion and the most popular in Enadia, with 8 billion people following the religion. That also makes it the largest in the world by population. It originated in Illiricium in the 600s AD and is now practiced in all Enadian nations.

## Beliefs

### Common Beliefs

Yasuists believe that Milica Alodra, who was married to Konstans Nivolo, had a son named Yasu Nivolo, who was conceived by the Divine Spirit. He lived a fairly normal life until he turned 25, when he began preaching about Divius, the God of the Yasuist religion, and prophesying his future fate. Eventually, the Enadian ruler of the Autonomy of Victoria, which is where he lived, condemned him to death by nailing him to a tree and forcing him to drink poison. Yasuists believe that, just a week later, he resurrected back to life, before warning his 7 closest disciples about the dangers of the future and then finally ascending to heaven in a ray of light from Karda. Its holy book is the Krijbuch, which has two parts to it. The First Part has stories about the escape from the Enadii Trading Civilization and the journey across the sea, and the formation of Illiricium by St Pavle, as well as prophecies regarding the future of Yasu Nivolo. The Second Part is the story of Yasu Nivolo from 4 separated points of view, the story of his disciples' voyages, and the future of the Church after Yasu Nivolo had his ascension. At the very end, it prophesies of a tyrannical ruler rising across the sea, attempting to destroy the perfect way that was constructed.

### Traditional Yasuism

**Traditional Yasuism** believes that a complex hierarchy of the archmindis, mindisis, abbots, monks and counts are needed for the true perfection of the Yasuist beliefs. It has its headquarters set in Anthetal, which is the capital of Latrovia. It also believed that Milica Alodra must have been divine.

### Vustanan Yasuism

**Vustanan Yasuism** is very similar to Traditonal Yasuism, with a few minor changes. When Yasuism started its growth in the Autonomy of Vustana, it mixed with the local beliefs and faith. The Traditional Yasuism genealogy of Milica Alodra instead traces her ancestry back to Nidral, the legendary founder of the Vustanii, rather than St. Pavle. Its headquarters is in Paren, rather than Anthetal. It is still practiced by the Vustanans and Vustanosians living on the Vustanan islands.

### Reformed Yasuism

**Reformed Yasuism** was formed during the Enadian Golden Age. A Northurian man named Hakon Sveinsson had called out the flaws in the Traditional Yasuist Church's structure, and established the Reformed Yasuist Church, which excluded a complex hierarchy, instead having each mindis have a separate leader, rather than a single bishop controlling all the churches in a certain area.

### Purpura Provincial Church

The **Purpura Provincial Church** is a branch of Reformed Yasuism, and the main church in the Purpur province of MossW. It excludes the final chapter about the tyrannical ruler across the sea, fearing that this very specific detail was likely meant for them. It also still includes the genealogy of Milica Alodra, tracing it to Crochon rather than St Pavle or Nidral. Other than that, it shares the exact same beliefs as Reformed Yasuism.

### Illirican Black Sun Church

The **Illirican Black Sun Church** is the national religion of Illiricium. It combines some of the beliefs of the Black Sun Cult with Traditional Yasuism, even though the Black Sun Cult and Yasuism never got on well in the past. It is almost the same as Traditional Yasuism, with its leader being the Illirican Empress, Monica Ardolf, rather than the Archmindisi at Anthetal. The idea that the tyrannical ruler across the sea was Cephas Aranaco was promoted by former Empress and former living entity Stella Ardolf, but then put down by current Empress Monica Ardolf.

### Hunetian Yasuist Church

The **Hunetian Yasuist Church** is a branch of Reformed Yasuism, and is also the main church of Hunetia. Similar to Reformed Yasuism, it doesn't have a hierarchy, and also has separate leaders in every mindis. It also combines certain beliefs of the Hunetian people and government. Yasuism in Hunetia emerged as a result of trade between the Kingdom of Agnarida and the Cadii Khanate. It became the official religion in Agnarida by 749 AD, and remained that way to the Geonanian invasion of Agnarida in 1021. It reemerged in 2054 when the Republic of Hunetia was founded, but while Yasuism in Hunetia followed the traditional variant, it decentralized and become so similar to Reformed Yasuism that it is considered to be a branch from what would be the events of the Hakonian Reformation.

## History

### The Early Church

When Yasu Nivolo died, his disciples went on journeys to other parts of Enadia, even reaching as far as the Cadii Khanate and the Commonwealth of the Argimin. This helped to spread Yasuism around the continet. However, the official religion of the Kingdom of Enadia, Rorschism, believed that the leader was divine, so supporting another religion was seen as treason. None of the 7 disciples died a natural death. However, people still practised it, and having martyrs now gave them more reasons to stand up to the authorities about their beliefs. Eventually, the Enadian leader was forced to make it legal in 821.

### Rule of the Traditionals

This allowed for the Archmindisi, leader of the Traditional Yasuists, to set up his headquarters at St Pavle's Mindis in Anthetal, capital of Enadia. The religion eventually became more popular than the national religion, Rorschism, as the people saw Rorschism as a scheme set up by the government to keep them subjugated. This allowed for there to be more Mindises (Yasuist places of worship) than Rorschist places of worship. However, eventually the Traditional Yasuist heirarchy became corrupt, with the Archmindisi appointing their close friends to the positions of bishops and archbishops, and eventually, these positions were being auctioned off to the highest bidder. This caused some distrust about the Traditional Church, particulary in a man named Hakon Sveinsson.

### Hakonian Reformation

Hakon Sveinsson managed to expose all of the flaws in the heirarchy of Traditional Yasuism, and nailed a document with 95 points about why the heirarchy was flawed and corrupt to the entrance of St Pavle's Mindis. This gave him a lot of support, but eventually he was put on trial at the Yasuist Court in Anthetal, and was exiled to the outermost regions of Enadia. However, the Hakonian Reformation had begun. Yasuism was now split between Traditionalists and Reformists.

### Spread East

Yasuism spread east into Zandovia and Islanka during the Interran Spice Trade.

### Collapse of the Kingdom

Eventually, the Kingdom of Enadia collapsed, and Traditional Yasuism lost some of it's power, as it had become centralized by that point. This allowed for Reformed Yasuists to make their beliefs more widespread, making it very popular in Northuria and Niwae. They also sent missionaries to the newly formed MossW, establishing the Purpura Provincial Church.

### Modern Yasuism

In the early 2040s, the Black Sun Cult took power in Illiricium, where 1.5 billion Yasuists resided. Along with the genocide of many ethnic minorities, 400 million Yasuists were also massacred. After the fall of the Black Sun Cult, the new Illirican government managed to combine the two and created the Illirican Black Sun Church. The Black Sun Cult also established a terrorist state in Niwae, where a lot of Yasuists lived. However, Yasuism is still the most popular religion, despite these setbacks.