Prumthesan

The Kingdom of Prumthesan was an elective monarchy that thrived in the Second Age.

## History

While the Assuwelli colonised the north and east, warlords and generals were sent by the Emperors of Assuwas to subjugate the natives. The threat of slavery and torture alarmed the Auteans to the south, prompting them to form their own kingdom, preventing the Emperors from send armies to invade the far south.

When the Kingdom of Assuwas collapsed due to alien invasion, the tribes of the Paharal Jungle fought both the alien invaders and against Assuwelli colonies to conquer them. Inspired by the success of their Autean allies, forty free and liberated tribes formed their own alliance, "Prumthesan". They managed to successfully conquer more Assuwelli colonies after utilising technology left behind by earlier Anevondir raiders. They were aided by Bariwas, who was angered by the Assuwelli invasion of the native kingdoms: he not only taught them to build more Celestial weaponry, but together with several advisors (who suggested it first), he suggested the kings not to become as cruel as the Assuwelli.

Within a week, the Prumthesankhe warriors were right next to the city of New Assuwas, their cannons aimed at the walls. One of the kings, Snetha, told the leaders of New Assuwas to return their lost belongings, but before one of the warlords was about to shoot him dead, Bariwas intervened and killed the warlord. He caused the Regent of New Assuwas to appear before the kings, who tied him up as a prisoner, and threatened to burn New Assuwas. Fearing that this will lead to an early Celestial invasion, the leaders of New Assuwas approached the forty kings and returned the enslaved natives back to their peoples, agreeing to return what they had plundered back to the natives and recognise their independence. The resulting treaty was known as the Treaty of Paivo, after the native name for New Assuwelli capital, and once the last plunder and land was returned to Prumthesan, only then did the Prumthesankhe establish relations with the Assuwelli after many years of war. With a seal and a band issued by guards between the borders, people from the two kingdoms were allowed to cross into each other.

As for Walkorudur, the natives were friendly towards the Walkorudurilli because they supported the former in retaking their homeland.

## Geography

### Kingdoms

Forty tribes ruled Prumthesan, forming their own kingdoms.

* Laekhurins - northeast
* Parthesak - centre-northeast
	+ Anything from Parthesak should be known as "Parthesagak".
* Shemphs - east
* Tulars - south
* Rimfaltas - south
* Aisorins - south
* Shealkhs - southwest
* Zilkas - southwest
* Kithiums - northwest
* Pawioks - centre-west
* Siuras - northwest
* Thoira, West Thoira - north
* Juromti, South Juromti - southeast. Not officially one of the forty kingdoms, but an autonomous region.

### Cities

* Thespath - the meetingplace of the forty kings, and therefore the capital of Prumthesan, so it is an independent city. Domain of the star goddess of kings, High Queen Ikatei. It is located at the middle of the kingdom of Pawioks.
* Wakhura of Laekhurins - holy city at the northeast near the border to New Assuwas. Home to a temple of the falcon god of war, Kneitha.
* Aesoria of Aisorins - holy city at the south. Home to a temple surrounded by many ponds, the sanctuary of the goddess of water and rain, Zamkare.
* Leineri of Shemphs - holy city at the east. Home to a temple of golden pillars, the sanctuary of the thunder goddess Swalara.
* Thirid of Kithirums - holy city at the northwest. Home to a temple along the snowy mountains, domain of the earth god Halkhs.
* Werusthe of Shealkhs - holy city at the southwest, a border town to Aute. Home to a fire temple, domain of the fire god Ara.
* Naknus of Siuras - city at the northwest. Hometown of King Snetha.
* Knathus of Zilkas - city at the southwest. Hometown of King Parnikha, the inventor of the Prumthesanak alphabet.
* Alkesar - city at the southwest-centre. Home to the temple of Atinaka, the goddess of writing and the Prumthesanak languages.
* Srenios of West Thoira/Srenios Thoirana Iekil - city at the north. Capital of the tribe-kingdom of West Thoira, or Thoira Iekil/Thuiro Siekli in Thoiran.
* Lukairos of Tulars - city at the south. Capital of the Kingdom of Tulars.
* Sporithin - city at the south near the border to Aute. A market town. Part of Tulars.
* Tenua - city at the south near the border to Aute. Formerly the capital of Neus, now it belongs to Rimfaltas.
* Meritas - city at the southeast near the mouth of the Wezuras River and the sea. It is a condominium shared between Prumthesan and New Assuwas. Part of Juromti, the unofficial "forty-first" kingdom.

## Government

Prumthesan was an elective monarchy, with each of the forty kings electing one of themselves as the High King of Prumthesan.

### Kings

* Parnikha of Zilkas - invented the Prumthesankhe alphabet.

## Culture

See also: Prumthesan language

Prumthesan, Aute, and the Minumakh tribes to the west, belonged to a single race known as Kekhaulids. The Kekhaulids believed that they were one of ten original races born from the union of twenty men and women.

With the unification of Prumthesan, King Parnikha of Zilkas suggested that a unified language should be used so the forty kingdoms can easily communicate with each other. He also created an alphabet based on the most common pictograms used by each of the tribes.

Each tribe has their own new year's day on a different month of the year. It is one of two "great birthdays", the other being the date of their protoplasts' creation. Adults celebrate these new year's days by marrying or making love to honour their ancestors.

The two months without a great birthday, January and February, are considered unlucky months as they are believed to have no life.

In later times, the Auteans and Prumthesankhe marked the date of Raun and Wair's birth or creation as the start of their history. The dates of the couple's meeting or first union was regarded as a day of romance.

## Religion

See also: Kekhaulid mythology

* Ancestral Gods - Ten men and ten women who were considered as the first humans. Among them were Raun and Wair, the first man and woman.
* Ikatei - High Queen of the gods, goddess of the stars.
* Kneitha - Falcon god of war
* Zamkare - Goddess of rain
* Swalara - Goddess of thunder
* Halkhs - God of the earth
* Ara - God of fire
* Atinaka - Goddess of writing and the Prumthesanak languages.
* Akil - God of the forge, technology, progress
* Keithul - God of carpenters, sculptors, tradition
* Thulkad - God of the sea
* Ruisad and Druisad - Goddesses of the northern and southern seas. They are wives of Thulkad who produced their royal court.
* Luinda - Goddess of the Moon.
* Nurad - Goddess of the new or dark moon and dreams. She represents stress, fear, desire, and yearning.
* Pulutoka - The Great Hunter. He keeps hundreds of phoenixes.

## Trivia

* The author considered adding Prumthesan into the story in March 2021 because he thought it would not be fair for New Assuwas to dominative the natives, so Prumthesan would be the natives' own kingdom. He based its name on prumaθ, the Etruscan word for "great-nephew".
* Anything from Prumthesan should be known as "Prumthesanak" and anyone from Prumthesan should be known as "Prumthesankhe".
* In March 2021, the author based the Prumthesanak (native) languages of the peoples of the Paharal Jungle on Etruscan.

## See also

* Nartathi, Prumthesan's modern descendant