Liamism in Helinska

**Liamism in Helinska** likely first arrived in approximately 1000. Due to increasing trade with Liamist nations, its relevance greatly increased during the 1100s. By 1150, significant Liamist communities had emerged in Western Laberi. Consequently, various Liamist kingdoms (Lemitiyēts) were formed often with the assistance of Airolian missionaries who were already well-acquainted with Laber culture, language, and local religions (which were often assimilated). In 1192, the Airolian colony of the Mirtonnes was established. In the 13th century, the Lemetiate of Weltzbadën became one of the first non-Kalshei'i nations to declare Liamism the official religion of the country. The Kingdom of Lensalia, Lemetiate of Khalisud, and various Kanorian principalities followed in the coming centuries. Several Liamist Airolian client-states were established in the 1400-1800s in Helinska as well, namely the Republic of Ösrienta, Protectorate of Lysellia, and the Governorates of Upper and Lower Volecia. Important Helinskans who influenced Liamism's early development were common and included Örn of Kolodez, Aenor, Kaia and Oriel, and Cordel of Rendeis.

Liamism in Helinska was overwhelmingly Lianis for the beginning of its existence due to the lack of non-Airolian exposure to the religion, however, sectarian differences emerged locally and movement for reforms, autonomy, or recognition/unrecognition of certain deities was rather common. A major component of early Liamism's sucessful spread across the continent was the existence of something known as the 'Golden Road' from the 1250s to the 1500s, a series of trade routes leading to major Airolian trade posts in Western Laberi, and later, in Southeastern Helinska. These were frequently populated by Liamist missionaries and writings, spreading the faith to far-off regions that Airolia and the other Liamist kingdoms never touched directly, including modern-day Jazberk. Its most profitable region was the Liamist Belt, consisting of much of North Kanoria. While the Golden Road made some of its beneficiaries incredibly wealthy, its lack of natural defenses made it prone to raids--which intensified in Liamist areas--resulting in its eventual abandonment in the early 1500s.

Airolia occupied the coastal islands of Tanberg and Bergen, off the coast of modern Ospalar, until they were seized by the Litugian-speaking Clan Farsvarr and Clan Birger, respectively. These raiders adopted Lianis Liamism, until their descendants reverted to the faith of the Spirits Graol. Heretical Liamism also presented challenges for the Graolist clan governments of the Warmwater Chain, under Clan Frederiksen, for many generations. In 1619, Clan Saltbath of Saltbath adopted the religion, prompting an invasion by the Frederiksens and the extinction of their male line.

In the 17th-20th centuries in Airolian-administrated/aligned territories, a tax known as the *Praes*, levied against non-Liamists, encouraged conversion alongside greater educational and vocational opportunities. Liamism became rarer in regions such as modern-day Kherfiyyah where Alaism had spread significantly; it largely stayed the same in Kanoria and Laberi, however, the movement of Airolian trade routes and naval shipping lanes from Laberi to the Mirtonnes hampered new conversions and Laberi's ability to project theological ideas.

In the years immediately after Airolia's abandonment of the continent due to the Cataclysm in 1906, Liamism in Helinska became far less widespread. Anti-Airolian sentiment was high in its former colonies and client-states, and the early 20th-century Kherfiyyah, Kanoria, and Laberi were actively persecuting their Liamist populations for religious reasons. The only region that saw an increase in Liamists was eastern Kokinos, along the Ananas River, as Airolians left stranded in Helinska migrated to the region. There became something of a 'Liamist Spring' in 1927-1930 during which time reforms made to theological teaching and Liamism's image increased its popularity among many on the continent. The establishment of various splinter states, such as the Liamist Autonomous Council, Lemetiate of Lyrinae, New Jazberk, and Liamist-Emirate of Ostahim; and a religious civil war in Laberi became an immense reputation boost to the Lianis Church. The Di'Aamascene Accords, a Polmarian vassal and majority Liamist country, was greatly influential in causing the Second Kingdom of Polmaria to reorganize into the Holy Empire of Polmaria, a newly reformed state with Liamism as the state religion.

Today, Liamism remains one of the largest religions on the continent, however, no nations currently have it as either a state religion or model of government.