Levinium

The town of Levinium is the ancestor to a great empire from the east, whose temples and palaces rivalled those of Caprae, and whose wealth was known world wide. The old empire was based from the city of Sukaan, the birthplace of humanity. For a long time the empire was ruled by a quasi-democracy, with great merchant influence allowing it to have immense trade power. The Sun and Moon period is the oldest time, it is nearly entirely fictional, stories to explain why the ruling class are special and why certain families are richer. To the Sukaanai however they are the memory of when the gods lived amongst them.

## History

### ~2,000 AM Sun and Moon period (mostly mythical)

The first king of the Sukaanai was Alab, the partner of Sahir. He founded the House of Alab which reigned for ~700 years. During this time the city of Sukaan was the centre of the world. However in the year 1287 the city was burned down when the king Maluk declared himself to be more powerful than the sun herself. The sun took this as an insult and burned the city to the ground. This caused many people to flee the city and propagate across the world. The people who stayed however had their skin burned and darkened.

### ~1,000 AM Zaemic Period, the refounding of the city

The people who stayed worshipped the sun for 300 years, trying to remedy the damage that the king had done. Alqurs herself came down and gave them a golden disk with which to call on her in times of need and then returned to her position in the sky. The fires had burned the local forest into the desert. At the centre they built a shrine to the goddess out of blue tiles.

### **~300 AM Qarabic Period, the exploration of the world**

The king Qarabi sought to expand the empire of Sukaan across the sea. By doing this they came into contact with the Capraens who tried (and failed) to convert them to Luxism. During this time a small number of Sukaanai travelled to Caprae, mostly serving as cooks due to their knowledge of the foreign cuisine or as scholars.

### The migration

Very few of the “true” Levinites managed to flee to the new world but a missionary group sent to Caprae managed to escape, causing great annoyance to the current Abcaprensis due to their zealousness. During the crossing to the new world

### Present day

The town of Levinium is situated [place] in the STC. It is home to all the Levinites who made the crossing, who are notable for their darker skin and different architecture. The town is ruled by the Abcaprensis Fabricivs Avgustvs Dexion, of the very zealous Dexion family, his father being the current Pontifex Maximus. They currently worship the gods from the old world but efforts are being made by the current Abcaprensis Fabricivs to syncretise the two pantheons. He is also making efforts to preserve the unique levinitine architecture including its distinctive blue bricks made from ceramic. He also created a library preserving the myths and legends of the people from the old world called the E𐤎RĀS LŌGIS Ā𐌍IMAE LEVINIIS, shortened to ELĀNIIS *“the fire\* of the wisdom of the legacy of Levinium”*. (\*Levinium is a major centre of worship for the wisdom and fire god Xiphus).

#### Unrest

The people of Levinium for the most part are Levinites, either the missionaries sent to Caprae, random locals who got engulfed or the slaves of Capreans. Many in this group do not want to bow down to the empire as they feel worthy of their own nations. This is compounded by the feeling of oppression due to their native religion being supressed. So far the people have not revolted but Abcaprensis Fabricius should be careful not to start a revolt...

## Religion

The religion of Levinium is a mix of Capraen religion and adapted old Sukaanai culture. Many of the locals still worship the old gods but some of the stories and gods have been merged.

### Religious Syncretism

#### Alqurs

Alqurs was the highest of all the old gods, being very powerful and burning down the old city. She was syncretised with Lux in their capacities as sun gods and mothers of humanity.

#### Muhit

Muhit was the very minor god of the ocean, however during the Qarabic period he was elevated to be a major god. He has been syncretised with Tiatus in their capacities as ocean and storm gods. His worship is now very prominent as a saviour god and a father figure, as he saved the Levintines during the migration.

#### Sahir

Sahir was a mother god to the old royals, seen as being the inspiration with which change happens. This was symbolically linked to how a blacksmith may shape metal. This caused her to be syncretised with Aldis in their capacities as craftswomen and blacksmiths.

#### Kirsint

Kirsint was the (careless) creator of mankind, seen as being mad with the knowledge of all things, and sporadically ejecting knowledge to humans. He is a winged one-legged firgure. He was syncretised with Xiphus in their capacities as gods of knowledge but this causing problems as Kirsint is notably an aquatic deity and Xipus a fire deity. For this reason the people of Levinium still worship the old Kirsint as they reject the notion that the two gods are the same, often portraying them as twins, Kirsint being the mad aqautic god of uncontrolled knowlege, and Xiphus being the fire god of controlled wisdom.

#### Rihim

Rihim was the god of war and sports. He was the flame so fast noone could outrun him, and the flame so hot noone could hurt more. He was syncretised with Agressus.

#### Other gods

The Levininties used to worship many other gods of the old world but most have been forgotten and been replaced by Caprean gods.

## Language

The main language spoken in Levinium is Caprean but some of the older immigrants speak Sukvi. Despite this many of the local names are named in Capreanised Sukvi. For example the main street is called Via Wiem meaning the "street [in Caprean] street [in Sukvi]".

## Notable buildings

### E𐤎RĀS LŌGIS Ā𐌍IMAE LEVINIIS

The E𐤎RĀS LŌGIS Ā𐌍IMAE LEVINIIS, shortened to ELĀNIIS is temple of Xiphus that contains the mythd of the old Sukaanaites, complied by Fabricivs Avgvstvs Dexion.