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Dvardis wrote:When Dvardis was formed it was fairly gender-neutral in many respects. Matrilineal, as it still is, but with equal divisions of labour and an all-male priesthood said to have been founded by the semi-mythical king Blind Marian. The main problem was religion. A literal interpretation of the first ansai of the Necronomicon [i.e. the testament attributed to 'Abdul al-Hazred', said by some to be a pseudonym of Blind Marian himself] made human sacrifice, blood raids, slavery and worse common practice. The priesthood became feared and hated; and stories held that they had summoned hideous and blasphemous creatures from the beyond to increase their own power, and required blood sacrifices to appease them. Those who did not support the priesthood were murdered in horrible ways, and plagues overran the land. These are often called the Dark Ages.
But visions came to Saint Atanasia of Nakhhan, a poor illiterate orphaned peasant with no land to her name. At first they were but dreams, but gradually they increased in number and vividness until she could not be sure what was real and what was the dream. They were messages from the outer Gods -- Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, Nyarlathotep in his thousand forms -- and they were clear in what they said. Dvardis is diseased. The priesthood has corrupted it. Unless it is destroyed, The One Who Sleeps shall wake and cleanse Aliandrathi from its taint, as it had done to every other civilisation that arose there. Saint Atanasia saw visions of all the others who had been warned similarly, and failed to act; and the destruction that had been wrought by the waking sleeper, so complete that not even ruins remained. And she knew what she had to do.
As related in ansai ten through fifteen of the Necronomicon, Saint Atanasia revealed herself to the common people through miracles and signs, and raised a mighty army, a hundred thousand women from all through the Great Valley. For a year and a day they lay siege to Dvardi'a'shun, but as she had prophesied, not a drop of blood was shed. On the next day the city surrendered, the members of the Priesthood threw themselves into the Dvar and Saint Atanasia was crowned kajirit of all Dvardis. This event, the Reformation, is told in detail in the sixteenth ansai. She was a fair ruler, and just; but it became common wisdom that men, with no true feeling for the value of human life, could never again be priests. By appearing to Saint Atanasia the gods had shown which gender they truly favoured. The kajirit herself did not sanction this view, and called it reprehensible; but her daughters and granddaughters were less tolerant.
There is still significant Necronomiconic support for a matriarchal organisation of society, and a number of lines in the sixteenth ansai are read this way, especially by those critical of the Faith. That said, society has been moving back towards gender equality for over a century now. Men may still not inherit the title of kajirit, but there are a number of them in government at lower levels, and socially they are treated almost equally. It is still customary for men to take their wives' names at marriage, but hyphenated names are becoming increasingly common. Et cetera.
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