Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond

Bjeheond (English: /bi.ˈeɪ.hʌnd/ bee-AY-hund or /beɪ.hʌnd/ BAY-hund; Tsjoen: Bjeheond /'bje.hənd/; Wiobian: Biegent /biəxənt/; Eevo: Ogxóoŋ /ɔkˈʃɔʊŋ/, from Windermere Og Łoang, or Bjehynd) is a Europe-sized continent of the conplanet Tricin. It is loosely inspired by the Sinosphere and Europe.

Names

The Tsjoen word Bjeheond is not native; it's a borrowing from Wiobian Biegent, which is also a source of Rhythoed Biechănd.

Todo

there should be some hlou ku superstitions about the causes of disease

History

Ancient Bjeheond

Ancient Bjeheond was ruled by Wiobic- and Hlou-Ku-speaking tribal societies. The Hlou-Ku speakers were the first to form centralized states, followed by the Wiobians and the Tsjoen.

The arrival of the Rhythoed

The influx of the Rhythoed who were fleeing persecution during the Imperial Windermere Period was at first slow. But it eventually caused an upheaval in Bjeheondian society and politics.

This happened due to several factors:

• Rhythoed science and technology were more advanced in some important ways – for example, the Rhythoed knew, unlike native Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases.
• The Rhythoed were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Bjeheond, though silphium had already been introduced to Bjeheond by trade.
• Some political calamities gripped the native Bjeheondian states. (?)

Countries

Bjeheond has two countries: the large USB, officially Implüeng Pa'ăncem Biechănd (United States of Bjeheond) and the slightly smaller Tumhan, officially Bintălisral Biechănd (Republic of Bjeheond) to the east.

Geography and climate

Bjeheond has a temperate climate with four seasons.

Bodies of water:

• Piune River

Mountains:

Demographics

Languages

The two major language families native to Bjeheond are Wiobic and Hlou-Ku. There are also a handful of isolates. Rhythoed is from Talma.

Some features of the Bjeheondian Linguistic Area:

• Prenasalized stops
• Larger than average vowel inventories
• Analytic grammar

Major languages

• Tsjoen
• Wiobian
• Rhythoed

Minor languages

• Hlou-Shum languages (IE recast as Hmong-like languages)
• Æ ("Danish with more tones"; Wiobic)
• Schong

Art

Literature

The Hlou-Ku people had a rich oral tradition of epics and poetry.

Architecture

Russian + Chinese architecture?

Music

Main articles: Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond/Music

Calendar

There are two very common calendars in use: the Talman solar calendar and the Hlou lunisolar calendar. Somewhat less common is the Wiobian solar calendar (which is much more accurate than the Talman one; it's aligned with the spring equinox).

Religion

• Some weird religion for the Wiobians and Tumhanians
• Hlou-Ku paganism/polytheism
  • A version of PIE paganism
  • Oon is a Shumian god
• Rhythoed and Talman religions and parodies thereof
  • The "Second Stopper"

People making up their own religions is commonplace

Cuisine

Historically, vegetarianism was more popular in Bjeheond among people who followed the Rhythoed culture (about 10% of them were vegetarian). The Hlou-Ku people traditionally consumed meat and milk, but beef and pork were avoided. Fish was extremely common. Also common is tempeh (Hlou: Te Mpeh 'bean cake'), which was brought to Bjeheond by the Rhythoed.

Notable figures

Note: Wiobian and Tsjoen names were originally surname-first. However, due to Rhythoed influence later names are surname-last.

• Niumer Kait - Wiobian king, created the Wiobian script
• Sjameu Panzux - Tsjoen linguist
• Nlo-Nai Vab - Shumian entrepreneur, often called the "Second Mover of Bjeheond"

Place names

• Möb I Us