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Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma, during her reign, openly supported Chlouvānem cities to become more glorious and worthy of their role as centers of all civilization by adding in them new monumental buildings. Nāʔahilūmi architecture is less ornate than many previous styles, but is characterized by its strong eye-catching functional forms but still inspired by traditional designs. Among the many examples of Nāʔahilūmi architecture, some of the most important ones are the Light of Purity Tower (''kailāchlærim ga kārmāsa'') in Līlta, the huge new Hall of the People (''laili nāyāṣamva'') stadium and forum in Galiākina, and most notably the many examples in Līlasuṃghāṇa, which was seen as Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma as the most important center of civilization due to its role as holy city of the Yunyalīlta and seat of the Inquisition, and thus of the ultimate guide of what is right to follow. Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma first gave orders to create the new Episcopal Palace (''(līleskaih) juṃšadaṃṣrāṇa''), a monumental building in central Kahėrimaila ward, with many decorations completed using gold and gems from seized Skyrdegan artistic artifacts, and then the Parade Avenue (''flonenūnima'') and the People's Exhibition Ground (''laili maišajrāṃṣūṭāra''), an enormous exhibition ground in the northern part of the city, along the lake. Other monuments include the three Nāʔahilūmi-era monumental gates (the Skyrdegan Gate (''ṣkurdauryusis geiras''), the Bronic Gate (''bronausis geiras''), and the Kuyugvaṣi Gate (''kuyugvaṣyausis geiras'')), and the Holy People's Gate (''brausalaili geiras''), a monumental complex (not only a gate) meant to glorify the supremacy of the Chlouvānem people as keepers of the ultimate knowledge (the Yunyalīlta). The most famous Nāʔahilūmi-era building is though the Hall of Purity (''kailānāyāṣamva''), a temple-like monumental building which was possibly thought by the Great Inquisitor as the ultimate monument to herself, celebrating her politics aiming for complete world purity as the most important person to ever have lived since the Chlamiṣvatrā taught the Yunyalīlta two millennia before; in fact, the centralmost ''jādamīlakeh''<ref>Personification of the Yunya.</ref> - a ''chlæraprasādham'', or statue of the Chlamiṣvatrā -, an oeuvre by Līnænuliāvi Lūlulkaicai ''Hāliehaika'', bears a striking resemblance in her facial traits to Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma. Among the building's ornaments there are also numerous references to the plan for purity by Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma, representing Līlasuṃghāṇa as the central place of the world, ultimate model for purity for the rest of the world, ruled by the Chlouvānem people and living following the Yunyalīlti principles. The building was not completed during Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma's reign, but only twenty years later, even after her death. Today it stands on the opposite side of the Lilac Avenue (''kaleh ūnima'') relative to the Inquisitorial Palace (''murkadhānāvīyi amaha'') and the Blossoming Temple (''juniāmiti lārvājuṣa''), about two kilometers away from them, and it is the largest piece of Yunyalīlti architecture which is not a temple (there are eight ''lārvājuṣai'' which are larger, including the Blossoming Temple, as well as the Monastery of Gāṃrādhyah Mountain (''gāṃrādhyah ga ñarei ñæltryāmaha'') in the diocese of Cambhaugrāya). It is obviously not devoted to the public worship of former Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma and her achievements, but it is thought of instead as a monument to the ultimate purity of nature and to the Chlouvānem people, purest among the human creatures. | Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma, during her reign, openly supported Chlouvānem cities to become more glorious and worthy of their role as centers of all civilization by adding in them new monumental buildings. Nāʔahilūmi architecture is less ornate than many previous styles, but is characterized by its strong eye-catching functional forms but still inspired by traditional designs. Among the many examples of Nāʔahilūmi architecture, some of the most important ones are the Light of Purity Tower (''kailāchlærim ga kārmāsa'') in Līlta, the huge new Hall of the People (''laili nāyāṣamva'') stadium and forum in Galiākina, and most notably the many examples in Līlasuṃghāṇa, which was seen as Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma as the most important center of civilization due to its role as holy city of the Yunyalīlta and seat of the Inquisition, and thus of the ultimate guide of what is right to follow. Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma first gave orders to create the new Episcopal Palace (''(līleskaih) juṃšadaṃṣrāṇa''), a monumental building in central Kahėrimaila ward, with many decorations completed using gold and gems from seized Skyrdegan artistic artifacts, and then the Parade Avenue (''flonenūnima'') and the People's Exhibition Ground (''laili maišajrāṃṣūṭāra''), an enormous exhibition ground in the northern part of the city, along the lake. Other monuments include the three Nāʔahilūmi-era monumental gates (the Skyrdegan Gate (''ṣkurdauryusis geiras''), the Bronic Gate (''bronausis geiras''), and the Kuyugvaṣi Gate (''kuyugvaṣyausis geiras'')), and the Holy People's Gate (''brausalaili geiras''), a monumental complex (not only a gate) meant to glorify the supremacy of the Chlouvānem people as keepers of the ultimate knowledge (the Yunyalīlta). The most famous Nāʔahilūmi-era building is though the Hall of Purity (''kailānāyāṣamva''), a temple-like monumental building which was possibly thought by the Great Inquisitor as the ultimate monument to herself, celebrating her politics aiming for complete world purity as the most important person to ever have lived since the Chlamiṣvatrā taught the Yunyalīlta two millennia before; in fact, the centralmost ''jādamīlakeh''<ref>Personification of the Yunya.</ref> - a ''chlæraprasādham'', or statue of the Chlamiṣvatrā -, an oeuvre by Līnænuliāvi Lūlulkaicai ''Hāliehaika'', bears a striking resemblance in her facial traits to Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma. Among the building's ornaments there are also numerous references to the plan for purity by Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma, representing Līlasuṃghāṇa as the central place of the world, ultimate model for purity for the rest of the world, ruled by the Chlouvānem people and living following the Yunyalīlti principles. The building was not completed during Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma's reign, but only twenty years later, even after her death. Today it stands on the opposite side of the Lilac Avenue (''kaleh ūnima'') relative to the Inquisitorial Palace (''murkadhānāvīyi amaha'') and the Blossoming Temple (''juniāmiti lārvājuṣa''), about two kilometers away from them, and it is the largest piece of Yunyalīlti architecture which is not a temple (there are eight ''lārvājuṣai'' which are larger, including the Blossoming Temple, as well as the Monastery of Gāṃrādhyah Mountain (''gāṃrādhyah ga ñarei ñæltryāmaha'') in the diocese of Cambhaugrāya). It is obviously not devoted to the public worship of former Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma and her achievements, but it is thought of instead as a monument to the ultimate purity of nature and to the Chlouvānem people, purest among the human creatures. | ||
====War for Cleanliness==== | |||
The '''East-West Global War''', known in Chlouvānem as the '''War for Cleanliness''' (''blautamita nali saṃrasta'' - in common speech simply "the War" (''saṃrasta'')) officially began with the Chlouvānem Inquisition's invasion of Kalo across the Ynvys Pass on 4E 28, 22 mailaheirah. In a night-time operation, a column of about a hundred tanks had crossed from Listord to Kalo, mainly through Ynvys but also through the neighboring Kedve and Pysmog passes. The small hamlet of Ysotor Nys on the road from Kedve pass was the first place to be conquered by the Chlouvānem forces, and in the early morning troops were parachuted outside the city of Nornog, the main city of Eastern Kalo, located at the foothills of the Ynvys Pass, some 30 km from its tip. Like most of Evandor, Kalo had just finished a few months before a long war (the Second Spocian War on Evandor) and the "safer" Eastern areas were not as protected as the rest of the country, which had anyway lots of internal problems due to the extended wars; even if a Chlouvānem threat had been considered, no action had been taken because it was thought of as a remote possibility. Nornog fell in less than two hours and the ever-increasing invasion forces quickly spread across Kalo, aided by the beginnings of spring. It took fourteen days for the Chlouvānem days to take over all of the country. | |||
During the easy invasion and conquest of Kalo, neighboring countries started looking worried at the Chlouvānem forces, but their much lesser military power ultimately stood no chance when their invasion began; in the meantime, the Chlouvānem got an easy ally in Evandor: in Holenagika, militar and revolutionary leader Uškeg Jǫgskože, member of the local Yunyalīlti minority, had taken power three months before, and his regime immediately sided with the Chlouvānem; as the Holenagic people were the only one in Evandor to have a Yunyalīlti part, the government propaganda centered on this to proclaim the superiority of Holenagika on all other neighboring countries; this helped Jǫgskože to gain also the support of the nationalists, as the Yunyalīlti minority was no large than 6% of the population. The Holenagic forces made landfall on the continent, in Bénia, which prompted a declaration of war by Ceria and Nordúlik - despite active protest in both countries, as they were the strongest but also the most hard hit by the (victorious) war against Spocius - against the northern Evandorian country; two days later, on 1Ɛ ñariāyāmyah, in response to their involvement against Holenagika, the Chlouvānem forces invaded eastern Nordúlik. | |||
Nordúlik and Ceria, while historically being enemy countries due to them being the two countries with the largest colonial empires, as allies proved to be a tough nut to crack for the somewhat underprepared Holenagic forces to the west and even for the better prepared Chlouvānem forces to the east. While the Chlouvānem managed in a few years to conquer large tracts of southern and southeastern Evandor (including all of Auralia, but failing to conquer all of Nivaren due to the better knowledge of the locals of the impervious mountainous terrain), and also the far northern country of Gathuráni (with invaluable help of the Holenagic forces, due to their far better preparation in cold climates), it took years for the Chlouvānem to break through the plains of Nordúlic to Ceria, and this phase of the war was marked by the most cruel war acts that ever happened on Calémere. On 4E 2ᘔ, 7 kanamiprātas, the Chlouvānem forces tried to break through the hilly and densely populated Foškon valley in southern Nordúlik - one of the country's main industrial districts - and started a series of four chemical attacks that took place during the next five days, by spraying gas on the cities of Lešra, Frekuta, and Josubren, killing about 150,000 people. Less than a month later, on 1 pāṇḍalañši, the city of Hrejd in central Nordúlic, used as a base by the Chlouvānem, was reconquered by the Nordúlik forces after a series of bombings that ultimately went to kill more locals than Chlouvānem people. | |||
Another large-scale chemical attack was carried out on 4E 2ᘔ, 6 murkāsena on the city of Popat in northern Grivina, killing about 85 thousand people. During the same year, in the first Chlouvānem offensive against Ceria (while the Holenagics were already at war in the western part of the country), on 10 mailaheirah the northeastern coastal city of Rédósuon was completely destroyed by the first atomic bombardment in Calemerian history - five more atomic bombardments were to follow, against the Cerian cities of Némon Ínéma (4E 2ᘔ, 20 camimæchliė), Érenon (4E 2Ɛ, 3 pāṇḍalañši), and Nírende (4E 2Ɛ, 19 kanamimaila), the Nordúlic city of Herfen (4E 2Ɛ, 22 kanamimaila) and Oquontuo, main port of the southern Evandorian country of Helinetia (4E 2Ɛ, ᘔ būṃṣprātas). | |||
During the later months of 4E 2ᘔ, the Cerian forces scored their first major victory of the war by defeating the Holenagic army at Éosin in western Ceria. Despite the Chlouvānem attempts to rescue the western front offensive, the defeat proved to crack down the whole Holenagic army, as the Cerians, together with the insurgent Besagren partisans, were able to defeat more times the Holenagics in western Evandor. The Cerian forces then managed to carry out, during the night of 15 camimæchliė, a single surprise airstrike on Merzen, capital of Holenagika, which had a large impact on Holenagic public opinion. Sixteen days later, Holenagic anarchists tried to kill Jǫgskože but failed; the news of the failed coup, however, ignited a series of popular revolts that broke out into a civil war; with the help of Cerian airstrikes, the partisans were able to resist against the army, but it was a military coup by the army that ultimately deposed Jǫgskože on 4E 2Ɛ, 7 māltapārṇāvi. The army, collaborating with the exiled Holenagic government in Ceria, ultimately signed a peace treaty with Ceria and the other Western nations on 1 kanamiprātas. | |||
Meanwhile, the Chlouvānem forces had occupied even more parts of Evandor, but were struggling - unprepared with the bitter cold - to advance north into Gathuráni and south into the mountains of Nivaren. The westward advance, however, was marked by a series not only of atomic bombardments, but also general airstrikes and chemical attacks. The deadliest, and to date last, chemical attack to happen on Calémere, was the one on the city of Úráson, the industrial capital of southern Ceria, where more than 300,000 people died during three days of chemical attacks starting from 4E 2Ɛ, 22 pāṇḍalañši. The Chlouvānem advance into Cerian lands slowed a bit during the winter, but by the beginning of spring they had control over more than 70% of Ceria, laying siege to the regions of northwestern Ceria - the economic and cultural center of Evandor. | |||
====The ''blautamita nali lallāmindaroe''==== | |||
Kalo and its neighboring countries of Voguždža, Genestko, and Opyžá were the first countries where the Chlouvānem set up their Plan for Cleanliness (''blautamita nali lallāmindaroe''), consisting in the plan of ethnic and religious purity that Great Inquisitor Kælahīmāvi Nāʔahilūma ''Martayinām'' had promoted since before taking power. Inquisitors were sent to the occupied territories with the only order of either converting or killing local people. As the West was seen as the most degenerate part of the world by Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma and her followers, it was decided that extermination was to be preferred to the cultural assimilation policies that had been the driving force of expansion throughout millennia of Chlouvānem history. Local governors acted with an iron fist, ordering the killings of thousands of people in what briefly became a peasant war against the military occupants, with enormous losses on the peasants' side. Villages and cities were sacked and then burnt to the ground with all inhabitants who refused to collaborate; any valuable thing was stolen and sent back to the motherland, peasants' food stocks were confiscated and given to the troops, and the second phase of the strive for cleanliness, started by Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma on 4E 29, 17 brausāsena with the law popularly called "New Blood Plan" (''līleskeñi ūvṛṣami lallāmindaroe''), culminated in what Western sources call the "Theft of Children": children up to the age of three (up until being in their fourth year of life according to Chlouvānem age reckoning) were confiscated by local families and sent tens of thousands of kilometers away to grow up as Chlouvānem people in Chlouvānem families; the same thing was also carried out with all orphans. It is estimated that about three million children up to the age of six were given to Chlouvānem families, mainly in the Plains and the South. | |||
In the masterplan, the territories of Evandor were to be completely cleaned from the impure heretic people that dwelled there, either by - in Great Inquisitor Nāʔahilūma's words - "cleaning their mind" (converting them to follow the Yunyalīlti principles) or by "cleaning the places" (killing the heretics). After the cleansing, "pure" Chlouvānem people were to be installed in those territories for the purpose of safeguarding them from being reclaimed by other "heretic" peoples. While the cleansing was carried out in many areas, few Chlouvānem actually settled in Evandor, and most of those who did got back to safer areas due to the subsequent events at Tol Voszanak and the end of the war. Nevertheless, at its peak in the month of brausāsena in 4E 2Ɛ, the city of Kolabah, founded on the grounds of the fully destroyed former city of ''Kolob'' in central-southern Kalo was the largest Chlouvānem center population center in Evandor, with about 60,000 people. | |||
The Chlouvānem policies, aimed at removing the "impure" heretics in order to expand the way of life according to the principles of the Yunyalīlta, were carried out with extreme zeal in every new territory that became part of the Inquisition during the war; many millions of people, about 30% of the total population of territories that got under Chlouvānem rule, fled their native grounds in order to escape from the advancing Chlouvānem armies, but a higher percentage was the one of people who were killed; death toll estimates of Western sources state that 100 to 120 million people were killed by the Chlouvānem and Holenagic forces during the four years of the war - the highest estimate amounts to nearly 40% of the pre-war Evandorian population. The number was especially high for ethnicities of Eastern Evandor - some already small ethnicities, like the Uryš people of western Kalo, were effectively exterminated, as only a few tens of people managed to survive. | |||
====The Tol Voszanak Uprising==== | ====The Tol Voszanak Uprising==== | ||