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Great Inquisitor Nāɂahilūma was, likely, the last truly despotic ruler of the Inquisition, setting up a regime that was socially reactionary (for example revoking all civil rights that had been granted to men in the previous hundred years) with, however, a strong push towards collectivism and large-scale heavy industry, coupled with an external policy as expansionist as the Inquisition's proselytism of a thousand years before: the Chlouvānem had to spread the Yunyalīlti faith at all costs for the time was ripe for the world to be finally united in religion ("cleansed"), and because it was necessary to attack before the Westerners could threaten the Yunyalīlti world. Under the Nāɂahilūmi expansionist policy, the Inquisition annexed all of Greater Skyrdagor and all territories from the current Inquisitorial Northwest up to the Síluren Mountains (Chl.: ''Šīlala ga ñaryai''), the western frontier of Evandor, inevitably leading to Calémere's deadliest ever war, the East-West "Global" War (6323-6326, called ''blautāmita nali saṃrasta'' "War for Cleanliness" in Chlouvānem sources). | Great Inquisitor Nāɂahilūma was, likely, the last truly despotic ruler of the Inquisition, setting up a regime that was socially reactionary (for example revoking all civil rights that had been granted to men in the previous hundred years) with, however, a strong push towards collectivism and large-scale heavy industry, coupled with an external policy as expansionist as the Inquisition's proselytism of a thousand years before: the Chlouvānem had to spread the Yunyalīlti faith at all costs for the time was ripe for the world to be finally united in religion ("cleansed"), and because it was necessary to attack before the Westerners could threaten the Yunyalīlti world. Under the Nāɂahilūmi expansionist policy, the Inquisition annexed all of Greater Skyrdagor and all territories from the current Inquisitorial Northwest up to the Síluren Mountains (Chl.: ''Šīlala ga ñaryai''), the western frontier of Evandor, inevitably leading to Calémere's deadliest ever war, the East-West "Global" War (6323-6326, called ''blautāmita nali saṃrasta'' "War for Cleanliness" in Chlouvānem sources). | ||
The most famous literary works of the Nāɂahilūmi Era, predictably, were influenced and patronized by the regime in order to act as propaganda, glorifying the Chlouvānem as the chosen people, saviors of the planet, on their holiest quest, and also acting as personal propaganda for Great Inquisitor Nāɂahilūma, who set up a cult of personality<ref>Itself nowadays strongly condemned and considered a kind of "step towards heresy".</ref>. The propaganda frenzy of the era was mostly not financed by the state – lots of artists began to create in this style as it was the most sought after. Nāɂahilūmi literature is sometimes called "new archaism", as it purposely brings back the epic themes of perfect heroes that were popular during the Toyubeshian expansion one millennium before, often though in the form of novels. Some works went as far as rewriting some Classical poetry epics in contemporary history, having as protagonists often heroic, fearless soldiers on the battlefronts of Vīṭadælteh (and, later, of Evandor), and otherwise enlightened missionaries converting people abroad to the "Real path of life".<br/>Contemporary critics usually avoid these kind of works when discussing the immortal classics of Chlouvānem literature, as no opera really stands out outside those of the same timeframe. Nevertheless, some novels such as ''Brausāmitom šerṣṭanah'' (an Immersion in Sanctity) by Martayināvi Tandalara ''Gārindelgīn'' or ''Gujaharimi šāhīn'' (Heroes of Gudžakharim<ref>A city in Soenjŏ-tave, site of a battle during the Nāɂahilūmi Era.</ref>) by Dēlenitāvi Naniga ''Hālyehulca'' (two of whose sons actually fought in the battle of Gudžakharim) are still very popular reads today. | The most famous literary works of the Nāɂahilūmi Era, predictably, were influenced and patronized by the regime in order to act as propaganda, glorifying the Chlouvānem as the chosen people, saviors of the planet, on their holiest quest, and also acting as personal propaganda for Great Inquisitor Nāɂahilūma, who set up a cult of personality<ref>Itself nowadays strongly condemned and considered a kind of "step towards heresy".</ref>. The propaganda frenzy of the era was mostly not financed by the state – lots of artists began to create in this style as it was the most sought after. Nāɂahilūmi literature is sometimes called "newer new archaism", as it purposely brings back the epic themes of perfect heroes that were popular during the Toyubeshian expansion one millennium before, often though in the form of novels. Some works went as far as rewriting some Classical poetry epics in contemporary history, having as protagonists often heroic, fearless soldiers on the battlefronts of Vīṭadælteh (and, later, of Evandor), and otherwise enlightened missionaries converting people abroad to the "Real path of life".<br/>Contemporary critics usually avoid these kind of works when discussing the immortal classics of Chlouvānem literature, as no opera really stands out outside those of the same timeframe. Nevertheless, some novels such as ''Brausāmitom šerṣṭanah'' (an Immersion in Sanctity) by Martayināvi Tandalara ''Gārindelgīn'' or ''Gujaharimi šāhīn'' (Heroes of Gudžakharim<ref>A city in Soenjŏ-tave, site of a battle during the Nāɂahilūmi Era.</ref>) by Dēlenitāvi Naniga ''Hālyehulca'' (two of whose sons actually fought in the battle of Gudžakharim) are still very popular reads today. | ||
===Nonconformist Nāɂahilūmi literature=== | ===Nonconformist Nāɂahilūmi literature=== | ||