Mithusu

Mithusu is an independent city-state in Haven near the edge of the Uldarash Empire. Named for its legendary founder, the city is primarily devoted to the worship of the god Lahhon (la-hahn), who is said to control the sun. In return for glory and praise, Lahhon gives his strength to the city and its citizens in their endeavors. The city is governed by a theocratic monarchy, with Fartake being the current Malik.

Lore
The city views itself as being the heir to the legendary leader Mithusu, who lived beyond the lands of Rathnir. Mithusu is said to have made a covenant with the god Lahhon where in return for glory and worship the deity would give Mithusu strength and power while also bringing prosperity to Mithusu's allies and destruction to his enemies. Lahhon then gave Mithusu the dual roles of Malik (monarch) of Mithusu's tribe and High Priest of the god's cult.

With the strength of Lahhon and neighboring allies, Mithusu led his tribe to conquer his local enemies. After these initial successes, Mithusu took his tribe across the sea to conquer more distant lands, which he successfully did. However, Mithusu's empire is said to have grown so large that he became preoccupied with matters of state and spent less and less time glorifying and praising the deity. But since Lahhon still gave them his strength, Mithusu's armies continued to win great victories. Eventually, when Mithusu's soldiers saw that Mithusu spent little time worshipping and yet still succeeded in battle, the men assumed that the victories were a result of their own strength and power and not from the help of Lahhon. This and the inadequate worship angered the god so much that he gave his strength to Mithusu's enemies so that Mithusu's army was defeated and forced to flee back across the sea. But soon after docking in their homeland, Lahhon helped Mithusu's old enemies defeat him and made sure that all but Mithusu himself died, with the disgraced leader fleeing on a boat out to sea.

Having pity for Mithusu and wanting to ensure that the deity would receive praise and worship, Lahhon told Mithusu that he would create a new nation from his name but that Mithusu would not live to see it since he had broken their covenant. Lahhon then led Mithusu's boat and fed him pufferfish to sustain him until the boat reached Lahhon's destined location. Mithusu eventually landed in Rathnir on Haven, where he used his last words to ask the god not to judge the new nation for his sin and gave the suggestion to separate the roles of Malik and High Priest so as to ensure that both roles could be adequately performed. Lahhon agreed to this and said that he would call his new people to assemble on the spot where Mithusu died and that the first few would be the initial nobles, more specifically that the first person to arrive would become Malik with the second being named High Priest, thus ensuring that the roles would be separated. The first to arrive, and therefore the first Malik, was Alman_Suleiman. The second to arrive, and therefore the first High Priest, was Novus_Montu. Then came Riki_kiunn, DeeDuke, beabb, and DominicanDream1. So along with Alman_Suleiman and Novus_Montu, they became the first Nobles of Mithusu.

Once all of the nobles had been called and arrived at the site of the new nation, it is said that Mithusu's spirit rose towards Lahhon and that the nobles heard him singing, "Remember your covenant oh people of Mithusu / Since it is by Lahhon's strength that you will surely prosper / By him it is you who have been called and brought together / So build this great city and these lands will surely look upon you with awe."

Early Construction
Once settled, the nobles built a wall around one part of their new land so as to secure their holdings. With this completed, Novus_Montu constructed a ziggurat outside of the wall with a temple to Lahhon on top while Alman_Suleiman built his royal palace inside of the wall. As a result, the original wall became the dividing line between the royal district and the rest of the city. In addition, a defensive wall was built around the city's coast to its east and on the opposite side of the river to its west.

The city is still currently awaiting the remainder of those who have been called by Lahhon to assemble where Mithusu died.

Mithusu's Growth
Mithusu's growth started after June 10 when new players started flooding in as they have been called by Lahhon. During the growth many things were created ranging from new farmlands to more houses, bars.

during the growth the malik of the time Alman_Suleiman went out on diplomatic missions to negotiate mithusu's independence. In the end mithusu was aloud to become an official state in the uldarash empire

The Secret Thief Gang
All was not butterflies and sunshine for long as people began noticing their stuff going missing. After long investigations and the discovery of of underground tunnels below the houses it was found that a citizen hypzard was a leader of a thief gang that was stealing from mithusu. They were shortly executed and banished after being uncovered by Sandonas, The current Minister of Internal affairs.

The Demise
Sadly mithusu eventually fell. It was struck by a plague killing almost all of the first citizens. The plague was mysterious with an unknown origin and even worse no cure. It is thought that the plague was punishment from Lahhon for mithusu's citizens weren't worshiping him any more causing him to become a mad. The only known survivors of the plague are Fartake, ArcticFoxx, murkish, alonch

The Rebirth
Despite everyone else dying Fartake continued to work, to sustain mithusu. Soon people started appearing again, new ministers assigned, cities reworked. And so fartake became the new malik of mithusu.

Soon mithusu became a nation once again and was again on the map.

The New Province
Following the appearance of many refuges on the coast near Evutria, a province by the name of Ketohn was founded to home them while all other national lands became Mithusu Province. Ketohn Province quickly grew its first settlement in a refuge village founded and ran by the first refuge, Fantok. Under Fantok's leadership the province saw great population growth but little in the way of devleopment leading to a atmosphere of chaos. Two fellow refuges Celemir and Osric saw the lack of order and decided to confront Fantok, this lead to Osric attempting to persaude Fantok into relinquishing his powers over the province, this however failed and Osric was forced to turn to the Malik himself. The Malik delivered an order to Fantok, Osric was to govern the province while Fantok would have a dimished role. The outcome of this was Osric leading the development of the province while Fantok disappeared.

The Treason of Fantok
Following Fantok being stripped of his powers, he began to scheme, attempting to sow seeds of doubt about the Malik into the mind of Osric who had taken leadership of Ketohn Province after his disappearance. He would send carrier pidgeons (Discord DMs) expressing his distaste for sharing a nation, relgion or culture with Evutra, he made it clear he would try for inderpendence at the nearest opportunity. These opinions were expressed not only through direct words but often seemingly random questions such as 'how does one become a state'. This culminated in the Malik growing suspicious leading to him consulting his nobles for any evidence, one such noble, Osric reported the messages he has received. The Malik now fully aware of the treasonous schemes of Fantok, banished him from all Uldrashi lands.

Structure
Mithusu is a theocratic monarchy, being governed by a monarch called the Malik who oversees matters of both government and state, granting ministerial positions to other nobles as needed. Additionally, the city has a High Priest who is the leader of the cult of Lahhon, being the only person with whom Lahhon will appear and directly communicate to. The city also has a Council of Nobles who advise the Malik on all matters and are given authority over various administrative duties.

Current Leadership
The current Malik is fartake. The current High Priest is (unknown)

Current Ministers are as follows...

Minister of resources and consumption: Arctic

Minister of development: Vex

Minister of internal affairs: Sandonas

Minister of Defence: Celemir

Minster of Ketohn Province: Osric Graven

Religion
The primary religion of Mithusu is Lahhonism, which is the worship of Lahhon, the Holder of Light and Giver of Life. According to the Mithusian Texts, Lahhon was the first and favorite son of the earth and was given the sun to posses. The story of his epic fight with his brother Rihutu, who was given the moon, is recorded in the Book of Lahhon, the first book of the Mithusian Texts. It details how the earth was formed and the origins of the many gods and creatures that inhabit it.

For the city of Mithusu, Lahhon is the god who made a covenant with the city's founder, a military leader named Mithusu, that entailed giving praise and glory to Lahhon in exchange for Lahhon's support and strength. Upon the legendary founder's death, Lahhon extended this covenant to the people of the city of Mithusu. As such, the city sees its worship of Lahhon as being directly related to its success in all matters.

While Mithusu does not prohibit the worship of other gods since these deities are siblings of Lahhon, the worship of Lahhon is primary within the city's boundaries and for any Mithusian citizen. The head of Lahhon's cult is the High Priest of Mithusu, who communicates with the deity in the Temple of Meeting on top of the Ziggurat of Mithusu.

Architecture
The city's architectural style is inspired by Mesopotamian, ancient Near East, and medieval Middle Eastern cultures. The two primary buildings in the city are the Ziggurat of Mithusu and the Royal Palace of Mithusu. The Ziggurat is inspired by Babylonian ziggurats and consists of four levels: the archives/library (bottom level), the priestly quarters (second level), the High Priest's quarters (third level), and the Temple of Meeting (top level). The Royal Palace is inspired by various Middle Eastern palaces and includes the Great Hall, the Court of the Malik, the Council Room, and other specialized rooms.

Literature
The Mithusian Texts, the cult texts of the city of Mithusu, currently consist of four books. The first is the Book of Lahhon, which describes the creation of the world and the victory of Lahhon over his brother Rihutu. The second is the Epic of Polius, which tells the tale of a heroic figure who bands together with his fellow soldiers to defeat a great beast with the guidance of Lahhon. The third is the Book of Mithusu, which describes the rise and fall of the military leader Mithusu and the founding of the current city. The fourth is the Book of Novus_Montu, which entails what Lahhon told the High Priest upon their first encounter in the Temple of Meeting, primarily on how government and cult practice is to be conducted.