Hanustandor

Hanustandor, (Gu-Maek: Ma Pona) is the capital city of Vorosan, a province in the South East of the Aurlûnor Velande. The city lies on the Southern border of the Velande, only separated from the Dominion of Ashura by the Kidat River. Because of it's central location between the Velande and its vassal Ashura, the city is a hub for travel and commerce, along with being a cultural melting pot. Hanustandor is also known for its beautiful, but smaller scale architecture, along with the Twin Dragon Monastery that watches over it.

Etymology
Originally called Ma Pona, the city's name was changed by Velereth and Celestial Matron, Sareariel Leyla-Earcala, to Hanustandor, meaning "Monastery land" in Aurlûnoren, after the Twin Dragon Monastery around which it was built.

History
The settlement that would later become Hanustandor was originally founded by a Celestial Elf named Zewisch leading an expedition of Kumiho colonists from the neighboring Hampo Province, who erected a Twin Dragon monastery atop a plateau overlooking the Kidat River. They called this place Ma Pona, and over time, a town would spring up around the monastery, fed by the fertile North bank of the Kidat. Zewisch would soon become governor of the province of Vorosan, with Ma Pona as its capital. The Velereth Sareariel would soon be married to Lucius von Savras, the Kaiser of Andorn in the monastery. The official name of the town was also changed to Hanustandor, an Aurlûnoren name, as per the Velereth's orders. Later on, Zewisch would disappear, leaving the position of governor unoccupied.

Following this, Acario, a supposedly reformed squatter from Avalitia, attempted to incite a large scale revolt with Vorosan, specifically Hanustandor, at its center, falsely claiming that humans weren't being allowed citizenship in the Velande. However, after attempting to recruit citizens from Avalitia and Sawiyah Oasis to his cause, Acario was exposed by Gildun Salah, the future founder of Tyalu, at the time a denizen of Rosaria who'd been contacted by Acario.

Soon after, Geollo would be appointed the new governor, however, he was unpopular among both the people and the court, and he too would leave later on. The one to take his place would be Seoun Tashili, another Kumiho born in Nanseong, Hampo. Soeun was a member of the Tashilis, by far the most powerful of the Great Kumiho Clans. Despite being only 14 at the time, he'd begin a new acceleration of development in Hanustandor, overseeing the construction of a cactus farm, bringing in newfound wealth off the back of a burgeoning blacksmithing industry, along with the renovation of an old fort, converting it into the Tashili Inn. This sudden burst of prosperity would provoke a wave of immigration, mainly from the provinces of Nir, Tamaka, and rural Vorosan, all of which were very poor at the time, especially from Hloamar, which was going through a housing crisis. This created a sizable Yi'yen minority and greatly increased the number of Taku. This boom in population would help to fuel the city's growth. Unfortunately, progress slowed greatly when Governor Soeun was banished after being framed by a political rival. Hoàng Khánh Sơn, a Yi'yen immigrant who'd been put in charge of Hanustandor's cactus farm, was named his successor, having been recommended by Soeun himself.

Culture and Demographics
Despite originally having been founded by Kumiho and Celestial Elves, the great migration under the reign of Soeun Tashili transformed the city's ethnic makeup, making Hanustandor into quite possibly the most diverse city in the Velande. The mixing of so many different peoples- Kumiho, Taku, Lhûren, Azerals, and Yi'yen, has led to the formation of a kind of fusion culture unique to the city, although ethnic groups still generally maintain a degree of cultural distinctness. This can also be seen in the city's many languages, as although communities tend to speak their own native tongues among themselves, communication between Hanustandoris of different ethnicities is mainly conducted in a sort of pidgin language called Mavna, its name a corruption of "Ma Pona," also used to refer to the people's city and culture. Although Mavna is grammatically based in Aurlûnoren, as the language already held the status of a lingua franca both in post migration Hanustandor and in the province of Nir, it's loaded with loanwords from Yi'yenic, Gu-Maek, Taku, and Ashuran.