Zharstotzka

Pre-formation
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Post-formation
Throughout many of the Zhur’s reigns, there have been dozens of attempted rebellions, coups, takeovers, etc… There have been a variety of reasons for this; inequality, lack of freedom of religion, heavy policing, disagreement on ideologies, and many, many more. They have had varying levels of success, with some managing to even change a couple laws; however, none of them have ever truly succeeded. The largest & most successful one is nearest to the modern day, coming to be known as the Rebellion of the People. In short, the rebellion was caused because of an extremely authoritarian Zhur known as Exa Keitsii Rekozein, who decided to strip away one too many rights and doubled down on internal policing. The unbroken reign of the Zhurara since Zyrei nearly ended during the rebellion, were it not for Exa’s chosen heir.

Vanix Nyuzhak Rekoziv managed to reason with the people of Zharstotzka, promising change if they allowed Exa to transfer their power to them before their execution, and the heads of the rebellion agreed. Vanix’s reign was primarily made up of making changes to the Zharstotzkan Code of Conduct & rebuilding all of the destruction that the rebellion had brought. By the end of their life, they managed to get much finished, but they had to leave a large portion of the rebuilding to their heir, –known as the “First Modern Zhur” due to the rebellion– Reiya Pakyar Rekonaryan.....

Zharisnya
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Government
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Snezhana
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Tsokura
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Zyrei Sevona Rekoniira
Zyrei was born a Najyuva with power like no other. They easily moved up the ranks in their respective nation, but Zyrei quickly grew tired. They refused to carry on the will of others weaker than themselves; and so, they declared themselves as chosen by Kor Zhyurii and went on towards conquest. Zyrei quickly took control of their original nation and convinced the people of their divine power, amassing many followers and a large army. What greatly helped them in this was their weapon, Peace. It was forged by the Pagans, who had been dwindling in numbers ever since the rise of the Zharstozka. Peace was a weapon enchanted with the magical runes of the Pagans, and it had strange abilities known to none but the Zhur, their council, and the primary Pagan government.

Even before Zyrei, many Zheivara had been fascinated by naturally occurring weather events, with plenty of religions being focused around them, but Zyrei's conquest would cement Kor Zhyurii as the weather-based religion among the Zheivara. Followers of any other religions –or even branch-off religions for that matter– were labeled as pagans and treated as lesser. Despite Zyrei's natural power and military inclination, they were not very bright as a whole, and frankly, they were nearly incapable of managing the sheer amount of people and cities they had taken under their own banner, the banner of Zharstotzka. This issue became increasingly difficult to manage when different territories of theirs began trying to rebel. Zyrei quickly realized they needed to do something about this, and so, formed a council under themselves in order to manage the actually important national problems; of course however, Zyrei did this carefully. They didn't want any of these council members to undermine their rule, so they proclaimed that while they were blessed by the Kor Zhyurii, their council was blessed by them, and that blessing could quickly be taken away if they were to disobey. Tying the stronger state powers to the religion kept their council in check, and made sure that if one council member was to rebel, they would have to deal with not just Zyrei, but the people as well, who were almost entirely religious near the end of Zyrei's rule.

After decades of their rule, Zyrei knew their life would soon come to an end as they succumbed to age. To prevent the complete fracture of their life’s work, they & their council established a holy practice, one where their dynasty could live on forever; Zyrei found a method to transfer all of their magical capabilities to an heir of their choosing. There are many rumors surrounding the process, with some believing that the previous Zhur’s ghost can speak to the current Zhur, and some claiming that it uses pagan magics, but no one knows for sure. One of the most prevalent of these rumors is the belief that Zyrei struck some sort of deal with the Pagans, who had previously been discriminated against by most of the Zheiva who had converted to Kor Zhyurii, and the Zharstotzkan government’s laws; however, after Zyrei’s reign was made official & their conquest finished, a lot of discriminatory laws against the Pagans were removed, and almost all that remained were made more tame. The Pagans became –at least partially, if not an oppressed– part of Zheiva society after these changes.

Although this magic-transferring process would make it technically possible to transfer magical abilities to either a Scherzheiva or Orgova, Zyrei believed that such a thing was an affront to nature; as such, they decreed that it was to never be allowed. In order to further limit the amount of people who could ascend to the throne, Zyrei made it so that only intersex Zheiva are to be allowed to become a Zhur, following in their own footsteps. Many centuries after Zyrei’s death, Zhurara after them have found ways to “transform” anybody into not only a Najyuva, but change their gender to be intersex as well. While these processes have not been properly made public, there are heavy rumors that they are incredibly painful and inhumane.