Mahavisjaya

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Mahavisjaya, Neeri Mavátêisnáya, is a city in the Centralized Mountain States of Snefaldia, and is the regional capital of the province of Neer Dal.

Etymology

Mahavisjaya is the Bagura transliteration of the Neeri word Mavátêisnáya, which translates as "City of Sublime Virtue."

History

Founded in 1078 by Nál Dá Têisnáyán, who had established himself as Great King of the entire Neer Dal region. Nál Dá Têisnáyán was the regnal style of Talām Pishtar, who chose a name meaning "Lord of Sublime Virtue," hence it was natural his capital would be suitably self-promoting.

Nál Dá had previously ruled a feudal fief from Gorádāl, just three miles west, and within fifty years his new capital city was enroaching into the areas of the old feudal city. Despite its immense size, it was amazingly well-planned, with a highly developed water and sewage system, with planned streets and neighbourhoods surrounded by concentric defensive walls.

The city grew and developed over the next three hundred years, and by the reign of Ráes Dá Têisnáyán it had become the preeminent city in Neer Dal. The court of Ráes Dá was praised from the other cities of the region, and the palaces & temples of the city brought traders from everywhere.

The rule of Ráes Dá coincided with the appearance of Aatem Nal in the region, and his rule saw the initial sanction of the religion. The Golden Library of Mavátêisnáya grew to be of huge size and was a splendid example of High Neeri architecture. However, after twelve years of toleration the Great King reversed himself for unknown reasons, outlawing the faith and taking control of all Aatem Nal institutions.

Rebellions broke out, shaking the state and throwing the court into chaos. After the death of Ráes Dá and the ascension of his son, Solás á Têisnáyán, the capital was rapidly depopulated in a series of despotic proscriptions which strengthened the Aatem Nal-supported rebels. After the Great King was killed in 1385, the capital was taken over by loyalist warlords, becoming a fortress town for the next 23 years until Illionás Quèstayán conquered the city with an Àtaléinyan army.

In the Àtaléinyan period Aatem Nal oversaw the rebuilding of the city.