Yasuism

Yasuism is a major religion and the most popular in Enadia, with 8 billion people following the religion. It originated in Illiricium in the 600s and is now practised in every Enadian country.

Common Beliefs
Yasuists believe that Milica Alodra, who was married to Konstans Nivolo, had a son named Yasu Nivolo, who was conceived by the Divine Spirit. He lived a fairly normal life until he turned 25, when he began preaching about Divius (God) and prophesying about his future fate. Eventually, the Enadian ruler of the Autonomy of Victoria, where he lived, condemned him to death by nailing him to a tree and forcing him to drink poison. Yasuists believe that a week later, he came back to life, warning his 7 closest disciples about the dangers of the future and then finally ascending to heaven in a ray of light from Karda. It's holy book is the Krijbuch, which has two parts. The First Part has stories about the escape from the Enadii Trading Civilization and the journey across the sea, and the formation of Illiricium by St Pavle, as well as prophecies about Yasu Nivolo. The Second Part is the story of Yasu Nivolo from 4 different points of view, and the story of his disciples' voyages and the future of the Church after Yasu Nivolo ascended. At the very end, it prophesies of a tyrannical ruler rising across the sea, attempting to destroy the perfect way.

Traditional Yasuism
Traditional Yasuism believes that a complex hierachy of the archmindis, mindisis, abbots, monks and counts are needed for true Yasuism. It has it's headquarters in Anthetal, the capital of Latrovia. It also believed that Milica Alodra must have been divine.

Vustanan Yasuism
Vustanan Yasuism is very similar to Traditonal Yasuism, with a few small changes. When Yasuism started growing in the Autonomy of Vustana, it mixed with the local beliefs. The Traditional Yasuism genealogy of Milica Alodra instead traces back her ancestry to Nidral, the legendary founder of the Vustanii, rather than St Pavle. It's headquarters is in Paren, rather than Anthetal. It is still practised by Vustanans and Vustanosians living on the Vustanan islands.

Reformed Yasuism
Reformed Yasuism was created during the Enadian Golden Age. A Northurian man named Hakon Sveinsson called out the flaws in the Traditional Yasuist church, and established the Reformed Yasuist church, without a complex heirachy, instead having each mindis have a seperate leader, rather than a single bishop controlling all the churches in a certain area.

Purpura Provincial Church
The Purpura Provincial Church is a branch of Reformed Yasuism, and the main church in the Purpur province of MossW. It excludes the final chapter about the tyrannical ruler across the sea, fearing that it was probably meant for them. It also still includes the genealogy of Milica Alodra, tracing it to Crochon rather than St Pavle or Nidral. Other than that, it shares the same beliefs as Reformed Yasuism.

Illirican Black Sun Church
The Illirican Black Sun Church is the national religion of Illiricium. It combines some of the beliefs of the Black Sun Cult with Traditional Yasuism, even though the Black Sun Cult and Yasuism never got on well in the past. It is almost the same as Traditional Yasuism, with it's leader being the Illirican Empress, Stella Ardolf, rather than the Archmindisi at Anthetal. The idea that the tyrannical ruler across the sea was Cephas Aranaco was promoted by Stella Ardolf, but then put down by Monica Ardolf.

Hunetian Yasuist Church
The Hunetian Yasuist Church is a branch of Reformed Yasuism, and is also the main church of Hunetia. Like Reformed Yasuism, it doesn't have a hierarchy, and also has different heads in every building of the church, it also combines the beliefs of the Hunetian people and government, and combines small parts of Traditional Yasuism and beliefs of the history of Hunetia. This allows it too spread to a variety of people having, all the beliefs of Reformed Yasuism, the beliefs of the Hunetian people, and bits of Traditional Yasuism along with beliefs of Hunetian history.

The Early Church
When Yasu Nivolo died, his disciples went on journeys to other parts of Enadia, even reaching as far as the Cadii Khanate and the Commonwealth of the Argimin. This helped to spread Yasuism around the continet. However, the official religion of the Kingdom of Enadia, Rorschism, believed that the leader was divine, so supporting another religion was seen as treason. None of the 7 disciples died a natural death. However, people still practised it, and having martyrs now gave them more reasons to stand up to the authorities about their beliefs. Eventually, the Enadian leader was forced to make it legal in 821.

Rule of the Traditionals
This allowed for the Archmindisi, leader of the Traditional Yasuists, to set up his headquarters at St Pavle's Mindis in Anthetal, capital of Enadia. The religion eventually became more popular than the national religion, Rorschism, as the people saw Rorschism as a scheme set up by the government to keep them subjugated. This allowed for there to be more Mindises (Yasuist places of worship) than Rorschist places of worship. However, eventually the Traditional Yasuist heirarchy became corrupt, with the Archmindisi appointing their close friends to the positions of bishops and archbishops, and eventually, these positions were being auctioned off to the highest bidder. This caused some distrust about the Traditional Church, particulary in a man named Hakon Sveinsson.

Hakonian Reformation
Hakon Sveinsson managed to expose all of the flaws in the heirarchy of Traditional Yasuism, and nailed a document with 95 points about why the heirarchy was flawed and corrupt to the entrance of St Pavle's Mindis. This gave him a lot of support, but eventually he was put on trial at the Yasuist Court in Anthetal, and was exiled to the outermost regions of Enadia. However, the Hakonian Reformation had begun. Yasuism was now split between Traditionalists and Reformists.

Collapse of the Kingdom
Eventually, the Kingdom of Enadia collapsed, and Traditional Yasuism lost some of it's power, as it had become centralized by that point. This allowed for Reformed Yasuists to make their beliefs more widespread, making it very popular in Northuria and Niwae. They also sent missionaries to the newly formed MossW, establishing the Purpura Provincial Church.

Modern Yasuism
In the early 2040s, the Black Sun Cult took power in Illiricium, where 1.5 billion Yasuists resided. Along with the genocide of many ethnic minorities, 400 million Yasuists were also massacred. After the fall of the Black Sun Cult, the new Illirican government managed to combine the two and created the Illirican Black Sun Church. The Black Sun Cult also established a terrorist state in Niwae, where a lot of Yasuists lived. However, Yasuism is still the most popular religion, despite these setbacks.