Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter V (Map Game)/@comment-27999170-20191216003105

Powhatan Confederacy | Tsenacommacah | Omospondia Barbaroi

 * Government: Centralized tribal confederacy
 * Weroance/Weroansqua: Pocahontas (b. 1204, r.1218-1256), Asquawkanna (b.1227, r.1256-)
 * Capital: Croatan
 * Economy: Mainly based off fishing, hunting, and a minimal amount of corn farming. The second bout of the Accursed Plagues have hit the area, drastically reducing its population and shattering its fledgling economy.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 1,300 (peaked at 5,200 in 1255)
 * Croatan: 210 (peaked at 850 in 1255)
 * Religion: 57% Pocahontism (62% Orthodox Pocahontism, 21% Incarnationism, 17% Trialism) 32% traditional Native American shamanism, 11% Hellenism
 * Ethnicity: 92% Powhatan, 7% Miktos (equivalent to OTL "Mestizo") 1% Elysian Greek
 * Military:
 * Army: 167 spearmen, 101 swordsmen, 78 archers, 61 irregular cavalry
 * Navy: no real military-focused navy, 14 primitive canoes (serving as fishing boats)
 * Wars and Conflicts: N/A
 * Events:
 * Death of Pocahontas: It is said that on the same midwinter day she was found alive after and well after all her family died from the Accursed Plague, Pocahontas has returned to Mount Olympus. This has caused a major shockwave to the nascent Cult of Pocahontas, with many shocked at Pocahontas' death, believing in her immortality. A lavish and majestic funeral is held, and Pocahontas' dead body is burnt and the ashes scatered over every single man, woman and child in the Confederacy. Work begins on a grand shrine, in order to honor Pocahontas' presence on this earth.
 * Return of the Accursed Plague: It seems that almost immediately after the death of Pocahontas, the Accursed Plague has returned with a venegeance. Almost three-quarters of our people died in just a span of 4 years, and our nation is crippled, with our country only staying independent out of Elysian goodwill, those same darn Elysians as the ones who came just before our first bout of the Accursed Plague, who seem to be immune to it. Why can't THEY teach US their magic spells to get rid of the goddamn fricking Plague!
 * Theological Issues Brought Up by the Death of Pocahontas and the Return of the Accursed Plague: With almost everyone left alive having most of their family die to the resurgence of the Accursed Plague, many stopped believing in Pocahontas, returning to the old gods, or worshipping the gods the Elysian way. However, many still remained true to the faith. Whatever constituted "the faith", however, was up to serious debate. In these days, and for the rest of the history of the Pocahontist faith, the religion would only be held together by the veneration of Pocahontas as some kind of deific figure. This time of crisis would see the emergence of 3 distinct sects of Pocahontism:
 * Orthodox Pocahontism: This sect of Pocahontism purports to be the sect which preserves the original theology of early Pocahontism the most. Orthodox Pocahontists believe that Pocahontas is the godhead and ruler of all the gods (a mix of ancestral spirits and Hellenic gods). Orthodox Pocahontists hold that Pocahontas and her spirit has, upon death, forever left the realm of the living, and only by praying through a weroance (chief) or a shaman shall Pocahontas hear your prayer.
 * Incarnationism: Incarnationism holds that the Spirit of Pocahontas lives on in each and every human, living thing, and inanimate object (in effect a form of pantheism). Incarnationism diverges from the other Pocahontist sects in that it denies the existence of other gods and ancestral spirits as distinct entities, merely suggesting that they, too, are concentrations of the Spirit of Pocahontas.
 * Trialism: Attaining a small but growing influence within the martial classes, Trialism teaches that the Accursed Plague (which they call the Plague of Judgement) is a tool to "judge" whether a man is pure of heart and of sin or not. They have become known for subjecting their children to a rite of passage where they are locked in a room with the corpse of a person (usually a family member) who died of the Accursed Plague, with enough food and water for a week. In Trialism, the eternal Spirit of Pocahontas is present in the Plague of Judgement. Other gods and ancestral spirits are acknowledged here, although only Pocahontas has the authority to forgive all a man's past and future sins via the Accursed Plague.
 * The Trail of Dreams and the Great Migration, pt.0: