Kunwidya in Western Ashnan

Kunwidya has been practiced in western Ashnan since the beginning of the 4th millennium CY. There are an estimated X adherents to Kunwidya in western Ashnan, with X percent practicing Orthodox Kunwidya and the remaining X percent practicing various sects, with the largest being Éttenist Kunwidya. The greatest concentration is in southwestern Ashnan, in Wahakkum and Is Teru.

History

Since the death of the Prophet, missionaries were sent from Wadiin to spread the religion. The first Kunwidya writings and sailors to Ashnan were received in PLACE circa 4056CY. Although initially unsuccessful in the city centers, the lower classes and exurban areas of the southern coasts were quite accepting of Kunwidya teachings and it became an important, although small, religious minority. A second generation of missionaries, largely made up of COAST PEOPLE converts, ventured to the northern regions and taught the various nomadic tribes about Kunwidya. This proved far more successful, and the tribes that would later become the Heottag became instrumental in further evangelizing the religion throughout western Ashnan.

The nature of each of these successive waves of evangelization was largely decentralized. While few groups would describe themselves as non-Orthodox, their teachings frequently differed from their peers in Wadiin and elsewhere, and theological disputes were common. The largest split was visible as a north-south distinction. TODO DESCRIBE THEIR THEOLOGICAL ISSUES

The Phelo Empire and the Great Unrest

See also: Great Unrest

With sectarian disputes becoming common, as well as friction against the upper class' refusal to adopt Kunwidya, social unrest began developing, eventually culminating in the Great Unrest. Three main factions developed: Éttenist Kunwidya worshippers, southern followers of Kunwidya (frequently referred to as Orthodox, although their theology was decidedly not traditionalist), and the traditional power structures of western Ashnan. The greatest theological difference between the south and the north sects during the Great Unrest laid in their allegiance to the Dyaway - where the south revered the Dyaway as, at minimum, a theological leader, the north rejected the need for the theological leader of a community to be the Dyaway (although they did still respect the bloodline of the Prophet as especially holy). The Éttenists took hold of this fervor, and charged south, raiding villages and converting peoples along the way. This laid the foundations for the Phelo Empire.

Fall of the Phelo Empire

wtf i thought the empire was blessed by widya

Modern day

i still love you widya