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[[File:MapGnousikaiOutline.jpg|thumb|300px|City of Gnousikai set against the southwestern [[Harbor of Gnousikai]] in the [[Bay of Gnosiousa]]]]
 
[[File:MapGnousikaiOutline.jpg|thumb|300px|City of Gnousikai set against the southwestern [[Harbor of Gnousikai]] in the [[Bay of Gnosiousa]]]]
  
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Gnousikai is the historic capital resting in a bay on the east coast of the [[Ithatian]] island of [[Maturn]].  Today Gnousikai is the capital of the province of Maturn and a major center of the study of the arcane arts in the [[West]].  The historic core of the city rests on the coast, including a small peninsula.  Gnousikai expanded over the century further inland and the greater area is about five or six times the size of the core area.  Modern Gnousikai is bounded by the suburbs of [[Gontoko]] on the west  and on the east by [[Aspadhida]].
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Gnousikai is the historic capital resting in the [[Bay of Gnosiousa]] on the east coast of the [[Ithatian]] island of [[Maturn]].  Today Gnousikai is the capital of the province of Maturn and a major center of the study of the arcane arts in the [[West]].  The historic core of the city rests on the coast, including a small peninsula.  Gnousikai expanded over the century further inland and the greater area is about five or six times the size of the core area.  Modern Gnousikai is bounded by the suburbs of [[Gontoko]] on the west  and on the east by [[Aspadhida]].
  
 
Gnousikai is served by the [[Dravantinos Maturnian]] [[Dragonrail Line]] which communicates through the city from [[Tinanthis]] on the coast to the north through the mountainous interior to [[Priodezza]] on the south coast of Maturn.
 
Gnousikai is served by the [[Dravantinos Maturnian]] [[Dragonrail Line]] which communicates through the city from [[Tinanthis]] on the coast to the north through the mountainous interior to [[Priodezza]] on the south coast of Maturn.
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=Demonym=
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The descriptive term and substantive for Gnousikai is Gnousikæan.
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=Bromba=
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{{Main|Bromba District (Gnousikai)}}
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{{See also|Bromba|Brombagee}}
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The Bromba is the district in the city where halflings and other foreign [[humanlikes]] began to increase in great numbers during the [[Middle Ages|medieval period]].  The word is now often applied to any ghetto in larger cities of the [[Pallathantic Region]].  The inhabitants of the Bromba as well as of any district so named are sometimes called [[brombagee]]s.  Today the Bromba district is a celebrated enclave with many halflings, [[humanlikes]], and many expatriot humans, and is known for its divergent artistic community and political activists.
  
 
=Chronology of Gnousikai=
 
=Chronology of Gnousikai=
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* Thetzisari Tribes fish in the bay of  
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* Thetzisari Tribes fish in the Bay of Gnosiousa
 
* Pallathantic Tribes migration to Maturn
 
* Pallathantic Tribes migration to Maturn
 
* ca 750 AS, Island Kingdoms, Tascorrhion, Ruler of Maturn
 
* ca 750 AS, Island Kingdoms, Tascorrhion, Ruler of Maturn
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=List of Sites=
 
=List of Sites=
 
*[[Basilica of Saints S’ephah and Salishaim (Gnousikai)]]
 
*[[Basilica of Saints S’ephah and Salishaim (Gnousikai)]]
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*[[Bromba District (Gnousikai)]]
 
*[[Dzobia Market]]
 
*[[Dzobia Market]]
 
*[[Nesiarch’s Residence (Gnousikai)]]
 
*[[Nesiarch’s Residence (Gnousikai)]]
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*[[Shrine of Hephekattos by the sea (Gnousikai)]]
  
 
=See Also=
 
=See Also=
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[[Category:Cities of Maturn]]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 25 March 2019

City of Gnousikai set against the southwestern Harbor of Gnousikai in the Bay of Gnosiousa

Gnousikai is the historic capital resting in the Bay of Gnosiousa on the east coast of the Ithatian island of Maturn. Today Gnousikai is the capital of the province of Maturn and a major center of the study of the arcane arts in the West. The historic core of the city rests on the coast, including a small peninsula. Gnousikai expanded over the century further inland and the greater area is about five or six times the size of the core area. Modern Gnousikai is bounded by the suburbs of Gontoko on the west and on the east by Aspadhida.

Gnousikai is served by the Dravantinos Maturnian Dragonrail Line which communicates through the city from Tinanthis on the coast to the north through the mountainous interior to Priodezza on the south coast of Maturn.

Demonym

The descriptive term and substantive for Gnousikai is Gnousikæan.

Bromba

Main article: Bromba District (Gnousikai)
See also: Bromba and Brombagee

The Bromba is the district in the city where halflings and other foreign humanlikes began to increase in great numbers during the medieval period. The word is now often applied to any ghetto in larger cities of the Pallathantic Region. The inhabitants of the Bromba as well as of any district so named are sometimes called brombagees. Today the Bromba district is a celebrated enclave with many halflings, humanlikes, and many expatriot humans, and is known for its divergent artistic community and political activists.

Chronology of Gnousikai

  • Thetzisari Tribes fish in the Bay of Gnosiousa
  • Pallathantic Tribes migration to Maturn
  • ca 750 AS, Island Kingdoms, Tascorrhion, Ruler of Maturn
  • ca 700 AS to 600 AS, Kirxiomin Tribes land at Maturn and established Gnousikai
  • Maturn subject to Deliopian Rule, Gnousikai becomes residence of nesiarch
  • ca 300 AI to 559 AI, Midretassene Rule
  • 559 AI, Yophenthean Conquest of Maturn
  • ca 770 AI, Saint Rhamrhoth preaches the Incarnandus in Gnousikai
  • ca 800 AI, Maturn and Gnousikai part of Western Ithatia Diocese
  • ca 1100 AI, Gnousikai is part of the Arch-Diocese of Maturn which includes Gliri and the four islands.
  • ca 1200 AI, Maturn thwarts conquest of Omandraline at Zamaclë. Maturn retains autonomy
  • ca 1310 AI, Maturn becomes capital of Ithatia as part of First Kalikán Empire.
  • ca 1800, Gnousikai ruled by council of wizards, governs all Maturn
  • 1981, Chaos Fleet visits Gnousikai
  • 2137 to 2260, Rule of Varyaz the Shapeless, vassal of Copazousa Daughter of Chaos
  • 2257 to 2260, Fourth Isbajath
  • 2556, Gnousikai (and Maturn) is subject to the Geddamin Empire at close of the Third Geddamin War as part of the Kalikán-Ephysgæes
  • 2581, Maturn and some other Ithatian Islands liberated from Gorcorumbese Rule, becomes part of the fledgling Republic of Ithatia.
  • 2653 to 2671, Maturn and Gnousikai peripherally involved in the Sewdhaine War

List of Sites

See Also

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