Difference between revisions of "Trelagism"

Before the Final Empire eradicated Trelagism, it was practiced primarily by a people known as the '''Nelazan'''. The Nelazan people lived in northern Scadrial, likely in close proximity to the planet's [[Wikipedia: Arctic Circle| Arctic Circle]]. Sazed notes that their winters had few hours of daylight, and their summers had few hours of darkness.{{book ref|mb1|9}} These extreme day-night cycles evidently factored into their religious beliefs. Little is known about the Nelazan themselves. Sazed considers them to be a "determined" people, as evidenced by their accomplishment of counting and mapping every planet and major star in the night sky,{{book ref|mb1|9}}{{book ref|mb3|82}} and they apparently placed great value on the study of mathematics and astronomy--a trait which attracted Sazed to the religion personally.{{book ref|mb3|46}} Sazed doesn't consider them to be very advanced, however.{{book ref|mb1|9}} There were, however, some of the Terris who chose to practice Trelagism. {{wob ref|388}}