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Known historically by the residents of so-called "[[Catholic Levantia]]" as [[Gothica]] and as part of the greater concept of [[Ultmar]] | Known historically by the residents of so-called "[[Catholic Levantia]]" as [[Gothica]] and as part of the greater concept of [[Ultmar]], Western Levantia is typically understood to mean the territory west of the [[Deric States]], north of [[Urcea]] and south of the [[Vandarch]]. Gothica was historically relatively isolated from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], both by a series of mountain ranges between the Vandarch and the [[Odoneru Ocean]] and by the native Gothic peoples' stubborn military resistance to Levantine-Catholic encroachment. This stalemate was only broken in the fifteenth century, as a [[Conquest of East Gothica|crusade]] saw [[Joanus de Martigueux]] installed as the ruler of the new state of [[Yonderre]]. Yonderre has served as a bridge between the Catholic Levantine sphere and the Gothic world to this day, while its southern neighbour [[Carna]] - likewise a fusion of Gothic and foreign cultures, although in this case Ænglish and Gaelic rather than Yonderre's East Gothic and [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] - has often acted more as a barrier against [[Urcea|Urcean]] expansion westwards. | ||
Beyond the hybridised states of the borderlands, Gothica remains thoroughly Gothic. The southern Vandarch states of [[Hendalarsk]] and [[Eldmora-Regulus]] were never conquered by Latins, and evolved in their own ways. Hendalarsk is home to a heavily syncretic version of Christianity, known as the [[Hendalarskara Catholic Church]]<ref>Latin Catholics emphatically reject the Hendalarskara Catholic Church's claim to be "Catholic".</ref>, the legacy of an incomplete Christianisation by Latin Catholic missionaries, while [[Hendalarskisch|its native Gothic language]] has undergone far more influence from [[Khunyer language|Khunyer]] and the autochthonous [[Nünsyi language]] than any Latin tongue. | Beyond the hybridised states of the borderlands, Gothica remains thoroughly Gothic. The southern Vandarch states of [[Hendalarsk]] and [[Eldmora-Regulus]] were never conquered by Latins, and evolved in their own ways. Hendalarsk is home to a heavily syncretic version of Christianity, known as the [[Hendalarskara Catholic Church]]<ref>Latin Catholics emphatically reject the Hendalarskara Catholic Church's claim to be "Catholic".</ref>, the legacy of an incomplete Christianisation by Latin Catholic missionaries, while [[Hendalarskisch|its native Gothic language]] has undergone far more influence from [[Khunyer language|Khunyer]] and the autochthonous [[Nünsyi language]] than any Latin tongue. | ||