Ábbad Society
| Friends of New Palesmenia (Ábbad Society) Sungilás ma-Nwéa Palésmenijna (Socáti Ábbadala) | |
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| Abbreviation | SmNP |
|---|---|
| Leader | Hétro Kuziné |
| Spokesperson | Dakéla Mutána |
| Founded | 1718 AN |
| Headquarters | Noursala, Aerla |
| Ideology |
Refugee Assistance Palesmenian Nationalism Palesmenian language revival |
Friends of New Palesmenia (Palesmenian: Sungilás ma-Nwéa Palesmenijna), also known as the Ábbad Society (Palesmenian: Socáti Ábbadala) is a Palesmenian refugee assistance organization located in Noursala, Aerla. Created by a group of 36 Palesmenian refugees who became shipwrecked on Barrow Island after escaping the collapse of their homeland in 1698 AN, the organization relocated to its current headquarters in Noursala in 1732 AN.
Collapse of Palesmenia and Founding
"Black Thursday"
The collapse of Palesmenia came sudden and without much warning. When the populace awoke on a fateful summer morning in 1698 AN, they had found that civil administration had essentially collapsed overnight. The Ábbad Stock Exchange reported a complete economic failure, and that the Córa had it's spending power reduced to the same as mere pebbles. The Cónsula, Thíno Wúlatet had seemingly vanished into thin air as the nation fractured into pieces as towns and villages began to annihilate each other securing their crops, livestock, and firearms. Within mere days, Palesmenia as a nation-state ceased to exist.
Flight of the PMV Mánázar
In the morning following Black Thursday, Maséko Makáné, a cargo ship captain of some years of experience, gathered his crew of 36 men in the port of Myahoetgazar. Anarchy had already broken out in the streets of the city as the overwhelmed police force tried futilely to quell the looting and murder. He declared that him and his crew would board their ship, the Palesmenian Merchant Vessel Mánázar, and sail north until they hit land. Their goal, at the time, was to sail to fellow USSO ally Nova England, who unbenounced to them had begun collapsing itself. As the ship slipped from its moorings, the idea dawned on Captain Makáné that his crew might become some of the last Palesmenians to survive in the wider world. He dwelled on this thought until roughly they were roughly 90 km south of Great Warring Island, when their ship ran out of fuel. The ship began to drift far of course, eventually beaching them in on the northwestern shore of Barrow Island. There, they lived in solitude and remained uncontacted the the Hurmudan authorities.
Contact with Benacian Union and Founding
(Ardy blurb here about contact) The group, believing that there were still more of their kind that were wandering without a homeland. Thus, they began assistance to any refugees that could make their way to Port Esther. Notable refugees include famed cosmonaut Mázaar Lusné Kuziné, who spent decades in exile in Passas after Palesmenia's collapse, as well as Ádi Pákivanó, leader of the Yérmaké Únadá Legu'a, a former political party. The group also advocated for the widespread of the Palesmenian language, which was widely abandoned by the wider diaspora in favor of local languages.
Move to Aerla
Makáné, already in failing since at least 1728 AN, died in early 1731 AN of a heart attack. However he had grown ever distant from the core of the Society since his zealous adoption of Humanist ideals, which found itself at odds with the more liberal ideals of the wider society. Makáné would go onto be succeeded by Hétro Kuziné, Mázaar Lusné Kuziné's son. Kuziné, sighting the onset of a continent-wide war in Benacia as reasoning, was able to secure the passage of the society to West Grinstead in Mercury, from which they were able to make their to Port Aerla along the Trans-Keltian Express.
At the changeover point from the Trans-Keltian Express to the Aerlan Rail System., the members of the society were almost immediately detained, as the Palesmenian passports they presented were thought to be from a made-up country. After the group were able to prove that Palesmenia was indeed once a real country, the group were granted refugee status and were able to continue their journey to Noursala.
