The Log of the Voyage of Tobias Kumiega (Koo-mee-gah)

When Tobias Kumiega set out on the journey with his brothers and the Venice Expedition to the Huanjinese empire, he kept a journal that eventually became a very important text in the founding of Karanya, used for everything from naming new villages and ships to deciding what times of year are auspicious enough for a ceremony. His journal basically has his thoughts on all the things he's seeing plus his budding romance with the brave Eun.

Historical Details

Background

Tobias's mom gave him the journal as a going away present.

History

After he filled it (as Altaia is rather large and therefore needs a lot of description) he kept the journal, but after he died the journal went neglected in storage for about 50 years until it was unearthed, and people started taking his words as gospel. Several violent monarchs later, the original journal was lost, but the stories inside it lived on in oral history. The second version of the story is from those oral traditions.

Public Reaction

The schlacta (later founders of the sejm) used his journal as a guide to interact with their new Josunese neighbors (such as: "Oh, I read that you have a festival coming up, will you be needing funds for that? Have you considered inviting the king?" and so on). Later monarchs had the story reprinted (on modified printing presses from Josun) and it was made part of beginners' reading classes for kids. Every child knows this story. It passed into oral history. All written accounts surviving in the present are based off of that oral tradition, not the original text.

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The Log of the Voyage of Tobias Kumiega

Descriptions of: the journey from [Buntunia] (the island off the coast, more likely) to Ravenna (Venice The journey from Ravenna to Stephonia; the animals found in the Steppe; the culture of the Gyepotalak (the pre-Stephonian-influenced version, so less Hungarian-looking descriptions of the culture of the Rus; descriptions of first impressions of Huanjin and the provinces he went through; impressions of the Emperor and his court; impressions of his journey with the Emperor; story of him meeting, falling in love with, and marrying Eun, a family tree up to and including all three of his children and the death date of Nari's husband (his brother), drafts of his love letters to Eun (and practicing his letters in Chinese, even though Eun couldn't read at the time and many descriptions of Huanjinese and Josunese cultures and impressions of each other's cultures.

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Type

Journal, Personal

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

4054-4077

Myth

The Founding of Karanya

Location

Buntunia