The Avocadian Heresy

The Avocadian Heresy, as it has since been called, is the name given to the publication of the Avocathera and associated unrest related its contents. The Avocathera were a series of books released by the Publication of and Research into Alternate Theories Society (or PRATS).

It presented a completely different view of language development on Erd than the currently accepted Atlantean Linguistics model. It used words like Indo European, Slavic, Germanic, Sinitic or Semitic. It didn't use any of the now widely accepted language family names nor any of the theories developed by Atlantean Linguistics.

The capital, Honalano, was in an uproar, and people broke into homes looking for any copies of the Avocathera. All copies were burned, and avocadians (those supporting the new theory) were chased out of town. But the unrest continued. The unrest eventually got so bad that King Johan had to move the capital and his entire court to the northern harbour city of Hammen where the capital still is today.

Avocadianism has been on the decline in recent decades, as Atlantean Linguistics continues to make good headway in connecting extant languages to older forms of Middle Atlantean, and other dialects of Middle Atlantean. Avocadians do not give up though. They continue to preach their nonsense, and since the invention of the internet 10 years ago, they have had a new platform to peddle their nonsense.

At the time of writing this article, Honalano outright banned avocadianism, and there is currently a referendum in front of Altanteans in Atlantis' only Kingdom whether to ban it outright. The Head of PRATS was not available for comment, and their headquarters in Honalano has been empty for years.

Beware, however, as the avocadian threat is still out there. If you see someone peddling their misinformation, call them out as the avocadian they are. Misinformation cannot be allowed to continue! Avocadianism will be conquered!