The Earthly Kingdom of the Holy Trinity and the Prophet of Zion

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The Earthly Kingdom of the Holy Trinity and the Prophet of Zion, commonly known as Prophet's land of Zion, was a remote settlement in Østerdaal, Greater Normark, established by the normarkian christian cult the Children of the Holy Trinity and the Prophet of Zion led by Aage Svehla, known as the Prophet of Zion by both his followers and the media at the time. The Earthly Kingdom of the Holy Trinity and the Prophet of Zion was first established a few miles south of the small lumber town of Svalhøja in central Østerdaal, Greater Normark in 1970 but the settlement was moved to the northern parts of Østerdaal several hundred miles away from closest large town in 1973 to escape journalists, police and government officials. The settlement and the cult came to an end in 1976 after a collective suicide that killed all 267 settlers, including Aage Svehla Himself. This collective suicide threw the cult into the spotlight and the entire nation of Normark was shocked of why and how something like this would happen. It was the first christian cult based collective suicide in normarkian history and one of the first religious based cults known by the majority of the people.