Tenara, Ancient for "Land of the Young," is one of the two countries on the planet Novus, the other being Futura. It started out from the first settlement established by the Destiny expedition when they were sent back in time by dialing the Stargate while in the middle of a star. It is the oldest of the two countries on Novus, as Dr. Adam Brody and a group split off from them to create Futura. Colonel Everett Young was the first leader of Tenara while it was still a small settlement, while Camile Wray would write the constitution. The Tenarans were responsible for The Testament, kino recordings that showed the Destiny expedition's early years on the planet. Unlike the Futurans, who believed Dr. Nicholas Rush was a savior, some Tenarans thought of Rush as a demon who ripped the souls out of