Creation Mythos
Chances are real darn good that nothing as boring as this will end up in any of the books, but I figured I needed to know why the gods were so pissed at each other, and this is what I came up with. Forgive the archaic (and sloppy) tone, as I was in a funky mood when writing it.
The Mythos of the Heavens
In the dawn of ages, seven gods created. One destroyed.
Demi, goddess of light, lay down with Khaat, god of darkness and from their union were born the heavens and the celestial bodies.
Aggres, god of wisdom, lay down with Zelari, goddess of earth and from their fruits, the earth itself was birthed and from the earth, the creatures of the earth.
Vitae, goddess of life, lay down with Eros, god of passion, and from their most holy coupling were born the ancestors of man, capable of both immortality and of passion, the two highest forms of life.
But Thuli, having lay down with his mate, Rina, goddess of magic, was consumed by jealousy of her power and slew her, least their children be capable some day of challenging the gods themselves. The six remaining gods cast Thuli down, stripping him of his titles. As they mourned for Rina and her unborn creation, the god Aggres spake thus: "Let us, each of us, pass a spark of our essence into the children of Eros and Vitae, who are filled with life and passion, for in them do I see hope, for the future and for our creation."
The gods and goddesses concurred, for the children of Rina and Thuli were meant to be priests and servants to the gods, almost gods themselves in all power and devotion. When each of the gods had passed a spark of his or her own power into the children of Vitae and Eros, and generations of man had populated the earth, the gods realized their error, for they had weakened themselves in the giving of that spark, and petty squabbles divided them. The god Thuli escaped from the prison in which he had been placed, hail and whole and unweakened by the giving of a spark. Divided and weak, the Six could do nothing to prevent Thuli from cursing the children of Eros and Vitae. The gifts of the godspark became rare in men, and life was cut short at every turn by plagues of disease, by aging, and by wars that ravaged the lands.
Thuli took the children of Vitae and Eros whom he had blinded to the sixth and seventh senses with his power, and made them over into his image, calling them Thulians, and the Priests of Thuli conquered the lands of men and undertook the work of destroying the godspark from all of creation.
The Mythos of the Heavens
In the dawn of ages, seven gods created. One destroyed.
Demi, goddess of light, lay down with Khaat, god of darkness and from their union were born the heavens and the celestial bodies.
Aggres, god of wisdom, lay down with Zelari, goddess of earth and from their fruits, the earth itself was birthed and from the earth, the creatures of the earth.
Vitae, goddess of life, lay down with Eros, god of passion, and from their most holy coupling were born the ancestors of man, capable of both immortality and of passion, the two highest forms of life.
But Thuli, having lay down with his mate, Rina, goddess of magic, was consumed by jealousy of her power and slew her, least their children be capable some day of challenging the gods themselves. The six remaining gods cast Thuli down, stripping him of his titles. As they mourned for Rina and her unborn creation, the god Aggres spake thus: "Let us, each of us, pass a spark of our essence into the children of Eros and Vitae, who are filled with life and passion, for in them do I see hope, for the future and for our creation."
The gods and goddesses concurred, for the children of Rina and Thuli were meant to be priests and servants to the gods, almost gods themselves in all power and devotion. When each of the gods had passed a spark of his or her own power into the children of Vitae and Eros, and generations of man had populated the earth, the gods realized their error, for they had weakened themselves in the giving of that spark, and petty squabbles divided them. The god Thuli escaped from the prison in which he had been placed, hail and whole and unweakened by the giving of a spark. Divided and weak, the Six could do nothing to prevent Thuli from cursing the children of Eros and Vitae. The gifts of the godspark became rare in men, and life was cut short at every turn by plagues of disease, by aging, and by wars that ravaged the lands.
Thuli took the children of Vitae and Eros whom he had blinded to the sixth and seventh senses with his power, and made them over into his image, calling them Thulians, and the Priests of Thuli conquered the lands of men and undertook the work of destroying the godspark from all of creation.
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