The vast black void split, and rushed forth a deluge of earth which formed what is the Earth. When the Earth itself formed, it gained sentience and found its self lonesome, so it divided itself into 12 different worlds, each with a different people. The first of these worlds was called Alendara, and was the home of the Children of Bor. It was the world of fire. Second came Pira, world of water. Pira was the home of the Galtorites. Next was Imoha; a desert planet with few resources but two sentient races constantly at war: The Spider-race known as Kuttara, and the Ant-race known as Klaxxori. The fourth world was the land of eternal peace, where all things were good and well, and where all wish to go in their next life. And it was called Tak, which means peace, and from it's soil rose the Gulms, guardians of the gates of eternity. The fifth was Grekim, a planet of winged men and forests with trees as tall as mountains.The sixth world is known as Dragdim, a world in constant blizzard and populated by a race of ice giants called the Nnutoj. The seventh world, called Rahim, was a world of of crystalline landscapes and mirrors of the mind; no living creature walks it's earth, but certain spirits often end up here. The eighth was called Sphexi, a swamp planet populated by lizardmen and giant snakes. The ninth was Getim Huax, the mountain place, which was inhabited by the Toron Togosh. The Toron Togosh were creatures of rock and flesh; bone and skin were metal and rock, while blood and organs were hardy flesh. The tenth was Lujim, a barren rocky world inhabited by strange creatures. The eleventh was unnamed, for no creature had known it's surface, and it was dark in the night sky. The last world was the realm of change; evolution and natural mechanics ruled supreme; although magic was present as well as several sentient races, including humans, dwarves, elves, and many others. This last world was Earth itself, no longer lonely.
Once again the void opened, and from thence came the gods, to rule over these fully formed worlds. There were only five; some held to planets, others to domains. And so the gods were Altham; high one, Lurrei; balancer, Uruit; recorder, Gemest; life-giver, and Terros; death-bringer. Altham's love was given to the planet Tak, and all that was within it. Terros made her home within the confines of the 11th planet, but she visited each of the others regularly - for all men must die. Lurrei created her own domain; a remnant of the Splitting, a place of balance and equity, always half light, half dark; not large, but not small. In the secret of her realm, Lurrei created the k'Ron, who will one day bring balance at the end of time. Although Gemest had certain duties on most of the planets, he preferred to live and bless where the weather was most temperate; Pira, Tak, Grekim, Sphexi, and Earth. Uruit gave birth to the first humans, elves, and dwarves by Altham and reigned over Tak alongside her husband. Terros and Gemest also mated; in their union of opposites, Grensal; the outsider was born. Grensal did not have the powers of the gods, but none-the-less he was destined to live forever and could travel between the realms. The fires of Alendara were forsaken by the gods as cursed, so the Children of Bor thought of their own false deities as true. Those of Imoha respected the gods for their power, but did not worship them; their only gods were Brood, Thought, and Action. The Galtorites of Pira knew of Gemest and Terros, but called them by different names. And as for the rest of the mortal races, they worship false and true deities; not knowing which ones were truly real.
The void split once more, and out came the Violix, a race of beings from beyond the void, searching for a new home. Now the Violix were a hateful, violent race, who desired only conquest and rule. They came to each planet in turn, starting with Alendara. There they enticed the Children of Bor with destinies beyond the flames, and so they became corrupted and the Goros were born. Bor, an offspring of the Goros who had given the Children of Bor their name, was begat in the first generation of the Goros. Now Bor was a mighty warrior, and his heart had not yet been corrupted by the Violix. He knew that his people were being used, and being brought into the darkness, and so he prayed to his unliving gods; strangely they answered. By an unknown divine power's blessing, Bor had been given the powers of a demigod and split the first tribe of Goros in two: a faction of Bor's followers, or children; and the other loyal to the Violix. And so, with his force, Bor fought against the Violix...
In the first year of war, the Children of Bor fought valiantly, and defeated many Violixi strongholds, but lost just as many to the Goros who remained loyal to the Violix, who had taught them that they were their gods. The Violix, sensing weakness, tricked the Children of Bor into a lengthy ambush, whilst sending an assassin after Bor himself. The ambush itself was beaten back and the Children continued their attacks, however, Bor himself was severely wounded in the ambush and when the assassin confronted him, there was not much he could do to protect himself; thus dying. On his death he uttered a single word - a high unholy word - that would curse a thousand generations of the Violix. The price was high though, and thus came the extinguishing of Alendara's planetary flames.
The Violix moved to Pira, the water world of the Galtorites. Unlike the first planet, this place was without flames, and with those who prayed to true gods. And Gemest, who was at that time residing on Pira, came to the aid of the Galtorites, damning the Violix to the mysterious Eleventh world. In the darkness of the death god's world, they built. The damning became known as Gemest's Gift - for Terros welcomed the Violix within her realm as she knew their presence would propagate a great feasting for her. Terros slowly trained and manipulated the Violix, causing them to forget their love of conquest and making them love murder instead. This way, the threat of the Violix was controlled and limited to the world; the Violix now live there, constantly playing games of intrigue, thanks to the ingenuity of the god of death.
Far away from the Violix, the Toron Togosh of Getim Huax were building a powerful civilization. Using their understanding of the natural earth, they created places of both beauty and barbarity. As the decades wore on, though, the powerful civilization that was once unrivaled, decayed into a blasphemous and greedy society held in a tight grip by only the world's wealthiest citizens. Seeing that the balance was being broken on such a large scale, the god Lurrei cursed them. Their protective stony hides softened, and their metal skeletons became brittle - they were no better than humans. Because of this, the hearts of the Toron Togosh were filled with hate, and they swore vengeance against the gods. The temples and shrines of the gods were forsaken and desecrated; their remaining worshipers and clergy were tortured and slowly killed. Afterwards, they declared this event the Great Purge and dedicated themselves entirely to technological pursuits.
Unbeknownst to the beings of Earth, the events of the universe had much effect on them. The remains of creations, the great rocks that circled the planets and stars, were massing above the planet of Earth, because mysterious forces from beyond were directing the great rocks to join together form a new moon for which the purpose was to stabilize Earth's orbit, allowing for ease of prediction of tides, currents, and growing seasons. Known by not even the gods, another diety had appeared in the system; Lohast of the Hidden Flame. Lohast hid from the other gods when the void first opened and was left behind, but then mastered the secrets of the void and departed the void with intent to bring this knowledge to the people of Earth. By gifting the people of Earth with the Void, he increased his abilities, his power, and his influence.
Although Lohast of the Hidden Flame was a kind god, his sudden upwelling of influence scared the other gods and they attempted to banish him to Earth. With the power of a thousand curses, they attempted to nail him eternally into the sky. They would fail. This action started to corrupt Lohast, as he attempted to hide from the gods. The lone god flew and hid away, becoming more and more hateful of his brethren. While Lohast hid, his gifts to the Earthlings faded in power, and some doubted in his existence. As an outsider and wanderer, Grensal became curious with this Lohast; similiar in their loneliness and wandering he sought him out. After chasing after him for a hundred days and a hundred nights, Grensal eventually found him hiding in the center of his Gift Moon which now burned with black Voidfire. Grensel made a pact with Lohast, to overthrow the gods and bring on the era of Lohast. Their plan failed, and the gods cast them deep into the Earth's caverns, deprived of most of their godly powers, although they were still immortal.
After Lohast was banished, the Gift Moon's Voidfire burned out, and the gods would find out that there was a terrifying being within, summoned by Lohast at the last moment as an act of spite. It was the great Olot-chanib, a horrific monster from beyond the void that once had been worshipped by the Violix as their god. Without the flames that guarded it, and the void that imprisoned it, it broke it's shell and as it's first act destroyed Earth. The gods looked on in horror, and planned on how to prevent further destruction. They found Lohast and Grensal sitting on a fragment of Earth, watching Olot-chanib with surprising nonchalance. Meanwhile, on the order of Gemest, the beings of Earth appeared in limbo on Tak; protected, for the time being, by the Gulms. They waited their in mostly complete confusion; shock at such quick death, disbelief in it happening, anger at the gods for taking away Lohast, and yet they were also happy to live in this Paradise... many emotions, many beliefs. Earth had now become Olgrash, a large collection of the fragments that remain of Earth, inhabited only by Olot-chanib, who even the Gods feared to challenge.Sensing that the time was ripe, Lohast and Grensal came to the god with an offer- they would lock Olot-chanib eternally in a Voidfire Sun and rebuild Earth if they restored his godly powers and gave him dominion over the people of Earth. Seeing no other alternative-and believing that the Olot-chanib would not stop at Earth-they accepted their offer.
The Gods returned to Tak to deliberate over what to do with the beings of Earth, now accustomed to life on Tak.
Their brief stay on Tak had weakened their wills, and to return to Earth in such a state would make them slaves all but in name to Lohast.
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Topic: The Myth of The Twelve Worlds (Create a creation myth) (Read 6940 times)