Qirsyllvian Legends, Mythologies & Folklore

Outside religious-based legends and mythology, many legends and folktales, from fantastical places to culturally significant people, are told among the various cultures of Qirsyllviar, most entrenched in age-old folklore. Ancient legends have played a role in shaping all cultures and societies throughout history.
==Globally-Known Myths, Legends & Folklore==
Globally known legends and folklore are stories that are known throughout the world. Some such legends were originally known in one specific place before being spread across the world as more and more cultures came into contact and shared stories with one another. Some cultures have their own variations of such legends.
===Adalinda & Drachen===
The legend of Adalinda and Drachen is an old legend that supposedly ended dragon hunting in most parts of the world as it spread.
When a certain young human girl, known to Qirsyllvian history as Adalinda Lindwurm became lost in a mountain range, she came across a dragon. Though she was afraid of it at first – as dragons of the time were widely feared for the ferocity and hunted extensively – she soon realized that the beast's wing and rear leg was injured from an attack by a dragon hunter, and was in no condition to attack her (though it tried but was unable to breath fire). Adalinda, taking pity on the creature, instead decided to nurse it back to health. To earn its trust, she even stole meat from a nearby village to feed it. Eventually, the dragon, which she named Drachen, was able to move on its own again and did something most unusual... he allowed Adalinda to climb on his back, allowing her to experience the dragon's flight. Because of her frequent visits and kindness, Drachen had grown to trust her, even care for her. Adalinda had become the first person in the world to tame a dragon and earn its companionship. The two remained companions for the rest of their days, and fought together during a number of wars, changing the rules of warfare forever.
Adalinda and Drachen's story soon sparked the realization that dragons could be their friends, and soon people all over Qirsyllviar were taming dragons, for the use of military and labor, but most importantly companionship. Drachen is rumored to be buried with Adalinda, but this is unconfirmed.
===Library of Trinity===
The Library of Trinity is an ancient legendary library said to hold many millions of books, some containing vivid detail of Qirsyllviar's history and many other subjects besides. Common legend says that the library predates the first abjaksan. No one is sure how much, but most believe it predates them by at least two thousand years, while others say it's older. No one knows where the library resides or even if it still exists—or if it even existed at all. The library supposedly takes its name from the three groups responsible for it: the Keepers, the Seekers, and the Guardians.
Legend says that time passes differently within the library; for every day spent in the building, seven go by in the real world.
Administering the Library of Trinity are the Knowledge Keepers, an immortal man and woman – whose names are recorded in history as Markus & Calypso – charged with tending the library and keeping it it order.
Adding to the library's collection is the Knowledge Seekers, whose job is to go out into the world and find some worthwhile knowledge to store in the library. Rumor and legend says that the seekers are recruited, but no one knows from where.
Guarding the library against unwelcome intruders is the Knowledge Guardians. Legend says that visitors can only enter with the permission of the Keepers or they would be turned to stone by the Guardians. Visitors allowed into the library are watched over by the Guardians to make sure they don't steal anything or desecrate the library in any way.
The Library of Trinity supposedly holds countless books, but more famous tomes believed to be stored on the many thousands of shelves include:
Title 	Author 	Description
Akashic Records 	none 	Also known as the Book of Ages. An ancient magical tome, allegedly predating recorded history itself, that records important events and anniversaries of history, and updates itself as time passes.
Rumors abound that altering the events recorded in the pages of the book can change history, but this is unconfirmed.
Rykardiac's Archaic Book of Records	Rykardiac	An ancient magical tome listing remarkable achievements throughout history, and automatically updates itself when the records are broken or new feats are achieved.
===Lost City of Sezami===
The Lost City of Sezami (سيزامي) is an ancient city that was the capital of the kingdom of the same name where the former abjaksan of Aquilonis, Alladin ibn Qasim al-Sezami (الْلادِن يبن قسيم السيزامي), once ruled. It vanished around the same time as the Kitezh Cataclysm. Legends say that the city was "swallowed by the desert." Modern scholars continue to debate what happened, but the two prevailing theories is that it was either buried in a massive sandstorm of unprecedented scale, or it sank into a sinkhole that formed as a result of the underground springs. 
Sezami remains buried to this day and no one is sure of it's former site. Legend says that hidden within Sezami is a treasure vault containing the "wealth of kings," but only a blood heir of Sezami can open the vault by reciting the magic words "Open Sezami".
===Devil King Satan===
Several popular legends revolve around the Great Devil King Satan, universally accepted as the greatest and most powerful demon who ever lived. 
One legend was that he was the first demon to ever exist, emerging out of nothing from the chaos of nonexistence. This legend is the most widely used by holy religions such as Septifideltiy and Al-Haqiqa. 
Another legend, more popular with demons themselves, was that Satan was the first Demon King who united the warring demon tribes. This legend gave rise to the custom of devil kings being titled "Satan".
=== The Treasure of the Sea ===
The Treasure of the Sea (Gallique: L'Trésor d'la Mer/Genjin: Unabara no Zaiho (海原の財宝)) is a Soleillien-Yamato legend about a pirate treasure fleet, that vanished and allegedly sank in the Tozai Sea sometime after the defeat of the Lin Invasion of Yamatai, with vast collection of treasure and artifacts from both Soleil and Yamatai on board. Rumors abound that it also held Arslan and Wan treasures and artifacts from the invasion as well. No one knows whether all or none of the fleet sank or not, but treasure hunters of all races have been searching for it for centuries.
The most famous of these missing ships is the Seeker (Gallique: Chercheuse/Genjin: Tankyu-sha (探求者)), captained by the legendary Soleillien-Yamato pirate, Henri Yamamoto, whose ship supposedly went down with the Tasogare no Shinju (黄昏の真珠/Pearl of Twilight), a massive priceless pearl, the size of a newborn baby, that was stolen from the imperial palace of Teikyo during the Lin occupation of the capital.
==Geminian Legends & Folklore==
===Saint Nicolette the Giver===
Saint Nicolette the Giver (1975 – 2048PCZ) was a Synkratic-turned-Vozrod bishopess in northern Starkland in the years following the Synkratic–Vozrod Schism. She was the unofficial founder of what is now called "Saint Nicolette's Day," a beloved festive holiday that is celebrated on Lassager 25. Her legacy is made more remarkable by her former life.
Born in premodern Gallia amidst the collapse of the Second Solarian Empire, early in life she was a greedy Synkratic priestess following in the footsteps of her equally greedy father. Upon becoming bishopess of her own diocese in northern Starkland, she levied all sorts of religious taxes to support the first of the Northern Crusades. Her actions drove her people to poverty and set her homeland under a dark and gloomy shroud, even after the crusade ended.
No one is sure of the actual reason behind her complete reversal as a person, but the legend that grew out of her deeds and surviving memoirs say that one midsummer night, on the night of her 35th birthday, she was visited by the condemned-to-damnation spirit of her deceased father, whom had grown remorseful for his greed in life, and sent three spirits to show her her past, present and future. She claimed these spirits showed her how her past experiences and choices shaped the person she became, how her ways were affecting those around her in her present and how her future would be if she didn't change; how it lead to further misery for herself and those around her, cause the death of several innocent people, mostly children, including the daughter of one of her own priests, and lead to her own damnation. 
Waking up a changed and selfless person, now dedicated to spreading joy and happiness to everyone, she turned herself around. In an effort to bring cheer back to her people, she began making her amends by distributing the wrongfully collected taxes back to the people to stimulate the economy again and abolished them altogether. Knowing that her superiors in the Church wouldn't approve, and finally finding fault with Synkratism, she converted to Vozrodism and the rest of her people soon followed suit. For this she was excommunicated by the Church, but the support of the Vozrod Orthodoxy and her community prevented her from being forcibly removed. 
Throughout the rest of that year, she made all sorts of efforts to make amends for her greed, bring her people back to prosperity, and generally spread cheer to the people. To do this she made all sorts of plans for a great festival and started making hundreds of toys to give to children. When winter started to rear its head that year, throughout the especially cold season she made efforts to help everyone she could. She ensured as many as possible stayed warm by handing out newly-made clothes to everyone who needed them, began handing out food to the poor and those who couldn't feed themselves, and visited hospitals to help heal the sick and recite prayers for those she couldn't save. 
It broke her heart that she couldn't help everybody, but she never wavered in her mission and found the month of Lassager the perfect time to begin her planned festivities. She had a great spruce tree erected in the square of her hometown and decorated it with baubles, strings of holly and candles of various colors, topping it with the Star of Septifidelity, and encouraged her people to do the same in their homes. She also dressed in a red coat hemmed with white fur and wore a wreathe of holly in her hair, which many women copied. On the night of Lassager 24 she secretly visited the homes of children, particularity well-behaved ones, and left the toys she made, wrapped as gifts, for them under the trees. The following morning she handed out more toys to children she wasn't able to get to the previous night. All these deeds and her generosity and kindness earned her the nickname "Nicolette the Giver." 
All the things she did were repeated every year until it became tradition, which she continued for the remainder of her life. Over the years, children even began writing letters to her telling them they had been good and asking for toys. These traditions soon spread across the region and beyond as word of her deeds did as well. Posthumously canonized as a saint in 2072PCZ, St. Nicolette's day is still celebrated every year and legend says that St. Nicolette continues to leave gifts under the trees for good children, dressed in red and wearing a wreath of holly in her hair.
===Vampiric Legends & Folklore===
====Hugtor & Lilyari====
Hugtor & Lilyari are the first vampires. Mythology states that after they were turned into vampires by Zatazia, they fought off every pursuer that came across them and feed on thousands of people over the course of several hundred years, turning many thousands of men and women into vampires, who turned many more into vampires. As they were turned into vampires by a goddess, the venom of these two was much more potent than what is seen today, potent enough to change their victims race to the point it was a like they were never human before.
Many of these vampires didn't live long because they didn't know how to survive as vampires. Only the ones who learned how to survive from Hugtor & Lilyari lived to produce their own lines of vampire families via other vampires.
Hugtor & Lilyari also gave birth to many hundreds of children over the course of a many centuries, who in turn produced more children, either with each other or with vampires their parents turned from human, thus spreading the vampire race across the world.
Both of these paths produced fruit, thus giving rise to the Neprefăcut side of the vampire race.
As the assumed progenitors of the vampires race, many prominent clans claim descent from them, claims difficult to prove.
====Waklarc====
Waklarc, also known as The Shadow, is a figure from old vampiric legend and folklore.
Popular folklore says that he seeps into the shadows of vampires, influencing their actions, making no distinction between good or evil.
Vampiric theologists have debated for centuries whether to classify him as a god or a demon, if at all.
Vampire parents often use Waklarc as a bogeyman to make their children behave by altering the story to make them think he devoured the souls disobedient children via their shadows.
====Yarlyor====
Yarlyor, also known as The Great Bat, is a figure from old vampiric legend and folklore.
Depicted as a gigantic greater noctule bat, as big as a grown man, popular legend tells that he flies across the night skies searching for wayward souls. Often-viewed as the grim reaper of Zodjism, neither good nor evil, he guides the souls of deceased vampires to be judged by Ua & Arohoris, who will either grant them salvation in Zinrai or cast them them to damnation in Iad.
== Aquiline Legends, Myths & Folklore==
=== Soleillien Legends & Folklore ===
==== L'Sirène Renarde ====
L'Sirène Renarde (The Fox Mermaid) is an old Soleillien folktale of a woman with an octopus on her head, often heard along the southern coasts of Soleil. She is typically depicted as a naked young adult with red or black hair, riding either a broom or a dolphin.
== Genjin Legends, Myths & Folklore==
===Tenrai Shimai===
The Tenrai Shimai (天来姉妹/Hevenly Sisters) are two siblings born to central deities Zenno & Iroke.
====Kaguya-Hime====
====Himiko Joo====
Himiko Joo (卑弥呼女王), or simply Himiko (卑弥呼), is the younger daughter of Zenno & Iroke. Popular legend says that she gave up her immortality to live with in the mortal realm during the protohistorical era of Fuso, though there are many variations as to how she came to the mortal realm.
The most popular legend is that she descended to the mortal ream and ended up on the island of Hatsushima (初島), an island between Fuso and Marlackor, near the center of the Chohokei Sea (長方形海/Chohokei Umi), the location of which has been forgotten to history; yet, recent discovery of a small patch of scattered islets near the center of the Chohokei sea, along with the remains of villages underwater, has led to the suggestion that Hatsushima has since sunk into the sea.
Legend continues to say that she boarded a small boat alone and set sail for Fuso, before getting caught in a storm, eventually ending up washed up naked on a beach of what is now the town of Sakitomi (先富), capital of what is now Chiroshima Gun (遅漏島郡).
She was immediately found by local villagers and given food and clothing, but wasn't welcome due to the plague they were going through. Having given up her immortality, but not her divine powers, she used her powers to heal the sick, ending the plague. Their gratitude led them to anointing her as their new village leader, becoming the Joo of the ancient Kingdom of Sakitomi.
==Wan Legends & Folklore==
===Baxian===
The Baxian (八仙/Eight Immortals) are, according to traditional Wanzu legend, a group of heroes who banished a great evil to the depths of the underworld. Each immortal also represents an aspect of nature (represented by a bagua trigram) and are represented with a special artifact and other things. Each also had one or two companion dragons.
Given that they are called immortals, many Wan philosophers debate whether they passed form the world or still exist while in hiding.
The founders of several dynasties of Tianchao and other great historical Wan figures claim decent from one or more of the Baxian.
Baxian 	Han Xiangzi韓湘子 	Zhongli Quan鍾離權 	Lu Dongbin呂洞賓 	Cao Guojiu曹國舅 	He Xiangu何仙姑 	Li Tieguai李鐵拐 	Zheng Guolao張果老 	Lan Caihe藍采和
☿ 	♂ 	♂ 	♂ 	♂ 	♀ 	♂ 	♂ 	♀
Nature 	Heaven天 	Lake澤 	Fire火 	Thunder雷 	Wind風 	Water水 	Mountain山 	Earth地
Trigram Symbol 	☰ 	☱ 	☲ 	☳ 	☴ 	☵ 	☶ 	☷
Sacred Element 	Metal金 	Metal金 	Fire火 	Wood木 	Wood木 	Water水 	Earth地 	Earth地
Personality 	Philosopher 	Merry-maker 	Sovereign 	General 	Wise 	Pilgrim 	Warrior Hero 	Feeler
Sacred Artifact 	Flute 	Hand fan 	Sword 	Castanet 	Lotus 	Calabash 	Drum 	Flower
Virtue 	Faith 	Abnegation 	Chastity 	Humbleness 	Dedication 	Temperance 	Patience 	Charity
Sin 	Heresy 	Envy 	Lust 	Vanity 	Laziness 	Greed 	Wrath 	Materialism
Dragon(s) 	Tianlong天龍 	Panlong & Feilong蟠龍 & 飛龍 	Zhulong燭龍 	Shenlong神龍 	Qinglong青龍 	Jiaolong & Dilong蛟龍 & 地龍 	Fuzanglong伏藏龍 	Chilong螭龍
Historicity & other notes	 	 	Lu Dongbin is considered the leader of the Baxian and the greatest fire mage in Wanzu history.	 	 	 	 	The Lan clan of the women-ruled Bao Kingdom, a state of the Warring States Period, claimed descent from Lan Caihe.
===The Ghost of Tangzhai===
==Other Mythological Figures==
There are several mythological figures whose existence is either obscured by myth or so famous that they've passed into legend. Most existed either before, or just after, the time of the first abjaksan.
===Adamus & Eva===
The first human man and woman in Solarii myth and folklore. Legends say that direct descendants of them possess a unique sense.
===Orion & Delphia===
Orion and Delphia were legendary centaurs.
===Marina & Ophir===
Marina and Ophir were the first mermaid and merman, according to merfolk mythology.
==Notes & Trivia==
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