Yla the Potter (A Dragon's Tooth Article)

From an issue of “A Dragon’s Tooth,” the collected works of Garavel Norixior, Scholar of the Realms: 
Whilst I still have you all enraptured, dear readers, on topics that could have me sealed away in a Coalition gaol, let us dive a little deeper, shall we?
Let us examine the Sunmother herself, Yla, the Potter.
Never say I don’t do my due diligence for you all…
Of all the lingering myths of the gods of old, Yla’s are the most easily accessible, as the Vanguard does not restrict study on the Potter. The Vanguard draws their power and societal energy from “the Sun’s Grace,” after all, and believes Yla to be the progenitor of the Sun as a whole.
Not the most abstract line of thinking, but one must give the Vanguard credit for trying.
Commonly known as the first of the Crucible, eldest child of the Prime, it is the Potter who is credited for creating both the other gods, and the very concept of life as a whole! What a truly divine feat! Almost beggars belief, if you ask me, but few folk-of-the-cloth ever do.
Her moniker comes from the stories which tell of the Great Wheel, a device beyond comprehension upon which she sculpted the Clay of Being, to create everything we understand. Interestingly, the Elves have a different name for the Wheel: Aravel’ghilan. Directly, this means “That which guides the path,” or more colloquially, a map-maker. Your guess is as good as mine, readers, as to how this bit of trivia came about!
What all the stories agree on, is what the Potter stood for. In both the ruins of her ancient temples, and within the hallowed halls of Calanthus today, you may still find adages exalting:
- Order
- Certainty
- Imagination
It bears thinking on, that a god who exemplified putting everything in its place would value creativity? Certainly merits a good mental chew, that one. But while the Sun may still have its day-to-day uses, Yla is as long-gone as the rest of the gods, and she’s had enough of my quill for today! ‘Til next time, readers, spare a copper for the Dragon, and read well!
– G. Norixior, A Dragon’s Tooth
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