The Crucible X The Eclipse (A Dragon's Tooth Article)

From an issue of “A Dragon’s Tooth,” the collected works of Garavel Norixior, Scholar of the Realms: 
Now, before I continue, I am deeply aware that the following subject is rather controversial, and even somewhat touchy in various corners of the Prime. But as tense sentiments seem to increase across both the Mortal States and the Heart Wilds at large, I feel a duty to inform my fellow denizens of the Prime, as to who is at the core of this whole dilemma. 
Let us all hope I am not “disappeared” for this. 
Allow me to introduce to you Those Who Were Once Divine: The Crucible and the Eclipse. 
From what little archaeological records I am still given access to in Gra’axus, the Crucible is believed to have been the First-of-Heaven: a group of celestial beings who lived within the Sun and, by their will alone, shaped reality as we now understand it. Said to be born directly from Uro, soul of the Prime itself, the Crucible were as follows;
* Yla, the Potter
* Dami-Yno, Hammer of the Gods
* Vӕxtaar, the Dark Between Stars
* Sindar, All-That-Moves
* Kirrehan, Archivist of Memory
I should note, there is evidence of another god in this family. I have seen the name “Aldwyn” passed around on various relics, written in tones of respect and honour, but otherwise, this deity seems to have been widely smote from the honour of historical permanence. A fate worse than our mortal death, if you ask me…
While the Crucible seems as though they were tasked with the more esoteric part of creation, the second group of gods were far more down-to-earth, literally. The group once called the Eclipse, now officially titled “the Silent Pantheon,” seem to have come into being as a result of godly energies mingling with the Prime Plane. Infamously responsible for creating the Moon in an act of divine rebellion, the Eclipse contained:
* Ystävä, the Beckoner
* Midnight, Deathtouched
* Hylan, Saint of Mortalkind
* Nevrik, Caster of Passions
* Ünen, the Moonsmith
Again, readers, this is perhaps not comprehensive. It is admittedly difficult to research a group of entities when acknowledging their very existence could be seen as a crime, or at least, a COLOSSAL faux-pas. I have seen tokens placed on bodies upon their internment, bearing carvings of a divine stag, and ancient charms for a good-night’s-sleep marked with an armoured angel. 
We may never know the full extent of those who shaped our troubled, beautiful world. What we do know, my readers, is that both the Crucible and the Eclipse are long, long gone. Whatever happened those many years ago is as lost to us now as the gods are themselves, but these Divines cast their gaze elsewhere, and left a seat vacant in the Firmament. 
A seat which I personally hope stays empty for as long as we all shall live, as much as my brother Rykhan will hate me for saying so. But enough doom and divine gloom for now, readers! Next time I promise to chat on a much cheerier subject! 
‘Til then, spare a copper for the Dragon, and read well! 
– G. Norixior, A Dragon’s Tooth
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