Tuliyan

*Parents.* **Mother:** Moreya

Three hundred thousand years into Moreya’s emergence she created her son Tuliyan. He travelled across the cosmos observing the mortal races taking shape within it; the biggest flag he found with them was their fleeting lifespans. This he thought was a clear oversight of his mother and so he started developing his divine arcane abilities to fix it.

Years passed and he seemed incapable of altering these lifespans of the mortals; however, he would not quit in his pursuit of justice for them. Eventually, he discovered that his goal might be out of his grasp, but this just meant he needed to get more creative. If he could not alter their living destiny, then perhaps he could create an immortal vessel to transfer them to another plane where he could control the laws entirely like his mother. With this a new dimensional plane started to take form; Tuliyan would infuse his essence within this plane and then place those elements into the mortals of the physical realm. The mortals will still die, but they would live forever in his realm; Land of the Undying, the afterlife.

The Land of the Undying was different than his mother’s creation. In his mother’s creation there were countless planets spanning across infinite distances, always expanding; here though, there was just an ever-expanding landscape made up of every creation. A place of no disease, no death, no pain, infinite adventure and opportunity. Just like the physical plane, the Land of the Undying also continued to expand endlessly; a necessity to allow it to adapt and add desires of all new occupants that came into being.

Moreya entered the realm after it had begun to extensively expand; for she had noticed there were souls here that found it to be torturous, eternal life, eternal suffering for them. She used her magic to create pocket areas across the realm and then told her son those who wanted another chance at life may use them. The Goddess also told him there would be a condition for those souls return to the mortal realm. They would be reincarnated into a new body as a newborn as a fresh slate with no memories of their previous life. After empowering these zones, she dematerialized.

Tuliyan’s realm at this point had become quite populated, so it would be quite the task to continually keep order and inform his citizens of how the afterlife worked; including their options. This led to the creation of the Arch-Curators of the Undying. Tuliyan tends to be very cautious with giving out power though, so he also created The Book of the Dead. The book would act as a failsafe for everything in his dominion; this would in turn allow him to give phenomenal abilities to his children with confidence they won’t defy him.

His ten children begun their simple task of welcoming and guiding the population of the realm; all was going as intended until the day a mortal slipped through the walls dividing the land of the living and that of the dead. At first it was alright, this man marveled at the sights he was witnessing. He even started conversing with the people of the land; asking them what this wonderful and amazing place was. The man stayed for many years and eventually made the acquaintance of Tuliyan. This was the first time he had the opportunity to speak with one of Rhohar’s kind before they made the ethereal transition to his home.

The decision was made; he would make a disciple out of this man and teach him. Tuliyan called in his son, Anubis and performed a ritual that formed a pact between the two, so that Rhohar could use the magics of the Land of the Undying in the physical plane. Another 2 years had passed as Rhohar learned more of this magic; in a mere few days he would be ready to return home and share with the world what happens after death. The only regret he would have been having to leave Anubis’ side; the two had become quite close over the years.

On that final night, Anubis betrayed his father and stole the Book of the Dead. He performed a spell on it to keep his father forever in the Land of the Undying. It was the only way to keep him from being able to reverse what was about to happen. He gave the book to Rhohar and told him to keep it in the mortal plane; being part of this meant he could never come back to the afterlife. Thanks to the pact though, he could live forever. He took the book as Anubis wished; he would do anything for the one he had come to love.

The Dawning era of the afterlife was about to come to an end. Tuliyan’s children began their assault on him; they did not believe all life deserved paradise. They were now going to fix their fathers mistakes, his weakness. The Mortals would be given what they deemed justice for how the living navigated life. Tuliyan was bound in chains and encased in primordial energies, trapping him as a living statue. He would witness all that happened within his creation, but be powerless to interfere. The era of Judgement had arrived.

The children restructured the Land of the Undying into layers; Rhohar and Anubis would be the eternal bridge between the living and the dead. Tuliyan through sheer will still sends whisperings into the mortal plane trying to retrieve his book in order to be freed.