Gjjnh

## Overview

#### Fuklra

The Fuklra are water demons, they are tall, towering stalking figures, they are very thin, and wear dark cloaks and have blue skin. They are eternally thirsty, going around and drinking entire lakes and rivers, and cause drought. They occassionally will drain all of the liquids in a city, including milk and blood, but will always choose water over anything else. Their dark cloaks allow them to move place to place in the shadows, akin to teleporting. They were said to be created by Pahhni after he promised thirsty saplings all the water they could drink, and they transformed into the Fuklra, swearing eternal allegiance to Pahhni. Their cloaks were said to be created when some of the Fuklra residing in the (cloud) Kajhi was sitting upon were torn out by Hiala during his descent to the ground, singing the silk the Fuklra were wrapped around in, making them black.

#### Hgajivuiu

The Hgajivuiu, or Poisonworkers, when translated into Common, are witch-like entities in Gjjnh. They use items within Pahhni's domain, including parts of his loyal creations (such as Spider Eyes)

## Gjjnh Myths

### Great Decay Myth

This Myth explains the current status of the Mesa, and of the world. The myth declares that the Mesa was once a thriving rainforest, like the surrounding biomes. Hiala and Kajhi lived in harmony, Hiala brought warmth while Kajhi brought water, and the world thrived, until one day, a man, Jikklh, chose to kill his brother Hijjkl. Jikklh fancied a girl his brother courted, Tumari, and fueled with grief, jealousy, and anger, he chose to lead his brother away from the village, and threw him over the cliff. This action, known as The First Act of Destruction, was death, and from that, Pahhni was born. Pahhni only wished to spread more death and decay, for it was his birth, and so his nature. He began small, with small bugs and ferns, but his power grew, and he began eliminating herds and swathes of trees. No matter his efforts, however, he could not destroy all. Kajhi and Hiala would replace what he destroyed. He grew sick of this back and forth, and devised a plan. Pahhni knew of the courtship between Kajhi and Hiala, but there was a single major problem: Hiala could not go near Kajhi. Kajhi was water, and he was fire, and if he was to get too close to Kajhi, he would burn her away, and the world they created. Pahhni schemed, he prepared, and he concocted a solution. If he could force Kajhi up, Hiala would be compelled to come down, however, he would need help, and an army. Pahhni slithered around the jungle, finding the spiders. He told them his plan, and promised the power of poison for weaving a cushion light enough to lift Kajhi up, along with their loyalty. They accepted his bribe, and so it was created. He needed demons to hold the water, so he found some dried up trees, putting them into the cushion, he swore all of the water they could consume, and they accepted, creating the first Fuklrai. And finally, he needed someone to convince her to use it. He had always sensed his creator, Jikklh, he simply never held an interest, until now. The young man had been sitting in his home, having married Tumari after his brother's "disappearance", suddenly hearing a call. "Come, Jikklh, I, Pahhni, request you.". the man looked at the window, seeing the aura of Pahhni, and stared in horror. "Let us take a walk.", despite an overwhelming dread, he compulsively left the house, going towards Pahhni, he met him, and stopped. "Why do you call on me now?", Jikklh firmly asked. "I wish to make a deal, but first, we walk.". Pahhni and Jikklh walk, and walk, and walk, until they reach the cemetary. "Here? Why here?", Jikklh asked, Pahhni responded, "We are here to visit someone, come.", further they walked, until they stopped at a grave, the grave of Jikklh's son, who starved. Jikklh once again asked, "Why here?", and Pahhni replied, "I require your help. I promise you vast powers, including the revival of the dead.", Pahhni called upon the grave, promising all the food it could eat, and so rose the corpse, making the first Iggkjka. Jikklh was horrified, but could not help but embrace his son's corpse. "You swear I can do this too?", Pahhni replied, "I can grant you that and more, so long as you give Kajhi this cushion and convince her to sit on it.", Jikklh swore, "Of course.", and so was made, the first Poisonworker. Pahhni told Jikklh the location of Kajhi, and he took the cushion the next day, finding Kajhi. Kajhi was surpised to have visitors, for she did not usually have any, "Hello Kajhi, I have brought you a gift! A cushion so you are not aching on the ground!", Kajhi was excited at the idea, quickly seating herself upon it, and immediately, the Fuklrai held her in place, and the silk rose her up to the sky. Unable to move, she could not escape as she went up, and soon, Hiala told her she must go back down, and she responded she could not, Hiala then went down, to save his love, and his heat immediately began burning away much of the life they created. With the positions in place, Pahhni began his attack. His armies of Kajhi traitors, undead, and demons roamed the landscape, laying waste to all. His Fuklra swallowed lakes and rivers, his Iggkjka wilted food, the spiders stung and bit, and his poisonworkers cursed and hexed, summoning alive skeletons and corpses, who spread disease, and Pahhni, at the top, commanding them all, turned the death into rot and decay. Many hid or ran, but nearly all died. What was left of the Mesi people were scattered and scared, they pleaded to Kajhi to save them, and she heard, even so far up. She desperately thought of solution after solution, until she realized she could move the cushion around, save moving up or down, and could just touch the highest peaks with her fingertips. She proclaimed to them to get to the top, and so they did, and the Mesi were saved. Pahhni's blights were below the peaks, and the water was at the top. Over time, Pahhni's plan had revealed a big issue, Pahhni did not realize Hiala's heat could harm his armies as well, and he brought down on himself Hiala's full fury. Hiala scorched the landscapes, destroying all of the horrors he could find, and soon, his armies were decimated, and with nothing to decay, Pahhni's power weakened, and he went into hiding, with the remainder of his followers. Though defeated, the desert could not be reformed, Kajhi was still stuck high above, and Hiala could not go above to retrieve her, and so she could only water the Mesas, and so is how the desert as is known now, came to be.