Zayn-Geif

**Zayn-Geif** is the Azen of medicine and alchemy who created and provides the gods with pills of immortality. These pills give the gods their immortality and eternal youth, allowing them to become as old as the High gods.

## History

Zayn-Geif was one of the last gods to be accepted in the pantheon of Sahul. It wasn't until 2080 BD that his faith was proselytised by the saint Jauccer of Petesnook when he brought him and the concept of medicine to the plague ridden city of Petesnook.

## Myths

### Zayn-Geif and Ahurt

Once upon a time Zayn-Geif was taking a midnight stroll in the disguise of an old man. In this form he wandered around the world, completely lost in his own thoughts thinking about new and improved cures for the many diseases that plagued the mortals. So lost in thought was he that he didn't even notice that he accidently stepped on the tail of a bilby named Ahurt. Ahurt yelped from the pain. He yelled after the disguised Zayn-Geif to watch where he was going! This rude yelling pulled Zayn-Geif back from his thoughts and he told the bilby that that was no way to speak to an old man. The bilby laughed at him, telling him that it didn't matter if he was six or sixty he still be the same. This response amused the god, and he challenged Ahurt to a contest. Whoever won two out of three rounds was to be the winner. Ahurt accepted with a grin, thinking that this surely be easy to beat a wizened old man.

Jaci had however, unknown to both, watched the whole ordeal play out, and she descended from Indeko with a great smirk. With a booming voice she declared that this game was to become a lunar game by the grace of her and her moon and that she would watch as a judge. To become a lunar game meant that whoever lost the game was to forfeited their lives while whoever survived was to gain all the life of the loser. Both the disguised Zayn-Geif and Ahurt the bilby gracefully accepted the goddess her offer, thou Ahurt was screaming internally while Zayn-Geif stayed calm.

The contest began and the first challenge Zayn-Geif gave to Ahurt was for a race between them between two trees. Both had a good start but the young bilby easily beat the old man. Ahurt boasted but Zayn-Geif just smiled and said that it isn't easy to run so fast anymore when you're old.

For the second round Zayn-Geif decided to take it up a notch and challenged Ahurt to jump higher than a mountain, whoever did this first got the point. Ahurt just looked at the old man in disbelieve and said that it this challenge didn't count because it couldn't be done. The old man smiled again, saying that it was easy and made a small hop that barely lifted him of the ground and declared himself the winner of this round. Ahurt began to laugh, asking him if he was serious and then looked at Jaci. But to his surprise Jaci also declared the old man the winner. Now he was confused and he asked Zayn-Geif how he could jump higher than a mountain if he barely jumped of the ground? The old man laughed and said that everyone can jump higher than a mountain for mountains can not jump. He then went on to explain that it was not skill but wisdom which defeated this challenge and that wisdom came with age.

Now it was time for the final round, and for this one Zayn-Geif had a simple question for Ahurt: What was in the pills of immortality? Ahurt's heart sunk into his throat, his eyes became tiny, and realising who he had challenged he quietly said that the he didn't know...

Both the old man and the bilby turned to Jaci now with their hands on their back. The goddess declared the old man the winner of this lunar game and prepared her magic to grant bilby's young life to the old man. Meanwhile Zayn-Geif slipped a small little object into Ahurt's hands which Ahurt quickly took a look at. It was a pill of immortality! Ahurt quickly swallowed it down and closed his eyes. Jaci's finished her spell and... Nothing happened. Jaci was confused and Zayn-Geif turned himself back to his divine form. He than explained that cunning two, comes with age. Laughing did Zayn-Geif and Ahurt leave the fuming goddess behind. Zayn-Geif then offered the little bilby a job in his apothecary, where ever since Ahurt has helped craft the pills of immortality that keep the Azen alive.