The Song of Names

# THE SONG OF NAMES

Before all time there was only the One,

Above the dark chaotic water run,

In the One there lives ev'ry being's name,

As many candles joined into one flame.

## CANTO I

A name the One chose to break from the rest,

And place within the great Allfather's chest,

He rose and knew he was Alkiezador,

Unknown another name lived in his core,

In chaos deep he planted a great tree,

And nurtured it with all humility,

From which there grew the great world tree Mishtar,

With four strong branches arched up wide and far,

From Mishtar's fruit Alkiezador made all,

Wind, grass, and lion answered to his call,

To each he gave a name drawn from the One,

From but not of - Like he there were still none,

Alkiezador Allfather looked within,

On his right heart there was a name written,

He could not read it, so he ripped it out,

And in weakness he fell without a shout,

The first moment he woke his eyes did rest,

On the creature he had pulled from his chest,

It was Zephadora his second heart,

Never did she and the Allfather part,

They made their home at the crux of Mishtar,

At Glenn where to this very day they are,

Their house merged air fire water and earth,

Within seven times the mother gave birth,

First Empyrion then Hygatha close,

On to Adameos and Angelos,

Apzullen, Yogsyloth, and Diadar,

Seven sons were born to the Allfather.

## CANTO II

Empyrion whose head reaches heaven,

Was the first son to be born of seven,

Quickly he outgrew the Allfather's home,

So through the hills and mountains he would roam,

Like his father, he soon sought out a wife,

He pulled out his right heart giving it life,

His mate Gia matched him in strength and height,

Mishtar may break if ever they did fight,

Two sons were born of this titanic pair,

The first was Golerex with face so fair,

The second was Jovus, king of the gods,

Whose tongue set him and Golerex at odds,

Golerex's good wife Heradia,

Sought peace through her wise sister Hestia,

But just as her husband loathed Jovus' wit,

Heradia's beauty at Hestia bit,

So for one husband and the other wife,

Between the two families there came strife,

Golerex's children wielded more might,

So Jovus and Hestia fled their sight,

The giants stayed the mightiest in Glenn,

Their cousins the estellars rule heaven,

Golerex saw not, with victories high,

By claiming this world, he gave up the sky,

The second to leave the Great Mother's womb,

Was Hygatha who never was a groom,

Alone with his two hearts he roams Mishtar,

From ocean to ocean and star to star.

## CANTO III

The Allfather's third and fourth sons are twins,

As one the thread of their destiny spins,

Wise Hestia wielding her gift of sight,

Said the first would shoulder the second's fight,

This sat not well with proud Adameos,

His brother Angelos he hated thus ,

From his chest came Evenella his wife,

They swore as one to take their brother's life,

Hygatha overheard their wicked plan,

So to his brother Angelos he ran,

Good Angelos refused to hear his plea,

Not believing that such evil could be,

That day Angelos meant to become two,

So Hygatha thought of one thing to do,

Before the bloody procedure could start,

He moved Angelos' hand to his left heart,

The heart named Angelos was thus expelled,

His wife Malekez their first body held,

The new couple's hearts sat on the right side,

A secret Hygatha pressed them to hide,

Adameos and Evenella soon,

With sharpened stones their hated siblings hewn,

Cutting into each innocents' left side,

Then finding the darkest places to hide,

When Angelos and Malakez fell dead,

Their hearts were intact and still could be read,

Each year up in Sol an angel is born,

Spirit children whose two hearts can't be torn.

## CANTO IV

The first two humans brought death to Mishtar,

All their children are forced to bear this scar,

With the grace of angels they did repent,

They had twelve sons, died, then to Sol were sent,

The first to be born to this new cursed race,

Was Taz (of that nation) whose wife was Tase,

Next came Mamos and Lak shapers of rock,

Whence came the ancient kingdom of Mamlak,

Kamahamu and his wife Akali,

Birthed the nation Kama - all lost at sea,

The first riders Equinus and Krivar,

Peopled the Great Swarth spreading their seed far,

In the Thousand Hills Babylos fought Shay,

Disputes their children fight out to this day,

Tolmec and Naya were artists at heart,

Their nation the Tolm now live far apart,

Tokama and Mej were quiet but proud,

Now the Tokama nation has been bowed,

Argo and Silvia with their quick wit,

Founded the Silvio who never quit,

Lief and his wife Hildr boldly set forth,

And sailed to far Borea in the north,

Vertar and Selene followed close behind,

And claimed the green lands their siblings declined,

Praetar and Rhea out of straw and clay,

Built the city that would rule Glenn one day,

Brave Larnac journeyed to East and to West,

To find the land that he and Nica blessed.

## CANTO V

To Zephadora and Alkiezador,

A fifth son was born which living made four,

He was the philosopher Apzullen,

With loftier thoughts than any his kin,

Since none could share in his deep world of thought,

He pulled out a heart and a partner sought,

But ideas lose their form when brought to life,

So he cared not for Tiamat his wife,

In matters of mind they were a match true,

But Tiamat cared for real substance too,

To Apzullen, distraction was weakness,

To stay forever in abstract was bliss,

After their only son Marduk arrived,

Of groom and son Tiamat was deprived,

Teaching his son was Apzullen's delight,

They were together morning, noon, and night,

Meanwhile Tiamat's eye was resting,

On her nephew Golerex, giant king,

The heart from Apzullen's chest soon was tied,

To Heradia's husband's which complied,

When Marduk saw his mother was with child,

Against his mother's deceit he was riled,

Five cuts he made from her head to her chest,

So her head fell in fifths about the rest,

Seeing his wife dying and torn apart,

Apzullen in grief tore out his own heart,

All his flesh he gave and into her poured,

Widowed and five headed Tiamat roared.

## CANTO VI

When by Golerex Tiamat gave birth,

Two serpents - Lungfu and Dracar - came forth,

The second, Dracar, was eating Lungfu,

But King Golerex knew just what to do,

He gave Lungfu skin of metal shining,

Dracar accursed spit out Lungfu whining,

Lungfu wasting not one moment once free,

Turned round to consume his brother with glee,

To stop Dracar from being devoured,

With platinum fangs the snake was empowered,

Being equals in wrath, cunning, and sin,

They battle instead their giant half-kin,

The Allfather and his wife had a sixth,

To which the name Yogsyloth was affixed,

Though to the world tree's authors he was born,

The blessed fruit of Mishtar he does scorn,

While still young with his hearts undivided,

The strange sixth son Yogsyloth decided,

To leave the home of all life - great Mishtar,

Out into the chaos beyond afar,

In the vast darkness Yogsyloth called out,

Round his two souls horrors gathered about,

Beings which have in them nothing the same,

As those the Allfather bestowed a name.

## CANTO VII

The final son born to the Allfather ,

Is the sire of all fey, Diadar,

His second heart was fair Fellorien,

Who like her mother had seven children,

Strong and just Moradin and Berronar,

Were the first dwarves, the judges of Mishtar,

The despotic orcs Gruumsh and Luthic,

Enforce their will at the end of a stick,

Third Isitos and Tymora his wife,

Do not have children but protect all life,

Fierce Maglubiyet and Kikanuti,

Live for each day, Goblins scorning duty,

Corellon and Sehanine free and wise,

Became elves in whom life's mirth never dies,

Hardy Brandobaris, Yondalla, and

Their offspring reject philosophies grand,

The last child born by Fellorien,

Is Mystra who kept both his hearts within,

With Hygatha, Yogsyloth, and Marduk,

The last four living whose two hearts stayed stuck,

The fourth generation each in its way,

Giants, estellars, humans, dragons, fey,

Were born with one heart, just one name within,

Thus since the birth of Mystra it has been,

Only the angels, one more born each year,

Living without bodies, death they don't fear,

Each still bears two hearts within their spirit,

One facing the world, one hidden near it.