Legend of the Five Moons

the truth about the origin of the five moons

there were once five great demons named Olam, Tophet, Pitrah, Bahiroot and Hoshek. These demons were sent by their greater-still master, Ragadol, to the world of Makorr, to harvest a great many souls to sacrifice to Ragadol. These demons hatched a plan. They would infiltrate Makorr by disguising themselves as Good Gods, and trick the people of Makorr into following them on a great pilgrimage straight into the great maw of Ragadol himself. This would be an easy feat, as the world of Makorr was slowly dying, and its people would soon become desperate for salvation. As the infiltration began, the demons appeared to the people of Makorr as good gods. Each disguised their nature:

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Olam, a demon prince of deceit, became a godess of truth.

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Tophet, a demoness of war, became a god of nature

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Pitrah, a demon lord of death, became a godess of life

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Buhiroot, a demon lady of blinding light and clear skies, became a god of tempest

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and Hoshek, a demon lord of destruction, became a godess of peace.

The demons gained the trust of the people of Makorr, and soon enough, as predicted, Makorr began to die. Volcanoes erupted in sequence all over the world, doomed now to eternal choking winter without reprieve. The people cried out for salvation, and the demons offered their soloution: They taught the people of Makorr how to build spelljammers, and guided them all towards the skies. However, the time ruling and guiding the world of Makorr had changed the demons. the fleet of exodus had not reached the neighbouring planet of Eish, a gas giant, before the demons confided in one another. Four of the demons agreed: They had grown happy with the worship recieved from the people of Makorr, and no longer desired to lead them to destruction. They had no longer any desire to lead the people into the maw of Ragadol. [br]

Only Hoshek disagreed. Furious, he summoned his own demonic minions and those of his former compatriots, and set about attacking the fleet of exodus. The four demons lead their people in battle against the forces of Hoshek, and through the combined energy of their desperate prayers for deliverence, became true gods. Hoshek and its forces were defeated, and were sealed inside the moon of Eish. this moon in turn was sent into a dark, desolate realm. The four gods used their now two conflicting natures to create four new moons around themselves, a paradise in perfect balance. They entered a great slumber in order to maintain the life force of the moons, relying on the prayers of their people to power their gravity and keep their atmospheres. [br]

However, some followers of Hoshek remained. In the final hours of the great battle, he had promised them great power and a place in his demonic legion if he aided them. Over the centuries they devised a spell to bring Hoshek back from the darkness when all four moons were eclipsed by Eish from the sun, a formation that would only occur 1000 years from the day of the great battle.[br]

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it is the cult of Hosheks handiwork you see above you now. The dark lord has returned to wreak his revenge upon the four gods, and it is up to us to stop him