Creation Stories

Every culture has essentially the same tale of how the planet was created. This story is as acient as the Dragons themselves.

## The Story of Creation

"Long ago, before the universe, and time, two forces lived preforming an infinate dance of balance. From the balance came an eruption of energy, and from that energy came the three gods of creation. Chronos, the elder god of Time. Akna, the goddes of life and matter, and the mysterious god of nothingness. Utilizing the energies around them, the three created a universe. One with metals and gasses floating through a black sky flying around as if underwater. The rocks clung to eachother, creating large rocks and bolders twice the size of mountains. the three were content with their creation, and so the universe remained for millions of years. However, over time, Akna grew discontent with the universe they had made. She wanted to create children like her, living sentient matter that could live, feel, and explore the empty-feeling universe. This desire consumed her passions, and eventually, she laid an egg.
Chronos and the Unknown were furious. How could she have done such a task? The task of creating the life she dreamed of would come at the expense of her own. Akna, however, was content with her eventual sacrifice. The Unknown, however, could not be. In her fury she struck at Akna with her mysterious powers, prevoking a battle so severe it shook the very energies of the universe. The two struck at eachother, destroying much of the beautiful and mysterious matters of the universe they had created. Through the blows, the nothingness struck a fatal blow so powerful, it threw off the eternal dance of balance, causing everything in the universe and beyond to fracture. Chronos, the god of time, was embewed with the power by the eternal dansers to intervine. He struck them apart, and banished The Nothingness to a plane far beyond this universe or any plane that encompasses it. He and the two balance rebuilt what they could of the universe, dividing it into planes, and protecting the dying Akna. She smiled apon her egg, the treasure close in her arms, and drew last breath.
The soul of Akna spread accross her, forming the planet we inhabit. From her blod imerged water, and her spirit grew the plants and forest from the light of the sun and her blood. and from the egg emerged three gods. First Laka, the goddess of the waters, then Caelum, god of the winds and sky, and finally, Xilbal, the god of fire and death. The three reigned over the life forms that continued to rise, first with the Griffons, then with the Dragons, and now with the Humanoids."
## Cultural Variations

*The God of Nothingness-* The god of nothingness varies from culture to culture, and exactly what they are the god of is unknown. In the regions of Nocturn and Luxtamere, they are described as the god of shadows and the unknown. In the south, They are viewed as a theoretical nothingness, an absense of matter of any kind. In the northern highlands, they are seen as the god of gravity and physics.

*Chronos Recieving the Power of Balance-* this is most common in the clerical texts of Chronos, as he is also the god of order, but most cultures of the Highlands and of Mitrata believe that this power was only temporarily given, and after the nothingness was banished, the dance of balance resumed, and the powers returned to the original two forces.