Eriyava Creation Story

The **Eriyava Creations Story** is a trilogy of epics that are the basis for the Eriyavan religion. The first epic, titled simply "Her" (Keplarian: Її, Romanized: Yiyi), describes an old world known as Lushnashya, which was defended by a celestials beings, with the strongest known only as "Her", and tells of its downfall to Peroxi and following splitting of the world through the Suzir. The second epic, titled "Lost" (Keplarian: Втрачено, Romanized: Vatracheno) tells of the voyage of the shards: Karva, Matriya, and Eriya, in this new world, as well as the describing precursor to Stavasser: Kepli. This second epic is also the most incomplete, with many parts, including descriptions of other shards and the Suzir, known to have been lost. The third and final epic, titled "One" (Keplarian: Один, Romanized: Odin) is the finale to the trilogy, and describes the corruption of Matriya by Peroxi, and the murder of Karva, leading to Matriya's subsequent suicide, and describes the following sacrifice of Eriya and the spreading of her "Gift of Creation", allowing for the creation of Stavasser (Known as "Lushariya/Лушария" in Keplarian).

## Shortened Story

A shortened version of the story of creation has been passed down through generations, and has been adapted to many mediums, from songs to short plays.

The Miryan-Revision version (used by the EVK) is bellow:

> There was a world, long ago before our own. A paradise. Lushnashya. It was a world defended by great beings, with Her being the greatest. one as large as the universe itself, and as beautiful as well. She watched over, guided the world below, a world of many, working together as one.
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> For thousands of generations, no darkness could form in that world. She would destroy all darkness that came with her own light, But somehow, a darkness formed. One that could go past her shielding light. One that formed from inside of her. It corrupted everything in its path, stars in the sky flickered out day by day. It was Peroxi.
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> She fought it as long as she could. Her shashka lighting up the darkness with every swing, every thrust. But it could not last. Even someone as Her could not stop Peroxi. In Her final fight, She thrusted Her sabre to the centre of the universe, and split the world in a final, glorious burst of light.
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> And now they were many.
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> As the shards of the world flew across the Suzir, three landed in a new world, Kepli, a world not like ours, but one in its first stages. The shards' names were Karva, Matriya, and Eriya. Karva, the spirit of knowledge, and of discovery. Matriya, the spirit of death, and of protection. And Eriya, the eldest, the spirit of Life, and of Creation. The shards travelled through this world, searching for a new paradise, eventually finding Keplaria. They began to live their new life, but something changed. Matriya began to develop the same darkness as Her. It consumed Matriya, and she would fight both Karva and Eriya, believing them to be the cause. She created her own army to destroy what they had created. The other two could not hold, and on a fateful day, Matriya reared her shashka into Karva. As she bled, the world began to fade, the darkness coming once again. Peroxi had returned.
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> Matriya, seeing her die, was suddenly  overcome with grief, and would push their blade through themselves. Lying next to Karva, their blood adding to the spreading darkness. In that moment, Eriya embraced them both, her light shining, she bestowed her gift to them, the Gift of Creation. At that moment, she collapsed, but Matriya and Karva rose to see that they were now in a new world her Gift of Creation had formed. Lushariya. Eriya disappeared, and the two wept.
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> Though she was gone, Eriya’s gift would allow for life in this new world, and all life would have her spirit inside of them. Matriya and Karva would guide this life to follow the path of unity, so her gift would never be in vain.
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> And now many are one.
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