The Birth of Twinbora

**The Birth of Twinbora** is a book written by the dragonborn scholar Marcur, detailing the foundation myths about the 'birth' of the Twinbora volcano. The Twinbora is a twin volcano located in the centre of Oroborian Empire and is home to the dwarven settlement of Othlest Inod. The lava from this volcano flows into the Cooking Canyon, on which the erudite settlement Ozul-Saba is located. Marcur started writing his book in response to a disastrous event during which the Scorching Library (also known as the Erudite Citadel) in Ozul-Saba fell into the Cooking Canyon. After initial research, done by other scholars, Marcur set out to Othlest Inod to learn more about the foundation of the Twinbora volcano.

## Book

Its been six dreadful years since the Erudite Citadel fell into the Cooking Canyon. Since the year 1498 much of the knowledge kept in the archives was lost, in a mere instance the reputation of Ozul-Saba as the forefront of research was lost. Many have already come to calling the Erudite Citadel the Scorching Library. Different scholars have already researched as to why the library fell into the canyon below. Such as maester Giulliax, who did the primary investigation directly following the demise. Her research states that the lava flowing from the Twinbora was fluctuating with abnormal amount of energy causing the collapse. There is however no answer yet as to why the lava was so strongly charged. The political leaders of Ozul-Saba and Pyrolus have since then blamed the dwarves of Othlest Inod, with the dwarves themself claiming innocence. I instead seek to find my answers at the Twinbora itself, going out to learn more about the foundation of the mighty twin-volcano. For this I have travelled the region gathering different stories as to who the volcanoes were birthed. All stories create a both equally fascinating but dangerous prospect. For they all claim the birth of the volcano lies in a greater violence then any eruption we have ever seen of the volcano.

The first tales that I gather in my journeys was that of local dragonborn and others living in the vicinity of the volcano. I myself was vaguely familiar with these stories from my childhood, however the scholars of Ozul-Saba barely care for childhood stories. Therefore these myths were mostly lost to my memory. Furthermore the tales I have gathered from among adults seem to even in adulthood hold great conviction...

The dwarves of Othlest Inod told a whole other story instead, but nonetheless a violent one. To them the birth of the Twinbora, or Stodir as they call it, can be found when their deities of Heaven of Fire, Earth and Metal were in a great strive between each other. These deities are also known as the Three Siblings. According to the citizens of Othlest Inod the Three Siblings were in conflict with each other . What the exact conflict was about is unknown. However what is known is that according to lore they came together to settle there differences fighting on what is known the Twinbora. Here they strived with first the deity of Earth striking at them by creating two huge mounts. Then the deity of Fire fought back filling the area and especially the previous mounts with a burning sensation. Lastly the deity of Metal attacked, thereby infusing the fire with a form of energy creating magma. The fire now magma generated a significant amount of energy, specifically because it was trapped in the enclosed space of the mounts. This created a series of powerful eruptions that is said to have destroyed all live on what is now the Oroborian Empire, if not even further. The eruption was so powerful that even the deities perished with it.