Myth of the Fracture

The Myth of the Fracture is a landmark piece of cultural folklore that describes the origin of Blue civilization, the two goddesses at its epicenter, and how it all fell apart. The truthfulness of the tale is heavily disputed, but both a vast majority of the Selenite Temples and The Blue Dawn agree on most parts of its story, and regionalized variants of it have been recorded in native tribes and city-states all throughout the archipelago.

## I - Beginnings

All things began at nothing- that is the way of the World.

Our World was naught but an endless void of white, time occurring all at once and yet not at all.

But that way of the World would soon change, as so too must time ever flow.

And so the World shrunk and shrunk until it was naught but a dot in the silent expanse.

And then, from the ashes of the World, a fire alit.

Two emerged from the white flame- left behind was a brilliant hole in the sky, the shining Sun.

These twins called themselves sisters, and it was together that they shaped a new World.

## II - Love

The twin Sisters loved one another, and they shaped the World in their combined image.

The first took the name of Khali Ama, and she rose her kin, the seas and the land, to oppose each other.

She paved the path for her Sister, rising endless oceans, encasing an expanse of brilliant plains and mighty mountains.

The second took the name of Selenia, and she seeded the land and seas with life.

She furnished her Sister's creation with her own jewels of flora and fauna, but soon it was not enough.

The twins grew lonely in their World, and so they became Mothers.

## III - United

From the Mothers' anguish, new life, their Children, inherited the World.

They loved these Children with all of their being, and welcomed them into their land with open arms.

The Children lived peacefully alongside their Mothers, wearing the ceaseless storm that existence had created for them.

Khali Ama taught the Children her art of wielding elements of the land, forging stone and conquering the roaring seas.

She always was stern, and reprimanded her Children harshly when they erred, but only because she loved them dearly, and wished for them to become their best selves.

Selenia taught the Children her way of the hunt, living off the creatures she created, but always in moderation and with care.

She always was kind, never even raising her voice to any of her Children, for how could she cause harm to her so dearly beloved?

Soon, the Children built great cities, coming together to thrive in this new World, none greater than one on the precipice of the land.

In this glorious place, all Children lived together in peace, interdependent and lively.

And their Mothers smiled alongside their Children, for, at last, they were no longer alone.

## IV - Ends

However, the nature of their children would not permit this Peace to exist.

Some Children felt the loss of the joy of unity, and where there was once only a wish for Peace, there was only emptiness.

In this land of Peace, hatred boiled beneath the curtains of security.

Humanity festered in one of the children, and causing confusion, it manifested itself as Rage.

None know who, or what, was the cause, but one day, this Rage consumed the greatest of cities.

The Children fought hard to maintain Peace, but Rage overtook them, and the grand city sunk beneath the waves.

The World fell into shock, as did the twin Mothers, for how could Peace fall so easily?

Shock turned to confusion, confusion to distrust, and alas, distrust to Rage.

It all ended when Khali Ama struck against her Sister.

## V - Fracture

The Sisters fought atop the land of their creation, their Children killing each other in their Mothers' names.

Their great blades tore at the soil and the sea, tearing apart their World, flooding it with ocean, and rending their Children with their own hands.

Khali Ama and Selenia fought and fought, until one day their blades clashed over a desert, made desolate by their Rage.

With one final blow, the twin Sisters struck each other down, and at last, there was Peace once more.

Khali Ama's ashes were scattered across the night sky, and thus she became known as the Skymother- and Selenia was, for once in her life, completely alone.

She wept, and she soon rose into the sky with her Sister, becoming the glimmering moon above.

Their blood sept into the great oceans they created, turning it a deep shade of Blue.

As their energy faded from the World, a Blue sun dawned upon the fractured land, marking the end of their era.

They left behind their Children, hateful and divided by vast swathes of ocean, them helpless to do anything but watch from above.

And so, their legacy of Rage continues on through all of Blue's bloody history to this day.

But the way of the World will change, as so too must time ever flow.

And on that day, when Peace is mended, our Mothers will return to their Children, and we will once again not be alone in this World.