Primordial Flood

The Primordial Flood is the term used to describe the creation of Alerion by the gods.

## Creation Story

***What follows is the creation story that is most often told throughout Alerion. Some others exist, many of which bear striking similarities to this and others, but this is the most common:***

It started as a ripple. The ripple became a wave, the wave became a current, and the current pushed everything forward. Alluré watched, pleased with its progression. As the current flowed, so flowed the passage of time, and the world grew, bit by bit. But Alluré knew she could not do this alone, so she commanded the current to make more of her kind, that they could aid her in the creation. And so they came, one by one did they come into being, and one by one did they begin to aid Alluré in the creation. The first from the current was Sathit, and she molded the waters that came forth. As she molded them, they became the oceans of the world. Next out of the current was Therin, and where he walked on the waters he raised up land. As he tread on the same ground, it grew higher, creating the hills and the mountains. As he walked, so too did Sathit continue to tread on the lands, and where she walked, water followed. She led some waters to the oceans, creating rivers, and she let other waters lie alone in the land, creating lakes. When he saw what she had done, Therin was angry with her for taking away the land he had created. And so he went out to the oceans and lakes and created new lands in the middle of them, raising up islands to regain what he had lost to Sathit.

The next from the current was Mazraea, who could not see as the others could. So she threw a ball of light up into the sky, so that she could look upon the works of her siblings. But when Furvus came next out of the current, he found the light too harsh for his eyes, and so commanded Mazraea’s sun to move across the skies, so that darkness would exist in harmony with the light. Alamar came next from the current, and she determined that Furvus had taken too much of the light away from the world. So when the sun had set, she pricked small holes into the night sky that allowed light to shine through. But when this was not enough, she also threw up a smaller ball of light into the sky, which is called the moon. Furvus was not happy with this, but he and Alamar made a deal, so the moon would wax and wane and the night would have darkness and light. Furvus wanted still more darkness, though, and so he tunneled under the lands that Therin had made and created the caves of the world.

Next from the current came Ethune, who thought the world still seemed too static. And so she brought heat and cold to the world. To the sun she gave the heat, and to the night she gave the cold. And she caused these to wax and wane much like the moon’s phases, creating the seasons. Emerging next was Esturus, who saw what his sister had done and wanted to create something similar, but on a smaller scale. So he brought Sathit’s waters into the sky and threw them back toward the earth, creating the rains. And he took the hot air and cold air from Ethune’s seasons and swirled them around, creating the winds. When he brought these together, he had the storms.

When Galleria emerged from the current, she walked the barren world and wept that it had no beauty. And where her tears fell, trees and flowers and grasses grew. And her tears were carried by the current and were brought to every corner of the world, until all was beautiful. And she wept no more, but she continued to walk the world, tending to the plants as she went. Vorran was next to come from the current, and he saw his sister’s works and was captured by the beauty. But he quickly grew bored of the plants, and he brought forth other living things that would move throughout the world. And so did the beasts and birds and fish come to be, so that Vorran could watch the world without growing bored.

More came out of the current next, faster than before, each bringing life or death for the creatures of the world. Puera came first, giving the creatures the ability to join with each other to create new life. Volnus emerged shortly thereafter, giving animals the ability to die. Eadala followed, bringing the souls of the departed into her arms and caring for them after life. The gods came from the current faster and faster, each bringing a new aspect of mortality. Lillith poisoned bodies and minds. Patentio cured those diseases. Mordren and Bellior brought murder and war, while Clypus gave creatures the ability to defend themselves. Luciana came forth and put a temporary end to the fighting, and Taghia gave them a thirst for cruelty and pain, causing the fighting to resume.

The gods watched over their creation for some time, but the current was not yet sated. Curach emerged next, wishing to bring the creatures of Alerion closer to the gods. She brought knowledge to the creatures. This eventually brought forth all of the intelligent creatures of the world. When Illyr emerged and saw the intelligence of her siblings’ creations, she chose to award them with magic. The magic spread throughout the world, giving different abilities to different races. The last gods emerged, bringing with them all that give the intelligent races their uniqueness among creatures: art, beauty, love, deception, cunning, wiles, luck, and more. Matira was the last of these to come forth, bringing meaning to the lives of these peoples by providing them with fate and destiny, ensuring that everyone has a chance to change the world.

The current slowed, and then stopped. And so was the world created, and the peoples of the world brought about to write their own stories.