Deity

The **Deity** was the discoverer of the Wellspring, and the magic that could be used from it. The Deity is an unknown figure, keeping their identity a secret.

## Beginning of Magic

No one knows how the Deity discovered the existence of magic. Some later living Deities and Apostles theorize that the Tellurium, which resides within Mt. Untivia, helped create a link with the Deity.

What is known, is that the Deity immediately founded her religion of Untivia and started training seven apostles. This lead to Magic being taught seven different ways. Untivia (The culmination of all seven schools of magic.) was too powerful, so the Deity kept it and herself a secret from all but the Apostles, who all split up and taught their school of magic to seperate countries and branding them a religion.

## Apostles

The Deity had seven Apostles, all of which were a master at their own school of magic, and highly adept in each other school of magic, making them full wielders of Untivia. The Apostles were:

* Lasyre
* Eridan
* Thuul
* Fourth Apostle
* Fifth Apostle
* Sixth Apostle
* Seventh Apostle

The Apostles deemed Untivia to powerful for common knowledge, so they split up and taught their respective school of magic, under the guise of it being a religion. This way, people wouldn't be tempted to learn more than one style, and no one would accidentally stumble upon magic, as the Deity had, and let it fall into the wrong hands.

## Downfall of Untivia

In order to figure out the extent of hers and the Apostles power, the Deity set an impossible challenge. To terraform the marshland at the base of Mt. Untivia.

After three weeks the land began to change, but the Deity and her Apostles began to feel weak. Putting this down to exhaustion, they slowed their pace. They began to slowly feel better, unaware that they felt this way due to the Wellspring being unable to regenerate quick enough to replenish what magic they were using.

On the last day, the Deity decided that with one final push they would be done. The Deity and her Apostles gathered their strengths, and with one final push, they unknowingly split the land into three and pushed it into the sea. At the same time they ripped the remaining magic from Avendele. The Deity and five of her apostles fell to the ground unconscious, however, thanks to Lasyre's ability to hold on to magic, she was quick enough to empower her love, Eridan, preventing the two of them from passing out, though still leaving them weakened.

Due to the strong connection to the Wellspring, the Deity and her Apostles took two weeks to wake, with Lasyre and Eridan looking after them in their unconscious state. Unable to tap into the Wellspring, Lasyre and Eridan spent most of their time talking. Figuring that the Wellspring had a limit, they decided that magic was to powerful not to be taught. If each of the Apostles was to teach their own branch of magic, people would only know a seventh of the power of the Wellspring, meaning that it would be likely the Wellspring wouldn't be drained again. Teaching the world of the Wellspring meant that no one would accidentally discover it and do exactly what the Deity and her Apostles did, and drain Avendele. Keeping the limit of the Wellspring hidden was vital to ensure that it could not be used against the world and its denizens.

Thuul was the first to wake, and the first to leave, agreeing with Lasyre and Eridan. The apostles that woke after all agreed and left to teach at all corners of Avendele. The Deity, being the strongest, was the last to wake. Eridan took his leave before Lasyre, promising to settle around the mountain and protect its heritage. Lasyre the Trustworthy stayed to tell the Deity of their plans when she awoke.

The Deity was heartbroken at the destruction she had caused, and understood what the apostles had done. She made a vow that she would protect the balance of the Wellspring eternally. She spent the rest of her life Untivia and incorporating more of the Apostles schools of magic, and by doing so, she learned how to leave ethereal prints around the mountain to teach those that came after her. But most importantly, she learned how to read the wellspring, and make Callings, that would summon the most appropriate person to take her mantle when the time came.