The Book of Destiny

It is estimated that the majority of the Texts in this Book were written down between 2300-2500 in the Bliedenfels Region of Stornland. The original Texts are now lost but many copies were made of them and over time, new material was added as well. Since around 3000 There are reports of this Collection of Texts being called the „Schicksalsbuch“ (Book of Destiny) and this name stuck until this day. The Stories mainly Descirbe the Lifes of Wotan, the Worldfather and Ifra the Worldmother but also tell of many other Beings, their Lifes, their, Deeds, their Deaths. The Authenticity of these Stories has always been debated since they were written down. Many people claim there are simply Legends but many, those who follow the Religion of Wotan, believe that they are in fact real.

## Of the World's Creation

Aeons ago, when the Universe was still wild and untamed and Giants were roaming around destorying everything in their paths, a Being came into excistense. This Being was Wotan.

But Wotan wasn't like the Giants, with their destructive and devastating Nature. He was a Creator. But wherever he went, the Giants would always destroy his work and force him to move on and try again elesewhere. Then he met another Being called „Ledgar“. Ledgar had mastered the art of forging and offered Wotan his help. He would make him a Weapon, unseen and unheard of in the Entire Universe, a Weapon Unstoppable and Unbreakable. A Weapon that would make it's Bearer Invincible. But for Ledgar to make him this Weapon Wotan would have to travel to the center of the Universe and get him a piece of the Cube that lies within it. Wotan accepted the challenge and travelled all the way to the core of everything, a Giant Glowing Orb of Pure Light. Approaching it Wotan found it hard to see where he was going but through sheer determination he made it past the wall of light into a Great Infinite Hall of numerous shapes and colours designed to distract anyone and keep them from finding the right way. But once again Wotan's Willpower also proved stronger than these tricks and he made it to the very center of the hall were a Silver Cube rested on a pedestal. He brought his Fist down on this Cube and managed to break off a small piece of it. But when he tried to pick it up it turned out to be incredibely heavy, heavier than than anything he'd every lifted. Even so, he managed to barely drag the piece out of the hall before stopping for a break. To his shock, he saw a giant nearby, most likely waiting for him to come out again so he could steal the piece from him. But Wotan then had an idea. He fashioned a rope out of a beam of light coming from a nearby star, tied one end around the piece, then approached the giant and quietly and quickly tied the other end of the rope around one of his legs. He then shouted at the giant who immediately turned around and pursued Wotan, thinking he had the piece. The Giant found it difficult to move foreward, like he was dragging something heavy behind him, but he didn't bother turning around and looking and instead continued to run after Wotan all the way back to Ledgar. By the time the Two Arrived there, the giant was so exhausted that he collapsed and died on the spot. Ledgar was very impressed by this and immediately went to work forging Wotan's Weapon. With a Mighty hammer and the hot fires of a great star he shaped the piece into the tip of a Spear, so pure and gleaming it almost looked like a star itself. He then cut off the dead giant's arm, burned off the flesh and made the bone into a Shaft for the Tip. With that Wotan's Spear had been Finished. Wotan took the weapon and gave it the name Schicksalspeer (Spear of Destiny) for he knew that his destiny would now be guided by this Spear.

With this Mighty Weapon in his possesion now he went on to wage War against the Giants. From Starcloud to Starcloud he went, fighting and killing them. Eventually, he came upon the largest of the Giants, Degor. Degor and Wotan fought and fought for an eternity until the near unending strenght of the giant slowly faded away and Wotan was able to pierce him with a Single Blow of his Spear. What remained of the Giants at this point fled far away into the far away dark corners of the Universe were they remain hidden for a long time. But Wotan, now being the only one left, started to create again. He took the dead Giant's body and formed it into something new. A Sphere. A Great Sphere of many shapes and colours, just like the ones Wotan had seen in the mysterious Hall at the Universe's Center. But the Colours were chaotic and so Wotan slowly started sorting them and bringing order into the Chaos. He was making good progress on his work but there was another Problem.There was no one to share this work with. He started feeling lonely and began to question why he was even doing this if no one else was around to see it. Over time he worked less on the Sphere and started spening his time travelling around again in order to find someone or something to share his work with. Time passed and he grew exhausted. He found a Place on a starcloud with a strange looking rock floating about. Fascinated by it he laid down there and eventually grew more tired and fell into a long sleep.

When he woke up again he felt something heavy on his head. Startled by this he immediately tried to get up when the something fell down from his head on his lap. It was another Being. A Creature unlike any Wotan had ever seen before. It had a body with 4 legs and 2 wings covered in Pure Silverwhite scales and with Small Horns on it's head. For a while both Wotan and the Creature just sat there starring at each other.

Eventually Wotan spoke: „Who are you strange Creature?“ The Being tilted it's head and then replied

„I'm not sure, who are you?“

„I am Wotan, master of the Spear of Destiny! Surely you must've heard of me?“ Wotan stated.

„I never did hear of any Wotan with or without a spear of Destiny.“

„Well, there is only one Spear and one Me of course, so I would be the only one you'd have heard of it you had heard of one at all. But do you not have a Name to accompany your strange being?“ Opon that question the creature replied by asking: „What is a Name?“

Wotan's Confusion only grew. „Well, a Name is a word one uses to describe one's Self. My Name as I said is Wotan for example.“

„Interesting.....but how did you get your name?“

Wotan thought. „I'm not quite sure...all I remember is always having one, since the day I was able to think.“

„Was there a day before you were able to think?“ The Creature asked.

„I do not know what was before me or were I came from. All I know is that I Am now and that you seeem to Be now as well. So we better give you a name.“ He thought for a few moments.

„Your name, strange creature, shall be IFRA“ He proclaimed.

„Why Ifra“ the creature asked? Does it means anything?“

„I don't think so, I juts thought of it. Do you not like it?“

„No no, I do like. I will keep this name and I shall wear it as proudly as you wear your name!“

Wotan smiled at this, the first time he had done so in quite a while.

After getting up he stumbled upon something, the pieces of the floating rock he had seen before he had fallen asleep. Turning to Ifra he asked: „Did you..come out of this rock?“ „

I think I did“. She replied inspecting the remains.

„So what will you do now?“ Wotan asked Ifra.

She pondered on this question for a while before replying: „Can I accompany You?“

„Why would you want to do that?“ Wotan asked in suprise.

„You seem interesting, and I got no one else here.“

„So be it then, Wotan said. I shall take you with me back to the wonders of my creation so I can share them with You.“ Happily he picked up little Ifra and the Two new friends journeyed back to Wotan's home together.

Wotan showed Ifra his creations and taught her to Create as well. She quickly learned this art but turned out be much more gentle and patient than Wotan whom the fighting against the giants had made more rough and unskilled at forming the finer details of his creations. Working together the Two made considerable progress on Wotan's Work and occainsonally Wotan would take Ifra with him on long travels to get materials from the Strange Parts of the Universe. Ifra did grow in Size over time, growing as large as Wotan himself and proving to be of much help fighting the mad beasts that still remained in Wotan's way. And eventually, Their Work was done. They had created a Sphere of orderly colours and Shapes with Elements rare in the Universe but abundant on this New World. A Great Star had been placed nearby to illuminate it so everyone would see it's beauty. But something was missing. It was quiet.

„Wotan, why do we not gather inhabitants for this world? It seems so empty and silent, I think it needs someone else to tend to it besides us.“

Wotan agreed to this idea and said „There are many beings across this universe, living in fear and hiding. Why do we not invite these beings to live on this world?“

Liking this idea they both went out on a great journey and found many creatures of many sorts who joined them and soon enough, they returned to their World and gave each creature a place to live on it. To guard the world and it's heart, wich was made out of the heart of a dead Star Ifra and Wotan created Creatures just like Ifra and send them down to the World as well. And everything was perfect.

On a Day, far later, Wotan was dreaming of the world and of beings like himself inhabiting it. And after waking up, he noticed that suddenly there were indeed new beings on the World, unlike all the others but just like Him. „Ifra!“, He called, „Look at this! I must've created them by accident while dreaming.“

Ifra looked at them and said „They seem frightened Wotan, unlike like all the other creatures who know their place on this world, they seem to have no idea of what they are or what they are to do.“ „Wisdom“ Wotan replied. „They need it to survive. If one has the capacity for it but yet lacks it they cannot accomplish anyhing. Come Ifra, we shall go down to them and teach them the Wisdom so they may be good inhabitans of our world.“

And so Wotan and Ifra went down onto the World to teach Wotan's latest creations wich Ifra named „Mensch“ (Human).

All the creatures of Teo had become Mortal over time but they were not of great intellect and therefore their Souls were reincartnated after death. But a Human soul proved difficult to reincarnate. So Wotan came up with a Plan. He Built a Great hall above the World where all the Souls of the Humans would go after death and live eternally with Him and Ifra together. He called this place „Wallhall“. This woud be His and Ifra's home from now on. He brought this hall down atop the Highest mountain wich also housed the Heart of the World, the „Sternrad“ (Starwheel) but still kept it seperate, just outside the boundaries of the World. To protect the mountain, Ifra created many Dragons, just like her who have since guarded the Mountain against any threats.

And so, Wotan and Ifra lived together in Wallhall and tended to the humans so they would be good children to them.

## Of the Corruption of Humans

Time passed and Wotan and Ifra taught the Humans the Ways of the world. Humans learned to respect Nature, give back for everything they took and always be Honourable and Brave.

But one Day, a new Being came to the World. This Being known as the „Lundarg“ fed on the Souls of lesser beings and seeing such an abundance of souls on this World He made his way there. But upon arrival he discovered that only human souls could be taken from Wotan's care and even that only if they were corrupted. But Ifra had done well to keep away any corruption from Humans and so the Lundarg hatched a plan to Corrupt the Humans himself.

He transformed himself into a big Deer and ran into a forest where Humans were hunting. Two groups of Hunters soon found the Lundarg Deer, pursued and slayed it, though it only appeared to be slain. But the Lundard had chosen his position carefully. It was right between the hunting grounds of Two Human settlements and those Two groups of hunters naturally both claimed the kill for themselves. One side argued that it was their Deer for they had slain it but the other side stated that they had seen it first so it should be theirs. Not wanting to go hunting again both sides agreed to bring the matter before Wotan for him to decide who was in the right. They placed the deer in a Hut and posted Two guards of both Groups in front of it. Wotan decided that the Deer should be split equally between both parties as they could go hunt for more soon. But when the humans went back to the Hut, the Deer had gone. The Lundarg in fact had run off but the humans blamed each other for stealing the Deer with both sides denying it. In the heat of the Argument, one Human suddendly stabbed another in the back with a Knife. Upon seeing the Man fall dead to the ground both sides started a fierce fight against each other. Many people were slain in this brutal battle and the survivors, fearing Wotan's wrath, fled and hid away.

Upon seeing this, Wotan broke out in tears. He'd never expected to see such a horrible thing happening to his Children. The Lundarg He couldn't find as He haad hidden himself at the other end of the World deep with it's rocks. His plan had been a Success. For now, that humans had disrespected Wotan's rules, he could not let all of them into Vallhalla anymore. No Corruption could enter the Holy Hall or it would destroy the whole World. Wotan's Sadness soon turned into anger and he wanted to punish the humans that did this and maybe even destroy all of them to keep this from ever happening again. But Ifra, being the Caring ,Tender Being she was, talked him out of it and suggested to let the humans choose themselves between Wallhall and the Lundarg. They had to grow up and be responsible for their own Destiny eventually.

And so Wotan came before his Children and Proclaimed: „My Dear Children. Today, many of you have sinned. You have broken the holy vows and let Corruption manifest itself in this World. Cowardice and Dishonor have spread amongst you. And if not redeemed before death, they will corrupt your souls permanently. And no Corrution may ever enter Wallhall.

The choice is yours,“ he said. „Keep the holy vows and live eternally or break them and give into Corruption so the Lundarg can take your soul away from you. Now, you are responsible for your own Destiny.“

With that he departed back to Wallhall and watched over time as his Children, the Human race developed further. Many remained Faithful and Honoruable or reedemed themselves in their lifes. But many also have fallen and will fall to the Lundarg ever since. For the corruption was there, and it would never leave again

## Of the Dwarfe's Evil Plan

Just as the Lundarg had, before Wotan had found out about him and added more portection to thw World's outer shell, other beings had also found their way to this World without Wotan immediately knowing about their Presence.

Among these Beings were the Dwarves, under their King „Mendel“. The Dwarves evaded Wotan's Eyes by hiding in the depths of the World where only the Metals remained that Wotan had used to build the world. The Dwarves, naturally attracted to Metal, dug even deeper to get even more of it and soon established a large underground Kingdom of Gold and Silver in their deep Caverns.

Wotan only began to notice the Dwarves when they came out of their Mountain Holes once their provisions had depleted. They saw the humans, much better hunters than they were and made them a deal: They would give them Gold and Silver in exchange for Food. Intrigued by these Shiny Metals, the humans accepted and after some time the other Humans saw the gifts their brothers had gotten from the Dwarves. They wanted them too. And so they once again began to fight. But not over food or land. For Glistening Rocks with no apparent use. But to the humans, at least to the one's who sruvived and possesed the rocks in the end, the fact that they had been bought with blood made them even more precious to them. Wotan came in an tried to stop the fighting of course but it was too late and the new Sin of Greed had already spread throughout the Human race. But this time, Wotan was not going to give up on them so easily. He took all of their new treasures from the Humans, told them never to interact with the dwarfes again and then he barricaded all the entrances into the underground.

The Dwarves were furious at Wotan for doing this. They had to resort to eating the roots of trees that went into their depths. Sure they could live off of them but they were nothing like te sweet taste of meat they had known for even so briefly. So Mendel came up with a plan. He knew Wotan could see everything on the surface. So what better way to weaken him and escape his watch than to take one of his eyes. But how to do that? It was for naught, Nobody had any idea how to steal Wotan's eye. And so the Dwarves went backt ot their lifes, Mining Rare Metals and eating Roots, only occasionally digging tunnels to the surface to get meat when no roots could be found. Of course, Wotan would always eventually come and destroy these tunnels again. That is, somtimes. In times when many tunnels would be opened, Ifra, Wotan's Dragon companion, would come instead and destroy the dwarfen holes. Then, a Dwarf named „Goldel“, got an idea. He knew that Wotan and Ifra were close friends. So what if they were to capture Ifra who was not quite as powerful as Wotan, and then force Wotan to come down into their Kingdom and give them one of his Eyes in exchange for Ifra. King Mendel agreed to this plan and so the Dwarves started forging a set of mighty Chains, unbreakable by almost any force in the universe. They then dug a grand tunnel all the way to the surface and dug a second, smaller one hidden above it. Some dwarfes then snuck out and made a deal with a man named „Holdeger“. They gave him lots of Gold and in exchange for his help. Once Ifra arrived at the Hole, Holdeger shouted from inside of it: „Help! The dwarfes are attacking me!“

Ifra immediately went in to rescue the man. The Dwarves used this chance and a great many of them came out of the second hole and jumped on Ifra from above the Hole once she was entering it. Many of them she was able to fight off but eventually after a fierce fight the mass of Dwarves overhelmed her, pinning her down, binding her with the Chains and taking her into their dark underworld.

Hours passed, and Wotan got worried. Why hadn't Ifra returned yet? He had to go and investigate. He looked all around the Area until a Human told him of what had happened and showed him the DwarvenTtunnel. Wotan was Furious. Furious and Scared. They wouldn't harm Ifra, would they? Was she alright? Just when he has about to charge into the tunnel in Rage to save Ifra from whatever Lundical Plans the Dwarves had, one of them came out of the tunnel and appoached him. „Wotan, Worldfather“ Goldel the Dwarf Spoke. „We have captured your Friend, Ifra the Worldmother.“

„Foolish Wretch!“ Wotan replied „Let this be the last mistake of your pitiful life!“ But just as he raised his spear to strike the dwarf spoke

„Don't be stupid, Foolish man, if you do anything we don't want You to do, she dies.“

Immedietely Wotan stopped. „And WHAT is it that you Lundish Creatures want?“

„Come with me and find out.“ Goldel replied and descended back into the darkness. Having no choice, Wotan followed the dwarf and also entered their Realm of the Deeep.

After hours of ascending down tunnels Wotan and Goldel finally arrived in the Great Hall of Mendel, king of the Dwarves. The King was Sitting on a Grand throne of Gold and Silver, covered in countless sparkling Gems. And there next to his throne was Ifra. The Dragoness was still bound by the Chains the Dwarfes had forged but was more ferocious than ever, constantly trying to get a hold of the dwarfes closest to her. Wotan could hardly restrain himself from Impaling each and every dwarf with the Spear of Destiny. But he tried to remain calm. „Speak foolish king and tell me what you want ere my spear tastes your blood!“

„Long Wotan, Worldfather, have you and the Worldmother been keeping us underground and away from the Huntinggrounds that we want for nourishment. You see our every movement, our every tunnel. But now, these times are at an end. For the Release of Ifra, Worldmother, I demand one of your Eyes. Refuse and she will never see the light of day again.“

Wotan was silent for a moment. Without both his eyes, he wouldn't be able to see everything on the World anymore. But he didn't have any other options. Ifra was his Friend and he would do anything to save her. He would have to pay the Dwarfe's Price. „So it Shall be.“ Wotan said, in an almost calm tone. Ifra shouted at him not to give into the Dwarven King's Demands but Wotan was determined not to leave without her. He raised his Hand to his Face grabbed his left Eyeball and with mighty strenght he ripped it out of his skull without even letting out as much as a noise. „Here“ he said, throwing the eyeball to King Mendel who caught it with his hands. „Now keep your promise and let Ifra Go!“

„So I will“. He said, eying his newsest treasure with a smile and signaled his soliders to bring Ifra and Wotan back to the surface. Gone was Ifra's Kind and Forgiving nature and she would've massacred all the Dwarves then and there so they only released her from her Chains when they reached the surface again, quickly retreating and sealing off the tunnel behind them.

After both Ifra and Wotan had calmed down, both embraced each other for hours. But then, Ifra, plaged by Guilt for having caused the loss of Wotan's eye, turned and spoke to him „Wotan, my dear Friend. I have let you down, I have endegared both of us and caused you great harm. I need time to think and reflect, to calm down and forgive. I will return but for now, I will be gone. If I stayed I fear, I would only cause more harm.“

Tears in Eyes, Ifra and Wotan, despite him trying to get her to stay, parted ways and Ifra, the Whitesilver Dragoness spread her wings and took off, soon disappearing behind the peaks of the mountains. And Wotan was once again alone.

Filled with sadness he Returned to Wallhall and thought for a long time.

And Ifra, she flew far Far to the edge of the horizon.

## Of Ifra at the Horizon's Edge

Ifra flew and flew and flew further and further until she reached something she had never seen up close before. The Great Sea of the West lay stretched out before her, a carpet of silver blue glistening under the sun. Ifra sat down at the shores of this Ocean and she thought as well. Rage had almost taken her over, rage that had not been part of her before. Rage that could be dangerous to everyone. She wouldn't dare return to the East, before she hadn't learned to control that rage, out of fear of hurting even more of her friends than she had already. And so she thought and then slept.

She was awoken by the sound of something near her. Not wanting to be suprised by anything again she immedieately rose and made ready to destroy whatever was apporaching.

„Stop Worldmother, I mean you no harm!“ The mysterious newcomer shouted and Ifra got her rage under cotrol again and looked at another Dragon Standing there, Blue, as blue as the Ocean itself.

„What brings you so far to the West O' Ifra?“ the other Dragon asked her.

„Grim are these days, Dragon of the West. Great Harm I have caused my dearest friend Wotan and more harm I fear I would cause if I had stayed in the west.“ She then told the blue dragon of the events of the last days.

„Do not despair Ifra. No one could've forsee the treachery of the Dwarves. You had no fault for Wotan's loss.“ He said. „All of us feel Anger, Regret and Sadness. Let me teach you to control it so you won't harm anyone you don't want to harm ever again.“

Ifra agreed to this and so the Blue Dragon who went by the Name of „Teodrig“ showed her how to control her rage and let it out as controlled bursts of Fire. Many weeks passed and the Two Dragons grew to like each others presence. Ifra had never experienced such a feeling before but she knew what it was. She had fallen in Love. Months passed, and Ifra gave Teodrig many children, Dragons just as their parents. They would become the Dragons of the Forest, the Dragons of the Desert and the Dragons of the Mountains.

While Teodrig was gone Hunting to feed their new family Ifra taught all of their Children about the ways of the world as she and Wotan had taught the humans but also how to master the Fire inside of them as Teodrig had taught her. And so Ifra was happy and lived with her new family in the East for a long time.

## Of the Dwarfe's and Wotan's Fate

While Ifra was in the East learning how to master the Fire inside of her and Wotan was sitting in Wallhall thinking about the future, the Dwarves didn't have much to celebrate either. Initially the Happieness had been great. Wotan couldn't see everything on the surface anymore, the Dragoness Ifra was gone and the eye of Wotan had in fact turned into a gem, more beautiful and pure than anything the Dwarces had ever seen before. Little did they know that Wotan, while leaving the Dwarven Realm of the Depths, had placed a curse on his former Eye. Anyone who was in possesion of the Eye would have to do anything to keep it and Anyone who gazed upon it's treacherous light would have to do everything to bring it into their possesion. So the Dwarves own Greed turned against them. As King Mendel was admiring the sprakling Gem in his hands Goldel, the dwarf who had come up with their treacherous plan, appoached him and spoke: „Great King. our Plan was a success, Wotan has been blinded and the Worldmother has fled to the West. Our reward shall be fresh meat from the surface! But since I came up with this plan, it would only be fair for me to be rewarded with the gemstone so pure, you hold in your hands.“

„True it is that you have done us a great service today. But as you said, our reward shall be the fresh meat. If it is more gold and silver you desire besides that, so be it. Not Wotan's eye you shall possess though, as King of the Dwarves I claim this prize for myself to keep.“ Mendel replied.

„Old Fool!“ Golder cried, „You shall not rob me of what is rightfully mine!“ with that he grabbed his sword and impaled Mendel, Great King of the underworld, right through his heart.

Fighting followed on Goldel's action for all of the Dwarves now wanted to posses wotans eye and so they all had to die. And while they fought over the cursed gem, the same escaped their grasp and fell down their mines, deep into the Earth, and so was lost to the deep abyss.

But knowing that the Dwarves must've drowned in their own greed didn't bring much joy to Wotan in these times. Ifra was the only thnig on his mind. Now. What was she doing in the west for so long? Had something else happened to her? He knew that Ifra probaly had learned from her experience and probably was alright. But still. Wotan was worried. He couldn't just do nothing. But neither did he want to follow Ifra around as if she was a child he had to watch constantly. So he got an idea. He went down to the mountains, dug up the black stone found only around the second tallest of them and over the next week he slowly fashioned a statue out of the stone, using the techniques Ifra had showed him so long ago. When the work was done, the Figure of a Dragon, as black as the night was looking at him with a lifeless gaze. Wotan used his powers to bring this Dragon to life. He gave him the name „Hedral“ and taught him a secret tongue only he would know. When this was done he send the Silent Black Dragon to the West to look for Ifra.

The Black Dragon Hedral then flew and looked for Ifra everywhere until he came to the egde of the Horizon. There he found the Silverwhite Dragoness, her Mate Teodrig and their Children. He immedieately returned and reported this to Wotan. Hearing that Ifra was living a new life in the West made Wotan sad for a moment as it would perhaps mean that she would never return to the east and him but when he also heard of her newfound happienss he couldn't help but feel happy for her as well. If she was save and well after all and there was no reason for him not to be happy about this. And so he accepted the new state of things and for the first time since the Dwarven treachery he smiled.

It was as if he was full of new life all of a sudden. He had many ideas and things to do. First of all, he took care of the problem of this sight. Since Wotan had lost his eye he was only able to heed the calls of some of his Human children. The Humans, to be better noticed by Wotan, started to build temples in his honour, great buildings with towers reaching out to the skies. This did help but with his new Watcher, Hedral Wotan now had more eyes in the world again and so he sent him down to the wWrld to watch from the Shadows and report back to him.

Because one Dragon can't see everything either, he made many more Black Dragons, the children of Hedral and send them into the world to serve as his silent watchers as well. He still wouldn't see everything but with this and the new Temples, he was able to help many of the faithful and honourable humans in their times of need.

He did tell them however to also build temples for Ifra and reminded them of her wisdom and kindess so they would never forget the Worldmother.

And so he would never forget Ifra either, he fashioned a helmet for himself with two wings, like Ifra's attached to it's sides, made out of the light of the sun so they would guide him through the Darkness as Ifra had done so many times.

## Of Teodrig's Tragedy and Ifra's Return

Wotan Was happy, Teodrig was happy and Ifra was the happiest of them all. She did miss Wotan often but she loved Teodrig and didn't want to leave him. Then one Day, the thing Wotan had feared for a long time happened. The Giants Returned. With Wotan being absent in the Universe for so long they had regained their strenght and after rampaging through the Cosmos, discovered the New World he had created. It was clear, they wanted to destroy it and Wotan. Wotan with the Dragon Guardians of the Sternrad went up to face the Giants and a brutal fight between Giants, Wotan and his Dragons ensued. Ater days of fighting, almost all Giants were destroyed.. One of the last two Giants was now attacking him and the Dragons when suddendly the last Giant made a run for the World. Neither Wotan, nor his Dragons, were able to get away from the other giants quick enough to stop the last one and Doom seemed certain for the World when Teodrig spread his wings and soared towards the last Giant, nothing but his Teet, Claw and his faith in Victory to aid him. He had to Win this. He had to for the World. For Ifra. Wotan saw the heroic Dragon flying towards the Giant and threw his spear of Destiny towards the dragon. Teodrig caught it and with one swift piercing strike, impaled the Giant through his Chest. The dead Giants body was shredded into multiple pieces by the ferocity of this Attack and his arms and legs fell down onto the World where they formed new Mountains and Landmasses in the sea around the Landmass that had been made by Wotan and Ifra originally. The other Giant was soon slayed as well and Everybody was rejoicing in Happieness. All ecept for Teodrig. Seeing the Giant's Body Parts fall down he feared for Ifra's and their Children's saftey and rushed back down, abandoning the Spear of Destiny. But too fast did he approach the sphere and the protective shield heated up around him. Too late did he notice this and couldn't escape his gruesome Fate anymore has he slwoly burned up in the skies, being visible as a red glowing star from the ground. And as the red star disappeared the Blue Blood of the Dragon spread across the sky, giving it a blue hue.

Wotan was busy fighting the last Giant and only found his Spear later when he went looking for it and Teodrig. He hadn't seen what happend to him and soon returned back to Wallhall to celebrate.

But Ifra had seen it all. And the pain was horrible. For two Weeks the poor Dragoness cried for her lost Mate. Never before had she felt so much Pain. And she would've wasted away in her Grief if after these tow weeks she hadn't remembered what Teodrig himself had told her: „Never linger on your Past. Never let it drag you into the abyss of pain, suffering and inescapable sadness. No matterWho or What you loose. It is not the end. You will live on. And so live on.“

Slowly, Ifra got back to her senses again and while still saddened by this Loss, she did move on. But what to do now she asked herself? By now, many of her Children had grown up and started lives of their own. Some had gone south and north into the deserts, becoming the Dragons of the Desert. Some had also gone North but into the Mountains, becoming the Dragons of the Mountains. Only the lastborn Children were left. And so, she went East with her Children, back to where she had come from, back to Wallhall. Her Children soon grew weary of the long voyage and finding the Forests of this Land quite lovely they decided to stay there and hence became the Dragons of the Forests.

But Ifra continued her Journey and eventually, Reached the Grand Mountain the Humans now called „Weltendach“ with Wallhall at it's top.

Great was Wotan's joy when Ifra retuned to him and no lesser was her joy. She told him or her Adventures, of Teodrig and of his tragic Death. When Wotan heard of this, he wanted to honor the Fallen Hero and decided to name the world after him so he would never be forgotten. Henceforth it would be known as „Teo“.

Ifra and Wotan were now reunited and lived together in Wallhall again, watching over both humans and Dragons and all their other Children and going on many more adventures togther as the ages passed.

## Of the Meeting of Dragons and Humans

Of Ifra's and Teodrig's Children, the Dragons of the Forests first came into contact with thr Humans. Initially, there was Conflict. Much Land a Dragon needed and he Humans initially didn't want to give up any of their Lands. But both Dragon and Man had Wise Leaders at the Time and eventually they agreed on a compromise: „Humans shall have all Lands besides the Deep Forests, Deserts and High mountains unless they do not have luck Hunting anywhere else, in wich Case they may intrude on the Dragon's land. Furthermore, no Dragons and Humans should ever fight or kill each other except in Defense of their Land and Families.“

To forever remember the contract, they erected a Big Rock were the Blaublut River leaves the Schatzsee Today and carved the Contents of their Compromise into this boulder wich was left there. The Dragons of the Forests then went to their Brothers and Sister in Desert and Mountains and told them of this.

This Ancient Treaty came under danger many times since then. But it held.The Forests got smaller but the Dragons still lived in it's deepest Parts, over the mountains the Dragons still fly above the clouds and in the deserts, Dragons lie basking in the Sun.

## Of Death

When the Body of a Human dies and their Soul is uncorrupted, it must leave the World and go to Wallhall to live with Wotan and Ifra for all eternity. To do this, the Mortal Shell of the Soul must be shed and stripped from it through the Puryifying element of Fire.

And so, when a Human dies, their Body is placed on a grand Funeral Pire Dressed in the clothes they wanted to wear in the next live and 2 additional Objects, none more, wich they want to take with them.

So it happened with all Humans and also with the Protector of Drachenau, Weidharr who had died Fighting a Tatzelwurm, slaying the beast before succumbing to his injuries.

A Priest of Wotan then spoke the following words to the people gathered for the Funeral:

„We have come together here today to Honor Weidharr von der Drachenau, Son of Ardharr and Gerlinde, Children of Wotan. Weidharr was brought into this World on the 17th Day of the Kalthast in the year 684 and departed on the 20th Day of Sonnheim in the year 718, killed during the hunt by a Tatzelwurm. In his life he served his family and his people always dutyfully and remained honrouably and brave until the end. He was the defender of the Drachenau for 10 Years and did so never abandoing his post and fighting off the People of the North and the Creatures of the Wild. With his faithful Wife Fridha he fathered 3 Children, Arharr, Karlech and Ifrille. His Widow will now say a few words about her Former Husband.“

At this point, Weidharr's Widow spoke of her life with Weidharr and of his Deeds. More people came up after her and spoke of many more.

When they were finished the priest took a burning torch and spoke: „We give Weidharr's Soul to Wotan Worldfather and Ifra Worldmother now. May he Live forever in Wallhall and may his Memory Live forever on Teo.“ He then set the Pyre ablaze and everybody waited until it had consumed the mortal Remains and released his Soul into Wotan's care. It also happens sometimes that a song is sung during this.

The Ashes that remained were then buried in a Field nearby and a Stone was erected with the inscirption reading: „In Memory of Weidharr von der Drachenau, Son of Ardharr and Gerlinde, Children of Wotan. Brought into this World on the 17th Day of the Kalthast in the year 684 and departed on the 20th Day of Sonnheim in the year 718, killed defending his people from a Tatzelwurm.“

His soul now acended to Wallhall, guided by a being Wotan had summoned from the depths of the Universe for this purpose, a Great Undead Warrior known as „Lidgar“ with a Torch to guide the way and a sword to keep away the Lundarg. There in the Great Hall he would remain with Wotan and Ifra until the end of the World.

The last Journey of a Dragon is very similar, though rarely does a Dragon decide to take any objects or Clothing with them into the Afterlife.

When a Dragon dies, his Mate or a close Friend will get together everyone who knew the dead Dragon and will then place their Body on an even Greater Funeral Pyre.

Naldach of the Tannmoor had died in the Year of 718 as well, peacefully in his Sleep after a long Life.

A Priest of Ifra led this ceremony. She said the following: We have gathered here Today to Honor, Naldach Rotstein von dem Tannmoor. Long did he live, over 300 Years he spent on this world. I ask all who are prsent now, Did he Live a good and Honourable life?“ „YES!“ Came the reply. „I ask all who are present, do you remember his deeds and his accomplishments, the story of his life?“ „YES!“ Came the reply again. Then We now give Naldach's Soul to Ifra Worldmother and Wotan Worldfather. May he Live forever in Wallhall and may his Memory Live forever on Teo. Do not taint his Memory by forgetting.“ She then stepped away from the Pyre and spoke again with a loud voice „Everyone, Ignite the Flames!“ upon this command, all Dragons who were Present unleashed a flood of fire upon the Pyre and Dragon until the heat was enough to even burn a Dragon away. Once the Fire was lit, they would sing an old Funeral Chant until the Fire had consumed the Morrtal remains and released his soul to Ifra's Care.

The Ashes were then buried in the center of the Dragon's former Territory, under a small hill with a Rock being erected with the simple inscription of „Naldach Rotstein“ on it.

His soul now too acended to Wallhall, guided by Lidgar- There in the Great Hall he would remain with Ifra and Wotan. until the end of the World.

## Of the World's Dawn

The Dawn of the World, the End, it eventually came. War and Corruption had spread across Teo and the Lundarg was eating more Souls than ever. And then, he was full and couldn't eat any more but stop he could not either for his hunger could not be sated. And so the Lundarg ate and ate until he burst open and all the Corrupted souls were released back into the World, undead and full of hatred for the living. Seeing this, Wotan, Ifra and all the Dragons and Humans they could find, living or dead, went into battel against the army of the dead. The Lundarg himself came forth from his underground realm for the first time since he had gone here in the old days and fought a ferocious battle with Wotan. Almost won was the battle for Wotan when Ifra called for his aid and thinking he could finish off the Lundarg without it, he gave her the Spear of Destiny. But the Lundarg, with his last energy, jumped at Wotan and bit through his throat, wounding him mortally before being crushed by wotan's great fists. When Ifra saw Wotan wounded she tried to help him but it was too late. With his last dying breat, Wotan made her the new Bearer of the Spear of Destiny and wished her farewell. Then the Worldfather closed his eyes forever.

Furious was Ifra now once again, more Furious than ever and with the Humans and Dragon she used this to defeat and destroy all of the Undead and Corrupt. But while they had been fighting off the Lundarg's Corruption on Teo, the very same had gotten into unprotected wallhall and had destroyed the Great Hall, sending it and it's mountain crumbling down onto the Sternrad, crushing the World's Heart.

The world was at it's End and and knowing this, Ifra took all the Faithful Dragons and Humans and departed the dying Sphere.

Far did they travel from their former home until they found a new one, in a part of the universe much like the one they had come from. There were no other creatures or beings here, all was quiet. Ifra then took the spear of destiny and with her last strenght after battle and travel she merged her Heart and Boy with it and in doing so, forged a new world, much like Teo. And so the Surviving Children of Wotan and Ifra and the Souls of the Dead will live in peace and harmony without any corruption on this new pure world for the rest of time.