The Ages of Yarelle

## The Age of the Godmind

This is the Age in which the entire universe was created. No one knows how it was created, but the entity who created it was known only as the "**Godmind**". It wasn't until later when the **Godmind** had finished creating the universe that it would split itself into the three Prime Gods: **Xerakos**, God of the Elements, **Palekorthos**, God of the Stars & Constellations, and **Savarisi**, Goddess of Magic. This point in time is incomprehensible to the mortal mind, as it cannot be understood how long this age truly took place.

## The Age of Creation (100 Years)

During this short Age, the Three Primes worked together to create the world of **Yarelle** in the image of what the **Godmind** wished for. Over the first few years of the **Age of Creation**, **Savarisi** and **Xerakos** worked closely with one another to carefully surround **Yarelle** in its oceans before gently cultivating and pulling out of the oceans a large, singular continent they would name "**Aerna**". All the while, **Palekorthos** had began venturing through the universe creating the stars to fill the darkness with light.

Around the Year 30 of this age, **Savarisi** and **Xerakos** had created the first inhabitants of **Yarelle**, sprinkling them across the continent of **Aerna**. These inhabitants would at first be the animals of the world, releasing a number of flying and land-dwelling creatures as well as the ones who lived in the sea. Some of the land-dwelling creatures would also burrow into the ground, going rather deep to create the early stages of the **Underdark of Yarelle**. It wouldn't be until around the year 50 C that **Savarisi** and **Xerakos** would make the first humanoid races: **Humans**, **Elves**, and **Dwarves**. The **Dwarves** would take to the mountains of **Aerna** almost immediately while the **Humans** and **Elves** themselves spread out across the continent to live where they wished. The individual tribes of these races would live more isolated and secluded from one another, rarely interacting unless it was necessary for survival or to fight over local resources. Though even then, most disputes would die out as one tribe or the other simply moved away from the area to continue living in peaceful isolation.

**Savarisi**, wanting to admire the creations that she had a hand in making, walked amongst the people of **Aerna**, She would soon find, however, that her divine energy would effect the very earth she stepped on and creatures that would come within close proximity. The earth itself would revert into the divine energy it was created from, though when **Savarisi** stopped interacting with it it would turn back to normal. With the creatures, some of their forms would shift and change, becoming something they weren't originally intended to be. This would result in the creation of some monstrosities and the first of the **Beast Races of Yarelle**. The specific races would be **Minotaur**, **Bearfolk**, **Tabaxi**, and **Aaracokra**. Like the other races that existed before them, the tribes of these **Beast Races** would also come to live in isolation.

Over this Age, **Palekorthos** being mostly absent allowed the other two deities to grow ever closer. Around the year 60 C, **Savarisi** and **Xerakos** would make love and create a number of Gods to help maintain and protect **Yarelle** as well as guide the people of **Aerna**. The two of them would create the following deities:

**Solor** and **Jezareth**, the Sun and the Moon

**Judaros** and **Bavarak**, Law and Anarchy

**Daros** and **Levaan**, War and Passion

**Ugvagar** and **Haelen**, Chaos and Peace

**Cylvir** and **Kynar**, Change and Nature

**Mendrith** and **Gudakaro**, Death and Life

## The Age of Awakening (~500 Years)

It was during this point in **Yarelle**'s early history that marked a shift in the power dynamic of things. At first, it was simply just the Three Primes. But with the creation of the first twelve deities that would make up the **Higher Pantheon**, **Xerakos** and **Savarisi** were left to watch over their children and ensure they didn't ruin the world they created.

It was also at this point in time that the Higher Gods walked amongst the inhabitants of **Aerna**, directly involving themselves with the people and influencing their cultures and ways of life. Before this point, the people of **Yarelle** only worshipped and revered the Three Primes from afar. The Prime Gods cannot walk among the people due to the the fact that they radiate pure, raw divine energy, which **Savarisi** herself discovered during the **Age of Creation**. The Higher Gods do still radiate same same kind of energy, though it is less concentrated and not as powerful as that of the Prime Gods. Through prolonged exposure and the more personal interactions that the people were able to have with the Higher Gods, cults and clergies began forming across **Aerna** dedicated to the worship of the various Gods. These earlier groups, however, would remain disorganized and more tribal for the remainder of this Age.

With the influence of the Higher Gods, many of the different tribes of **Humans** and **Elves** started to come out of their isolation to create their own more civilized villages and