Creation Mythos

## **The Beginning**

In the beginning, there was only Light and Darkness. From Light came creation, and from Darkness came destruction. Light created six gods—Faerah, goddess of magic, Ender, the god of compassion and civilization, Dengrod, god of craftsmanship, Catoria, goddess of wisdom and hunting, Alaric, god of night, Liora, goddess of day, and Nicasia, goddess of the oceans. The deities worked as vessels of light, creating a world full of magic and beauty and life. Everything was peaceful.

## **Darkness**

The gods and goddesses, immortal as they were, could not stay content with what they had for very long. They began wanting more. Darkness found this as a perfect opportunity to creep into their minds and make mayhem and destruction. He offered the gods something they all craved: attention. He would allow them to create lesser beings in their image to worship and keep them company. But Darkness never offered anything without a price.

Darkness tainted the beauty Faerah most prided herself in by giving her the features of many different animals, such as the horns of a goat and the tail of a pig. The Faerie people now have a small feature of an animal because of this.

Liora, who longed to be with Alaric as she watched him guide the moon across the sky as well as wanting to create people, had to offer much more for Darkness to make her an offer. She developed a thirst for blood that could never be quenched and an immense burning pain as she lead the sun across the sky, only relieved when the sun finally set. Her people, the Vampires, thus burn and die in the sun and only hunger for blood.

Darkness, who hated Liora more than the other gods for being the strongest vessel of Light made sure to toy with her even more through Alaric. He picked one night, the night of the full moon, for Alaric to turn into his wolf form, which he could normally transform into freely, in exchange for him being able to create people. Alaric and Liora were not able to be together on the night of the full moon, for Alaric could not control his wolf-like instincts in this form. Werewolves cannot control when they transform because of this.

Catoria, being the wisest of the gods, was the hardest for Darkness to convince. Catoria decided that, in exchange for being able to create her own kind, she would offer up her immortality. She would have nine lives in total, and each time she died she would lose one. Once she had lost all nine she would fade away into nothingness. Thus, the Catfolk are reincarnated nine times and cannot enter the afterlife.

Nicasia offered a portion of the people she would create up to Darkness and he accepted. For every mermaid that was born a siren would be formed from the seafoam, created to drown, eat, and rip out the hearts of land dwellers for Darkness’s own amusement.

Dengrod, who wanted nothing more than for Faerah to love him, had any hopes of him getting the girl of his dreams vanquished by darkness in trade for his own people. He was changed from being tall and handsome to short, stout, and covered in scars that would normally heal. Because of this, Dwarves are all unattractive and stout with the inability to really feel love.

Ender sacrificed his power and position as leader of the gods for his people. He had to split his power between the other gods and was left with nothing but immortality. He no longer had control of the world that he could destroy with a snap of his fingers. Humans are seen as the most basic race because of this and nothing ever comes easy to them.

## **Mankind**

After their creation, the people of Terrasyn divided themselves up by the god or goddess that they worshipped, creating six different kingdoms. Galisande was claimed by the people of Faerah, Etros by Catoria’s people, Mydia by Ender’s, Trisda by Dengrod’s, Ethia by Nicasia’s, and Traevia by Alaric’s and Liora’s people.

The kingdoms lived peacefully with one another, each worshipping their respective deity or deities. But the Darkness could not be satisfied for forever, and it found a way to creep into the lives of the people. It turned some of them against their gods. They began seeking power, trying to make themselves better than their deities. The gods were angered by this, so they created Breal, a land without rain, and sent the people Darkness turned against them there, creating a seventh kingdom cut off from the rest of the world.