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Chapter 1 - Whispers of history

The Creation of the World

It is said that before all things, He was. I say He, but in truth, the One God had no gender. Known as the All Father, the First and the Eternal, He dwelled alone in the void. From the silence of that infinite nothing, He conceived the world. And from His boundless power, He formed the first great domains—foundations upon which existence would be built. To each domain, He brought forth a god or goddess to govern its essence. These Prime Gods were not separate from Him but extensions of His being, fragments of divine intention.

The Domains and Their Prime Gods:

Earth — governed by Elden, eldest of the gods 

Water — governed by Ociat

Fire — governed by Fyrie

Air — governed by Wyden

Law — governed by Regulos

Chaos — governed by Ru'Movak

To each of these Prime Gods, the All Father gave a single command:

"As I have created you, so shall you create in your image. Let your essence shape lesser divinities. They shall be your children, and your people."

Having spoken the Mandate, the All Father withdrew, His infinite power now entrusted to the six Prime Gods. In His absence, they fulfilled His will, fashioning sub-gods—refined spirits who embodied specific aspects of their domain.

The Sub-Gods of the Domains

Earth

Natu-Gaia — Goddess of Nature

Stotel — God of Stone

Minasu — God of Growth and Roots

Air

Gaile — God of Gales

Hunar — God of Static and Storm

Jor'Tere — Goddess of Whispered Winds

Water

Izza — Goddess of Ice and Stillness

Tori — Goddess of Torrents

Ocio — God of Lakes and Calm

Ociana — Goddess of Depths and Mystery

Fire

Erous — God of Eruption

Infri — Goddess of Inferno

Raju — God of Embers and Renewal

Law

Ruhani — God of Spirit and Harmony

Ti'Ami — God of Oaths and Memory

Essol — Goddess of Justice and Balance

Chaos

Melkia — Goddess of Madness and Beauty

Senak — Goddess of Rebirth and Despai

Shi'Ata — God of Wildness and Change

Each Under-god also received the Mandate, and thus began the First Age—the Age of Creation.

This Age endured beyond mortal reckoning. Some say it lasted a thousand years; others claim that time itself had not yet begun. In this sacred span, the stars were hung in the heavens, the earth was shaped, and all beasts, trees, rivers, and skies were given form. At the culmination of the Age, the gods brought forth humanity—and with us, the mystery of choice.

The Age of the Tribes

Each human tribe was born in the image of a god, formed from one domain and its aspects. Upon their creation, the gods gifted them with magic—the divine resonance of their element. The gods walked openly among their tribes, teaching them the hidden truths of the world. Every soul was bound to a domain and aspect, their very nature aligned with an elemental truth.

Some legends speak of rare souls who became more than human—beings of living flame, breathing stone, fluid form, or howling wind. These were not myths. They were the chosen, the Embodying Ones.

For over two thousand years, harmony reigned. But all things change. And it was the Tribe of Law, the Spirit-Followers of Ruhani, who first turned from divine guidance. Ever seekers of knowledge, they looked not upward, but inward—and outward. What they uncovered birthed a new name: science.

The Age of Reason

As the light of reason rose, the presence of the gods faded. They left their final teachings to the Priests of the Elements, chosen inheritors of divine knowledge. I am one of that lineage. I am the last Priest of Ruhani, and my powers are now dismissed as illusion—parlor tricks in an age that no longer believes.

Where once magic split mountains, it now exists only as spectacle.

Though others call it the Age of Reason, we priests name it the Age of Loss.

It was an age of wonders. Cities rose like crystals. Thought conquered disease. Machines did what miracles once had. And in our pride, we cast aside the sacred.

This age endured for three thousand years.

The Age of the Stars

We live now in the Age of the Stars. It began when the first colony ship departed Atrei, seeking new worlds beyond our skies. The year is AC 5325—five thousand, three hundred and twenty-five years since the birth of the tribes.

That first ship vanished. No signal. No trace.

Now, another ship has left our world. In two years, it will pass beyond the edge of our system.

Three nights ago, I received a vision. Or perhaps a dream. I cannot say.

In it, the gods returned—not as saviors, but as terrors. They descended from the heavens like falling stars, monstrous in form and impossible in presence. I wept at the sight of them.

But I saw only seven:

Ociat — a Sea Serpent vast as oceans

Fyrie — a Phoenix cloaked in eternal flame

Elden — a Golem of living mountain

Natu-Gaia — a Wolf cloaked in verdant shadow

Izza — a Woman carved from glacial silence

Infri — a Dragon of consuming fire

Shi'Ata — a Winged Beast howling with chaos

Why only seven? Where were Ruhani, Wyden, Regulos, and the others? Had they been destroyed? Or had they turned against their kind?

A terrible knowing settled within me: the gods are at war.

The Final Record

I know the visions were given to me for a purpose. I tried to warn the people, to recount the tale of our beginning—and our approaching end. None believed me.

So I turned to the stone masons.

If the world must perish, let its truth endure—carved into the bones of the earth.

This is the tale of our rise. And the warning of our fall.

I do not hate the gods for their wrath. We abandoned the Mandate. We forgot their names. We rejected the gift.

They—who gave us life—can take it away.

This book was found in the ruins of a forgotten temple. Clutched in the hands of a seated man, preserved as if in eternal prayer, was this very account.

He wore white robes over black, and at his neck hung an amulet: the Eye of Ruhani, bound by the Thread of Essol, and circled by the Flame of Ti'Ami.

This symbol confirmed his identity:

The Final Priest of Ruhani. Last of the Priests of the Elements.

 

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