0. THURINANO WUND HI-GUTHIND
Many suns have risen and many times when the moon had waned, it may seem like this had been so forever, but yet, it is not so. In the beginning, instead of a universe with a vast expanse of everything, there was only a rigend devoid of anything at all. Every part of the archaic world was once filled with Ar'he-the bleak and indelible sea of nothingness.
However, something did exist in this sad world, although they seem to be made of nothingness themselves. Two beings of complete nothingness, the sound of silence and eternal repose. Both of this entities filled the entire void and each of them developed thoughts over the course of a brief forever.
And then suddenly, from the silence came a note. A note born of the mutual calm between the silence and the void. Following this event, cradled in the sea of nothingness bobbed a form, a something, at first, it was only but a speck, no larger than a grain of sand, but it continued to grow, and grow, until its' for resembled that of what we now call a woman. A perfect form for creation.
The newly formed goddess gazed into... the space, then she sighed... air. All thing seemed unknown to the two previous beings of the void. But the goddess continued to create, upon her feet gathered dirt, earth and rock. She illuminated the vast nothingness and as she saw that she was the only being that seems to be in this earth, she felt sadness.
The great silence and slumber, followed upon her example and they themselves tried to create. They forged another being to accompany their daughter so that she may not feel lonesome in the vast void. Together, they made everything they could ever think of, the former continuing on making her things like trees and grass then the latter would take them into himself to breathe life into them. They even made bodies for their creators.
In the following time, they bore themselves a daughter, whom embodied the work that her parents do. She was a being filled with eagerness, and she made sure that she blessed those around her this active spirit, she made sure that she gave some to all the creatures of his parents, even the air, the rocks and the trees, but especially the animals. She gave the world the proper life it needed and everything seems to be so perfect.
She created the ancient dar'vatha, so that she can communicate with everyone. She also gave names to the plants and animals, even her forebears. The great Song was named Dewiluvar' who is charged over the sound made us all, she taught the birds to sing and the wind its silent breeze, the ocean its lapping and many other things. Her husband, repose got the name Par'giarond, he embodies the calm nights and the eternal slumber we all must fall down upon someday. His house is where all that ceased to live go to.
Rackthahia was the named given to the first being, she blesses all those that create and guards all of the creations upon this rigend. He is seen as a patron for weapon smiths, blacksmiths, tinkerers and the likes. Next, for his father, he gave the name Vathiso, of whom all living things owe their first breathe, whom she herself owe her first breathe. And lastly, the last of her forebears, was Hiketho, upon which the role of leading the deceased to their father's house was given.
Then when she was done naming all things created, she named herself Yinega, whom all things that move pay homage to. She is the patron of all that travels, moves and uses the roads. She later married her uncle Hiketho, whose domain is a total opposite of hers, but through this distinguished differences, they learned a lot from each other and upon this mutual understanding, their daughter, Vesinya was born.
Vesinya lead another revolution in the created world, she embodied the eagerness to discover the various things on this newly formed world. She made sound laws that governed the archaic world, the hidden laws of nature, the laws of men and many other things. She created the first Genthe, or language to write down the Dar'vatha that her mother created. This genthe became the guide to form the Tharham language from which modern language of the central continent came from.
Upon this time is when the gods started to favour our species, because not only did we resemble their form, they also thought of us as inventive, that is why Vesinya, bestowed upon us curiosity and then lead us into an era of full of inventions wherein most are still of use to date. She is looked up to by inventors, seekers and literates for she guards over the wisdom of the entire universe, accumulated from her time on this earth and her conversations with every creature that spoke their mother's tongue.
Rackthahia became fascinated by Vesinya's work and became smitten by her, their domain both lies in creation that is why not sooner than after, they developed romance. From this marriage, three earthly gods was birthed.
First of the pack is Hawir'kand, he was given the earth to ruled over. From the very soil where we plant our crops and feet, to the very core of our floating earth. His power shocks the earth, and rejuvenates it. Next came Gar'hend, whose domain was the sky, one of the very first things that her mother created. Her domain is limitless, only hindered by our mortal eyes. She made the palace for the gods and there they all reside. Lastly, was Wir'venar', of whom all things fluid answers to. His tears was the source of the ocean for he was very easy to hurt. He takes charge of the rivers and lakes, and oceans and springs. He also commandeers the waves and the wind.
Hawir'kand took a fancy in his sister and courted her until she finally agreed upon the relationship. Although their relationship was rather short-lived, they have more fights than lovemaking and their brawls created the many mountains, hills and plateaus of the earth, they also made craters and other terrestrial blemish here on land.
They broke up soon after, but their relationship did produce remarkable children. First of their brood was Vir'wyisha, whom lit up the sky. For although their presences lit upon the world, there is no permanent light that grazes the earth. She created starlight and moonlights and clouds from her sighs, and to signify the morning she created a big ball of fire to warm all creatures to make them grow. She made them go around this floating mass so that we can marvel at them all. Next was Thuwyisha, the goddess of the home, she was greatly impacted by the separation of her parents, so she vowed to guide couples to a content relationship. She embodied the connection between various species and the idea of home, she looked over vows, promises and marriages .
Following their separation, Gar'hend became contented with caring for her daughters and her domain. However, Hawir'kand, took into the company of his brother, Wir'venar' and this relation bore them the three last gods of this pantheon.
First was Par'rend, this child took fancy of the greeneries that his great great grandfather had created. He learned their language and their secrets. His studies made him the first healer. Although his knowledge about poison is on par with his knowledge on medicine. Next is Thyaveth, whose studies came directly from his fathers. He became fascinated with the idea of strength, for it does not require the supposed hardness of the body, but more on the fluidity and rigidity of the self. That is why he was charged of war, challenges and the self, or the emotions. Lastly, was their sister, Hanawe, goddess of plenty. She took delight in seeing the world and decided that everyone must receive a gift. She ruled over the venahi, or mortals, and gave us blessings when she felt that we had done something supposedly beyond our selves.
Thus these are the known history of the first pantheon of the gods, for after the following years, they stepped back, granting only wishes indirectly. They also passed some of the burdens to second generation and even a third generation of gods. They left us with a legacy, this very ground we step upon, the air we breathe and even the sense that you use to interface with the world that surrounds you. And thus we are all thankful.
But, even though the gods have taken a break on creating and kept to themselves, they left behind a way to commune with their selves, the place where Rackthahia first took her step, Thurasa wund Guthind, or the birthplace of the gods.
Many have tried to seek it out, for the tales told of the gods giving favours for those who found it. It was said that, as long as you do not wish to bring up the dead or awaken an emotion that is non existent, they will grant you wishes, whether it be endless wealth or extreme luck or charm, they will grant it. All of those who quested for it has either gone insane or had never come back. So the quest is still open to be vouched. But who can dare complete this Thar'no Palish? This impossible quest?
from Chapter 2 of Genera Genesis (2914 c.a.)
by Leverine Paul Ahane, Curator of Folklores
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