🪐 : quirth concept + lore guide !! ( by mono )
visual concept : quirth is the sister planet of orion, though not much is known about it due to the planets rocky history. because of this, there are very few and very rare quirthians in orion, due to them not exactly being received kindly (and sometimes, hunted) by the philosophers of orion. besides their antagonistic history, quirth mimics orion in almost every sense of the planet, with distinct realms, their own gods, and even portals to travel around the universe. the planet mimics depictions of ancient greece, with each realm incredibly different from the next.
portal : there are only two known portals in quirth. the first one is to access the human world, which is located in heliava’s catacombs, while on earth, it is located in corfu, greece. the second portal is located deep in the forests of quirth, no longer in use and completely forbidden to use, and leads to orion.
note : although housing many realms similar to orion and they will be talked about, the main focus of this lore guide will be heliava, the country of dragons.
the timeline of creation : heliava, situated in the world of quirth, is a small country island which is hidden from the rest of the world. truth be told, it is a very hard island to find. it is also quite unknown to the rest of the world and the other worlds similar to quirth, as the island of heliava has done quite the job keeping itself out of the heaven's eye. for those that do know of the country, all they can say is that it is the island of dragons. the inhabitants and locals of the island are extremely protective of their home and somewhat closed off to outsiders. it is not a port city. it is a country of wonder and enchantment for those who wish to see it. but how did the country come to be? how did the world of quirth come to be? well, the history of it is one to wonder. if you happen to find a native outside of the country, they will give you different stories; for only a heliavian knows the true story of heliava.
quick key : BH — before helio, DH — during helio, MT — modern times.
—﹒ BH; quirth is formed due to an asteroid combining and hitting orion. it forms a smaller sister planet, revolving around the sun yet with 7 moons of it's own. the climate of quirth mimics orion, and it becomes a habitable planet.
—﹒1DH; helio is born from the salts of the asteroid, and is made the god of quirth. he is the creator and god of all gods.
—﹒2DH; helio creates the land, separating them into continents. in such, he creates the five kingdoms: imista, the kingdom of the stars, opriris, the kingdom of the sea, ucadia, the kingdom of the sun, baelesta, the kingdom of sacrifice, and heliava, the kingdom of knowledge.
—﹒3DH; helio creates his siblings to rule over their kingdoms. he creates luria, the goddess of the moon to rule over imista. he creates omarion, the god of water to rule over opriris. he creates hemiya, the goddess of the sun to rule over ucadia. he creates delian, the god of death to rule over baelesta. helio himself rules over heliava, the kingdom of knowledge and the main region within quirth.
—﹒3DH, MONTH 5; helio allows his siblings to craft their kingdoms as they like. luria crafts a kingdom above the clouds with floating mountains, omarion creates a kingdom beneath the waves enchanted with gold, hemiya drafts a golden kingdom filled with life, and delian makes a kingdom of asphalt and obsidian.
—﹒4DH; luria creates the stars to reside over quirth. omarion creates the animals of the sea; seals, fish, sharks, whales, jellyfish, sponges, and plant life. hemiya creates land animals; deer, birds, wolves, horses, butterflies, etc. helio creates the concept of knowledge, and the island of helivia, where the kingdom heliava is located.
—﹒5DH; hemiya asks her brother, helio, to create man, as her animals are lonely. helio creates man and erects temples in his siblings honour. hemiya gives them the chance to be kind and fair. delian gives them the traits to be selfish and envious.
—﹒6DH; helio constructs the worship of the gods, and allows man to see them as leaders and counsel rather than overseeing gods. the 5 siblings reign over their realms in earnest. omarion takes humans from hemiya and turns them into fishmen -- a breed of human that has tails like a fish and allows them to see perfectly and breathe under water.
—﹒7DH; as man dies, helio creates the underworld and gives it to delian to rule. delian creates a puppet of himself, lian, to rule baelesta in his stead as he rules the underworld. omarion begins to tire of his reign in the sea and sets his site on hemiya's kingdom, ucadia.
—﹒8DH; tensions rise between hemiya and omarion, as he begins to take animals and humans from her kingdom and drown them in his sea. this infuriates and saddens hemiya, and ucadia begins their long-night.
—﹒9DH-10DH; the sun does not shine on ucadia, as hemiya has shut herself away in sadness. omarion takes over as ruler of ucadia, and merges his sea and the kingdom together. the longer in exile, the angrier hemiya grows. she consults her sister, luria, to help her take over omarion.
—﹒11DH; luria, against the counsel of helio, creates iaoth, an angel of the stars and protector of imista. with luria's word, he begins to slaughter omarion's counsel and fellow rulers, which leaves him helpless. however, in retort, omarion stars the war of the sun and sea, and kills hemiya's first son, adros.
—﹒12DH; driven in her madness in the loss of her sun, hemiya creates dragons, and therefore creates irisi, the goddess of dragons to serve waste on the kingdom of ucadia and opriris.
—﹒14DH; after 2 years of war, irisi, with her dragons, banish omarion back into the sea for eternity, and cleanse ucadia of his filth. because of this, all humans originally born in ucadia perish, and helio grants hemiya the chance to reign again over a new population which is indebted to her. hemiya's wrath lessens.
—﹒17DH; irisi and her dragon is brought to heliava to be helio's wife and ruler of heliava. helio then grants the rulers peace, and he crafts a home of the heavens for the gods and himself to retire.
—﹒18MT; the gods step down from their ruler position and allow humans to take over as rulers so they can live out there days comfortably. although the gods still interact with humans, they spend the majority of their time in their temples (getting drunk and throwing parties)
the gods : the sole creators, the watchers of quirth. unlike it’s sister planet, there are no protectors, as the gods, although still retired, are willing to come to the aid of it’s people in times of need. they are older than time itself, and completely devoted to their people.
* not pictured : adros, hemiya’s first born son (takes ulis’s place in the family tree).
helio : the god of creation. takes the animal form of a phoenix, is the current king of gods. appearance: white hair, golden eyes. wears whites, golds, and light blues.
irisi : the mother and goddess of dragons, the queen of the gods and helio's wife. takes the animal form of a dragon. appearance: black hair with purple hues, purple eyes. wears purples, whites and blues.
asotheus : the god of peace. helio's first son. takes the animal form of a dove. appearance: white hair, purple eyes. wears whites, golds and purples.
ises : the god of time. helio's second son. takes the animal form of a moth. appearance: white hair, golden eyes. wears whites, golds and blacks.
iliria : the goddess of music. helio's 1st daughter. takes the animal form of a mockingbird. appearance: black hair, golden eyes. wears blacks, golds and yellows.
bielia : the goddess of knowledge. helio's 2nd daughter. takes the animal form of an owl. appearance: black hair, golden eyes. wears blacks, golds and purples.
luria : the goddess of the moon. takes the animal form of a raven. appearance: dark blue almost black hair, crystal blue eyes with star shaped pupils. wears different shades of blue.
lumira : the goddess of night. luria's 1st daughter. takes the animal form of a bat. appearance: black hair with dark blue hues, grey eyes. wears blues and golds.
edia : the goddess of the sky. luria's 2nd daughter. takes the animal form of an eagle. appearance: black hair, golden eyes. wears greys, blues and golds.
valena : the goddess of stars. luria's 3rd daughter. takes the animal form of a crow. appearance: grey hair, blue eyes. wears blacks, golds and blues.
omarion : the god of water. takes the animal form of a barracuda. appearance: blonde hair, striking teal eyes. wears teals, golds and yellows.
halia : priestess of hemiya. omarion's first captured wife. has no animal form. appearance: blonde hair, grey eyes. wears teals, golds and yellows.
milea : the queen of atlantia. omarion's second captured wife. is a mermaid, so has no animal form. appearance: blonde hair, yellow eyes. wears teals, golds and pinks.
yonthean : the god of war. omarion's 1st son. takes the animal form of a stallion. appearance: blonde hair, striking teal eyes. wears teals, golds and yellows.
yuxia : the goddess of eternity. omarion's 1st daughter. takes the animal form of a rabbit. appearance: blonde hair, striking teal eyes. wears teals, golds and yellows.
olian : the god of the heavens. omarion's 2nd son, and a direct descendent of iaoth. takes the animal form of a hummingbird. appearance: blonde hair, striking teal eyes. wears gold and white. has big white wings.
hemiya : the goddess of the sun. takes the animal form of a male peacock. appearance: blonde hair, grey eyes. wears golds and yellows.
lukas : the demi-god of weaponry. hemiya's husband. was granted to be a god by helio after the long night. takes the animal form of a wolf. appearance: fiery red hair, green eyes. wears greens, golds and whites.
adros : the god of law. hemiya's first son who was murdered by omarion. took the animal form of a crane. appearance: blonde hair, grey eyes. wore golds and yellows.
makore : the god of wine. hemiya's second son. takes the animal form of a pegasus. appearance: blonde hair, red eyes. wears golds, greens and yellows.
elios : the god of spring. hemiya's third son. takes the animal form of a deer. appearance: blonde hair, blue eyes. wears golds, greens and yellows.
aloite : the god of love. hemiya's fourth son. takes the animal form of a mourning dove. appearance: red hair, green eyes. wears golds, greens and yellows.
haxia : the goddess of fertility. hemiya's first daughter. takes the animal form of a hare. appearance: blonde hair, green eyes. wears golds and pinks.
hafoth : the goddess of light. hemiya's second daughter and delian's wife. takes the animal form of a butterfly. appearance: red hair, green eyes. wears blacks, reds and golds.
lana : the goddess of animals. hemiya's third daughter. takes the animal form of a tiger. appearance: blonde hair, green eyes. wears greens, teals and golds.
alora : the goddess of land. hemiya's fourth daughter. takes the animal form of a cow. appearance: red hair, grey eyes. wears neutral colours.
delian : the god of death. takes the animal form of a fox. appearance: black hair, red eyes. wears blacks and reds.
hamithea : the goddess of chaos. delians's first daughter. takes the animal form of a hyena. appearance: red hair, red eyes. wears reds and blacks.
halor : the god of rebirth. delian's first son. takes the animal form of a hawk. appearance : red hair, green eyes. wears reds and golds.
the families : due to the god's retirement, it is now in the hands of man to rule over quirth's five kingdoms. each ruling family had been hand selected by the god who resides over the kingdom, and continuously rules today.
imista : ruling house, house of rhotarr. king vasolus and queen phetia. heir, shinas rhotarr. other children, ceorriya rhotarr. sigil, a golden moon and star with a feather down the middle. motto, "the heavens forgive."
opriris : ruling house, house of izlan. king aties and queen diena. heir, nyrena izlan. other children, robin izlan, theione izlan, adon izlan. sigil, a merwoman holding two swords. motto, "omarion protects us."
ucadia : ruling house, house of qhather. king lymes and queen rulena. heir, lxyen qhather. other children, vekra qhather, evphine qhather. sigil, the goddess hemiya with the sun behind her as she holds a sword. motto, "the sun does not die."
baelesta : ruling house, the house of kruaris. king morus and queen ehtia. heir, xemis kruaris. other children, iotl kruaris. sigil, a knife dripping in blood. motto, "death becomes you."
heliava : ruling house, the house of keres. king dionsef and queen isi. heir, nikolas keres. other children, ajax keres, zane keres, helia keres. sigil, a white dragon burning red fire. motto, "burning bright."
the story of orion and quirth : in the universe filled with planets, quirth became a sister planet of orion only after the asteroid had created it. however, when the gods of orion appointed the philosophers to rule over the realms, the philosophers asked quirth to become a territory of orion: to surrender their gods, and teach of orion's gods. helio refused this ridiculous proposition, and after a few years of back and fourth, he sealed shut the portal between the two worlds and forbid anyone, man or god, to go through it. for centuries, the portal was guarded by soldiers of yonthean, but after such a long time and such progress of quirth, the sealed portal was simply .. forgotten. however, not everyone had forgotten about it. the youngest son of the keres family, in a means to escape his duties, had found the portal in the catacombs underneath the city, and had somehow been able to go through it and enter a mysterious new world. he had somehow made it to the human world, which was strictly forbidden to any quirthians. although he kept his identity (and species) a secret, he had once again stumbled upon another portal in india, leading him to orion's realm myrithen. because of this being the first person of quirth to enter orion in over 20 centuries, deep magic within the forests of quirth had begun to arise .. once again unsealing the portal between the two worlds.