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Creation Myth (Grellism)

According to the ancient mythology of the Befores, the world (Galwyndor) began as a giant stone (which was called Grellis, which was wise beyond compare. After many thousands of years, the stone became restless and began gnawing upon itself until earth was created. Grellis gnawed so much that he screamed in pain, which created the air. After much more time passed, Grellis became lonely and wept, which created the seas. The stone contemplated these things and conspired to create things which could benefit from his misery: he then made a great etherwood tree to enjoy the earth, an espitris to enjoy the air, the flidfish to enjoy the sea, and man to enjoy the ability to contemplate.

The Gods

Grellis was quite satisfied with his creations until he realized that they each were soon wrought with the same loneliness and restlessness he had experienced. It was then that he created the gods: Drend of stone and earth, Orend of air, and Helirend of water. He made the gods wardens of each of their realms, and instructed them to fill their realms with as many creatures as they wanted, which they did. As a gift to Grellis, they each also created the sun (Drend), the moon (Orend), and the stars (Helirend).

Over time, Grellis created other gods as needs arose, leaving them to their own devices to maintain their collective creations. When the last of the gods was created, Grellis went to sleep to rest, leaving the gods in charge. While he slept, Helirend became enraged when one of Orend's creations ate one of his, and thus began the first altercation among the gods, who have been fighting, negotiating, tricking, plotting, conspiring, and making peace with each other ever since. It is said that when Grellis awakes from his slumber, the gods will return the world to peace and prosperity.

The Races

Once turmoil amongst the gods began, the three brothers became jealous of humans, because they were superior to all of their creations, having sentience. They each, in turn, created a new sentient race, and each sought to make theirs better than humans in some way.

  • Drend, god of stone and earth, created the dwarfs to be heartier than man
  • Orend, god of air, created the elves to be more temperate and wise than man
  • Helirend, god of water, created the merfolk, which could rule the seas as the others ruled the land

After these races came into being, they were quite happy with their creations. However, other gods decided to try their hand at this, and three more races were created.

  • Iriel, goddess of fire and light, created the attawa.
  • Huctis, god of fortitude, created the jrel.
  • Kleya, goddess of protection, created the giants.

The final race, the Cauthrians, which were mixed elves and humans, were created through interbreeding of their own accord.

Notes

While there are unions among the gods under this system, and many of the deities are children of other deities, these were all created by Grellis. The gods are unable to create new gods, so all the familial relations are constructed..

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