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History (Taken from an Elven Tomb of Lore)
The world begins with the birth of the two great dragons known in the elven tongue as Namía and Orunei. Whereas Namía was drawn to unchanging things like the void her sister desired change and so began creating spirits but they fizzled out and died as there was nothing for them to interact with. Realising she could not create anything to entertain her alone she asked for the help of her sister and she responded by creating the Encircling Heavens through which she set in slow but eternal motion as well as clouds to give her spirits something to latch onto. From this Orunei continued further and created a dance of spirits known as Ariteni who swirled the matter of the clouds into shape and sang in a beautiful but cacophonous voice for more, more, more and so their mother created more matter taking her sisters idea of solidity and transferring it into solid matter which could be molded with hands. Seeing this her sister Namía began shaping the heavens above and populated it with spirits of her own known as Aridanno and began creating the high heavens with them. Her sister responded in kind and began forging the earth but feared her sister's order would make it wither and die. Little did she know her sister used just a little of her chaos to give her spirits independent thought and they also had little mastery over her earth but bent hearts and the light of heaven. So the twin of freedom attacked her foe declaring her an enemy of the world and its future inhabitants. For a thousand years they fought away from the earth and heavens but eventually Namía defeated Orunei. She spared her sister but she was tired after her fight so she slept for another thousand years.
From the Elven Hymns
nasa násuli naránya sama tútan né siskása ta anarésa ṡuláuṡioṡi ṅáráma ta takíṡini
3.sg.f PERF-wake new+when 3.sg.f-ESS COP sister-3.sg.f and now+3.sg.f domain+over+over world+AUG and thing-PL-3.sg.n-CONS
“When she awoke anew she was far larger than her sister and she now had domain over and over the great world and its things”
She decided she had to take responsibility for the world but not after seeking the guidance of her sister but she would sleep for another thousand years and so she waited and during this time she made herself pregnant and the first of her sons Mastenane “Tranquil One” or Maiár “the Mighty” was born before her sister awoke. Mastenane was tranquil like his mother and rarely played under her guidance but watched the world from afar. When Orunei awoke he accompanied his mother to greet her and there he spoke his name in his own tongue Sarynná from where we get the words Sari “first”. He was eager to hear his aunt's plans for the world and she told of a peopling of the world who would honour his siblings and make use of the bounty of the world and shape it into new and fine forms but also lead lives of fate and happenstance but also good will towards others. With that his mother gave birth to another child Nahtanani who although she was young shone bright with great light never seen before. Maiár was eager to create a world but her sister checked her with the words Na Inò “not yet” and her mother complied saying she felt she had not given birth to enough children. They took after each other and in time Maiár grew to love his sister but it was unrequited and he never confessed waiting for her to as he hoped she would.
Namía had six more children including the mother of our own people Yaréisa and it was then she decided she had enough. Her children were of shadow, light, earth, fire, water, ice, storm and spirit and they descended to the world to shape it as they see fit. It was here they encountered the great dragon of the skies Nanayei who gave the world wind in its encircling air and held the greatest of the Ariteni known as Mano in our tongue as her herald. She greeted each of the other dragons as her kin as she like all the earliest dragons had no other form and naively offered Maiár her hand as she was drawn to his might and even though he initially refused as he still had love for Nahtanani she eventually won him over. She fell in love and mated with him, creating their first child Arwenge who ruled the birds of the world. Eventually Nahtanani fell in love with Rautainá and mated, giving birth to 5 children. First Marasa who’s light shined so bright it dwarfed her mother, next Auloiná the great smith who forged the volcanoes of the world, next Tahtiaulo who granted us the stars which were set in the sky before we awoke, next Náryanna who burns with the fire of sacred flames and finally Iloun the beloved who shone with a light so pure it could banish nearly any evil in one’s heart. Though it had not yet come to pass Sarynna would grow to resent him most of all as in him he saw the pure love he felt for his first sister once.
Later Sjénaina paired with Ceruiná and Tulimari paired with Galacrá but before the dragons set about forging the earth under the guidance of their mother and under the will of Orunei. Rautainá forged the fire and inner core of the world and shaped the movements of the continents, Ceruiná his brother fashioned the seas, Nanayei granted the air and weather of the world while Galacrá granted it power and energy as well as the lightning of storms, Sjénaina granted it cold and the great ices of the north as well as abatement from death. Yaréisa our mother fashioned the animals and trees of the world while her sister Tulimari granted them independence of thought and would wait to give the children of the world spirits which would shape their destinies as intended by Orunei while Nahtanani brought light to the world and granted the laws of society to our own group of elves. Finally Maiár made the shadows and depths of the world and granted a great part of his power to his kin so he had power over every part of the world especially the sea as it was the largest of the worlds realms.
All was not well in heaven however for rumours grew amongst the spirits that their mother had abandoned them and created the earth to surpass them and so the greatest of them Aldán talked to his Ariteni kin and convinced many of those who hadn’t fell in league with the great dragons to kill others of their kin to grant him their powers. And so a thousand Ariteni were sacrificed and Aldán grew to be a dark lord of matter, lord of the world.
Next Namía asked her child of light to create life as she shone with pure intention but Maiár rebuked his mother saying he came first. His mother responded saying she intended his children to be last as he had not heard of his aunt’s plan before he was born but Nanayei responded that her children should be last as she never heard her aunt's plans before living within the world. And so Nahtanani created her children out of iron will and light and they shone so bright they made other creatures of the world turn in fear or awe. She called them to Andewe or bright in her own words and they were alike spirits and not men so couldn’t breed. Her mother rebuked her saying these would be no good for the world but she could not bring them to destroy them so she made them the guards of heaven. She then began creating her own spirits to serve the dragons known as Kobolds and then created Drakes to mate with unpaired female dragons as male dragons were few in number. She then summoned the third of her children Yaréisa but before she could devise children of her own Aldán marred the world splitting apart its continents and creating chaos in its seas. For a hundred years war raged between him and the Dragons but he was eventually defeated by Maiár who was mightier than even him. And so he cursed his name and he became known as Galáran in our tongue. For this task he would feel he was thankless in time although his siblings admired him for his strength.
The world begins with the birth of the two great dragons known in the elven tongue as Namía and Orunei. Whereas Namía was drawn to unchanging things like the void her sister desired change and so began creating spirits but they fizzled out and died as there was nothing for them to interact with. Realising she could not create anything to entertain her alone she asked for the help of her sister and she responded by creating the Encircling Heavens through which she set in slow but eternal motion as well as clouds to give her spirits something to latch onto. From this Orunei continued further and created a dance of spirits known as Ariteni who swirled the matter of the clouds into shape and sang in a beautiful but cacophonous voice for more, more, more and so their mother created more matter taking her sisters idea of solidity and transferring it into solid matter which could be molded with hands. Seeing this her sister Namía began shaping the heavens above and populated it with spirits of her own known as Aridanno and began creating the high heavens with them. Her sister responded in kind and began forging the earth but feared her sister's order would make it wither and die. Little did she know her sister used just a little of her chaos to give her spirits independent thought and they also had little mastery over her earth but bent hearts and the light of heaven. So the twin of freedom attacked her foe declaring her an enemy of the world and its future inhabitants. For a thousand years they fought away from the earth and heavens but eventually Namía defeated Orunei. She spared her sister but she was tired after her fight so she slept for another thousand years.
From the Elven Hymns
nasa násuli naránya sama tútan né siskása ta anarésa ṡuláuṡioṡi ṅáráma ta takíṡini
3.sg.f PERF-wake new+when 3.sg.f-ESS COP sister-3.sg.f and now+3.sg.f domain+over+over world+AUG and thing-PL-3.sg.n-CONS
“When she awoke anew she was far larger than her sister and she now had domain over and over the great world and its things”
She decided she had to take responsibility for the world but not after seeking the guidance of her sister but she would sleep for another thousand years and so she waited and during this time she made herself pregnant and the first of her sons Mastenane “Tranquil One” or Maiár “the Mighty” was born before her sister awoke. Mastenane was tranquil like his mother and rarely played under her guidance but watched the world from afar. When Orunei awoke he accompanied his mother to greet her and there he spoke his name in his own tongue Sarynná from where we get the words Sari “first”. He was eager to hear his aunt's plans for the world and she told of a peopling of the world who would honour his siblings and make use of the bounty of the world and shape it into new and fine forms but also lead lives of fate and happenstance but also good will towards others. With that his mother gave birth to another child Nahtanani who although she was young shone bright with great light never seen before. Maiár was eager to create a world but her sister checked her with the words Na Inò “not yet” and her mother complied saying she felt she had not given birth to enough children. They took after each other and in time Maiár grew to love his sister but it was unrequited and he never confessed waiting for her to as he hoped she would.
Namía had six more children including the mother of our own people Yaréisa and it was then she decided she had enough. Her children were of shadow, light, earth, fire, water, ice, storm and spirit and they descended to the world to shape it as they see fit. It was here they encountered the great dragon of the skies Nanayei who gave the world wind in its encircling air and held the greatest of the Ariteni known as Mano in our tongue as her herald. She greeted each of the other dragons as her kin as she like all the earliest dragons had no other form and naively offered Maiár her hand as she was drawn to his might and even though he initially refused as he still had love for Nahtanani she eventually won him over. She fell in love and mated with him, creating their first child Arwenge who ruled the birds of the world. Eventually Nahtanani fell in love with Rautainá and mated, giving birth to 5 children. First Marasa who’s light shined so bright it dwarfed her mother, next Auloiná the great smith who forged the volcanoes of the world, next Tahtiaulo who granted us the stars which were set in the sky before we awoke, next Náryanna who burns with the fire of sacred flames and finally Iloun the beloved who shone with a light so pure it could banish nearly any evil in one’s heart. Though it had not yet come to pass Sarynna would grow to resent him most of all as in him he saw the pure love he felt for his first sister once.
Later Sjénaina paired with Ceruiná and Tulimari paired with Galacrá but before the dragons set about forging the earth under the guidance of their mother and under the will of Orunei. Rautainá forged the fire and inner core of the world and shaped the movements of the continents, Ceruiná his brother fashioned the seas, Nanayei granted the air and weather of the world while Galacrá granted it power and energy as well as the lightning of storms, Sjénaina granted it cold and the great ices of the north as well as abatement from death. Yaréisa our mother fashioned the animals and trees of the world while her sister Tulimari granted them independence of thought and would wait to give the children of the world spirits which would shape their destinies as intended by Orunei while Nahtanani brought light to the world and granted the laws of society to our own group of elves. Finally Maiár made the shadows and depths of the world and granted a great part of his power to his kin so he had power over every part of the world especially the sea as it was the largest of the worlds realms.
All was not well in heaven however for rumours grew amongst the spirits that their mother had abandoned them and created the earth to surpass them and so the greatest of them Aldán talked to his Ariteni kin and convinced many of those who hadn’t fell in league with the great dragons to kill others of their kin to grant him their powers. And so a thousand Ariteni were sacrificed and Aldán grew to be a dark lord of matter, lord of the world.
Next Namía asked her child of light to create life as she shone with pure intention but Maiár rebuked his mother saying he came first. His mother responded saying she intended his children to be last as he had not heard of his aunt’s plan before he was born but Nanayei responded that her children should be last as she never heard her aunt's plans before living within the world. And so Nahtanani created her children out of iron will and light and they shone so bright they made other creatures of the world turn in fear or awe. She called them to Andewe or bright in her own words and they were alike spirits and not men so couldn’t breed. Her mother rebuked her saying these would be no good for the world but she could not bring them to destroy them so she made them the guards of heaven. She then began creating her own spirits to serve the dragons known as Kobolds and then created Drakes to mate with unpaired female dragons as male dragons were few in number. She then summoned the third of her children Yaréisa but before she could devise children of her own Aldán marred the world splitting apart its continents and creating chaos in its seas. For a hundred years war raged between him and the Dragons but he was eventually defeated by Maiár who was mightier than even him. And so he cursed his name and he became known as Galáran in our tongue. For this task he would feel he was thankless in time although his siblings admired him for his strength.
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Maiár’s rebellion
After the creation of the original isles of the world and its peopling by at this time a few races. Maiár eventually grew to resent his position in the world. In his heart he longed for admiration and most of all the love of his sister Nahtanani so he lurked outside of the world for long periods after an age a voice eventually spoke to him telling him to claim his heart’s desire so he went to Nahtanani and asked for her hand and when she rejected him he forced herself upon him. In his shame he fled and was banished by the other Dragons so he returned to the void where the voice once again spoke to him. In his rage and pride his darker aspects seeped out of his body and fused with this shadow who was actually the third of the creation trio the god of the void as well as with some of his sister’s latent power creating the three headed dragon Mainictara the Primal Night. This dragon warred against the world and in its latent jealousy slew Iloun which caused Orunei to unmake the world in a fit of rage. Seeing what he had done Maiár slew Mainictara after his brothers and sisters had each delivered a wound to them and tried to resurrect his niece in his grief but couldn’t due to the limits of his own power. So it fell on Namía using part of Maiár’s power to resurrect him as well as the rest of the world. And so the world was remade anew with great continents to fill with countless peoples. During this time the other great races of the world came to being as well as many lesser races and Maiár was forgiven. In time Nahtanani gave birth to three children: the trickster and masked dragons and the dragoness of protection. She also used the power of Primal Genesis to give birth to the dragoness of the holy word but this was much earlier as she never gave birth after the birth of her elder brother’s children.
After the creation of the original isles of the world and its peopling by at this time a few races. Maiár eventually grew to resent his position in the world. In his heart he longed for admiration and most of all the love of his sister Nahtanani so he lurked outside of the world for long periods after an age a voice eventually spoke to him telling him to claim his heart’s desire so he went to Nahtanani and asked for her hand and when she rejected him he forced herself upon him. In his shame he fled and was banished by the other Dragons so he returned to the void where the voice once again spoke to him. In his rage and pride his darker aspects seeped out of his body and fused with this shadow who was actually the third of the creation trio the god of the void as well as with some of his sister’s latent power creating the three headed dragon Mainictara the Primal Night. This dragon warred against the world and in its latent jealousy slew Iloun which caused Orunei to unmake the world in a fit of rage. Seeing what he had done Maiár slew Mainictara after his brothers and sisters had each delivered a wound to them and tried to resurrect his niece in his grief but couldn’t due to the limits of his own power. So it fell on Namía using part of Maiár’s power to resurrect him as well as the rest of the world. And so the world was remade anew with great continents to fill with countless peoples. During this time the other great races of the world came to being as well as many lesser races and Maiár was forgiven. In time Nahtanani gave birth to three children: the trickster and masked dragons and the dragoness of protection. She also used the power of Primal Genesis to give birth to the dragoness of the holy word but this was much earlier as she never gave birth after the birth of her elder brother’s children.
