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<blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 2452263" data-attributes="member: 3051">Hmm.&nbsp; I thought you mentioned in the SH that it was Abbath, his wife Aedrae, and Trea who showed up and defeated the worms.&nbsp; Was there some god before them?&nbsp; If not, then that even makes things better; if you've never detailed exactly what treachery Trea used to kill Abbath was, this could be it.&nbsp; When he went to breathe life into the world, Trea caused him to be absorbed into it in the process.&nbsp; He's technically still &quot;alive&quot; in the sense that a tree is; no intelligence, no consciousness, but the ability to react on a long timescale.&nbsp; So, when the plates shift and climates change, it's because he wanted it to, in his unconscious way.This also gives a really good reason for the worms to want to get to the center of the world; it's the &quot;heart&quot; of a creator god in a very literal sense.&nbsp; And, it provides a good reason why the other gods can't/won't come down; they don't want to intrude into the &quot;domain&quot; of their father/grandfather any more than they'd want to kill each other... oh wait.The big problem with this idea is that it'd mean he was effectively dead well before any living beings were there to make him the &quot;God of Explorers&quot;, and he DID give birth to Quenntil and Celian before dying.&nbsp; On the other hand, both of those kids' domains are things that can pre-date the rebirth of the world.&nbsp; So, you could easily say that all of the second-generation gods (Aeos, Deifos, Galanna, etc.) were born before this happened.&nbsp; The gods clean up the worms, have a bunch of kids to help them run things, THEN try to restart life on the planet.This reminds me of a question I wanted to ask.&nbsp; In the story, we're constantly hearing about the churches of second- and even third-generation gods.&nbsp; Doesn't anyone still worship Aedrae or Trea?&nbsp; It just seems strange that there's no mention of them; it'd be like a Greek society that never mentions Zeus or Hera.&nbsp; Okay, Trea's domains aren't something you'd see much of in most cities (although I'd think in politically-savvy towns like Eversink that there'd be a church that quietly worships the less evil aspects of manipulation), but no one worships the Goddess of Fate?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatzimaus, post: 2452263, member: 3051"] Hmm. I thought you mentioned in the SH that it was Abbath, his wife Aedrae, and Trea who showed up and defeated the worms. Was there some god before them? If not, then that even makes things better; if you've never detailed exactly what treachery Trea used to kill Abbath was, this could be it. When he went to breathe life into the world, Trea caused him to be absorbed into it in the process. He's technically still "alive" in the sense that a tree is; no intelligence, no consciousness, but the ability to react on a long timescale. So, when the plates shift and climates change, it's because he wanted it to, in his unconscious way. This also gives a really good reason for the worms to want to get to the center of the world; it's the "heart" of a creator god in a very literal sense. And, it provides a good reason why the other gods can't/won't come down; they don't want to intrude into the "domain" of their father/grandfather any more than they'd want to kill each other... oh wait. The big problem with this idea is that it'd mean he was effectively dead well before any living beings were there to make him the "God of Explorers", and he DID give birth to Quenntil and Celian before dying. On the other hand, both of those kids' domains are things that can pre-date the rebirth of the world. So, you could easily say that all of the second-generation gods (Aeos, Deifos, Galanna, etc.) were born before this happened. The gods clean up the worms, have a bunch of kids to help them run things, THEN try to restart life on the planet. This reminds me of a question I wanted to ask. In the story, we're constantly hearing about the churches of second- and even third-generation gods. Doesn't anyone still worship Aedrae or Trea? It just seems strange that there's no mention of them; it'd be like a Greek society that never mentions Zeus or Hera. Okay, Trea's domains aren't something you'd see much of in most cities (although I'd think in politically-savvy towns like Eversink that there'd be a church that quietly worships the less evil aspects of manipulation), but no one worships the Goddess of Fate? [/QUOTE]

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