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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatCthulhu" data-source="post: 4563777" data-attributes="member: 63124">Heya....for the campaign world I am developing, I decided to start with a creation myth that would perhaps give a new spin to some things. I'll post the first part here, hoping you'll read and comment on it. Suggestions are always welcome (I still need to place the Tanar'ri somewhere, for example)... The heavens take form In the beginning, there was darkness. The darkness begat Ereth, the first god. For eons, Ereth floated, content with his loneliness and the warm embrace of the trackless void.But, after eons, loneliness took its toll on Ereth's mind and he longed for a companion.Having explored the sea of night in which he swam, he had long since found out the secret of molding it how he saw fit. Thus, he created a companion for himself, a woman born of darkness and desire. That woman's name was Lanashta. It is said that such was her beauty, the first word she spoke made Ereth fall in love for her forevermore.She, too, took a liking to her creator and together they explored the pathless void for another eon.Then, something changed. Where Ereth had been born of darkness, everlasting and unchanging, Lanashta was differed, having been formed at the hands of a being with a mind, through his hands infused with desire and dream.Ultimately, she began to desire, too. Ereth had been her companion and lover ever since he created her, but his company in the dark was not enough for her. Just as he had been driven to create, so was Lanashta. So it came that from one of their dalliances, she willed life to come forth, birthing the Shias, the Star-Gods. Born from love, filled with the longing for creation, they were filled with a spark unlike their parents, a divine essence that glowed within their bodies, bringing light to the void for the first time.Ereth was shocked, finding that the light of his children hurt him. Quickly, his shock grew into anger and he lashed out at their mother, thinking that she betrayed him by bringing forth these harmful creations. He dealt her a mighty blow, making her bleed, but could not bring himself to kill her, his love for her still burning too strongly within his heart. A river of tears, he wept as she lay there, unmoving, and his tears mingled with the blood of Lanashta, slowly taking form as Latha, the World. Seeing their mother close to death, the Shias took pity on her and gathered her within their midst, infusing her body with their light to make up for the blood she lost. So much light did they pour into her that she soon was vital once again, her own divine spark now ignited to such an extent that her radiance eclipsed her children by far.Thus did Lanashta become the Sun.The only one who did not rejoice was Ereth, who no longer could be close to the one he loved. Wrathful, he turned to the Shias, ready to wipe them out, feeling betrayed by them once again.It was Lanashta who stayed his hand, promising him that she would not shine all the time, extinguishing her light from time to time so they could still be together. Ereth was mollified and the Shias settled all over the void except for one region where Ereth could dwell in his beloved darkness. Today, this spot, empty of all stars, is known as the Refuge.By now, the Shias, Lanashta and Ereth had taken notice of the World, the Shias and Lanashta welcoming her in their midst. Knowing how lonely the World would be with the stars and the sun being so far away, Lanashta whispered to her the secret of life so the World could create beings to keep her company. It was then that Ereth snuck close, eager to understand how the Shias had come to be and jealous that his beloved had never shared the secret with him.In order to hear the sun's whisper, he had to sneak too close and the light of Lanashta burned him. He lost one eye to the burns, the remains of which formed into Eloeth, the Eye of Night, forever reflecting the light of the sun that destroyed it. Today, Eloeth is most often referred to as the moon.But, in the end, he got a hold of the secret and began to secretly create a child of his own while the World populated itself with all kinds of creatures great and small. Ereth started small, creating only one being, Sanachmit. To her, he gave the secret of life, too, so that through her, he could have a part in the newborn lives on the World. But Sanachmit had been created with jealousy and anger in her heart, her father having imparted it upon her.So, she did begin to create, but all her creations were malformed, beings of anger and chaos, their souls as black as the night. These were called the Leshekk - a word that would come to mean "unbridled evil" in the epochs to come - and for thousands of years, they rampaged across the World until Lanashta cried bitter tears at the plight of her daughter. Turning to Ereth, she begged him to put a stop to this and Ereth was moved by her tears, sharply reprimanding Sanachmit, forbidding her to ever create such poweful and destructive beings again. The Leshekk were sealed away, their divine spark too powerful still to allow for their easy destruction. Sanachmit continued to create, though her other children were far less powerful. However, she was unable to fully overcome the emotions her father had unwillingly instilled upon her and so all she birthed were in one way or the other monsters....</blockquote>

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