Sidebar: on the Gods.
This sort of came to me (as these things tend to do) as I was on my way to the video store. Its just my initial musings, so thoughts and input are more than welcome, they are expected. Just kidding. About the expected bit that is.
Which reminds me. Sado, could you post up a bit about how you see Telak. We really should get that sorted. Thanks.
And nice work in Tobatty everyone.
SIDEBAR: ON THE GODS
First and above all is the mother godess, the Earth, Gaia. The beginning and end of all things. Around her circle her two consorts - the Sun, Solar, and Moon, Lunar. They rise from their resting place in the east and enter the mother godess in the west at the end of each pass across the heavens. And from these unions were born all the other forces of the world - the winds, the waves, the tides, the season and the storms. Each of them children of the earth, gods themselves, their numbers almost uncountable.
Solar is revered as the giver of strength and vigour. Lunar is revered as the giver of intellect and wisdom.
Long ago, in the golden age, the Sun and the Moon crossed the skys at will. But in each was a small wyrm of jealousy for the attention given to the other by the Earth. Each of the consorts attempted to undermine the devotion to the other. The Moon touched the world with fear and doubt and The Sun with rage and cruelty. When the Earth discovered what had been done, she was angered. But as she was about to purge the world of these things, she noticed that not all mortals submitted to them and the spirit light that burned in those that struggled was brighter than that she had ever seen before. The mortals had been granted, she realised, a blessing, although it was a harsh one.
But she could not let the actions of her consorts go unpunished. So she summed them to her and commanded them to march a fixed path across the skys as a sign of their eternal obedience to her. Should they ever deviate, she would distroy them. And so from that day forth they did as commanded they did as commanded because they new that the Earth did not threaten, and while she was loving, she was not forgiving.
But the a small wyrm of jealousy remained within both them. So both the Sun and the Moon secretly summoned the dragons to them. Solar offered them great strength and power in return for taking the gift of fire and metal working to his followers. With it they could build weapons and grow strong. Lunar offered knowlegde and wisdom in return for taking the gift of the White Mind, the ability to manipulate the Flux, to his followers so with it they could grow strong.
Once again the Earth found out. Without a word she commanded the sun to withdraw for six months and the moon to turn his face every month in order that each could contemplate his weakness. At the sense of loss each felt at the isolation during their period of banishment each was overcome with remorse. They realised that the next time they erred would be their last. Both knelt before the Earth and begged her to help them overcome the wyrm with them. The earth just smiled and told them they had to tear it out themselves. Both paled at the thought, wondering if they had the courage. But both found it and ripped out the wyrm from within. The Earth commanded them to throw it down to the ground. Both were horrified at idea of what would result from such an action. The Earth just watched them in silence. Knowing that they failed her twice, the sun and the moon did as they had been told.
Purged of their wyrms, the Earth allowed them to return to the heavens where they were told to watch over the people of the surface and help them to overcome their own wyrms as they themselves had.
