The Grey Mist

[Myth and Legend]

The Sun Goddess had helped with what she could. Lacking her normal Divine power, she found it interesting to have at the blood and bodily fluids on the floor by simple means of splashing water on them, manually. After some dutiful cleaning and wamring of more water gifter by The One and The Many, Heliasillyel returend to the improvised cradle, humming a soft tune. "They have some Elvish features to them. This is delightfull!" The Goddess smiled and began singing a soft lullaby in High Elven, a memory from a far away land that had seen many seasons and generations of her own race. Her voice flowed gently for a few minutes, while the Goddess placed her blessing upon the newborns.

"Slaigh nyel viar tilla roart,
menar vanar tyalla,
tu ruine symbar nean sea,
suilrean healla vanarta sanalla."

The song spoke of the valiant deeds of an Elven mother, warding away danger as her husband was off to battle the evil invaders, and trough it the Sun Goddess bestowed bravery and resolve on the first born.

While she sung, The Smiling Maiden mused at the fact that, despite her long existence and her association with a universal symbol of life and love, she still thought herself as Elven. Perhaps, if she had gotten a second chance with Correlon...

As her song transitioned in to something more lively and merry, Heliasillyel bestowed the fire of the Sun in the group of siblings lying togheter, and then as the song became slower and more pronounced, she bestowed a protection versus the darkness and evil forces of the word.

"Well now, aren't you quite the powerful being!" Exclaimed Heliasillyel at her daughter's antics, pushing herself away from the musings appropriate to other worlds and other times, after finishing her song. "Tell me child, what are you Goddess of? You are yet to grant us a proper introduction."

[sblock]Perform is 50 with take 10.

She uses Heroism to bless the first child, and Endure Elements and Protection from Evil on the quadruplets.

Heliasillyel does not possess wings, she simply has flight (like an Elemental or Will-o-wisp). In her appearance, she is a Medium sized Sun Elven female, the only difference being that her hair is constantly floating around her head like a halo, and that her eyes and skin glow with light.

BTW for a moment i was expecting to see a Drow pop up. That would have made her flip out [/sblock]

 

[Frozen Messiah]

"So be it little one..." Duretep said as he stepped off of the building and let himself fall. A second before hitting the ground he disapated into a black smoke...

In the dreaming Duretep's eyes open to his throne room. He stands up from his throne with a great scowl on his face. "Everything is moving to quickly!" Duretep yells, his voice echoing through the realm, "she was not supposed to give birth for another..." Duretep looks over at a wall of clocks that all have a different time on them and his scowl grows further.
"I don't like this. Followers are being created and I have yet to a proper envoys for myself. I need to take a walk." Duretep says to himself as he walks up the winding stairs and twisted hallways to the Portcullis Chimeric, the gate to the dreaming.

As he steps through the gate he is instantly refreshed and his mind feels at ease. The waist tall grass sways from an unknown breeze and the sky is a bright blue with clouds that are shaped in ways that would be impossible in the waking. As Duretep walks he begins to feel another presence in the true dreaming. He leisurely walks towards it curious as to what it may be. After a small bit of walking he comes across an area of where the grass has been pushed down and in the center a small female sat curled into something like the fetal position.

She was made compeletely out of some sort of dark energy and looked a Duretep with eyes that were only shapes of white. There was a soft moaning coming from the small creature, as if it was crying. "What is the matter, young one?" Duretep askes it crouching down to look at it at eye level. An airy female voice of a child echoed in Duretep's mind, "I am lost, I had a body but it has left me in the other place." The creature said to him. "Then you are just who I have been waiting for. Come my daughter there is much that needs to be explained to you." Duretep says taking the girls hand, which she took happily, and walked with her through the grass that parted in front of them as they went.

 

[GlassEye]

"Those," says Ubariya with an affectionate smile towards Silhouette and the four small creatures, "are the beginnings of my mortal followers." One brow quirks as she turns to look at Heliasillyel. "Though somehow they bear some small resemblance to our very own Smiling Maiden." She does not seem in the least displeased and when Heliasillyel begins to sing she sinks back into her sling of web and relaxes enjoying the lullaby.

 

[Shayuri]

"Oh," is Silhouette's reply. She peers at the creatures a bit longer, then heads back over to the Sun Goddess and shrugs.

"It's hard to explain, I guess. I mean, you're a thing, you're defined. And she's..." Sil points to Ubariya "...the same way. Me...I'm sort of all the things in between. Moonlight and shadow. Twilight and dawn. Not the beginning, nor the end...but the road that takes you from one to the other.

 

[GlassEye]

Ubariya stretches lazily before fixing her gaze on Silhouette. "Interesting philosophy you have. You, the 'In-Between'. Fitting, I suppose." She smiles but it seems a little forced and it is clear that she is still weary. "I must get my children safely to the Cradle where I can teach them the things they need to know. You all have my thanks for your assistance and are welcome to visit at the Cradle."

Gently she rouses the newly born quadruplets who get to their feet unsteadily. They wobble and teeter and stare with obvious fascination at the assembled gods only managing not to fall on their faces by supporting one another. The boldest of the four, attention clearly caught by some wriggling thing that is part of the One and the Many, takes a couple of awkward steps before reaching down and snatching up some tiny piece of the god of forests.

"He doesn't belong to you," says Ubariya as she plucks the verminous creature from the little one's fingers moments before he can pop it into his mouth. She tosses it back to the One and the Many.

Ubariya steps over to her tall child, places both hands on either side of her face and kisses the child-adult on the forehead. "Take care of my child, Silhouette." Turning, she herds the small ones from the building and they begin a slow journey outside the city...

 

[Voda Vosa]

The One and the Many beholds as the child grabs one of the critters that compose himself. A dangerous beetle in his home world. The quick intervention of the motherly Ubariya saves the child's life, from an agonizing death. However the plat lord seems unaffected by that, as if he was dazed, or stunned by the recent events. Slowly, he follows the spider queen outside, shambling towards the entrance. As the gods assemble there for a goodby, the apparent stunning effect on the shambling king disappeared. He stride purposely towards the nearest stream or lake, and sank half of his body there, extending his arms to the sky and the sun.
As the golden energy flowed through him, the lord of vermins produced a cloud of water vapour; that extended from him, and started moistening everything around. The plants touched by this divine water, start to grow and grow at an incredible peace. Small grass stretch and grow thick. Brushes grow to trees, and trees, well, trees start ascending unchecked, until they dwarf the Plant Lord. The canopy over the gods is so thick that now the sun is almost completely obscured, just a couple of rays pass through the thick layer of leaves. The undergrowth expands now, moss covering every surface, fungi spawning over the trunks, epiphites grow around the massive trunks, unfolding their huge leaves. The stream has grown as well and now is a strong river.
Standing on the middle of it, The One and the Many lowered his arms, and slowly walked towards the other gods. “This will be my domain: The Jungle of the Memories. Within it’s heart, our city will be protected and hidden from mortals and titans, so that what happened today, will never again come to pass. The plants will not touch it.” The hive minded godgestured towards the city. It was there for them, but the spider queen’s mortal sons could not see it, it was just a messy mass of vines and trees, just as any other part of the jungle.
“Here will also reside our first sapling: The Oak of Memories.” Saying that, The One and the Many produced an acorn; golden and enormous. “It has been nursing inside me since we first came to this world, it has collected in it’s shell all the events so far. Now its time for it to be planted, and grow, feeding upon the world’s history.” With that speech, the Plant lord placed the acorn in the ground, near the river. Instantly, it cracked, and produced a fat rootling that bored the ground, and soon a golden oak steam protruded from the broken shell, growing slowly, but steady, producing cotyledons and a then a golden oak leaf. It stopped then. The steam, thick like a strong man’s forearm, had three lines, like eyes and a mouth still closed.

 

[GlassEye]

Ubariya stands awed by the display of the One and the Many's power. "It is beautiful, this Jungle of Memories you have created." She walks through the lush undergrowth touching the plants that draw her attention, feeling the life that flows through them and back to the One and the Many. Abruptly she turns to the plant god. "I ask a boon of you, Lord of the Oak. The Cradle is barren and I would see it filled with a forest such as only you can create. I ask that you grant me leave to take a sapling to plant there, so that it might spread to nurture my children and, perhaps, should you wish it, provide you a doorway to my realm."

 

[Myth and Legend]

The Sun Goddess clapped her hands and laughed at the Plant Lord's display. "Wonderful, wonderful! Now then, don't forget my butterflies!"

Heliasillyel flew skyward, whirling around as if she were doing a piroette in mid air, her hair and white robe flowing around her in a passioante wave. The Goddess stared at the sun she had sparked for this world, and directed a thicket of sunrrays towards the golden Oak growing below. "So long as there is daylight, the sun will always shine on this tree and the surrounding forest, unobscured by the elements and conditions of the land."

She then flew down and touched the Oak of Memories with her glowing palm, closing her eyes and drawing upon her knowledge and memories of other worlds and other places, long past and long forgotten. She gave the tree her knowledge, the knowledge of the Elves and everything Heliasillyel had reigned over in her millenia as a Goddess.

The tree pulsed and grew larger with each memory it took, the untainted knowledge and light of Heliasillyel flowing directly inside it, strengthening it's roots and multiplying it's leaves. The Goddess gave it the knowledge of shelter and farmland, of livestock and pets, of song and dance, of art and pottery, of herbalism and magic, of religion, kingship, of heroics and of friendship and love. She then imparted the knowledge of Sun Elven High Magic, the laying of Mythals and the creation of magnificent wonders such as the Spelljammer ship and the Flying Cities. That last bit of most dangerous knowledge, she hid deep in the tree's memory, a little golden swallow hidden inside one of the acorns.

"There is all the knowledge that I have gathered over the years as patron of the Sun Elves. May it serve those worthy of obtaining it."

Then Heliasillyel flew skyward agian, and summoned a pair of her golden feathered birds - one male and one female. "Make your nest high in this sacred tree, and guard it well. Let no one unworthy approach."

The birds cried in answer and circled around the now massvie oak, and started collecting branches and twigs from the One and the Many's jungle home. "Use them as you wish Plant Lord, and you may also create my fiery Sunbird when you feel you are ready."

After that, the Sun Goddess flew back to the others and bid them farewell and good luck, kissing Ubariya and their mischevous daughter Sihloette on the cheeks, before taking flight towards a tall, spike-like peak in the distance.

It took the Goddess a good while to reach the mountain, flying high in the clear blue sky, with her sun shining above and illuminating the land below. Meadows and streams changed place with forets of pine and shrub, and then even they gave way to jagged rocks covered only by the most stubborn grass and moss. Still Heliasillyel flew even higher, alongside the body of the steep, rocky mount, untill she reached it's peak. It was covered with snow and frost, and fierce winds met there, blowing in all directions, scufling the Goddess's hair and robes, but unable to affect her otherwise.

"Hmm, you should be here somewhere." She mused out loud, scouting the narrow plateau for the way in to Solarianderriel. It did not appear, but Heliasillyel smield and remembered her true nature and what she represented, and knew how the Forger would have fashioned the key to her realm.

The Goddess began to sing in Elven, playing her fiddle and dancing around, and soon to the sound of her music, a sligntly curved staircase began forming, created entirely out of sunbeams, and leading off directly above in to the glowing orb of the sun. The Goddess placed her gentle feet on the stairs, testing their stability and corporealness, before continuing her ascension on foot, still singing and playing her instrument.

It was not long before her surroundings shifted from the clear blue skies and white clouds of the material world, to the surreal passage between that and Solarianderriel - a bright sea of sunlight, and a magnificent golden gate woven ot of beams of light that shimmered brighter than the rest. "Home at last." she murmured as the doors swung open, letting the Goddess re-enter her realm.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"I ask a boon of you, Lord of the Oak. The Cradle is barren and I would see it filled with a forest such as only you can create. I ask that you grant me leave to take a sapling to plant there, so that it might spread to nurture my children and, perhaps, should you wish it, provide you a doorway to my realm."

"Your Cradle can't host ourselves in this form" the plant lord gestured to the plants sprouting all around. "It is too dark, and the nutrients are deep in the stone. But We'll give you something special, something that you can't see here in the Jungle of Memories, and that will inhabit every dark place, every cave and subterranean passage, that extends from your nest." From the side of what might be his head, the god of plants produced a little ball, hold by a small peduncle. First pale white, the ball quickly turned brown and black, as it dries out. Unnattaching it from his head, The One and the Many placed the small ball in Ubariya's hand. "Crush it when you are in your Cradle, and our pact will be sealed. We promise we will grow as tall as these trees, yet we'll be completely different."

"Use them as you wish Plant Lord, and you may also create my fiery Sunbird when you feel you are ready."

The plant god remained in place as the sun goddess impaired in his sibling all her wisdom. Such treasure would be used wisely.
"You are generous with your gifts, We shall honor our part." stating this, The One and the Many teared off a chunk of himself, shaping it as a sphere, and placing it on the ground. The ball of vegetation, twigs and leaves, grasses and bark started glowing green, each pulse stronger than the other, until it subsided. The vegetation dried and died. Scratching the dead matter, the plant Lond made it to the center, warm and moist, where a small egg, white with blue spots now rested, with twigs and detritus sticked over it. One and Many offered the egg among the dead vegetation to Heliasillyel. "They will be all the same, all females. As long as one remains, their species will thrive. Take it to the highest peak, for it needs the sun to hatch."

 

[GlassEye]

Ubariya bows to the Master of Vegetation and accepts the dry, blackened ball. "Your generosity shall be legendary among my followers; I thank you. I fear I have little to offer you, but if there is anything that I can do for you, you only need to ask and I will attempt to aid you in the ways that I am able."

She smiles a little. "But let me clear up a small misunderstanding, if you will. As a dual-natured goddess my realm is divided into two abodes. The Black Chasm and the dark tunnels that lead to it is my home when I am in my Death aspect and where I shall test my followers. I will gladly follow your instruction to use this gem of your self there and, I confess, I am eager to see the wonders that will result. But the abode of my life aspect is the Cradle. It is the caldera at the top of my dark mountain where I had intended to birth my followers and where they shall live. Its heart is where I shall host my divine siblings; it is open to the sky and sun, so those who do not revel in the darkness as I do will feel welcome." She bows respectfully to the One and the Many.