Myth of Creation - Folk
During the first long night Dæo willed itself into Creation. It was the first spark of life, rolling through the heaven, consuming what may lay in its path.
Soon Dæo grew bored and created the Stars to dance before its eyes to tell tales of the present and future through their twinkling lights and ever changing constellations. Dæo loved the Stars and swam among them whispering secrets, inspiring their stories, and enjoying the plays they enacted. Those in his favor he granted phenomenal powers, those found wanting were smothered or feed to his favorites as for Dæo to grow stagnant was to fail.
But Dæo was not satisfied. The Stars were either too obedient or predictable. Their arena was also too small and monotonous. Dæo willed Matter into Creation and molded It. Dæo broke off parts of itself and added them to its newest toy, and as it labored excess Matter was scattered throughout Creation and took various forms. Dæo’s first creation was a sphere of cold, lifeless Earth made from its bones. Dæo then pulled from its blood and made Water to soften Earth, call upon the first Life, and bring an end to thirst. From the remains the Elements of Earth and Water sprang into Creation.
Knowing the food and water was not enough Dæo gathered many of its first Stars that had grown dim, crushed them together to form the lifegiving sun out of Light and Fire to circle the sphere, and soon more Life sprang from Earth and told new tales. Of the remains the Elements of Light and Fire sprang into Creation. Dark and Ice soon followed from the places Light and Fire could not reach, bringing Life to a stop, often an end.
Dæo was content for a time and loved its newest storyteller. It watched Life on the sphere as Life kept showing it new tales.
Soon, however, Life had no new stories to tell as it could not change without Dæo’s direct intervention. Dæo then blew on the sphere and created Wind to force Life to mingle. The element of Wind sprang from the remains.
Dæo then tore out an eye and sent it to orbit around the sphere as Dæo wanted to watch more stories at once, creating Moon. Like Wind Moon would pull at Life as it passes causing further changes and new stories to tell.
Dæo watched the sphere for millennia. Life sprang from Earth, drank from Water, matured from Light & Fire, endured or perished under Dark and Ice, and was mingled and changed by Wind and Moon. Chaos sprang into Creation from the eternal ballet of Life and Dæo saw in Chaos its first true offspring and was sated. Dæo withdrew from Creation to rest, letting Chaos reign on the sphere with Moon watching above.
With Dæo sleeping and Chaos playing, slowly the Elements woke. They grew jealous of Chaos and wanted the sphere for themselves. Slowly the elements grew ever closer to the sphere from other parts of Creation, hoping to take the sphere, but whenever an Element struck, Chaos would jump the protect its toy.
At first, Moon hung distant as a silent observer but as the fighting grew fiercer, Moon grew worried. Moon liked to toy and change Life as much as Chaos and could at times even manipulate Chaos to change Life to its liking. Moon couldn’t let the Elements take the sphere and joined the fight besides Chaos.
Soon all Elements converged on the sphere in an eternal battle for dominance. Chaos and Moon were the first to call upon the strongest of Life to fight against the Elements. These are our Heroes and Heroines. Some grew strong enough to become our Gods.
But Life could easily be tempted and beings were seduced. The Elements tricked some of Life to fight for them, creating Champions of their own.
Even now the battle rages. Normally, each Element is greedy, wanting the sphere all for Itself. But at times the Elements forges allegiances, spawning greater threats. And thus the Host is our greatest enemy, a pawn on the Elements.
But fear not, for Chaos still reigns on the sphere, choosing new Heroes and Heroines who may one day grow into Gods and throw back the Element once and for all.
