The Legend of Mithia Part 2

I feel like I ended up expanded this creation story enough with this second part. And so, while this creation story is subject to change, it will act as a strong guideline in some of the more intricate movements and descriptions of the world of Mithia. A lot of this information is not going to be necessary for the reader, but again, understanding where everything came from and creating domains for the gods are all a part of world building and important to note. And so, without further ado, I hope you enjoy the conclusion of The Legend of Mithia... 

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The Legend of Mithia Part 2

Written by: Anthony Stuertzel

Maena filled the world with rich landscapes of trees, grass, and all manner of fauna. Then, she populated the lands with creatures that would live in harmony with the vegetation. Enerae, however, combined the powers of the elemental planes with magic and gave it life energy, giving birth to Bralzryrth, the first dragon. This creature why neither good nor evil, and although its body was comprised of elemental chaos, it was equally embued with the structure and laws of magic itself. Bralzryth was a truly neutral creature that embodied all of the power in the world. The creature replicated itself upon the world, and each replicated form shared only a handful of Bralzryth’s power and nature. Thus, Bralryth, the truest and most powerful dragon was worshipped by the dragons he created, and thus began his ascention into godliness, and he watched over his creations.

Marovihn also decided to try his hand at creation, and he took some of the faries of Fairui and manipulated their form, crafting a creature that shared a resemblance to himself, with pointed ears and lean features, he created the first elves. However, the creatures of Fairui saw these creatures as unnatural and a pervertion, and so, he left the world and brought his creatures to Mithia to live beside the dragons.

Bhelrigg, who was charged with protecting the world, grew jealous of Marovihn’s creation, and decided to create a race of his own. From the stone, he crafted the first dwarfs to inhabit Mithia, stout creatures with long beards, crafted after Bhelrigg’s own powerful form. Then, it was Ulmag who was jealous, and crafted creatures to match his own features, the orcs.

The three newly created races, the elves, the dwarves, and the orcs, battle endlessly amongst themselves, however, never against the dragons, who were far too powerful and fearful to defeat. Seeing their creations fighting amonst themselves, the three gods who had created them also began to fight, and soon began to live alongside their creations and commanders in an ongoing war.

Illindra desired to create a domain all of her own, and so, deep within the surface of the world, she created deep caverns of dark tunnels, the Moril’Thal. She desired to take the creations of the other gods, and so she enticed them to fill her world, each creature taking on extrordinary features. They grew shorter, darker-skinned than their surface dwelling cousins, and their eyes grew more sensitive to the dark recesses of Moril’Thal, growing accute sensitivity to light and heat. The elves became known as drow. The dwarves became duergar. And the orcs who never ventured as deep into the Moril’Thal took on a myriad of different transformations, including goblins, ogres, and other goblinoid creatures. In following Illindra, the creatures no longer had connections to their old gods, and Illindra would be the primary focus of their worship until individuals of their own race would someday ascend into godliness through collective worship.

Finally, it was Emella’s turn to have her hand in creation. She turned to Barovich to assist her in creating the perfect race, a race of ambition and choice, but one that would rise to the call of destiny and fate. Although Emella believed in law and structure, she perhaps was the most insightful of all the gods and goddesses, being able to see the divergent paths of fate and able to determine the most likely outcome in any case. And therefore, she knew that Barovich, who preferred to wonder and to explore aimlessly, would provide the perfect balance for a new race, one that could fill the space of creation perfectly.

And so, the two gods put forth their powers together, forging a creature that was both law and chaos, and they created the humans. The humans were the most short-lived of all the created races, but they were also the most ambitious, and so, the humans were the first to build cities and roads and lay a more permanent stake to the land. The expansion of human societies was so rapid and so vast that the other created races were forced to seek permanent homes of their own.

The elves took to the forests, the dwarves took to the mountains, and the orcs took to the dark caves that led to Moril’Thal. Thus, each creature grew and adapted, and the warring was haulted for a time.

Eventually, each of the twelve gods and goddesses that Coruna created were responsible for creating a race of their own, with the exception of Illindra who grew distant from the other twelve and perverted each of their creations. Each of these twelve lived amongst their creations and shaped the land around them to better serve the races they created.

However, some of the surface races no longer wished to serve the gods, and wished to extrocate them from the land after hundreds of battles between the gods and those they served tore the land apart. And so, learning from the dragons about the powers that created them, some of the surface races banned together to call forth the primordial forces from the elemental planes.

These creatures came forth willingly and eagerly, seeking to expand their influence, and wreaked devestation against the world until the gods, wielding powerful magic could send them back to their homes. The conflict brought the twelve together, and the decided to draw a treaty. They created their own world, Sephire, where they would watch over the creations. Many of the gods created their own paradise for their followers, and created angels and servants to send to the mortal plane and spread their influence, while Fomir created the lower planes to harbor the spirits of any lost souls and created devils to preserve balance with the angels. Fomir himself stands guards at the gates of the lower planes to protect the souls that come there seeking shelter.

This event led to the creation of the common calendar, the oldest known record of time, and marks the 0th year of DC calendar. And that even has forever been known as the Divine Conveyance. Other calendars have arisen from other great events, but none have ever been as widespread as the calendar which counts the years following that grand event.