The Legend of Mithia

As I continue to expand my world and bring it to life, some questions must inevitably be answered. It may not be important to the story as a whole, but to truly bring a world alive, it is important to understand as much about that world as there possibly can be. Therefore, one of the important questions that must be answered is: where do gods come from? How was this world created? What factors influenced its origins?

To answer these questions, I have created a story-like codex depicting the origins of the universe and the connected realms. This is part one, and I plan on writing several more parts to this history of the world to help explain to some greater extent how everything came to be. Enjoy!

The Legend of Mithia

Written by: Anthony Stuertzel

Map of Arrotha, the main focus of Tiemriel's Revenge

Before the creation of time, there was nothing. Dyhias, seeking a world of his own was the first to bring creation into the universe. He established Qenore as his his domain and filled the dimensional space with magic. However, Dyhias believed that in creating his domain that he would feel complete, but instead, he felt lonliness and emptiness, and so, he called forth the powers of his domain and split the universe into two. The second plane created in the universe was known as Femyn, a plane similarly ruled by magic, an almost perfect replica of Qenore. The magic of Femyn coalesced into a separate being, Coruna, and Dyhias took Coruna as his wife.

However, the god and goddess did not agree on how to build the universe. Dhyias favored order and structure, like the magic he created, while Coruna, born of the magic itself desired a more fluid world filled with organic lifeforms. Dhyias pleaded with his wife to forgo her path to create living creatures, fearing that the wills of such creatures would bring destruction to his perfectly crafted world, but the ambitious Coruna could not be sated, and Dhyias, fearing that she would leave his domain and seek to create life elsewhere compromised with his wife, agreeing that she could create a world in Femyn filled with creatures and he would create a link between his world and hers that she may visit the plane whenever she desired.

Thus, the world of Fairui was created, named after the fairy creatures Coruna created to inhabit it, and Mithia was created as a lifeless paradise for the two beings to mtually enjoy. Dyhias filled Mithia with earth, water, fire, and air, and he created planes from which to draw the elements where the elements were created as a living force. Though despite Dhyias’s efforts to impress his wife with his work, Coruna spent most of her time in Fairui, living amongst her fairies and incubating new life forms to fill her world.

Soon, Dhyias no longer saw Coruna, and the lonliness overtook the creator once more. He demanded that his wife return to his side and live in Mithia by his side, and when she refused, he was so filled with outrage that he began crafting another realm. He poored out his dark emotions into this realm and emptied all of his jealousy, lonliness, and desires, and the world he created, Lustros, was filled with shadows.

The dark energies emued in Lustros formed together and created Euna, the Goddess of Shadows, and the Goddess lured Dhyias away from Coruna, seeking to fulfill his desires.

Coruna saw the Dhyias’s betrayal, but the creator was already corrupted by the temptress, and so waged war against Euna with her fairy creatures, and Euna retaliated with creatures of her own, creatures made from the shadows. The war was fought until Euna was driven back from Mithia, but it seemed that Dhyias was lost to her, curropted too deeply by the influence of shadow, and she was forced to call upon the magic of the universe to destroy her husband, the creator, her creator.

So distraught was she at the loss of her lover that she entwined herself in the fabric of magic itself, vowing to forever protect his lover’s creation and protect it against the encroachment of Euna’s domain. To further ensure the protection of the worlds and the life she had created, she brought into existence a dozen protectors: Marovihn and Thiulla, Bhelrigg and Ulmag, Emella, Illindra, Barovich, Tiohr, Chaleyr, Enarae, Fomir and Maena, .

Marovihn guarded the fairy world alongside Tiohr who guarded time itself. Bhelrigg and Ulmag were charged with guarding Mithia, while Enerae and Maena were charged with creating new life in the domain. Emella took to the skies to fill the night with guiding lights in the form of stars and created the world of Celesta, a kingdom filled with angels, to watch over the fate of the various planes. Chaleyr took to the sky and filled the universe with light and warmth. Fomir and Thiulla were charged defeating Euna. While Barovich and Illindra were charged with expanding the landscape and creating land to inhabit.

Then, after the creation of the twelve gods were complete, Coruna melded herself with the threads of magic and became one with its energy, forever stablizing its wild forces.

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