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| Many legends abound in the worlds of Aurius about how the plane of existence came into being, though most have a clear theme of there being opposites that became inextricably bound together. These are referred to mononymously throughout all cultures as [[the light (disambiguation)|the light]] and [[the dark (disambiguation)|the dark]], otherwise known as presence and absence, stasis or change. This is notably a feature derived again from The Elder Scrolls, where such beings are without agency or consciousness and are only primarily primordial forces. | Many legends abound in the worlds of Aurius about how the plane of existence came into being, though most have a clear theme of there being opposites that became inextricably bound together. These are referred to mononymously throughout all cultures as [[the light (disambiguation)|the light]] and [[the dark (disambiguation)|the dark]], otherwise known as presence and absence, stasis or change. This is notably a feature derived again from The Elder Scrolls, where such beings are without agency or consciousness and are only primarily primordial forces. |
| =====Elven Cosmologies===== | =====Elven Cosmologies===== |
| | Elven cosmologies necessarily invoke the process of [[auroris the binding bloodshed|Auroris]] where the [[Sorya]] were made to bleed by the [[Novya]] and which brought about the creation of [[aurius|the worlds of Aurius]]. It is also believed that the [[Cephareth]] were the incarnations of Soryi blood that had retained all of the gifts of [[Caelarkhe]], being divine and magical beings capable of practicing magic. This history was recorded by the Cephareth to be passed down among their people, thereby enabling the knowledge to be known by their descendants. |
| === Arethari Cosmology === | === Arethari Cosmology === |
| The [[Arethara]], as descendants of the [[Cephareth]], believe in the initial emergence of [[Caelarkhe]], who emerged first as a primordial and paradoxically inclined agent of stasis that yet managed to influence all forms of life throughout the mortal plane and beyond. Upon the force's inception, there was a stability to the world, and [[Aya|spirits]] could come to know themselves along the polarities of Caelarkhe and the being's absence. Thus was born the [[Sorya]], who had become bound to Caelarkhe's light and stasis, thus producing an eternal sustenance, and the [[Novya]], who existed in exception to Caelarkhe but yet could only come to be because they knew that they were not like Caelarkhe. Then, the process of [[Auroris, the Binding Bloodshed|Auroris]] would begin, as the Novya, who were beings of chaos and change, causally affected the Sorya who nonetheless managed to remain perfectly intact and eternal in their being. This action caused the Sorya to bleed, and from the ethereal blood came perfect soul and vitality, and it then mingled with the diametrically positioned void to create the [[Aurya]], who could further incarnate into the place in which the blood first became diluted so that new sources of power and being could emerge. The first of the Aurya to become were the ancestors of the Arethara and all elven peoples, the Cephareth, and they incarnated into the forms that were most reminiscent of the Sorya and their great being. The Cephareth retained the gifts of the light, having crystallized into existence simply by the token of their trapping of the Soryi blood within them and their being. This event is referred to as [[Auroris, the binding bloodshed]], and is found in greater detail at this given link. | The [[Arethara]], as descendants of the [[Cephareth]], believe in the initial emergence of [[Caelarkhe]], who emerged first as a primordial and paradoxically inclined agent of stasis that yet managed to influence all forms of life throughout the mortal plane and beyond. Upon the force's inception, there was a stability to the world, and [[Aya|spirits]] could come to know themselves along the polarities of Caelarkhe and the being's absence. Thus was born the [[Sorya]], who had become bound to Caelarkhe's light and stasis, thus producing an eternal sustenance, and the [[Novya]], who existed in exception to Caelarkhe but yet could only come to be because they knew that they were not like Caelarkhe. Then, the process of [[Auroris, the Binding Bloodshed|Auroris]] would begin, as the Novya, who were beings of chaos and change, causally affected the Sorya who nonetheless managed to remain perfectly intact and eternal in their being. This action caused the Sorya to bleed, and from the ethereal blood came perfect soul and vitality, and it then mingled with the diametrically positioned void to create the [[Aurya]], who could further incarnate into the place in which the blood first became diluted so that new sources of power and being could emerge. The first of the Aurya to become were the ancestors of the Arethara and all elven peoples, the Cephareth, and they incarnated into the forms that were most reminiscent of the Sorya and their great being. The Cephareth retained the gifts of the light, having crystallized into existence simply by the token of their trapping of the Soryi blood within them and their being. This event is referred to as [[Auroris, the binding bloodshed]], and is found in greater detail here. |
| === Neiari Cosmology === | === Neiari Cosmology === |
| The [[Neiara]], as a culturally distinct offshoot from the original Cephareth, also believe in the initial emergence of Caelarkhe as the first principle by which beings could come to recognize themselves from, in addition to the Sorya whose emergence was facilitated by the force. It is believed by the Neiara that from the singularity of Caelarkhe was born multiplicity, where Caelarkhe was able to naturally exclude those elements from his essence and allow for the flow of [[Exitius|the void]] to take hold. Thus, the Neiara believe in the twin divinities of both [[the light disambiguation|the light]] and [[the dark disambiguation|the dark]], such that Caelarkhe is perceived to have both facilitated both change and stasis, rather than simply creating stasis. This evolution of thought emerges from a cultural and philosophical devaluation of Caelarkhe's ability and omnipotence, where the force is contested as the [[The Alpha of the Aya|first entity]] to lay affection to the world of the Aya of before. | The [[Neiara]], as a culturally distinct offshoot from the original [[Cephareth]], also believed in the initial emergence of [[Caelarkhe]] as a primordial principle by which beings could come to recognize themselves from, in addition to the [[Sorya]] whose emergence was facilitated by the force. It is believed by the Neiara that from the singularity of Caelarkhe was born multiplicity, where Caelarkhe was able to naturally exclude those elements from his essence and allow for the flow of [[Exitius|the void]] to take hold. Thus, the Neiara worship aspects of the twin divinities of both [[the light disambiguation|the light]] and [[the dark disambiguation|the dark]], such that Caelarkhe is perceived to have emerged as a later being than the previous [[Aya]]. This evolution of thought emerges from a cultural and philosophical devaluation of the purity of Caelarkhe and his abilities and omnipotence, where the force is contested as the [[the alpha of the void|first entity]] to lay affection to the world of the Aya of before. Thus, while the Neiara believe in the process of [[auroris the binding bloodshed|Auroris]] as the [[Arethara]] do, they also believe that there was an entity which rivaled the powers of Caelarkhe, and that this entity may have existed even prior to Caelarkhe, the celestial principle that brought about the cloven duality of the [[Aurius|worlds of Aurius]]. Thus, the Neiara contested Caelarkhe as [[the alpha of the void]], and instead directed their sense of purity towards other sources, though lacking a unification in terms of thought and thus, freeing them from the strictures professed by the Arethara. |
| === Vaathari Cosmology === | === Vaathari Cosmology === |
| === Mirari Cosmology === | === Mirari Cosmology === |
