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| ====== Azratha, the Elven Adversary ====== | ====== Azratha, the Elven Adversary ====== |
| Azratha, as known to the [[races:elves:start|elven peoples]] of the mortal plane who descend from the deific [[pantheons:class:cephareth|Cephareth]], is thought to be a being of death and mortality who inhabited in exception to [[pantheons:deities:caelarkhe|Caelarkhe]], being composed of the primordial substance of the chaotic void which observed not a singular presence of light and soul. As Azratha is believed to be the quintessential exception of the primordial stasis and light of Caelarkhe, Azratha is the darkness that degrades the light of the soul and vitality that come under his influence, the absence of this life energy allowing entropy to emerge as a dominant force. Thus, the absence of the life energy which Azratha possesses power over causes the gradual decline of certain stasis within the void where he resides. Because the dark being procured the primeval ebb and flow of the void so that change might be achieved, he is thought to have a certain consciousness which rivaled those powers of the Cephareth, who had emerged as beacons of the light and a certain purity. In the context of elven theologies, Azratha is best seen as the summation of all of that essence of the void that haunted at the nadir of [[planes:aurius:start|Aurius]], beneath the elevated zenith that is [[planes:aurius:arethayn:start|Arethayn]]. Thus, Azratha is considered to be a paradox of a kind, as the being is both interwoven with the mortal plane as the cause of its mortality, but still is a spirit of darkness and chaos that resembles more closely the [[pantheons:class:novya|Novya]]. Then, Azratha may be understood as the quintessential format of the void of primal absence, extending his influence throughout the mortal plane so that its inhabitants may know his death.\\ | Azratha, as the spirit of entropy and death is known to the [[races:elves:start|elven peoples]] of the mortal plane, is regarded as the giver of mortality who resided at the rim of all of the worlds of creation. The spirit notably inhabited in exception to [[pantheons:deities:caelarkhe|Caelarkhe]], and was thus composed of the primordial substance of dark energy which observed not a singular presence of light and soul within it. It is thought that the spirit resides within all of the liminal spaces that exist between matter and light within the mortal plane, and that Azratha is rather the quintessential shape of void as it manifests within creation. Thus, from these liminal spaces of void and black darkness comes Azratha’s chaos and destruction, and the being is thought to sever the potential grandeur of creation from experiencing the sublimity and fullness of the soul of [[planes:heavens:start|Avaerus]]. The deathly being thus naturally instigates change and the deviation from Caelarkhe’s forms of the [[pantheons:class:sorya|Sorya]], and thereby removes the perfection of Soryi blood and Caelarkhe from fulfilling itself within the worlds of creation. Accordingly, the spirit is thought to rival the [[pantheons:class:sephareth|Sephareth]] in ability and power, thereby presenting himself as the primary contender of those godlike beings and their descendants throughout the eras of existence among the worlds of creation. It is thought, then, that the spirit is a god of his own kind, though possessing a different power than the Sephareth such that they remained perpetually at odds throughout the ages. In the context of elven theologies, it is Azratha who stands between their people and immortality, and often, Azratha is reviled as the essence and manifestation of the curse of mortality which brought about the end of the [[library:premodern:altori era|Altori Era]]. In bringing about this end, Azratha had been declared to be the enemy of the Sephareth, and the being’s essence thus would haunt at the nadir of the world in a state of hunger for the fruitfulness of the ruling gods of the Altori Era for all time, always threatening to consume the world if not for the practices of the elven peoples.\\ |
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| Because of the agents of change which were the Novya and who Azratha possesses lordship over as its ruler, the being of pure darkness and death was able to command a great legion of blight and destruction to the mortal plane after the closure of the [[library:premodern:altori_era|Altori Era]], the mythical era in which the Cephareth remained dominant, thereby proving himself as the elven adversary and a force to contend with throughout the eras. In the succeeding eras of after the Altori, Azratha is thought to be diametric and equivalent to the will of [[pantheons:deities:araray|Araray]], who presents as the purest of the incarnations of the celestial principle, much like Azratha encapsulates the essential blackness of the void.\\ | The god of deathly being and blight is thought to be the summation of all of that essence of the void as it manifests within creation, being a spirit who is both interwoven within the mortal plane as the inclusion of the darkness became evident, but also is alike to the Novya in that the being encompasses void and chaos. Thus, Azratha is believed to have been birthed when the Sephareth usurped and manipulated Soryi blood in the beginning eras, as when Soryi blood was emptied of its sublime contents of soul and light, all that was left was a shade of the former power and its absence. Accordingly, the god of primal void and entropy as it emerges onto the mortal plane is believed to be the vestiges of a consciousness stripped completely of the perfection of the Sorya, and it is Azratha that is the ghost of that era of primordial abundance, an era where mana and energy roamed free from the constraints and trappings of psyche as it manifested in imitation of the ideal of the Sorya. Naturally, Azratha’s greatest rival is [[pantheons:deities:araray|Araray]], an ancestor spirit of the Sephareth who was the sole survivor of the Altori Era and who additionally managed to expiate and purify himself from all of Azratha’s curse.\\ |
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| To the [[races:elves:arethara:start|Arethara]] of [[planes:aurius:arethayn:start|Arethayn]], who submit their wills to the ruling class of the [[pantheons:class:elefyr|Elefyr]] that are thought to be the major powers of the Cephareth reincarnated, Azratha is thought to be the essence of the curse which had caused the Cephareth’s deaths and brought about a new era, and is thus rejected and reviled throughout all of Arethayn. The curse of death which Azratha had brought to the Cephareth is thought to be the same as that which had forced the mannish and mundane worlds to incarnate as mortal, Azratha claiming his place within these worlds so that death would become common there. The force of darkness that is Azratha is thus thought to reside within the psyches of the Arethara as they had grown to inherit his essence through the curse, though in the Elefyr, it is thought that the power is limited and subdued in order to allow these god-like beings to achieve the perfection of the Cephareth. Thus, the Arethara strive to emulate the Elefyr in order to preserve the presence of the spiritual, glowing light of the heavenly plane of [[:avaerus|Avaerus]], which had previously intersected with Aurius.\\ | To the [[races:elves:arethara:start|Arethara]] of [[planes:aurius:arethayn:start|Arethayn]], who submit their wills to the highest echelon of their caste system, Azratha is thought to be the manifestation and consciousness of the curse which had caused the Sephareth’s deaths and brought about the closure of the Altori Era, and is thus rejected and reviled throughout Arethayn. The curse of death which Azratha had brought to the Sephareth is thought to be the same as that which had forced the mannish and mundane worlds to incarnate as mortal, Azratha claiming these worlds so that death would become common there. The essence of entropy and chaos that Azratha is a manifestation of is thought to reside within the psyches of the Arethara as they had grown to inherit the curse, though in the Elefyr, it is thought that the power is limited and subdued in order to allow these godlike beings to achieve the perfection that the Sephareth had within the Altori Era. Thus, the Arethara strive to emulate the Elefyr in order to preserve the presence of the spiritual, glowing light of the immortal plane of Avaerus, which had previously been more influential to creation.\\ |
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| The [[races:elves:mirara:start|Mirari]] council of sages, referred to as the [[races:elves:mirara:aeteri|Aeteri]], who compile the knowledge of the Mirara in order to allow for their people’s ascension to occur, regard Azratha as the very force which binds them to Aurius and their physical forms so that they might know the frailty which leads to the death of the body and circumstance of the soul as being tethered to these material forms. Knowing this, the Mirara strive to cast the curse of incarnation by Azratha from their souls so that they can become beings alike to the [[pantheons:class:sorya|Sorya]] in that they are immortal, but possess a consciousness that enables them to freely incarnate into one form that can then be recalled into their essential being. Azratha is thus rejected and reviled by the Mirari people and the Aeteri as a being who exists in opposition to their ideals of imminent purity and godhood much like the Arethara, though the Mirara abandoning the incarnates of Aurius in the process.\\ | The [[races:elves:neiara:start|Neiara]], who inhabited the land which they called [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:start|Driayn]], worshipped in their original exodus and mode of being within that their ancestor spirits, who counted themselves among the Sephareth who would not become praised by the broader Arethara. As such, these elven peoples that were as broad and varied as the many and variable Sephareth believed Azratha to be the obstacle to their own peoples’ immortality, though being forced to reside within the world that Azratha had embraced with his death and entropy. The spirit of mortality and blight was thus thought to reside within Driayn, and it was through Azratha that their hardships originated from as they inhabited a space that had been severed from the golden light of the Sorya. Accordingly, the Neiara held the culture of the broader Sephareth to be ideal, and it was Azratha that stood between this unmistakably divine mode of being and the mortality that they faced within. It is believed, then, that Azratha would cause their people to instead slip into comatose being such that, in death, they could no longer recognize themselves and manifest within the world as a spirit.\\ |
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| The [[races:elves:vaathara:start|Vaathara]], who acknowledge the [[pantheons:class:valdaen|Valdaen]] as their divine court and lawgivers, recognize Azratha as the being that instigated their mortality and corruption from the original forms of the Cephareth, with the forms of the Valdaen instead being the preferred shapes to ascend into. Because of Azratha’s form and corruption of death and entropy, he is believed to be a deity to be admonished and placated, and it is from him that the possibility that their people might fail and succumb to the comatose state of the darkness might be realized. Thus, Azratha is considered to be the source from which all hardships come, though providing itself as a conclusion to be evaded whenever possible so that they might achieve apotheosis in spite of the being. | The [[races:elves:mirara:start|Mirari]] council of sages, referred to as the [[races:elves:mirara:aeteri|Aeteri]] and those who compile the knowledge of the Mirara in order to allow for their people’s ascension to occur, regard Azratha as the consciousness of the very force of darkness and chaos that binds them to Aurius and their physical forms. In concordance with that belief, the Aeteri hold that physicality is frail, and furthermore that it entraps the pure essence of soul and vitality within it so that their apotheosis and ascent into a holy terrain is disallowed. Accordingly, the Mirara strive to cast the curse of incarnation by Azratha from their souls so that they can become beings alike to the Sorya in that they are immortal and immutable in being, but yet may possess a consciousness that is not found in those spirits’ eternal stasis. The Aeteri are the closest of the Mirara to the fruition of this ideal, and it is found that their experimentation observes that they may incarnate into one form which can then be recalled into the original consciousness which evoked the form. Though this may be the case, Azratha is regarded by the broader Mirari people to be a being who exists in opposition to their ideals of apotheosis and spirituality, and acknowledgement of the being is thus engulfed in derision.\\ |
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| | The [[races:elves:vaathara:start|Vaathara]], who acknowledge the [[pantheons:class:valdaen|Valdaen]] as their divine court and lawgivers throughout their deeds in Regaayn and beyond, recognize Azratha as possessing the essence which instigates their mortality, and as they believe that from this mortality may arise an ascension into a different form, Azratha is believed to be the spirit who resides at the liminal thresholds between not only life and death, but simple transition. Thus, Azratha’s form of a skull is depicted on the entrances into tombs and other deathly places, so that it might be understood that Azratha resides and is acknowledged within that space which holds a certain liminality. Furthermore, the spirit is placated through intense worship of the spirit of the night known as [[pantheons:deities:moravir|Moravir]], who guides the souls of the Vaathara away from the comatose state which Azratha instigates so that, instead, they might know rebirth within the darkness rather than slipping into unknowing death. |