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| Eventually, however, the Cephareth found that the powers of the light were waning, and instead united within the central world of the seven worlds of creation in order to found [[planes:aurius:arethayn:start|Arethayn]], a place which notably preserved the golden light of the [[library:premodern:altori_era|Altori Era]] within itself as a result of its bindings. Arethayn would thus become the famed homeland of the elves, where their people would flourish as a result of their own potent magic.\\ | Eventually, however, the Cephareth found that the powers of the light were waning, and instead united within the central world of the seven worlds of creation in order to found [[planes:aurius:arethayn:start|Arethayn]], a place which notably preserved the golden light of the [[library:premodern:altori_era|Altori Era]] within itself as a result of its bindings. Arethayn would thus become the famed homeland of the elves, where their people would flourish as a result of their own potent magic.\\ |
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| Though Arethayn proved to be impenetrable against the impending darkness of chaos, there came to be a syzygy of twins who belonged to the nature of selflessness, and, looking upon the worlds of mortality which existed alongside their own, sought to eliminate the darkness from these lands. Thus, the twins ventured outward, seeking to purge the darkness from these worlds of mortality. One of them, identified by the elven name of [[:Hyala|Luminexia]], used her great powers of sorcery to banish the demonic forces which plagued the soul of the dying worlds, and the other, identified as [[:Catael|Marcosia]], used his great ability of battle magic to directly combat these forces as they emerged from the earth.\\ | Though Arethayn proved to be impenetrable against the impending darkness of chaos, there came to be a syzygy of twins who belonged to the nature of selflessness, and, looking upon the worlds of mortality which existed alongside their own, sought to eliminate the darkness from these lands. Thus, the twins ventured outward, seeking to purge the darkness from these worlds of mortality. One of them, identified by the elven name of [[:Hyala|Luminexia]], used her great powers of sorcery to banish the demonic forces which plagued the soul of the dying worlds, and the other, identified as [[:Kathael|Marcosia]], used his great ability of battle magic to directly combat these forces as they emerged from the earth.\\ |
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| After many centuries of combat with the armies of darkness which had invaded the mortal lands as they were led by the [[pantheons:deities:the_dark_disambiguation:azratha|most primal incarnate of death]], it was found that the presence of the darkness had been mitigated, and thus, they sought to return to the world which they had called home. The Cephareth granted them entry, though the twins could not perceive the world as they once did; the light of the world was blinding, and they could not observe the vastness of the divine shapes which were contained within. Thus, they found that they had inherited the curse of darkness, and had brought it within the golden lights of the elven homeland.\\ | After many centuries of combat with the armies of darkness which had invaded the mortal lands as they were led by the [[pantheons:deities:the_dark_disambiguation:azratha|most primal incarnate of death]], it was found that the presence of the darkness had been mitigated, and thus, they sought to return to the world which they had called home. The Cephareth granted them entry, though the twins could not perceive the world as they once did; the light of the world was blinding, and they could not observe the vastness of the divine shapes which were contained within. Thus, they found that they had inherited the curse of darkness, and had brought it within the golden lights of the elven homeland.\\ |
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| The two ancestral groups of proto-humans do not have a name, and it is without this identity that they exist to humans. Accordingly, they are acknowledged as more abstract entities, spoken of only in mythological word throughout their descendants. However, both groups would eventually face some sort of calamity, either instigated or allowed by the divine, which would punish them and bring an end to the sacrilege promoted by the evil of these ancestors. Thus, the survivors of calamity are thought of as blessed, being as they continued to exist by the grace of the gods in an era which was wrought with a certain destruction. This era happened variously and with disparity among the two groups, with one believing that divinity itself had punished them, and the other that the darkness had supplanted itself among them. Accordingly, this led to two disparate viewpoints on the nature of both the light and the dark, and further differentiated them from each other in regards to culture and belief. The survivors of both groups, however, regarded the punishment as necessary and a holy act, supporting their distinct perceptions of the light and the dark.\\ | The two ancestral groups of proto-humans do not have a name, and it is without this identity that they exist to humans. Accordingly, they are acknowledged as more abstract entities, spoken of only in mythological word throughout their descendants. However, both groups would eventually face some sort of calamity, either instigated or allowed by the divine, which would punish them and bring an end to the sacrilege promoted by the evil of these ancestors. Thus, the survivors of calamity are thought of as blessed, being as they continued to exist by the grace of the gods in an era which was wrought with a certain destruction. This era happened variously and with disparity among the two groups, with one believing that divinity itself had punished them, and the other that the darkness had supplanted itself among them. Accordingly, this led to two disparate viewpoints on the nature of both the light and the dark, and further differentiated them from each other in regards to culture and belief. The survivors of both groups, however, regarded the punishment as necessary and a holy act, supporting their distinct perceptions of the light and the dark.\\ |
| === The Descendants of Caskaris === | ==== The Descendants of Caskaris ==== |
| The two main peoples which share a certain amount of physical features among [[planes:aurius:caskaris:start|Caskaris]] are the [[races:humans:caskaric:iluayans:start|Iluayans]] and the [[:Varayans|Varayans]], thought to have belonged to and surrounded a northern stronghold of light which worshipped beings they called the [[pantheons:class:daevas|Daevas]], meaning nobility. Among this race of proto-humans, the Daevas were acknowledged as divinities, who had earlier descended from the heavens to further supply some order to the world. They were notably invoked within their rituals, and thus, worship of them proliferated as they had proven their power and use to these humans. Notably, however, there were some of these humans that could not perceive the Daevas, and thus found themselves worshipping spirits who inhabited the worlds of mortality. This blindness would come to spread throughout the east, thereby supplanting a chaos there that the Daevas could not penetrate into. This schism would lead to the identifier of the [[races:humans:caskaric:neraics:start|Neraics]], those conscious who resided within the Daevas' grace, and the [[races:humans:caskaric:ayanics:start|Ayanics]], who were of the body, both of which being the ancestors of the Iluayans and Varayans.\\ | The two main peoples which share a certain amount of physical features among [[planes:aurius:caskaris:start|Caskaris]] are the [[races:humans:caskaric:iluayans:start|Iluayans]] and the [[:Varayans|Varayans]], thought to have belonged to and surrounded a northern stronghold of light which worshipped beings they called the [[pantheons:class:daevas|Daevas]], meaning nobility. Among this race of proto-humans, the Daevas were acknowledged as divinities, who had earlier descended from the heavens to further supply some order to the world. They were notably invoked within their rituals, and thus, worship of them proliferated as they had proven their power and use to these humans. Notably, however, there were some of these humans that could not perceive the Daevas, and thus found themselves worshipping spirits who inhabited the worlds of mortality. This blindness would come to spread throughout the east, thereby supplanting a chaos there that the Daevas could not penetrate into. This schism would lead to the identifier of the [[races:humans:caskaric:neraics:start|Neraics]], those conscious who resided within the Daevas' grace, and the [[races:humans:caskaric:ayanics:start|Ayanics]], who were of the body, both of which being the ancestors of the Iluayans and Varayans.\\ |
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| The Neraics who worshipped the Daevas, however, did not preserve their records of the names of these gods and goddesses save for a few. Eventually, the [[library:Garden of Runaral|Garden of Runaral]], which they inhabited in a state of freedom from the chaos, would fall as [[pantheons:deities:the_dark_disambiguation:umbra|the darkness]] had nonetheless managed to corrupt the divine space, which would signal a subtle transition of the rule of the Daevas to those beings referred to retroactively as the [[:Archons|Archons]]. These rulers were corrupt, however, and are thought to be like likenesses of the Daevas who had found themselves physically incarnated into powerful beings, though becoming corrupt in the process. The Archons had inherited the curse of darkness, thereby spreading it throughout the world of the Garden of Runaral. Thus, the Neraics gradually and fully migrated from the western lands of fertility and fruitfulness to inhabit alongside the Ayanics, thereby allowing a mix of cultural philosophy and the exchange of ideas. From this exchange, the reverence for the two twin forces of light and dark could be acknowledged, as they existed in exclusion and opposition to one another and yet, mixing within the mortal plane. This would allow for the vast interplay between those gods and goddesses to be had, where previously developed Ayanic deities could be given new aspects as were experienced by the Neraics. Notably, however, among the philosophical descendants of the Neraics who had not been blinded by the darkness, the worship of [[pantheons:deities:the_light_disambiguation:aion_teleos|Aion Teleos]] had become commonplace, though being persecuted by the [[planes:aurius:caskaris:countries:ayoskova|Ayoskovic Potentate]] as a result of the potentate's imperialistic nature. Thus, the [[pantheons:Iluayanic pantheon|Iluayanic pantheon]] is largely dominated by the decrees of the potentate, while the Varayans, who inhabit the north of Caskaris, are removed from these occurrences, and thus, have [[pantheons:Varayanic pantheon|their own, unique pantheon]], influenced also by the duality of light and dark. | The Neraics who worshipped the Daevas, however, did not preserve their records of the names of these gods and goddesses save for a few. Eventually, the [[library:Garden of Runaral|Garden of Runaral]], which they inhabited in a state of freedom from the chaos, would fall as [[pantheons:deities:the_dark_disambiguation:umbra|the darkness]] had nonetheless managed to corrupt the divine space, which would signal a subtle transition of the rule of the Daevas to those beings referred to retroactively as the [[:Archons|Archons]]. These rulers were corrupt, however, and are thought to be like likenesses of the Daevas who had found themselves physically incarnated into powerful beings, though becoming corrupt in the process. The Archons had inherited the curse of darkness, thereby spreading it throughout the world of the Garden of Runaral. Thus, the Neraics gradually and fully migrated from the western lands of fertility and fruitfulness to inhabit alongside the Ayanics, thereby allowing a mix of cultural philosophy and the exchange of ideas. From this exchange, the reverence for the two twin forces of light and dark could be acknowledged, as they existed in exclusion and opposition to one another and yet, mixing within the mortal plane. This would allow for the vast interplay between those gods and goddesses to be had, where previously developed Ayanic deities could be given new aspects as were experienced by the Neraics. Notably, however, among the philosophical descendants of the Neraics who had not been blinded by the darkness, the worship of [[pantheons:deities:the_light_disambiguation:aion_teleos|Aion Teleos]] had become commonplace, though being persecuted by the [[planes:aurius:caskaris:countries:ayoskova|Ayoskovic Potentate]] as a result of the potentate's imperialistic nature. Thus, the [[pantheons:Iluayanic pantheon|Iluayanic pantheon]] is largely dominated by the decrees of the potentate, while the Varayans, who inhabit the north of Caskaris, are removed from these occurrences, and thus, have [[pantheons:Varayanic pantheon|their own, unique pantheon]], influenced also by the duality of light and dark. |
| === The Descendants of Ethrekas === | ==== The Descendants of Ethrekas ==== |
| The people of modern [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:start|Ethrekas]] believe themselves to descend from the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:ethetia:start|Ethetian peoples]], who had earlier been chosen by [[pantheons:deities:Solara|Solara]] and allowed to continue existing with her providence. It is this act that altered their bodily compositions, enabling a soul or divine spark to be observed within them. It is thought by these descendants that that the goddess of the sun, Solara, had [[library:cosmologies:The Birth of Our World|birthed the world]] in the beginning times, and was the divine creatrix that had given the world of mortality its soul to be plentiful throughout it. Her essential life force could then be found there, and she observed that some were more perfect and congenial to her, retaining some aspect of their divine mother that others still were lacking in. Among these beings were the Ethetia and what would become [[:the Elohad|their gods, the Elohad]], who had been gifted with both ascension and consecration by the token of possessing her divine spark and their previous semblance to the life given by the heavens. Thus, the Ethetia began to acknowledge Solara as the divine mother of the cosmos, and it was through her that the gift of life was given.\\ | The people of modern [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:start|Ethrekas]] believe themselves to descend from the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:ethetia:start|Ethetian peoples]], who had earlier been chosen by [[pantheons:deities:Solara|Solara]] and allowed to continue existing with her providence. It is this act that altered their bodily compositions, enabling a soul or divine spark to be observed within them. It is thought by these descendants that that the goddess of the sun, Solara, had [[library:cosmologies:The Birth of Our World|birthed the world]] in the beginning times, and was the divine creatrix that had given the world of mortality its soul to be plentiful throughout it. Her essential life force could then be found there, and she observed that some were more perfect and congenial to her, retaining some aspect of their divine mother that others still were lacking in. Among these beings were the Ethetia and what would become [[:the Elohad|their gods, the Elohad]], who had been gifted with both ascension and consecration by the token of possessing her divine spark and their previous semblance to the life given by the heavens. Thus, the Ethetia began to acknowledge Solara as the divine mother of the cosmos, and it was through her that the gift of life was given.\\ |
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