Pantheon Conception:

Before light and mass came into the universe, there was only thought. Like a spark of imagination Asmida came into being. At first, it was nothing more than a single blinking light. Over time, the light began to flash in patterns which, slowly, created more flashing lights in a variety of colors and sizes. Each soon began flashing in a broad spectrum of color and a variety of patterns. All were communicating thought and ideas until eventually, the light began to coalesce into shape. First, it was nothing more than a dense cloud of color but, slowly, began to take shape into a face and body. It is not known what shape this body resembled but it had a face, hands, and feet which it then used to stand upon what it then used its hands to create. The pillars of existence and time.

Asmida, at this point, developed a sense of self and was aware that it was alone in all of the void and was sad. For what was the point of existing in the nothingness. It pondered the idea and, in its hands, sprang the base elements and building blocks of life. Present in its hands were several elements. The largest and most prominent were first and foremost light and dark. These two revealed others for nothing can exist outside of those. Darkness was largely content to fill the void, but spawned from it one element which was pure and unfettered evil. Asmida took no notice of this for it blended into the background of darkness and hid behind the blinding ambition of the light.

Light was exciting and sought to create and grow as all light does. From it, much of the universe was devised with the help of Asmida. Light created fire, water, rock, wind and mana. These five elements were raw and nearly escaped from Asmida before he caught each of them in his hands where light and darkness had come forth. Asmida was now happy. Because they had created such things. So, Asmida took these raw elements and compressed them in its hands until it could hold them no longer. The five elements which light had created became spirits which Asmida named Ifia, goddess of fire, Vaitara goddess of water, Grazyyk god of rock, Angin god of wind, and lastly Ruuksia, the goddess of mana.

In its hands it could not hold light nor darkness, for darkness was all around Asmida and light fought to shine forth. Asmida gave up on darkness but light he forced down towards the pillars of creation and used that which it stood upon as an anvil. Asmida could not fully contain his creation and much escaped into the universe around them but some was forged on that anvil and created one more goddess. Lumiara sprang into existance in this last effort of Asmida. From light and time she was born into the world and would have control of each. While she was a goddess her powers were far greater than that of the others owing to the fact she was a part of light and not simply created by it.

From there on the six deities began to create all around themselves, testing their powers. Ifia created stars, with a little help from Lumiara who made them shine everlasting throughout the darkness. Grazyyk simply began tossing rock and metal in all directions, taking simple pleasure in the collisions as they began slinging this way and that, orbiting the stars. These chunks of raw material were nothing more than that. Stone and ore drifting through the cosmos. Seeing the joy that Grazyyk took from this act, Vaitara joined in but was dismayed by her water quickly forming to ice. So, she ceased the senseless action and considered her nature. Much like Vaitara, Ruuksia felt no need to simply use her gift and took a more careful approach to her task. It was long before she did anything in the universe at all. Opting to stay by Asmida’s side to watch the others in their fervor to create.

While the six elements began their lives in the universe a seventh went unseen and unnoticed by all, even Asmida. This seventh was formed in the same instant as the other six but, because of its creation by darkness, Asmida overlooked the element as he gave the others life. This element, made by darkness, went unseen and so Asmida did not name it. So, as the others created and contemplated their existence the seventh hid and watched, becoming jealous, and spiteful. For they had all been given names by their creator which gave them purpose and meaning. The seventh eventually named itself Aumatia and sought to bring darkness and despair to all that the others created. So as they worked Aumatia would work in the shadows, hiding from light and Lumiara specifically. Slowly tainting and corrupting some of their creations.

After some time the five of the six began to bore of their more base abilities and began to work together to create new things. Vaitara and Grazyyk made massive planets of ice and rock where Angin would create wind and clouds which pleased them greatly. Then Ifia would join in from time to time which displeased Vaitara owing to the fact that their creations could not exist together. On each of these celestial bodies Lumiara would bring light and time to solidify their existence in the universe. But these bodies were trifles to them all and some discord grew between them. Which greatly pleased the seventh Aumatia.

Asmida saw this discord and intervened saying, “what has gone wrong my children do you tire of creation itself?” There was no reply as they could not agree upon an answer that was fitting. So Asmida saw fit to give them a task. It said to the five, “it is my wish that you combine your skill to forge life of your own to please you. For your creation pleased me. You must work together to form a single world which contains all your elements in one.”

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Not wishing to displease Asmida the five, not including Ruuksia, set off into the cosmos until they found a star which they could all enjoy. It was not too hot and not too bright which satisfied all. It took several tries which resulted in a few odd planets where the balance was not quite right. These planets each had too much of one thing resulting in unfortunate, yet beautiful, worlds. Finally They managed to create one with a heart of fire, a crust of rock and metal, a splash of water, and was surrounded by wind and light. This world made them all happy for it quickly became a place of life.

Though it was good there was one last thing which Lumiara required. She said to the others, “this world which spins and dances through the universe is wholesome and good but part of the time it is full of darkness which we cannot allow to taint out creation. With the help of Grazyyk I will create two more much smaller moons where I will reside to watch over this world as it sleeps. I have seen despair creep into many of our creations and I will not allow that here.” So they were made and each shined of pure white light through the nights. The others were pleased by what they had created so they stayed nearby and watched as life flourished.

Over time with the help of time and light plants grew. This was unexpected by the gods because a much smaller god sprang into life before them. He wanted naught but to grow his green things on this world so they named him Fizraku god of the forest. When Fizraku sprang into being Ruuksia finally took notice and broke from her long contemplation. She came to the world to see what had become of it and saw fit to add her own touch of power to it. She radiated mana upon the world which caused Fizraku to accelerate his growth of plants. Then unsure of what she’d done, if anything, Ruuksia descended to the planet and took form as being much like Fizraku. She did not fully become a creature of that world but instead created ch smaller versions of herself. They were dark blue skinned with dark hair, horns, and had hands and feet much like Asmida. At their core was a bit of herself in the form of mana. These creatures she called Alkin. But they did not have intelligence or sentience so Ruuksia, now bound to the world, asked Lumiara for help.

Lumiara saw these beings and smiled upon them with light from her moons then drew them into the sky where she resided. She blessed each one with understanding and wisdom then returned them to the world where they could be. From then on each of these beings blessed by the goddess of time and space would return to her once every ten years for her continued blessing. Ruuksia thanked her and allowed her own blessing of mana to flow from this place across the lands.

This world became known as Sacalia by the inhabitants which Ruuksia first created. The Alkin roamed the lands and enjoyed the bounty which Fizraku tended. All was good and calm until from across the cosmos Aumatia came. Slowly Aumatia snuck into the place where they had created Sacalia. The other five gods which watched over the world did not notice until Ruuksia’s creations began to fight and destroy things. They learned hate and fear in this time and it wasn’t until Lumiara unveiled her true light upon the world did it stop. In that moment she shone so brightly that Aumatia was revealed.

The five saw this creature and were enraged by its influence on their creation. Angin, Ifia, Vaitara, and Grazyyk immediately began warring with Aumatia. Their four powers were nearly a match for Aumatia but being only fractions of light's original power they could not defeat it alone. It wasn’t until Lumiara joined the battle that Aumatia was expelled from their creation. From then on Lumiara had to maintain a barrier around their section of the universe to keep Aumatia’s evil at bay.

This victory was not without casualties. The four lesser gods were weakened and had to retreat down to Sacalia with Ruuksia and took more substantial forms. Ifia and Vaitara, being twins, both took the form of great dragons of water and fire. They created many creatures in their likeness including dragons which soared the skys, Piscalians who swam the seas, and the Kindel folk who walked the land. Each of these bore the gifts of their creators as well as the mana which Ruuksia gave to all the world.

Grazyyk plummeted into the rock of the world and lay dormant for some years and would never truly take one form but showed himself in the rock around him. Or so the others thought. Close to the fire, which Ifia put at the heart of the world, Grazyyk made the Dwarves. Their existence was not known for many years though they had great power with rock. After so many years surrounded by Sacalia they found that the power of fire and growth came naturally to them. They enjoyed creating in all ways. Forging metals, carving rock, and growing plants all came naturally to them and in their mountain caverns all three could be found.

Lastly Angin saw the creations of the others and took a more ethereal form only showing his shape in the clouds of the world. But he gave shape to the humans which would bear his gifts into the world. He saw the magic of the others and sought not to limit his people so he gifted them with only a portion of his winds but gave them the capacity to take on any of the others skills. And thus man was derived. They had no magic to begin with and would have to learn or create their own. Though there were a few gifted individuals that would truly embody Angins gift of the skys. These people became great healers of disease and physical ailments.

As stated before Aumatia had somewhat tainted Sacalia and would forever be only held at bay. But over the years Aumatia would seduce some of each race to try to use their gifts to draw it to the planet. The six gods would forever be locked into a fight with Aumatia to protect their world.