The Great Remaking
Ilyasu the All-Mother gathered the gods and the Ilarin and said to them: "Because you have transgressed so grievously, your place in my creation will henceforth be changed forever. Your powers will be diminished. But know this: you are the precious children of my thought, and I will not forsake you. And before I place my doom upon you, I would have you join with me in one more great work. We will remake the world."
So the Great Remaking began.
Abashed by Ilyasu's censure and eager to prove worthy of her forgiveness, the gods abandoned their quarrel and once more joined the All-Mother in the glorious work of creation. Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and the spark of life were woven together once more to form the foundation of a world suitable for the Three Peoples who were to come.
In the symphony of creation that followed, many new things came to be -- birds, beasts, and all the verdure of the earth. The gods, ever curious, took upon themselves the newly revealed forms of the Three Peoples and saw the world of Avanielda through new eyes. In these new forms, they once again pleaded with the All-Mother to create new beings like themselves. And it was good, for this was the new order which she had wished to establish.
And so the New Gods were born and took their place alongside the First Gods. (See sidebar chart for genealogy.)
The new order of the world
Now when the remaking of the world had finished, Ilyasu, the All-Mother, turned her attention to the Doom of the Gods and the reordering of Avanielda. The powers of the First Gods were diminished and divided among their offspring according to that which each had most desired to protect and create. Although they retained power over their elemental domains, no longer would they have the power to shape the world at will. Nor would either the First Gods or the New Gods ever walk in the flesh among the Three Peoples. They would be the immortal stewards of the world and caretakers of all things which dwell upon it -- but all of the gods would henceforth be formless and unseen. And because Ilyasu's immortal children had freely chosen a path of dissension and destructive conflict, such would be the nature of the world forever more. The Three Peoples and all other mortal beings of any kind must work to obtain the stuff of life and struggle against natural enemies. Upon Tilfarie, the All-Mother pronounced a terrible doom. "Because you are the author of strife, and because the vile seed you planted cannot be unmade lest creation itself be undone, I now name you the Great Opposition," said Ilmarie. "I will place you in the void beneath the world; and I charge the Three, who are your siblings, with the sacred task of confining you for eternity." In silent horror the fallen god took her new place in the Void Beneath, for none can gainsay the One. But Tilfarie did not go alone. The Ilarin who had followed her in the war between the gods, and many who had opposed her but nonetheless reveled in the harm they had done, were sent to dwell with her. They are the Fallen. They hate what they cannot have, and always work to destroy it. The rest of the Ilarin cleaved to the Three. They became the angels of the air and the spirits of the land (nymphs, satyrs, dryads, sprites, kelpies, petrai, and more), and they jealously guard their domains -- and lend their aid to the Three Peoples when propitiated. The Fallen Ones ceaselessly strive to overcome the guard that the Three have set upon them. For although they were helpless against Ilyasu's command, they were not forbidden to seek an escape. Indeed, it is the fate of the Three to ceaselessly strive to prevent it. It is said that because of this divine struggle, fire is ever a fearsome tool, apt to burn those who use it. And when Tilfarie gains the upper hand, the fires beneath the world burn hot and erupt in deadly fury. Yet the struggle does not belong to the gods alone. Every inhabitant of the world of Avanielda plays a part -- as we will see when we come to the creation of the Three Peoples and the establishment of the Underworld.The First Gods
The New Gods
Children of Penion and Tilfarie
Children of Taroth and Ilmarie
Children of Penion and Ilmarie
Children of Lysseos and Bretalie
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