The Legend of the Four Titans

Stories tell that before Laeriss was Laeriss there were four titans sent down onto the great well of energy which would one day become The World Core. They built Laeriss by hand and defended their creation when after the splitting of Vallusios into the other gods, a tarrasque was teleported from a far off plane onto the planet. After a series of events the earth titan was trapped in what would soon be known as Mt. Colossus with the tarrasque, where he would subdue the tarrasque within the mountain for eternity. Most scholars can attest to this legend as being true, as records exist of The shadow legion possibly traveling to Mt. Colossus and tearing open the mountain with epic magic in order to bring out the tarrasque. Of course scholars did not have much time to study the scene as a literal tarrasque had just been released and The Solstice of Shadows started soon after. It is said that while after the events of The Solstice of Shadows two of the titans died, the titans of earth and flame, the other two still remain, the titans of the sea and sky, somewhere on Laeriss these titans most likely still exist, hidden where mortals cannot find them.

Summary

It is said that before there were sentient species, before the original god Vallusios had split into their many different forms, they sent down four great titans to terraform the developing world of Laeriss. These titans were sent down to create a world around one of the great wells of potential energy within the primordial material plane, as they used its power and controlled the well of energy it soon became The World Core of Laeriss. These titans were Akesalis, titan of the sea, Ygtevir, titan of the earth, Teksalak, titan of the flames, and Zerāissil, titan of the sky. Originally they minded their own business, each taking parts of the world and building it with their respective elements, but then Vallusios split and chaos was released into the planarverse. One of the results of this new chaos was the sudden and strange, completely random and totally unlikely teleportation of a tarrasque from some distant far plane of existence onto Laeriss. Akesalis, Teksalak, and Zerāissil all worked together to create a great mountain which could seal the tarrasque away and stop it from destroying their newly built world. Yet Ygtevir refused to help the other titans, instead wanting to focus on continuing to create what would be the majority of the world. Zerāissil brought him up to her territory in the sky where Ygtevir was at a disadvantage and could be promptly beaten by Zerāissil. Ygtevir fell down right in front of the great gash in the mountain which required his power to be sealed, the other titans pushed Ygtevir and the tarrasque into the nearly hollow mountain where Ygtevir was forced to seal the mountain using his power, putting the duty of subduing the tarrasque within the mountain on his shoulders for all eternity. It was said that those who attempted to burrow too deep into the mountain would instantly have their cave collapsed by Ygtevir in his constant effort to keep the mountain sealed. It was said that only a great display of power could possibly split open the mountain and until then Ygtevir would hold the tarrasque in its place forever, of course that mountain is Mt. Colossus, a mountain of great elemental and extra planar magic.

Historical Basis

It is said that some saw the giant gash within Mt. Colossus shortly after the tarrasque was unleashed, and some say they saw The shadow legion traveling there shortly beforehand. While those who say they have come into contact with a titan are usually regarded as simply being crazy people, the zone of truth has revealed that some who say they've met a titan are saying the truth. Few scholars have every found a titan themselves but those who do have written extensively detailed reports on everything they can observe about them. Based on the extremely rare and occasional titan reports received by the scholars of the world, it is thought that Ygtevir lived within Mt. Colossus before the solstice, Taksalak lived deep within the molten layers of the planet before the solstice, Akesalis still lives on the bottom of The Carili Sea at its deepest parts, and Zerāissil lives concealed by the clouds far above Mt. Colossus.

Spread

Most simple commoners only know the basics of the legend of the titans, that there were four titans and they created Laeriss. But those who are more wealthy or those who are scholars often know more of the story so it is not particularly uncommon knowledge among the rich. Many stories portraying the legend of the four titans have been written in the history of Laeriss as knowledge of the titans has evolved.

Variations & Mutation

Many different stories portraying the legend of the four titans exist across many different mediums. Some portray the titans as appearing different, some change around the names, some change around what happened in the fight between Ygtevir and Zerāissil, though most of the stories follow the same basic structure. Though of course the more wealthy often get a portrayal of the legend closer to the summary above than the poor who can get information twisted as they cannot afford books.

Cultural Reception

While to most the story is an important creation myth about the origin of Laeriss and Mt. Colossus, to the goliaths and giants it is extremely important to them. Giants hold it close to their identities that the four creators of the world may have been titans, a extremely powerful type of giant. Goliaths and giants living on Mt. Colossus respect it as the old home of Ygtevir and storm giants above the mountain respect the sky as the home of Zeraāissil. Tritons, Sea Elves, and other deep sea dwelling creatures respect the deepest trenches of The Carili Sea as territory of Akesalis and those deep within The Molten pits respect the magma as the tomb of Teksalak.

In Literature

Many books, poems, and stories of every kind have been inspired by the legend of the four titans, in every major library you will most likely find some piece of literature relating to the four titans.

In Art

The few who have witnessed the titans and survived have drawn few, but detailed portrayals of them. The most famous of which are the portrayals within the book of Mekas, (the holy book of Orwei) In which witnesses throughout the ages who have witnessed different titans have come to Oarilī in order to give their descriptions to the high mage.

Date of Setting

~5,000,000,000

Related Locations

• Mt. Colossus