Annkúngárd, The Creation Story according to the Aqein.

In the time before the world-after, Athrune The First, set to fire the void from which all other beings emerged. From that she created the mighty Idris, fire of fires, and with the ashes left over she made the land and in doing so named it Prominence. Upon a mountain, Athrune birthed the first peoples, the Aqein, the Olna, and the Ela and placed within herself dark shepherds for her creations, for they emerged from her untethered to reality, unwhole, and not yet living. As she beheld that which she brought forth from nothing, ancient whispers became known to her, spoken at last by the injured void. As she listened, she spied a fatal flaw within her creation, and in that moment, Athrune felt rage.

Her most perfect creation, those that she kept within herself, the shepherds, destroyed her body which scattered across the void like gemstones dropped upon a black velvet cloth. And so, Athrune the First died. From her bones emerged Vrol, who took her sister's place and in her grief and loneliness ripped from the flames of Idris the light of new life.

In that heat, Athrune’s most perfect creation awakened, and Vrol named them Eldara, The First People, the children of Athrune.

Vrol did separate the Eldara, of which there numbered many, and she gave unto each a name. Within the void and remains of her perished sister, the Eldara brought comfort to Vrol and all was thought well for they kept with her before all the rest were created.

Then Vrol formed another of her kindred named Idren. And Idren being resourceful produced a flame in which to provide heat and life to all things. This was known as Idren’s Forge, which grew brighter than Idris, though it never grew to the same size.

What remained of Athrune, being from the void and light, was never buried and so it was collected and set next to the land of Prominence. The two circled each other in the void, adrift among wordless whispering. And so, as they circled, Vrol wept, and all of the green things of the world did grow and all of the seas did fill.

Then as Vrol cried, she saw the passing of another kindred, circling about the land of Prominence as her sister Athrune did. She noticed that some of her tears had spread to this one and greenery began to sprout there as well. This land she called the Green Mother, after her sister Athrune, not knowing this one’s ataval.

Then upon the most desolate of places, Idris made a bid for his creations, the Baruilese and the Menoton. Neither did these have life, for they also lacked the spark of Idren’s forge.

As the remainder of Athrune’s body grew cold, it blackened, and what persisted coalesced to become Naur, the dark moon. And from Naur, it is thought that the Soan were given to all of the dark places of Prominence. And they found within them life inside the darkness and needed no spark to live.

At this, with a secret fire of her own, the Green Mother silently gave unto Prominence the Wisp, beings of solid light, and they became the second creatures to live and create among the world so long as they abided to her agreement, to remain within all others except the Soan, that would dwell there.

Vrol, lacking a people to carry out her will, created the Vrolua and then with that begged of Idren to bring his forge up to such a heat that all on Prominence may feel the urge of life within them. As the forge grew hotter and hotter, a spark flew away from it and collided with the Green Mother. This third moon is known as the Spark of Idren and before the light of life passed on to all peoples of Prominence, its heat created the Telruin. With this last task, Vrol listened for the voices of her new creation, hearing renewed whispers, ancient and undying, and discovered her mistakes. Her sorrows too difficult to bear beyond the death of her sister, Vrol chose self-destruction.

As Vrol passed, the Eldara descended unto Prominence. The Vrolua searched in vain for their creator, never finding her, as she scattered too. Her body became all of the solid places within the void, as constant as grief.

Type

Text, Religious

Medium

Oral Tradition / Word of Mouth