Battle of Paresine

Paresine was a tranquil wooded valley in southern-central Diakas. The impressive pines swaying in the mountain breeze gave no indication of the sheer destruction during the mythical war between the Divines and Daimons during the earth’s infancy. At the time, some of the Divines had not yet been born. The Divines who fought in the war were Teris, Eadysi, Holmera, Kynare, Narokes, Limai, Beomaro, and Lilia. The Daimons were far more numerous, but split between the two sides. The most powerful Daimons - those who represented the significant natural phenomena and concepts - fought against the younger Divines for supremacy over the world. Finally, after countless skirmishes and other battles, they met in the Vale of Paresine for the supposedly decisive confrontation.
The two sides made camp on opposite sides of the vale, with the Divines occupying the north and the Daimons claiming the south. Both sides stared across the valley at each other for sixteen days and nights, neither willing to strike first. Then, depending on the version told, either the Divines or Daimons struck first. The gods rushed into the field and tried to force the other army from the valley. The battle went back and forth several times but ended in a stalemate. Toward the end, Lilia and Tremios dashed between the two sides and begged them to stop fighting. They implored them to reconsider their mutual hatred, saying their battles would destroy the world and all their creations. The pleas of the star-crossed lovers worked, and the Divines and Daimons worked out peace between them.
After the battle, Paresine held the entrance to Peron’s otherworldly realm.
There was no historical basis for the battle between the Divines and Daimons, but the story existed to explain the final confrontation between the two pantheons.
The Battle of Paresine remained a myth all Diakai people shared with only a few minor variations.