Spirit of Rivalry
The XX people, the inhabitants who have managed to survive in the badlands, have a myth about the creation of the Great Cresway Canyon. The myth goes about how the followers of two gods would argue between themselves about which of their gods was stronger. Both groups argued fercly until they were about to go to war when a wanderer came between the two groups and proposed a game of tug of war. The worshippers agreed and called down their gods to appear and prove their might.
XX and XX appeared in the flesh with the chain called XX. They had asked XX, the god of smiths, to create a chain strong enough to withstand their strength. He gave them a tighly woven metal chain he called XX, called them both foolish and bade them leave him in peace. The two gods then stood upon the plateau with the Cresway River between them. The first to fall in the water would be deemed the weaker of the two. When all was ready the stranger called out for them to start and both gods pulled with all their might. At first nothing seemed to happen, but slowly the ground trembled and began to buckle and crack around them. Hours passed as the two struggled on, but both were so evenly matched that neither could gain on the other. As the sun reached it zenith, a lound CRACK was heard throughout the land as the mighty chain XX suddenly snapped in two. So great was the power released in that moment that the entire plateau was broken in two, creating the Great Cresway Canyon. The wanderer chided both gods for their behaviour, for how could one be stronger than themselves? It was then that the wanderer was revealed to be the Avatar of XX and all became aware that the two gods were actually one in the same. The God of XX congradulated their Avatar for bringing their followers together in the spirit of competition. The followers of both gods embrased each other and continue to this day to compet in contests of strength, encouraging each other to continue to grow stronger.
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