Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Birth of Humans and The First War


Asodotril, the first god, was born out of nothingness.  Asodotril was the first entity to exist in the universe and post-universe.  Untold ages passed before, out of his goodwill, he created the world as a massive and barren ball of rock.  He then split his power and created four new deities to help him manage the rock.  These deities were Asoyinial, god of water; Asokaral, god of nature and finally Asotolo, god of the weather.  These three gods helped shape the earth – Asoyinial blessed the world with water, Asokaral blessed the world with short-living animals and plants and Asotolo created the sun and the rain.  To guard the world each god also created daemons and imps that defended the holy places of the deities.  These daemons and imps resided in great fortresses made of iron and obsidian.  The four gods, called the Yleisar, governed the world fairly and justly from their palace on the Moon.  At this point there was no intelligent life.

At the same time of Asodotril’s creation another god was also birthed.  This god was called Apuhalle.  While Asodotril ruled our Earth, Apuhalle created another world called Pyakli.  It was, however, incredibly different to ours.  Instead of water flowing in the crevasses of the planet molten lava flowed.  Instead of trees vast mountain ranges filled with volcanoes dotted the surface.  A star that emitted a harsh red light replaced the white light of the sun.  Even the creatures were different.  Each was a foul beast designed to kill and murder each other.

Soon Apuhalle began to grow jealous of the creations of the Yleisar.  He confronted Asodotril about his creations:
“Why, brother, do you allow me and my minions rot in our hell instead of allowing us to join you on your Earth?” said Apuhalle.
“Your world is fundamentally wrong.  You lack the benevolence to create a world of wonders.  Instead you desire a world of murder and vice.  That is why we, the Yleisar, will not admit you to Earth.”
Enraged Apuhalle left the Moon and returned to Pyakli.  There he devised a scheme to destroy the Earth and overthrow the Yleisar.

10,000 years passed before Apuhalle made his move.  During this time he had designed creatures called Paldhiks.  They were 3 metres tall.  They could live for more than 2000 years.  He managed to create 6 armies of 3000 before his assault.

Apuhalle cast a spell that tore a rift in reality and allowed his armies to pass freely into Earth.  They despoiled continents and burnt forests.  They butchered everything in their path until they arrived at Asoyinial’s Daemon fortress.  Asoyinial’s daemons fought well but little could harm Apuhalle’s armies.  Finally after three hundred long years the Paldhiks broke into Asoyinial’s fortress and massacred his daemons.  The survivors fled into Asodotril’s own fortress.

The Paldhiks marched onto Asotolo’s fortress.  Again the Daemons mounted a brave defence but their fortress was also levelled, the surviving Daemons fleeing to Asodotril’s fortress.

The same thing happened to Asokaral’s fortress.

Unknown to everyone Asodotril had been planning something since the invasion.  They were the humans.  They were created to be similar to Paldhiks but they were more intelligent, stronger and they reproduced faster.

In the depths of Asodotril’s fortress the first humans were created.  Within a couple of generations they numbered more than 20,000.  They worked out how to fight and organise themselves.  When they were ready to defend the Yleisar and Earth they were released into the wilds.

Between the Paldhiks and Humans hundreds of battles were fought.  Often the Humans overwhelmed them and hundreds of Paldhiks were killed in these battles.

However the Paldhiks managed to break free from the humans and they besieged Asodotril’s fortress.  All the demons of all the Yleisar defended their gods from the defilers of Earth.  9 times did the Paldhiks attack and 9 times were they repulsed.  For one month did the siege last.
Finally the Paldhiks broke through the walls.  A valiant defence was fought by the demons but slowly, after two days and two nights of bitter fighting the demons appeared to be defeated.  Just as the Paldhiks were about to break into the God’s chamber the humans arrived.  With nowhere to retreat the Paldhiks were massacred and Earth was saved.

The Gods gave the humans the Earth to control in thanks only demanding prayer and sacrifices in return.  Meanwhile they set about re-building what had been destroyed.

Over time the people multiplied and split up, ending the nation of Humans and creating what would become the people of many kingdoms, cities and tribes.  Each interpreted the Yleisar’s will in different ways.

And so ended the First War and thus begun the history of Humanity.

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