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located in Middle Realm, a part of The Pantheon: Renewal, one of the many universes on RPG.

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Character Portrait: Alo Character Portrait: Akileia
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"She is perfect too!" Alo felt the warmth of pride at this friendly creatures kind words towards their child, to see they were not rejected for her beauty was something that filled them with joy. Alo looked at their daughter, blue flame-eyes staring unblinkingly as Altrewan looked about this world much as they themselves had, perhaps they were as amazed and confused by this strange place as they themselves had first been. It must be easier for the female child of theirs to hold themselves and grasp this world, they had a physical body which maintained itself, Alo could feel the constant pull of the earth bellow whispering to them, begging them to return to it's embrace.

Alo watched, amazed almost as Akileia took one piece of her own creation and wrapped it around, causing something new to be formed from the old. Strange, she did not fail to grasp the concept of creation yet she had not chosen to create a living being yet, as though she was far more content to make that strange noise of hers. Altrewan looked between the ring of gold and Alo before reaching out and gently taking a hold of it, taking care to not deliberately burn the gifting God. She looked at it with an almost curious expression before carefully placing it upon the middle finger of her three fingers upon her right hand. The heat that naturally came from the being of fire caused the band of gold to quickly heat up until it began to glow with a soft light.
"Thank you, Akileia, it is a beautiful gift."

What should have been a warm and gentle moment was cut abrupt suddenly as Alo's far more primitive and shapeless form suddenly spluttered and shook, diminishing slightly as they dropped in height. Altrewan quickly dropped to her knees before her creator, raising her hands as though to help them up though knowing that she was physical and Alo incorporeal meant that she could not touch them in this form. "Alo! What's happening?"
"Nothing my child, I am fine. It's just... I cannot maintain this form much longer... Every passing moment I find more of myself returning to the earth and it becomes harder and harder to create flame from the air itself. I must return to the earth to... Collect myself before I can return once more to this surface world."
"But what will happen to me?"
"Oh my child, you must endure without me for a time. Learn this world as best you can and be both the guardian and the cleansing flame when you must.[i]" They turned their attention up to Akileia. "[i]Please, guide my daughter, teach her the beautiful things that are of your domain so that she can teach them to the children to come. I shall return soon." As they spoke Alo's form began to slowly peel away as though the fuel that had been sustaining them had been running out. By the time they had turned to their fellow God there was little more than a head and shoulders left, by the time they had reached the word 'soon' the last of their essence burst apart in the wind and scattered into dozens of twisting embers.

Altrewan slowly stood, blinking slowly, she was strangely sad though she knew Alo wasn't dead she still felt almost abandoned by her creator, though they had no choice in the matter. She looked over to Akileia, a smile formed in the mouth of white flame at the gift giver.
"So what happens to me now then"






Deep in the bowels of the earth, where light had never before graced the depths, there was a rumbling of stone cracking against stone. In the farthest flung reaches of a cave where far far above the entrance opened up to the open sky there the noise grew louder and louder until the origin of it became clear as a figure walked out of the wall as though it had simply stepped through a door. This creature of stone was far far smaller than Alo's original image of flame and earth combined and was more reminiscent of their form of fire. Upon the destruction of their last form their conscious mind had separated from any attempts to maintain their body and scattered downwards, spreading wide like a net and recapturing all parts of their lost self that had returned to the embrace of the earth before coalescing and recombining in this deep and dark cave where their fresh body took form.

Though it was black as pitch in the deep parts of the cave, Alo had no trouble seeing, because they simply didn't see. It would be hard for a mortal being who had depended on their eyes to understand but now that they restored to a body of stone their vision, though lacking in colour and sensation was now able to see everything that moved upon the earth at once, though they couldn't hope to begin to concentrate of everything at once it did fill them with some relief that they could feel their fellow Gods still upon the ground, if ever they were needed they would know it.

Taking a step forwards they were surprised for a second to be surrounded by screeching creatures with flapping wings that detached themselves from where they had been hanging upside down. Alo hadn't even noticed them at first such was their stillness, yet it seemed the sudden disturbance of Alo moving had been enough to cause them all to take flight. Slowly their stoney arms reached up, extending outwards almost peacefully as the swarming screeching creatures- bats they realised- flapped chaotically around them until suddenly from the rock all around them those flying beasts were snatched out of the air by hands that lashed out from the cave walls themselves and drew them all into a sphere of rock, trapping them. When Alo felt enough had filled the orb they turned slowly to look at it, the beasts were contained but unharmed, they needed to be stable for Alo's experiment. They had created creatures in the image and likeness of others and achieved something greater than the idea but now it was time to creature something entirely new and these bats would serve well as building blocks, they were denizens of the deep and nested far away from the surface.

Alo pictured them as they should be, large, powerful, cunning. Though they were creatures that lived in the depths of the earth they were not of it, they were not bound by the earth. No, these would be children of fire and bound by the tenants of flame, to grow and consume and blaze brightly against all odds, like the bats they were originated from they would live in the dark and make these deep caves their nests yet the surface would know their strength and their intellect too, though it would be primitive they would not be stupid, dim witted animals that would fear the fire, they would one day become it's disciples and learn to control the sky above and the ground bellow. They would be the first born of Alo, a mighty race that would leave a legacy as fire does.

Feeling they had filled the orb enough with their energy and vision and power, with a wave of their three fingered hand the sphere cracked and shattered open, spilling the newly remade creature out. They were indeed greater than they had been before, standing at just over five and a half feet as a rule and packed with thick muscle these new creatures squawked and screeched as they spilled over each other, eyes which had been so useless before now shone brightly in the dark. Their faces had pushed inwards as their short muzzles receded and their brows had pushed out to protect their more vulnerable faces from the rocks. Their wings remained attached to their arms though now their fingers pushed out to reveal fully working hands capable of grasping the rocks as they pulled themselves up and looked around with a mixture of fear and aggression at their new surroundings. They didn't understand their origins it seemed and how could they? Just moments ago their minds had been driven by nothing but instinct and now they had minds and thoughts and desires that ran through their thin skulls.
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Alo looked over the dozens of creatures as they scrambled around, investigating each other and their surroundings but not noticing them just yet. Yes, these creatures would do fine as a first attempt at new life, their first children had been moulded and would become a fine race that would stretch from edge to edge of the world, residing in deep caves and caverns where their wings would allow them to claim the world above too if they so chose.
"Ughsommy" Alo named these strange, former bat creatures, Ughsommy would be the name of their fledgling race, but they needed room to grow, this small cave would never fit them all for more than a few years before they began to grow. Turning with an outstretched arm Alo felt where there was a larger system of tunnels hiding just behind the walls of stone, caves that would never have been revealed but for thousands of years later when the stone itself melted away, and with the force of their will the thick wall of natural rock simply fell inwards, exposing the new home for their simple little creatures. They would stay here for a time and ensure that their children grew before returning to their daughter, these beasts may yet need a guiding hand.