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by Mr_Doomed on Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:26 pm
Blackbird and I spent an entire day in PMs working on this. It is basically the story that many people believe Valcrest and enlightenment's have been created. As a little disclaimer, one of the rules of the RP is that these Gods are not to be used as characters, but just there to give your characters a system of belief. Interpret it as you will. I know I have.
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There were two great beings in the beginning. One was male and the other female. Today we simply call them Mother and Father. Mother and Father created the land of Valcrest and all the living creatures that lived in it; including the humans. Soon after their creation, the humans began to doubt the existence of Mother and Father. The two wondered how they could prove their existence. They decided that the best way to prove it to the humans was to send down their children to the earth. Each time, they had twins and they brought them down two at a time until all fourteen of them had come down to join the humans on Valcrest.
The first two children they had were Moon and Sun. Moon was given the power of shadow manipulation and Sun was given the power to manipulate light. The both of them also gave gifts to both Valcrest and the humans. They gave the world light and darkness. To the humans, Sun gave them day, so they could see while they worked and Moon gave humans night so they could rest after a long day.
The next two children were Fire and Water. Fire was given the power to manipulate fire and Water was given the power to manipulate water. They also gave gifts to Valcrest and the humans. They gave the world fire and water and the seasons of summer and winter. To the humans, Fire gave them heat to keep warm and Water gave them mountain water to keep the river fresh.
The third pair of children that came to the earth were Earth and Air. Earth was given the power of earth manipulation. Air had the power of air manipulation. They as well gave gifts. To Valcrest, they gave the gifts of dirt, rocks, sky and wind. They also gave them the seasons of spring and fall. To the humans, Earth gave hard stones to build walls with and Air gave them cold to refresh people from heat.
The fourth set of children were Life and Death. Life had the ability to live forever. Death had the ability to kill who he touched. When they first came to the world, they didnât want to give anyone any gift. They were both very greedy. Even after their brothers and sisters tried to convince them to give gifts like the rest had done, they refused. One day, one of the humans went up to death and ask them why they wouldnât give the humans a gift like the others had. Death told the human that she wouldnât give them a gift because they wouldnât like it. When the human continued to bother Death, she finally gave humans a gift. It was the gift of death. The human asked Death why she gave the human race such a terrible gift and Death had told the human that they got what they deserved for pestering the divine. When the humans went to Life to ask him to give humans something to save them from the terrible gift of death. Life didnât want to give them his gift to live forever though. He wanted to be the only one who had that ability.
The fifth pair to come to Valcrest was Mind and Heart. Mind hath the ability of telekinesis and telepathy. Heart had the ability of empathy. Sadly Mind and Heart couldnât think of anything they could give to Valcrest, so they only gave things to the humans. Heart gave them emotion so they could feel and Mind gave them reason so they didnât act purely on emotion.
The sixth of the seven pairs was Space and Time. Space had the ability of teleportation and Time was given the ability of time travel. Again, they didnât have anything to give the earth, so they gave humans something again. Space had given them the concept of a mile so they would know the limits of Valcrest. Time gave them the concept of a minute to keep track of time and a month to keep track of the seasons.
The final set of twins to come to Valcrest was War and Peace. War had the ability of rage. Peace had the ability of healing. They gave humans two things each. War gave them weapons to protect themselves and the will to protect their existence. Peace gave them the knowledge of when to use weapons and the wisdom to respect the existence of others.
Mother and Father gave their fourteen children one instruction while they were down there. They were not allowed to bare a child with any of the humans on the earth. If they wanted to have children, they had to bare one with on of their brothers and sisters. As long as they followed this one rule, they would come back to life after every time they died.
The fourteen brothers and sisters all parted ways quickly. They all grew attached to different parts of the land and they found places to seek refuge. Many humans came to these areas and settled around them in order to worship. From this the cities were born:
The first city to come to be was Newhaven. This was considered the most sacred of all the cities since Sun and Moon lived there and they were the first two born to Valcrest. The people to live with these two thought very highly of themselves, but were also able to prove that they were a strong force.
The second city was Blackpond. War was the one who lived in this city. The people who lived with him were given the never ending will to survive, fight and defend themselves, no matter how far behind they were.
Blackhurst was where Peace had settled. The meadows was a nice place where no one seemed to bother anyone. Peace liked this. The people who lived in this city had a lack of will to get involved in pointless conflict, and their devotion to obtain more wisdom. Sadly, it was the first to be lost to the war.
Brightvale was where Fire and Wind decided to settle. In the desert where things were tough and extreme. The people who lived here obtained their fierceness to survive the heat and dryness of the desert and their wild nature, as well as their will to constantly travel from one place to another.
Water and Earth decided to go all the way to the mountains at the limits of Valcrest to settle down. They called the city Effort. This was where most of the rocks and snow that kept the river fresh was. The people of Effort were always the more rough, and attached to their land. They were also the more calm and level headed, only moving into war when there was a real necessity.
The forest was where Mind and Heart decided to live. The forest people, despite their wild nature, were always the most reasonable in Valcrest, but at the same time, the most passionate ones. They chose to get involved in the matters of the cities as little as possible, at the same time as they craved change, which led them to always have their better judgement struggle against their passion to bring some relief into the Land. Their impulsiveness most of times winning the battle and leading their actions.
Time and Space really lived nowhere. They just traveled around and never really settled. Because of this, they werenât really worshiped by anyone. They had no devout followers, but they didnât care. They believed that it wasnât important to have followers. They were only on the earth to prove the existence of a greater power.
Because of the bitter feelings that Life and Death had, no one really knew where they were. No one cared to know where they were either. They lived somewhere, leaving the world to think that they had left Valcrest completely and moved back up to the Devine Afterlife to live with Mother and Father. When war broke out in the land of Valcrest, they appeared again to see what was going on.
Because of this war in Valcrest, the fourteen siblings helped the humans out with their powers. Slowly though, their powers began to diminish, they didnât understand why. So the fourteen got together to figure It out. When they came together Mother and Father descended from the Divine Afterlife to help fix the problem. Mother and father created a tree made of stone. Within this tree, there was a fountain. The fountain didnât have any water in it, instead there was energy. Mother and Father called the energy Enlightenment and gave it to the siblings so that they would never lose their powers. After that, their powers only became stronger.
Life was jealous of his brothers and sisters. They were given stronger powers while he was left with the same old power. He could live forever, it couldnât get more powerful than that. He became even more jealous when he started to see his brothers and sisters dying and then just coming right back to life. They could live forever too. He felt useless. Life plotted his revenge to get back at them for this.
Life found a beautiful woman named Terra. She was the most beautiful lady in Valcrest and every man wanted her to be his wife. Terra had finally found a soul mate in a man from Blackhurst named Duncan. He was considered one of the most handsome men in Valcrest. Life challenged Duncan to a duel to win the heart of Terra, and Duncan accepted. He was arrogant and thought that he could kill the immortal and win his love. He proved himself wrong and died by the Lifeâs blade. Life won the heart of Terra and they married and had children.
When Terra gave birth to Lifeâs child, Life wanted to see if the child was Divine. He tried to drown it with water but failed. He tried to burn it with fire, but failed. Finally he tried to stab it with a blade, but this failed too. His child was given the same ability as Life had. He could regenerate his ageless body. He could live forever.
When Mother and Father found out that Life had a child with a human they were furious. As punishment, they took away all the siblingsâ ability to live forever. Now, when they died, they would die for good. To take away Lifeâs power wouldnât be fair though, so instead they let him keep his power, but now he would age. Every time he died, he would come back to life one year older than the time before. He would eventually die for good and join the rest of his brothers and sisters in the Divine Afterlife with Mother and Father.
The siblings became mad at Life and Mother and Father. As a way to get back at them, they began to have children with as many humans as possible before dying. All of their children possessed the same powers as they did from birth. These children gave birth to their own children, but they didnât have the same enlightened power until they were twelve and they were a lot weaker than their parents.
The only one that didnât have children was the child of Life and Death themselves. He lived a regular life for as long as possible, but he quickly became detached as people around him started dying and he still lived an ageless life. He became very isolated and left the general population so he would never have to face death again.
âI have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamour, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmosphere of tepid scepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary.â
â Joseph Conrad
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