Today I will share a little bit about the history of the setting depicted in the Attelius tookit for Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells. Each "Age" will have a general description and a table with random legends and beliefs connected to that period, which the Referee can use to inspire his games and create adventure hooks with.
Very little is known about the origins of this and any other world. However, much is speculated by the many Chroniclers of the Order.
There are many theories regarding these primal times sponsored by many different scholars from varying cultures. Each of them seem to favor their own people as the ones who bear the truth of this beginning. Of course, this generates much conflict and debate in the Order and among the People who defend their own vision above all else. Some wars have even fought because of these beliefs.
Generally, most cultures agree that before time began, only the Void existed, and a being formed by non existence decided it was time to create its counterpart of existence. How it happened and what it created differ greatly from each cultural however.
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The Many Origins
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First, there was the Void, the Nothing. But it had sentience. It realized it could only exist if there was something. The Void only made sense if there was something to contrast itself to. So out of nothing came everything. And along the many eons, we cherished everything but the Void. Now it hates everything that was created, and he wants to be alone again. - Senoloe, the Eyeless Prophet of Arthasia
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Nolean and Iarin, the Love Gods gave birth to everything there is. Through their constant orgies, between themselves and with everything they themselves created, more and more was born. All beings are thus brothers and sisters, but some are more pure than others. - Helea, the Great Mother of the Eleans
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The Universe we live is a lie, an illusion, the product of the dream of a dying god. We have little time left to live, but each second of the dying god’s life can be ages in our time. - Inolue, the Truth Seer of the Ongkheseans
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We created ourselves with our willingness to exist. All that has happened and will happen is the product of our own desires, fears and hopes. Zhar’Thorp, the Zartarian God-Emperor
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In the beginning it was all dark. Then Alios awakened from his sleep. The Sun God covered everything with his unforgiving and relentless light. No one could escape its gaze and all should obey him. But his light awoke Paluna, the moon goddess, and she sheltered us from the burning gaze and authoritarianism of Alios. She reflected only the light we needed from him, and provided us with shadows and a way to see our path. - Milanie, the Moon Priestess
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Before everything, there was only Chaos. Only monsters and daemons were created at this age. But one of them realised that there could be more. That beauty, peace, love and unity could exist. The threw his daemonic form away and became Rullikar. He created out of the discarded parts of his daemonic nature what we are today, proving we all can change if we accept him and fight the war against Chaos. - Silaya, the Prophet Queen
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Our Universe was empty. It didn’t exist. But the Ancients came to our dimension, fleeing from the Others that hunted them down in their original world. It was them who created everything we know and care for. They teached us to stand, to think, to talk, to create. But the Others followed them here, through the Void they attacked and brought back the old war. They had just one option: To go back and end it once and for all. - Aadhura, the Speaker if the Stars
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The raw elements were everything that existed for many ages. But they all got tired of one another and tried to create siblings, mixing their own matter. This continue to this day. Every day something new can be created. We are the result of creative ancestors, and we all have the responsibility to create our own world. - Issae, the Thaumaturge
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The was the primordial egg, containing both the essence of animals and that of men. When it hatched, animals and men worked together and the world prospered. But as the eons have passed, men and animal grew apart, distancing each other, forgetting they were once one and the same. Men became obsessed with himself, egotistical, cold. Animal became irrational, savage, brutal. Only when we realise we are one and the same, balance will be restored. - Guway, the Owl Guide of Ruman
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Ragar, the great serpent, created the world on her own body. Her sons, Solhain e Manehain were the sun and the moon, and would take care of her creation. But they were proud gods, and sought to get admiration from the mortal subjects, fighting each other for reverence. One day, however, Ragar will punish her sons. - Lokari, Archpriest of Solhain
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Yuzul, the first, was a lonely good. But he could not create anything. Loneliness took him over, and he committed suicide. From his entrails, life was born, and matter created. From his soul, came the spirits that surround us. We are all part of him, and he is everyone of us. - Kaellan, Speaker of Yuzul
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X’Zagoth, the frog god of secrets, created the universe with the song of his croaking. It’s only following the secret music of his croaking, and finding the secrets he left behind that humankind with achieve its well deserved place in the universe. - Baerankine, the Blood Sorcerer
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