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The three gods of the elements struggled to control their realms against the chaos brought on by Death. Baliol battled great hurricanes, typhoons, and tidal waves that attempted to tear the very soul from the sea. On the earth, great quakes and volcanoes shook the ground deep into the realm of Hastur. Even the airy domain of Blacklock swirled with great tornadoes and whirlwinds. Far above the highest clouds, the goddesses of the heavens also felt the chaos. Melandrea, the Sun, oftentimes went black during the heat of the day. Comets and meteors filled the darkness of the night, the realm of Karelia, Goddess of the Stars. Oakentree saw that all good must be balanced by evil, all law by chaos, and all life by death. He reveled in the life of Summer and mourned the death of Winter. And so the epochs passed. The primitive races evolved slowly, inconsequential and insignificant. The Elder Gods were unchallenged, supreme.

Seasons came and went, great storms raged and died, the earth shook and then rested, and through all of this the Elder Gods grew more dormant, the equilibrium of the forces of nature lulling them to sleep. In the Realm, the animals of the earth and sea continued to evolve. It is during this time that the elves and dwarves began to form into the earliest civilizations. Mankind, with their short life spans and warlike tendencies, were prolific if not as advanced as their elven and dwarven cousins. The Realm was a place of great change and progress. The arrival of a fiery chariot from the heavens passed almost unnoticed, as such events had occurred many times over the eons. It was a day no different than any other, and yet a day that future generations of religious and historical scholars would call the beginning of Godstime.

Human cultures across the Realm tell different stories of this epic event. In the Western Empire, the ancient philosophers tell the tale of two gods, Death and Fate, coming down from the sky and walking the face of the earth seeking the most promising race on which to bestow the secrets of their technology. It was in the fertile Valley of Rembia in the heart of the Western Empire, that these two supreme gods, ended their quest. Choosing the primitives that lived there as their pupils, they showed them magic and technology. The early pictographs of the dark-skinned races indigenous to the tropical lands of the East show images of thirty gods, riding in flaming chariots, glowing in silver, with swords that cut with light. These beings, known to Western historians as the First Tribe, are shown in the skies above great temples and bloody sacrifices. It was at this time that the domain of Susanowo (Baliol) was conquered by the great ships and sailors of the Tang Empire far to the South. Tradition holds that their naval skills were gifts from great gods who sailed over the water without touching its surface.

Which of these traditions are true may never be known. Perhaps all. Perhaps none. However, it is generally held by scholars that the development and evolution of the human races proceeded with incredible speed. Settlements were built, fire was discovered and mastered, and, in the span of sixty generations, mankind became warriors. In his arrogance, mankind had forgotten the Elder Gods, their elemental power and their fury. They had become pawns in a cosmic game of chess. Man served the New Gods, who gave them knowledge, power, and mastery over the other beasts of the Realm. The game was staged. On one side, the Elder Gods, long dormant and almost forgotten were stirring to life. On the other side, the New Gods, armed with great power and the armies of man, challenged them. The board was nothing less than the world itself.

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 [[File:blacklock.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Blacklock, God of the Air]]
-The beginning of time is known as Godstime.  [[In The Beginning|Creation stories]] tell of the formation of the world and its population by the [[The Elder Gods|Elder Gods]].
+The beginning of time is known as Godstime.  [[In The Beginning|Creation myths]] tell of the formation of the world and its population by the [[The Elder Gods|Elder Gods]].
 == Godstime: The Pre-History of the Races ==

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-== The Elder Gods ==
+[[File:blacklock.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Blacklock, God of the Air]]
-[[File:oakentree.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Oakentree, God of Nature]]
+The beginning of time is known as Godstime.  [[In The Beginning|Creation stories]] tell of the formation of the world and its population by the [[The Elder Gods|Elder Gods]].
 == Godstime: The Pre-History of the Races ==
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 The most important tale from this time comes from the [[Druids of Oakentree]], although the tales itself predates the organization by hundreds of years.  The Druid tradition tells of a strange battle at the dawn of the First Age.  In the days after the arrival of the Dark Moon, it is said that Oakentree's power began to wain.  Inconsequential at first, the effects of this sickness began to accelerate: the trees became blighted - the air and water becoming murky and rancid, the animals sickly.  It was as if the forest itself was dying.  The elves worked tirelessly to protect their land.  It is said the battle turned when [[Order of the Silver Acorn|Eldevera]] dropped a thousand staves that were taken by the elves to every corner of the forest.  Using the staves as sounding sticks, a constant song was sung to awaken Oakentree and warn him of the danger.  The elves were successful, but as Oakentree awoke, it is said that the other Elder Gods did not.  Instead, they fell into a deep slumber that would last three thousand years - until they were released from their prison and returned to the land.
-The imprisonment of the Elder Gods, the arrival of the [[The Netherworld|Dark Moon]], and the winter that lasted twenty years, marked the end Godstime.  The [[Timeline|First Age]] had begun.
+The imprisonment of the Elder Gods, the arrival of the [[The Netherworld|Dark Moon]], and the winter that lasted twenty years, marked the end of Godstime.  The [[Timeline|First Age]] had begun.

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 == The Elder Gods ==
 [[File:oakentree.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Oakentree, God of Nature]]
-Every culture has its own myths and legends about the [[In The Beginning|creation of the Realm]]. As cultures mix and stories get passed from generation to generation these stories transform. New deities come forward, and old ones are discarded.
+Every culture has its own [[In The Beginning|Creation Myth]]. As cultures mix and stories get passed from generation to generation these stories transform. New deities come forward, and old ones are discarded.
 The generally accepted story of creation told by the human inhabitants of the Reaches late in the Third Age, tells of eight beings known as the Elder Gods. These "gods" represent the elemental forces of the world, and their tales most likely have been passed down from the earliest inhabitants of the Realm. Personification of the Elder Gods has been reported countless times since the dawn of civilization. However, rumors of the human forms of the Elder Gods have never been substantiated by the academic population.

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 The generally accepted story of creation told by the human inhabitants of the Reaches late in the Third Age, tells of eight beings known as the Elder Gods. These "gods" represent the elemental forces of the world, and their tales most likely have been passed down from the earliest inhabitants of the Realm. Personification of the Elder Gods has been reported countless times since the dawn of civilization. However, rumors of the human forms of the Elder Gods have never been substantiated by the academic population.
 <ul>
-<li>'''Death''' - Death is the most mutable figure among the Elder Gods, as it appears in different guises to different peoples of the Realm. In the Reaches, the most common vision of Death is that of a tall, thin man dressed in tattered robes with a cowled hood. He carries a large polearm, although many claim this is a tattered banner of the house from which he is collecting his next soul. Others claim it is a scythe. The only constant in Death's description is the smell of decay and the grave that always surrounds his appearance.  In the Old Kingdom, Death is often accompanied by Fate, a young woman, covered with tattoos and the milky-white eyes of the blind.
+<li>'''Death''' - Death is the most mutable figure among the Elder Gods, as it appears in different guises to different peoples of the Realm. In the Reaches, the most common vision of Death is that of a tall, thin man dressed in tattered black robes with a cowled hood. He carries a large polearm, although many claim this is a worn banner of the house from which he is collecting his next soul. Others claim it is a scythe. The only constant in Death's description is the smell of decay and the grave that always surrounds his appearance.  In the Old Kingdom, Death is often accompanied by Fate, an old woman covered with tattoos and the milky-white eyes of the blind.
 <li>'''Melandrea''', Goddess of the Sun - Descriptions of Melandrea portray her as a young woman of alabaster skin dressed in simple yellow robes with a dark yellow silken sash. All visions of the Goddess of the Sun have rays of light streaming from her head, forming a bright yellow aura that obscures her face and features in a halo of sunshine. Some have claimed she has angel's wings.
 <li>'''Blacklock''', God of the Air - The mist-shrouded form of Blacklock, when described in human form, is a man, oftentimes middle-aged but always with powerful features and an ominous countenance, storm-like and full of rage. His features are cloud-like, white with streaks of dark grey. Blacklock is often depicted as balding with a fringe of flowing white cloud-like hair and a streaming mustache and beard of clouds.
-<li>'''Baliol''', Warder of the Seas - The sightings of Baliol are almost always from sailors, storm-ridden and fearing for their lives. The creature appears sometimes one hundred feet tall, towering over ship and sailor.  At others, it is a mass of black tentacles gripping a ship in a tightening terror, glimpsed only by the sudden flash of nearby lightning.
+<li>'''Baliol''', Warder of the Seas - The sightings of Baliol are almost always from sailors, storm-ridden and fearing for their lives. The creature sometimes appears to be one hundred feet tall, towering over ship and sailor.  At others, it is a mass of black tentacles gripping a ship in a tightening terror, glimpsed only by the sudden flash of nearby lightning. A recent cult, [[The Gyre]], has arisen in the Eastern Reaches proclaiming Baliol as their god.
 <li>'''Karelia''', Goddess of the Stars - Visions of Karelia are common amongst the dreamers and fortune tellers of the Realm. She is always a young woman dressed in a white gown filled with starlight. Her hair is usually dark, mirroring the night skies, but filled with tiny flickering, star-like jewels. Stars seem to trail around her form dancing with a life all their own.
 <li>'''Hastur''', Master of Stone - In visions, Hastur, appears as a low-lying fog, hugging the ground. It is always calm when Hastur arrives, still and without breeze. As the fog of Hastur's form rises from the ground, some have told of a form, human-like but with elongated arms and a misshapen head - always a faint grey outline in the roiling mists.
-<li>[[Druids of Oakentree|'''Oakentree''',]] God of Nature - Oakentree is always seen in the form of a tree, usually an old man with a long beard of moss, large features of knotted wood, and a slow, deep voice resonating like the wind sweeping through an creaking ancient forest. His presence is always in a quiet grove or promordial woods, typically in the Evenwild.
+<li>[[Druids of Oakentree|'''Oakentree''',]] God of Nature - Oakentree is always seen in the form of a tree, usually an old man with a long beard of moss, large features of knotted wood, and a slow, deep voice resonating like the wind sweeping through a creaking ancient forest. His presence is always in a quiet grove or primordial woods, typically in the Evenwild.
-<li>'''Chronicler''' - The Chronicler is always an old man with wrinkled features. Some portray him as a ratman, others a human. He is always seen carrying a ponderously large tome, bound in gold. Sometime he also carries a gnarled wooden staff. His presence is always calming and gentle with air of studious curiosity.
+<li>'''Chronicler''' - The Chronicler is always an old man with wrinkled features. Some portray him as a ratman, others a human. He is always seen carrying a ponderously large tome, bound in gold. Sometime he also carries a gnarled wooden staff. His presence is always calming and gentle with air of studious curiosity. The Chronicler is rumored to be in the underground libraries at [[Librarians of Sarth|Sarth]].
 </ul>

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 The generally accepted story of creation told by the human inhabitants of the Reaches late in the Third Age, tells of eight beings known as the Elder Gods. These "gods" represent the elemental forces of the world, and their tales most likely have been passed down from the earliest inhabitants of the Realm. Personification of the Elder Gods has been reported countless times since the dawn of civilization. However, rumors of the human forms of the Elder Gods have never been substantiated by the academic population.
 <ul>
-<li>Death - ''(NOTE: In some cultures, Death is portrayed as a male figure with a female figure, Fate, as his bride.)''
+<li>'''Death''' - Death is the most mutable figure among the Elder Gods, as it appears in different guises to different peoples of the Realm. In the Reaches, the most common vision of Death is that of a tall, thin man dressed in tattered robes with a cowled hood. He carries a large polearm, although many claim this is a tattered banner of the house from which he is collecting his next soul. Others claim it is a scythe. The only constant in Death's description is the smell of decay and the grave that always surrounds his appearance.  In the Old Kingdom, Death is often accompanied by Fate, a young woman, covered with tattoos and the milky-white eyes of the blind.
-<li>Melandrea, Goddess of the Sun <br>
+<li>'''Melandrea''', Goddess of the Sun - Descriptions of Melandrea portray her as a young woman of alabaster skin dressed in simple yellow robes with a dark yellow silken sash. All visions of the Goddess of the Sun have rays of light streaming from her head, forming a bright yellow aura that obscures her face and features in a halo of sunshine. Some have claimed she has angel's wings.
-<li>Blacklock, God of the Air <br>
+<li>'''Blacklock''', God of the Air - The mist-shrouded form of Blacklock, when described in human form, is a man, oftentimes middle-aged but always with powerful features and an ominous countenance, storm-like and full of rage. His features are cloud-like, white with streaks of dark grey. Blacklock is often depicted as balding with a fringe of flowing white cloud-like hair and a streaming mustache and beard of clouds.
-<li>Baliol, Warder of the Seas <br>
+<li>'''Baliol''', Warder of the Seas - The sightings of Baliol are almost always from sailors, storm-ridden and fearing for their lives. The creature appears sometimes one hundred feet tall, towering over ship and sailor.  At others, it is a mass of black tentacles gripping a ship in a tightening terror, glimpsed only by the sudden flash of nearby lightning.
-<li>Karelia, Goddess of the Stars <br>
+<li>'''Karelia''', Goddess of the Stars - Visions of Karelia are common amongst the dreamers and fortune tellers of the Realm. She is always a young woman dressed in a white gown filled with starlight. Her hair is usually dark, mirroring the night skies, but filled with tiny flickering, star-like jewels. Stars seem to trail around her form dancing with a life all their own.
-<li>Hastur, Master of Stone <br>
+<li>'''Hastur''', Master of Stone - In visions, Hastur, appears as a low-lying fog, hugging the ground. It is always calm when Hastur arrives, still and without breeze. As the fog of Hastur's form rises from the ground, some have told of a form, human-like but with elongated arms and a misshapen head - always a faint grey outline in the roiling mists.
-<li>[[Druids of Oakentree|Oakentree, God of Nature]] <br>
+<li>[[Druids of Oakentree|'''Oakentree''',]] God of Nature - Oakentree is always seen in the form of a tree, usually an old man with a long beard of moss, large features of knotted wood, and a slow, deep voice resonating like the wind sweeping through an creaking ancient forest. His presence is always in a quiet grove or promordial woods, typically in the Evenwild.
-<li>Chronicler <br>
+<li>'''Chronicler''' - The Chronicler is always an old man with wrinkled features. Some portray him as a ratman, others a human. He is always seen carrying a ponderously large tome, bound in gold. Sometime he also carries a gnarled wooden staff. His presence is always calming and gentle with air of studious curiosity.
 </ul>

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	The most important tale from this time comes from the [[Druids of Oakentree]], although the tales itself predates the organization by hundreds of years. The Druid tradition tells of a strange battle at the dawn of the First Age. In the days after the arrival of the Dark Moon, it is said that Oakentree's power began to wain. Inconsequential at first, the effects of this sickness began to accelerate: the trees became blighted - the air and water becoming murky and rancid, the animals sickly. It was as if the forest itself was dying. The elves worked tirelessly to protect their land. It is said the battle turned when [[Order of the Silver Acorn\|Eldevera]] dropped a thousand staves that were taken by the elves to every corner of the forest. Using the staves as sounding sticks, a constant song was sung to awaken Oakentree and warn him of the danger. The elves were successful, but as Oakentree awoke, it is said that the other Elder Gods did not. Instead, they fell into a deep slumber that would last three thousand years - until they were released from their prison and returned to the land.		The most important tale from this time comes from the [[Druids of Oakentree]], although the tales itself predates the organization by hundreds of years. The Druid tradition tells of a strange battle at the dawn of the First Age. In the days after the arrival of the Dark Moon, it is said that Oakentree's power began to wain. Inconsequential at first, the effects of this sickness began to accelerate: the trees became blighted - the air and water becoming murky and rancid, the animals sickly. It was as if the forest itself was dying. The elves worked tirelessly to protect their land. It is said the battle turned when [[Order of the Silver Acorn\|Eldevera]] dropped a thousand staves that were taken by the elves to every corner of the forest. Using the staves as sounding sticks, a constant song was sung to awaken Oakentree and warn him of the danger. The elves were successful, but as Oakentree awoke, it is said that the other Elder Gods did not. Instead, they fell into a deep slumber that would last three thousand years - until they were released from their prison and returned to the land.

−	The imprisonment of the Elder Gods, the arrival of the Dark Moon, and the winter that lasted twenty years, marked the end Godstime. The [[Timeline\|First Age]] had begun.	+	The imprisonment of the Elder Gods, the arrival of the [[The Netherworld\|Dark Moon]], and the winter that lasted twenty years, marked the end Godstime. The [[Timeline\|First Age]] had begun.

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-The three gods of the elements struggled to control their realms against the chaos brought on by Death. Baliol battled great hurricanes, typhoons, and tidal waves that attempted to tear the very soul from the sea. On the earth, great quakes and volcanoes shook the ground deep into the realm of Hastur. Even the airy domain of Blacklock swirled with great tornadoes and whirlwinds. Far above the highest clouds, the goddesses of the heavens also felt the chaos. Melandrea, the Sun, oftentimes went black during the heat of the day. Comets and meteors filled the darkness of the night, the realm of Karelia, Goddess of the Stars. Oakentree saw that all good must be balanced by evil, all law by chaos, and all life by death. He reveled in the life of Summer and mourned the death of Winter. And so the epochs passed. The primitive races evolved slowly, inconsequential and insignificant. The Elder Gods were unchallenged, supreme.
+== The Elder Gods ==
-Seasons came and went, great storms raged and died, the earth shook and then rested, and through all of this the Elder Gods grew more dormant, the equilibrium of the forces of nature lulling them to sleep. In the Realm, the animals of the earth and sea continued to evolve. It is during this time that the elves and dwarves began to form into the earliest civilizations. Mankind, with their short life spans and warlike tendencies, were prolific if not as advanced as their elven and dwarven cousins. The Realm was a place of great change and progress. The arrival of a fiery chariot from the heavens passed almost unnoticed, as such events had occurred many times over the eons. It was a day no different than any other, and yet a day that future generations of religious and historical scholars would call the beginning of Godstime.
+The generally accepted story of creation told by the human inhabitants of the Reaches late in the Third Age, tells of eight beings known as the Elder Gods. These "gods" represent the elemental forces of the world, and their tales most likely have been passed down from the earliest inhabitants of the Realm. Personification of the Elder Gods has been reported countless times since the dawn of civilization. However, rumors of the human forms of the Elder Gods have never been substantiated by the academic population.
-Human cultures across the Realm tell different stories of this epic event. In the Western Empire, the ancient philosophers tell the tale of two gods, Death and Fate, coming down from the sky and walking the face of the earth seeking the most promising race on which to bestow the secrets of their technology. It was in the fertile Valley of Rembia in the heart of the Western Empire, that these two supreme gods, ended their quest. Choosing the primitives that lived there as their pupils, they showed them magic and technology. The early pictographs of the dark-skinned races indigenous to the tropical lands of the East show images of thirty gods, riding in flaming chariots, glowing in silver, with swords that cut with light. These beings, known to Western historians as the First Tribe, are shown in the skies above great temples and bloody sacrifices. It was at this time that the domain of Susanowo (Baliol) was conquered by the great ships and sailors of the Tang Empire far to the South. Tradition holds that their naval skills were gifts from great gods who sailed over the water without touching its surface.
+== Godstime: The Pre-History of the Races ==
-Which of these traditions are true may never be known. Perhaps all. Perhaps none. However, it is generally held by scholars that the development and evolution of the human races proceeded with incredible speed. Settlements were built, fire was discovered and mastered, and, in the span of sixty generations, mankind became warriors. In his arrogance, mankind had forgotten the Elder Gods, their elemental power and their fury. They had become pawns in a cosmic game of chess. Man served the New Gods, who gave them knowledge, power, and mastery over the other beasts of the Realm. The game was staged. On one side, the Elder Gods, long dormant and almost forgotten were stirring to life. On the other side, the New Gods, armed with great power and the armies of man, challenged them. The board was nothing less than the world itself.
+The three gods of the elements struggled to control their realms against the chaos brought on by Death. Baliol battled great hurricanes, typhoons, and tidal waves that attempted to tear the very soul from the sea. On the earth, great quakes and volcanoes shook the ground deep into the realm of Hastur. Even the airy domain of Blacklock swirled with great tornadoes and whirlwinds. Far above the highest clouds, the goddesses of the heavens also felt the chaos. Melandrea, the Sun, oftentimes went black during the heat of the day. Comets and meteors filled the darkness of the night, the realm of Karelia, Goddess of the Stars. Oakentree saw that all good must be balanced by evil, all law by chaos, and all life by death. He reveled in the life of Summer and mourned the death of Winter. And so the epochs passed. The Elder Gods were unchallenged, supreme.