The following document was recovered in-game at Zealot Event 1. It represents the first chapters of The Fall of Le’Neris, a myth held in the Cloisters.
Chapter I: The Jealous God
The creation of Hyrnedhna by Me’me’suul, Mynair by Gu’labir, and Opix by Pel’Pyri ushered in an age of wonder and inspiration. As the new Gods came of age, so too did Mortal worship: the Pantheon watched as these creations of the Gods served as muses to Mortals’ own innovation and creativity.
Me’me’suul’s Hyrnedhna brought forth the people of the Wilds, and the forests sang equally with revelry and the Hunt. Gu’labir’s Mynair welcomed the people of the shores and seas, and the coastlines exploded in shrines and celebration. And Opix–the true favored of Pel’Pyri–conjured delight and change among the Mortals. All across the Realm, the three Made Gods invited reverence and joy.
Faeris’lyr, a child rather than a creation of Gods, congratulated such efforts. He considered his Mother’s creation, Opix, to be a half-sibling and invited Opix to join in the Pantheon’s festivities. One night, after one of these celebrations, Faeris’lyr had a dream: he saw Opix sitting alongside him, a God of the Pantheon. The next day, Faeris’lyr–in recognition of both his mother and the tremendous power of a God’s might–welcomed Opix to the Pantheon. The young God ascended happily, sitting between their maker and Faeris’lyr himself.
Me’me’suul and Gu’labir were pleased by this: they had long since lost track of their own creations, but admired Faeris’lyr’s decision to honor Pel’Pyri’s work. Pel’Pyri was deeply honored and thanked her son–the first time the Goddess of Fire and Destruction had ever truly expressed gratitude to her children.
However, Le’Neris–father of Faeris’lyr and Vaer’ine, King of Tides and Life–looked on only angrily. He was displeased by Faeris’lyr’s decision and even more displeased by the popularity of Hyrnedhna and Mynair. As the Pantheon celebrated Opix, Le’Neris grew all the more bitter.
One day, Le’Neris called his youngest daughter, Vaer’ine, to his quarters. Le’Neris explained to Vaer’ine that another of his own children must ascend to the Pantheon. He told her that he had decided that Vaer’ine, as Goddess of the Hearth, must join her brother on the Pantheon.
Vaer’ine was overjoyed until she heard her father’s reasoning.
Le’Neris explained that if Pel’lyra, Goddess of Song and Beauty, joined, the other Gods might grow jealous. Similarly, if Faeris’lyr’s brothers–Myrim’lyr and Beo’lyr–ascended, Faeris’lyr might show them too much favoritism. Vaer’ine, he instructed, was the most unimpressive of the children and, therefore, a fitting God to maintain the Dynasty’s balance.
Vaer’ine, insulted, nevertheless assented to her father’s request. “For the Family,” she told him grimly.
Chapter II: The Young Gods
For some time, this arrangement pleased Le’Neris: though superficially plainer than her siblings, Vaer’ine was nevertheless a skilled negotiator and a cunning diplomat. She was able to woo the impulsive whims of Me’me’suul to her side, and she even managed, on occassion, to impress Gu’labir, even though the Hedonist Prince vocally disliked the Princess of the Hearth. Faeris’lyr came to rely on Vaer’ine’s keen judgment, and Le’neris, whispering in Vaer’ine’s ear, found that his whispers went far further then they had before.
However, this did not stop the movements of Gods outside the Pantheon.
To Le’neris’s great distaste, Steramestei and Kasamei grew ever more popular.
Moving freely in the minds and hearts of Mortals, the Sisters quickly established followings rivaling any of the lone Pantheon Gods. And, to Le’neris’s embarrassment, the young God Nepheris–son of Tel’Nephri and Faeris’lyr–had begun study under both Sisters. From Steramestei, the young God learned the hearts of Mortals, and, from Kasamei, he learned of their fears. Walking with the Sisters, Nepheris walked among Mortals, amassing his own small following as he learned the ways of the Mortal world.
To Le’neris’s utmost rage, however, good tidings also befell Mynair and Hyrnedhna. The Goddess of the Sea and the Goddess of the Woods ran not just with Mortals but with the wild creatures, the Mynaira and Hyrnedhnai. Such creatures, though not immortal, were nevertheless powerful and beyond the Pantheon’s control. The young God Beodhen, brother of Nepheris, took to running with both the Goddess of the Sea and the Woods, learning the ways of wild things. Such actions, Le’Neris sputtered, were unbecoming of the Dynasty.
Le’neris commanded Vaer’ine to take her young nephews in stride. Begrudgingly, the Goddess did: she did not think of herself as nursemaid to any God, let alone the children of her older brother. However, slowly, Vaer’ine came to appreciate the boys: Nepheris had an intellect rivaling even herself and Gu’labir, and Beodhen was as vibrant as Pel’Pyri and as charming as Myris’lyr. As the young Gods aged into young men, Vaer’ine found herself growing increasingly fond of them.
Le’neris also found himself thinking fondly of Beodhen and Nepheris, despite growing increasingly frustrated with his son, Faeris’lyr, and the mother of his children, Pel’Pyri.
Faeris’lyr, according to his father Le’neris, was unable to maintain his own court. He listened equally to not just his father and sister Vaer’ine but also to the meddlesome Gu’labir and tempestuous Me’me’suul. Meetings between the Gods frequently broke into chaotic quarrel, aided by Pel’Pyri’s Devotion to her own creation, Opix. Even Vaer’s ine, one of endless patience, grew annoyed with the demanding whims of the elder Gods. More troublesome still, the children of T’Myrim and Zyr’Zane, T’Zyri and T’Rer, regularly made their wants known: whispering mightily into Faeris’lyr’s ear, the Twin Gods received boons far exceeding (what Le’neris imagined was) their station.
However, none of this angered Le’neris as much as the other deity of the tides.
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