Kainna (Creator) (F)

Elaen (Mistress of the Forests) (F)

Adondra (Bringer of Harvests) (F)

Graem (Master of Water) (M)

Zaolla (Mother of Birth) (F)

Araessi (Mistress of Evil) (F)

Adralis (Lord of Death) (M)

Nydelik (Raiser of Mountains) (M)

Naeria (Lady of the Sand) (F)

Asurin (Lord of Pain) (M)

The Beginnings of Adellion (Dal Accounting)

From the infinite darkness of time she came. She had gazed upon the countless worlds of the heavens and frowned. She would make a world that rivaled all those before her. With a passing thought to each of these worlds, Kainna reached into the heavens and gathered to herself a piece of the darkness. With gentle hands, she molded the darkness into a world, and in the glow of her divine light, the world was thus created.

As Kainna looked upon the world, she smiled softly and with a gentle hand, began to fashion and mold the world into her perfect vision. She created lush green forests upon the world so that it may breathe life. These forest would be her children upon the world. They would grow and cover much of the lands. Then she created all the blue waters upon the world to help nourish and feed all life upon the world. She created the tall mountains so her children upon the lands would reach to the heavens and see their mother. As her breath swept across the lands, lush green meadows sprung up behind it. Her children would have the meadows of the lands as their playground. There was much happiness from her children. The shouts of joy and happiness filled Kainna's heart to the brim of eternal happiness. She then took the world and placed it in the heavens and gently spun it for all to witness its beauty.

"Since thee art the glittering jewel of mine own heart, I shall name thee Adellion", said Kainna.

As the world grew, Kainna watched patiently over it, nurturing and tending to every need that arose. But her children began to feel alone. Her children reached into the heavens and cried for companionship. She began to feel their pain and suffering. She felt much compassion towards her hurt children.

Thus Kainna reached onto Adellion and with a stroke of her hand a few of her children were blessed into her likeness. They would move about the world tending it and fulfilling her role as Kainna saw fit. The first one she fashioned and named her Elaen. She would be the mistress and caretaker over all of Kainna's children. Next she fashion into her likeness another and named her Adondra. Adondra would ensure the world of Adellion was bountiful of food and did not hunger. Next she fashioned Zaolla and gave her the power of creation itself. She would become the Mother of Birth now. She could, with a stroke of her hand, create wondrous life upon Adellion.

Kainna watched over Zaolla as she attempted to create life for the first time. Zaolla attempted to created a life from the trees as Kainna has done. However, the life that was created did not appear in the likeness of Kainna. It was different in some ways. So Zaolla called him Graem (which means, Zaolla's Other). Graem would assist Zaolla by ensuring the world had bountiful water to drink from. Kainna was very pleased with her children and told them to watch over Adellion as she had done from the beginnings of time itself. As time passed, Zaolla created much life upon the world of Adellion. From the smallest of insects to the mightiest of beasts. It pleased Kainna greatly as her children's suffering was eased considerably. They once again reached towards the heavens in praise of her wonders.

As the children of Adellion played, the world of Adellion became boring. Everything had been explored and there were a great many questions left unanswered by Kainna. So the children began to talk amongst themselves. What would make the world of Adellion a challenge? What would make Adellion a place of opportunity? Zaolla pondered all this and much more. It seemed as if a eternity had passed when Zaolla stood up and created life once more. But something was wrong. She knew this immediately because the soils around where she created life turned into barren wastelands of sand and dirt. All life within a radius of the creation had died on the spot and in a instant. Great sacrifices were made as thousands upon Adellion screamed in horror of the pain just done. There, amidst the sands, stood a likeness of Zaolla. But this likewise bore a semblance of something dark, something evil.

This likeness gazed up at Zaolla and said, "Thank you my sister, I am called Araessi (which in the old tongue means Evil Twin of Zaolla)". Before Zaolla could summon Kainna, Araessi was gone. All that remained was the sands from which she was birthed and the screams of thousands of children. Kainna heard the screams and rushed to her daughter's side. But it was too late.

Kainna did her best to comfort her daughter. But her daughter had already bore too much of the pain and sorrow from the failed creation. Guilt and grief stricken, Zaolla remained helpless to act. Kainna realized that if she did not do something soon her dearest daughter would be lost to her. Kainna knew what she had to do. She also knew what it would do to Adellion and forever change it. Kainna cried a thousand tears as she reached into Zaolla and pulled from her the essences of the troubles and formed them into entities. For one can never use the power of creation to destroy. It can only be used to create life. Thus she named them, Adralis (Lord of Death), Nydelik (Raiser of Mountains), Naeria (Lady of the Sand), and Asurin (Lord of Pain).

"Now go, bother Zaolla no more for she is thy mother and thou shall respect her", said Kainna.

It was then that Adellion learned of darkness and light, Chaos and Order. It was then that the world knew fear but also learned courage. In time, Zaolla recovered, but she had lost a big portion of herself. Zaolla knew something deep inside her had changed and that the power of creation had brought forth the darkest of her inner secrets. She vowed to Kainna to watch over them and make sure they did not change Adellion. Kainna smiled at her daughter and explained that world was be given the choice to follow it's heart from this day forth. It would be given the chance to lead it's destinies as it saw fit.

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