Myth and Mytera
(The Spark of Life)
By Chevar
It is said that The gods each live in their own lands on other planes of existance. Each god has their own function and task, and not all of these divinities enjoyed their roles. Over time there were rebellions, but one God against many is a battle that is doomed from the start.
Several divine powers were cast out from their lands because they had become to troublesome. Sargana, the goddess of strategy, diplomacy, and war, formed a secret alliance with several banished gods, and waged war across the planes. In time they were victorious, but cost of the battle was incredibly high. the very fabric of the reality which bound their plane together was destroyed.
This damaged plane endangered the multiverse. The balance between law and chaos had been disrupted, and it was spreading. In the end the gods had to send the shattered world into a pocket dimension. Sargana and her allies were imprisoned for ages beyond number.
A bold and mischevious young god, Loki, learned of their imprisonment, and sought to free them. He was, however, stopped before they could be liberated. The leaders of each of the planes came together to find a way to prevent the possibility of them ever being freed. Sargana and those loyal to her were condemned to eternal suffering within the very plane which they had desicrated.
Upon their arrival they discovered that during the time of their imprisonment their plane had found it's own balance. It had become an echo of its origin, an alternate dimension to the one they had left, but they were alone. There were no other gods. It was a cold and barren place. Without anyone to worship them, they would all fade from existance.
Each of them created creatures, and races they had once known. There creations were flawed in that they did not posess the history and upbringing of those they sought to duplicate. Their ability to create live was imperfect.
This imperfection enraged Sargana, so she set out to create a perfect being which would have dominion over all others. Her creation looked like a human with beautiful feathery wings, and it was good and just.
Kultan, one of Sargana's former generals, was angered by this new creation. Chaos had been nearly striken from the world. He grew bored and restless, and sought to undo Sargana's creation. He created his own 'perfect being', and it was dark, and chaotic. This creature was known as Korog, and it battled with Sargana's creation for a thousand years, until her angelic creation was scorched, and defeated.
Sargana imprisoned Korog deep within Mytera. Kultan and Sargana quarreled for ages, manipulating the events within Mytera.
Moruhasi, god of wisdom, sought to end the feuding. The battles waged on, and the neutral god could not stop them, nor could he maintain the balance.
Sirul, the goddess of nature, provided Moruhasi with a way to end the conflict. Together they created a foul creature which was the bane of all living things. This creature, known today only as "the Dark One", sought to consume all living things within Mytera.
Sargana and Kultan both sought to stop this abomination. Sargana's 'perfect being' was returned to mytera to help battle against the abomination. The people of mytera, named the servant of Sargana "Scorched One". Korog planted the seeds of chaos in hundreds of mortals, allowing many of them to achieve nearly godlike powers.
In the end the inhabitants of mytera defeated the Dark One. The gods struggled to remove all traces of their struggle from Mytera, so the world could find it's own balance once again.
Through the ages many things have been forgotten, but know this the Dark One was defeated, not destroyed. The Scorched One was destroyed during the last battle against against the abomination. Somewhere within the bowels of Mytera Korog struggles to find a way to free itself, and the gods seem to have forgotten about a terror greater than the Dark One.
