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Gæa
Creation Myth's
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Author: Tony Den
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Publishing date: 19.08.2002 15:57
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GÆA
Thus began the god war, which raged for hundreds of years, until the numbers of the great dragons and titans were thinned to near extinction. Gæa suffered greatly during the war, which drowned the land in fire and spilled blood, sundered continents and tore great rents into the very fabric of existence, allowing exotic gods and creatures like humans, dwarves and elves to make their way onto the surface from their own worlds. As Gæa suffered, so did the race of dragons, for they were bound to Gæa. The great dragons became fewer and fewer, their offspring but a mere shadow of their forefathers in size, intellect and strength.
The younger gods had grown up during the god war and seen how it had all but destroyed Gæa, their birthright. While not powerful as great as their elder god parents, they were more numerous. The elder gods had done nothing to stop the godwar, rather encouraging the combatants. Fanning the flames when each side looked ready to call a truce and providing divine aid or retribution to ensure that both sides remained evenly matched while they enjoyed the spectacle from their palaces in the clouds and highest mountains. While the younger gods were not above sibling rivalry and their own hates and dislikes, they were able to overcome such childish folly and move against the elder gods, ousting them from power and forcing them to flee the surface of Gæa, to live in another realm, where their power to manipulate events on Gæa was rendered almost useless.
Without the elder gods intervention, a truce was called. The godwar which had almost destroyed Gæa was finally over, but at what a price. Great fire blackened deserts covered land where once lush forests and steppes had grown. Islands which were once mountain peaks were all that remained of some continents which had been drowned beneath salty waves and foul, unnatural creatures warped by sorcery, a vile titan magic, fed upon the carcasses of so many dead, whose spirits blew on the wind, unable to find rest.
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