At
the beginning of time, all of reality and being was a single entity;
a totality of all consciousness and experience. It was a fractal,
perfectly balanced existence, where every thing worked as one unit in
perfect harmony. This entity was a gemstone; a perfect and flawless
thing with all parts existing to serve all other parts, and all parts
elated above all other parts. While containing all colors; the gem is
said to have been “mostly blue” and as such is sometimes called
the Sacred Sapphire; and before it was shattered to make the world,
it was what everything was. While too abstract for living beings to
fully understand, the totality of peaceful euphoria of this state
has been given a moniker; Awe.
This
state of awe was lost when a crack appeared; shattering and
destroying the gemstone in a cataclysmic instant. The colors and
shine from this gem spilled out everywhere; becoming the sky and
ocean, the earth and mist, all animals and all plants were created
from it. The shining brilliance of the gemstone condensed and became
the sun, where as the soft subtle sheen of its facets became the
moons and stars. Nobody knows what caused this great shattering; some
believe it to have been the work of a nameless thing, or a rebellion
or “fall from grace” from within the gem itself, and yet others
think the gemstone shatters itself, to somehow enhance its own
perfect beauty in a never ending cycle.
Now;
many living beings worship this sapphire and its true nature as the
true nature of all reality. They know that this life is a temporary,
transient state, as all consciousness will be rejoined to Awe; death
and life restore the shattered bits of gemstone, as the experiences
one has in life and death help recreate the total oneness in Awe.
Blue is the most sacred color, and while Red is associated with “the
enemy”, all colors exist within Awe. Sages are said to channel the
power of Awe in their prayers and will; their own light and healing
restoring the fabric and color to the world's wrongness. Immortality
and the undead are blasphemous, as they slow the rebuilding of the
way things are meant to be.
When
the world was still young; there was a man. The Red God is a being of
great power that has long lived as the first man; a patriarch of many
beings. Laying alongside the eldest beings and creatures, the Red God
has created family and mingled blood between many beings, and is the
father of all the intelligent “monster” races. It is said that
the Red God was the rebellious spark that shattered Awe apart, or
others believe he existed outside of the Sapphire, and caused the
shattering to create a world. Many more claim he was came to be
afterwards; far after the beasts and monsters of the world.
The
Red God still lives to this day- the ruler of the Red Cult and ruler
of all monstrous races; despite the fact that his children are lost. Monstrous races fight amongst themselves, worship lesser beings, or
mingle among the mortal folk. If the Red God were to unite all his
children once more; he would have dominion over the entire world. He
is a warrior and conqueror God. The magic of spellcraft and Wizardry
is seen as a necessarily evil; as it is weakness to rely on the power
of the cosmos when you have power from within- The supernaturally
skillful, strong, and naturally gifted abilities; as well as the
culturally taught and learned magical powers, these are to be
cherished and cultivated.
Now;
some beings worship the Red God as their father or leader. According
to teachings of the Red One; immortality is an utmost goal and should
be sought, as death and rejoining with “the Awe” is the death of
one's ego and one's own control over the world; ones own destiny is
in their own hands. When his followers perish, they are reborn into
the bodies of new beings; sometimes changed by their deeds or given
new titles and powers- all to avoid being lost forever to the lie of
universal oneness. Being subsumed into something greater then oneself
is no different then being consumed.
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