The Creation Story (Belation)

A. AGAT (god, origin) – Anturion

In the beginning, there was the World Sphere, ruled by Agath and Rasathan. Agath bore the gift of creation, yet Rasathan possessed none; he could only destroy and corrupt. Agath walked above the Sphere, but Rasathan was condemned to dwell within it.

N. NETAT (nothing) – Netation

There was nothing; only emptiness and nonexistence. No time, no land, sea, or sky; no stars, sun, moon, or cloud. Rasathan wandered through the void, seeking something to destroy, yet found nothing. Agath, meanwhile, drifted through the emptiness and pondered what he might bring into being.

B. BELAT (beautiful, creative power) – Belation

First, Agath created time. But Rasathan twisted it, making it run backward, undoing all that Agath had wrought. Then Agath forged the World Stone to imprison him; yet Rasathan burrowed through it at once. The land lay dry and barren, and Rasathan roamed over it in frenzy, searching for something to corrupt. Finding none, he cursed Agath. Agath, however, was content.

Yet Agath saw that he needed light to behold the land he had made and to walk upon it in peace. Thus he created light: the golden Milon. Rasathan recoiled from it and sought to hide, but the empty land offered no refuge. In his fury, Rasathan overturned the mountains, riddling them with holes and caverns to escape the light. When this failed, he cast darkness across the world, and so night and day were born.

To drive him from his lairs, Agath drew forth the seas to cover the lands, filling them with purifying water, which Rasathan loathed above all else. He tried to destroy it with heat, but the water turned to steam, forming the clouds. Then he struck it with cold, and the waters froze, birthing snow and vast glaciers.

Agath then bestowed his creative power upon the barren earth. From it sprang lush trees and plants, drawing strength from his light and water until the desolate land bloomed with life. Rasathan withered them, stealing their water and scorching the soil, and thus the hot season came to be. When that failed, he froze the world, plunging it into a long, dark winter. In response, Agath created the blue Pelon to shine through the cold, though even it could not wholly banish the frost.

Next, Agath shaped wondrous creatures for the seas and the skies, fish adorned in vivid hues, and birds with great fins and gleaming feathers. Upon the land he set beasts that thrived on the earth’s plenty. But Rasathan seized these creations and twisted them into horrors: cruel, bloodthirsty monsters with jagged teeth and claws, enormous jaws that spewed fire or poison, dreadful roars, slimy tentacles, and vast, flapping wings. He set them upon each other to tear and devour.

F. FALANA (life, woman, mother) – Falanion

At last, Agath created Falana, the Mother Goddess, the bringer of life to all creatures and the soul of nature itself. She was beautiful and nurturing, and to her he gave the sacred gift of creation: the power to give life.

I. ISAMATSUR (man, father) – Isammation

Then Agath formed Isamatsur, the god-man, protector of life. He was brave, wise, and noble, a valiant guardian, lord of all lands and beasts.

Kha Gilgat and Triemelion (The Vision of the Triemelions) – Triemelion

Together they were Betaths, friends and kindred spirits, and Agath called them Triemelions, god-humans fashioned in his image. They were perfect, flawless, and radiant. He sent them forth to rule the world he had made, to nurture life and fill the earth with their children.

But Rasathan ensnared some of the Triemelions and twisted them into rasacks, grotesque mockeries of their former beauty: cruel, jealous, deceitful, and driven by greed and arrogance. He made them commanders of his beasts and monsters, forging from the cold, unyielding stones of Antoria armor and weapons for their dreadful cause. Thus arose the rok-kazhin, the rasack warriors. Rasathan gathered them into an army and bound all cruel creatures to his will.

Thus Rasathan’s armies were assembled, and the Devil rose against the World Stone to wage war upon Agath. In answer, Agath gathered the Triemelions, who fought with the power of light and good. Lightning, radiant fire, and the might of water swept across the lands, but Rasathan countered with flame and brimstone bursting from the cracked earth, shaking the ground until it split apart. This was the Battle of Rasaturmion, wherein the fate of Antoria was decided.

In the heart of the struggle, Rasathan cursed all living creatures with mortality, burdening them with pain and fear. They slipped beyond Agath’s reach, and countless ancient beings, both Agath’s noble creations and Rasathan’s monstrous spawn, perished in the World Stone War.

When Agath beheld Antoria aflame and nearing ruin, he summoned his divine power to separate the realms, creating three worlds: Eulamoria, Antomoria, and Holomoria. Rasathan was imprisoned within Holomoria by Agath’s might; yet when Agath severed it from Antomoria, his strength there waned, and Holomoria remained under Rasathan’s dominion. Thus Eulamoria was forever beyond evil’s grasp. Agath cast Holomoria as far from Antoria as the heavens allowed, and all dead creatures were drawn into it. At night, when darkness cloaked the world, Holomoria revealed its shadowed face.

Antomoria endured between the two realms, neither wholly redeemed by Agath nor entirely consumed by Rasathan. In Eulamoria dwelt all that was good and pure, beings untouched by disease, sorrow, or strife, living in eternal peace. From Antoria, Agath took one Betaths, along with one of every noble creature and fair plant, and brought them to dwell with him in Eulamoria.

In Holomoria, by contrast, languished all that was cruel and vile. It was a cold, lifeless place, shrouded in eternal night. By day, the blue realm of the heavens shone upon the worlds, but when darkness fell, Rasathan’s shadow blotted it out, unveiling Holomoria once more.

The three realms were bound together by the World Stone, around which wound endless stairs. The souls of those who died in Antomoria could ascend these steps, and the Triemelions might save some who climbed, but others could descend again, drawn back toward the mortal world.

D. DALAT (treasure, temptation) – Dalation

Agath forbade the Betaths from ever descending the stairs of the World Stone. They were free to live in eternal peace within Eulamoria. Yet, as ages passed, perfection itself became a prison.

Then Rasathan contrived a wicked design. He poured his power into glittering trinkets; into treasure, pleasure, ambition, and the lust for dominion. With these temptations he enticed the Betaths downward, and one by one they yielded to his lure.

P. PARAT (judgment, law) – Paration

Rasathan struck them with mortality, stripping away their beauty and immortality. All the curses of Antoria fell upon them. When the Betaths reached the base of the World Stone, they found its steps shattered, and the path to Eulamoria forever broken. Agath could no longer bring them home.

O. OROMAT (justice, punishment) – Oromation

Agath summoned the Betaths before him, but Rasathan’s shadow loomed among them. Through the words of Triemelion, Agath pronounced judgment: if they endured their journey across Antoria without yielding to Rasathan’s temptations and held fast to faith, they would return to Eulamoria when their days were done. Should they perish by Rasathan’s hand, they too would be restored to that higher realm. For Rasathan was granted the power only to test, never to slay or claim souls for Holomoria. Thus the burden of choice, the trial of resistance, became their punishment for falling from the heights of the World Stone.

To aid them, Agath sent the Triemelions. Yet they could not touch the world of matter; they could only speak and think, for they were the messengers and warriors of Eulamoria.

S. SAGANAT (path, choice) – Sagation

When the judgment had passed, the Betaths set forth upon their long journey across Antoria. Along the way they were to choose their road, guided by the counsel of the Triemelions. But Rasathan followed close behind, weaving snares of temptation and deceit. He filled their path with things both radiant and false, shining, twisted, and alluring, all meant to lead them astray.

U. UNTAMAT (faith, loyalty) – Untamation

Yet the Betaths held fast to Agath’s promise. They spread his word among those still bound by Antoria’s curse, and they did not yield to temptation.

T. TEMANAT (love, dependence) – Temanation

The Betaths loved one another deeply and stood together in all things. They built their lives upon that bond, and for a time they walked in harmony. But in the passing of days, temptation crept once more into their hearts. Deceived, they quarreled, and in anger they strayed from the path of grace. Thus hope withered, and they fell into damnation.

V. VALAT (vision, eye) – Valation

Then a Triemel appeared before them, bearing a prophecy: that a child would be born to them, one who would atone for their sins.

G. GRALAT (child, birth of life) – Gralation

And so it came to pass. They bore a child named Gralon, and they raised him in faith and in the steadfast hope that through him their sins would be redeemed.

H. HALAT (death) – Halation

In time, the Betaths died, leaving their child behind. He stood at the edge of damnation, yet before he was lost, the Triemelions took him under their protection.

C. CEMBAT (oath, hand, atonement) – Cembation

The Triemelions revealed to Gralon the truth of his lineage and the burden he was born to bear. Gralon swore an oath: to atone for his parents’ transgressions and lead them toward salvation.

K. KATA (skill, sword) – Katation

Under their guidance, Gralon grew wise and skillful. He took up the sword and became a master of its art.

E. EULA (deed, magic) – Eulation

He fought valiantly and performed wondrous deeds, acts so great they seemed touched by magic.

R. RASAT (hatred, destruction) – Rasaturmion

Gathering the lost souls of Antoria, Gralon led them in the final battle against Rasathan’s legions of darkness. With courage and divine strength, he struck down the forces of evil and prevailed.

Y. YANAT (unity, salvation) – Yanakhon

He united the broken and the damned, guiding them to the base of the World Stone, where at last they found salvation.

L. LAVANAT (balance) – Lavation

Through his triumph, Gralon restored balance between the realms and redeemed the sins of his forebears.

M. MERAT (master) – Meration

Then Gralon was crowned master of the mortal realms. Seated upon the highest throne, he ruled in wisdom and peace, and harmony was restored to Antoria.