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===The Brotherhood and Nysashgar=== | ===The Brotherhood and Nysashgar=== | ||
The Tree of Existence accumulated a large gathering of a group known as the Brotherhood. They were rugged and hardy men, able to survive in the inhospitable conditions of the high-altitude Gongens. The overwhelmingly life-filled presence of Inequedra had also lured the monstrous [[Nysashgar]], a massive ouroboros, from the far reaches of the Inferno. He | The Tree of Existence accumulated a large gathering of a group known as the Brotherhood. They were rugged and hardy men, able to survive in the inhospitable conditions of the high-altitude Gongens. The overwhelmingly life-filled presence of Inequedra had also lured the monstrous [[Nysashgar]], a massive ouroboros, from the far reaches of the Inferno. He | ||
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===The Sylphs and the Faith of Inequedra=== | ===The Sylphs and the Faith of Inequedra=== | ||
The appearance of the sylphs was then noticed by the surviving Brotherhood. They were ethereal, graceful creatures that appeared with the Tree and seemed to only care about nurturing its golden-laced leaves. They possessed no age nor true gender, and appeared to be almost 'one' with Inequedra. It is hypothesized that the sylphs were the reason | The appearance of the sylphs was then noticed by the surviving Brotherhood. They were ethereal, graceful creatures that appeared with the Tree and seemed to only care about nurturing its golden-laced leaves. They possessed no age nor true gender, and appeared to be almost 'one' with Inequedra. It is hypothesized that the sylphs were the reason | ||
the ouroboros has not returned to Feinhorn Peak, though the logics of such a situation are unclear. | the ouroboros has not returned to Feinhorn Peak, though the logics of such a situation are unclear. | ||
Nysashgar has since spawned many more ouroboros smaller than him, in the | Nysashgar has since spawned many more ouroboros smaller than him, in the unnatural ways of demonkind. They, too, are possessed by the same mad drive to destroy Inequedra, and comb the tunnels of the [[Inner Feinhorn]] to gnaw the golden roots of the Tree of Existence. Nysashgar himself waits in the deepest crevices of the mountain, continually gnawing on | ||
unnatural ways of demonkind. They, too, are possessed by the same mad | the largest and strongest of the roots. The cycle of the roots/ouroboros is welcomed by Inequedra, for without destruction there cannot be rebirth. It welcomes the change, being only disturbed when an imbalance occurs. This belief has become the basis for the Faith of Inequedra, the religious group formed from the remaining Brotherhood members. | ||
drive to destroy Inequedra, and comb the tunnels of the Inner Feinhorn | |||
to gnaw the golden roots of the Tree of Existence. Nysashgar himself | |||
waits in the deepest crevices of the mountain, continually gnawing on | |||
the largest and strongest of the roots. The cycle of the roots/ouroboros | |||
is welcomed by Inequedra, for without destruction there cannot be | |||
rebirth. It welcomes the change, being only disturbed when an imbalance | |||
occurs. This belief has become the basis for the Faith of Inequedra, the | |||
religious group formed from the remaining Brotherhood members. | |||
Inequedra, the Tree of Existence emphasizes the renewal of life. It is | Inequedra, the Tree of Existence emphasizes the renewal of life. It is by Avasyu's blessing that mortals are able to return from the Underworld. It is the same blessing that is the purpose of Inequedra's existence-- it functions when it is undergoing the processes of Creation. | ||
by Avasyu's blessing that mortals are able to return from the | |||
Underworld. It is the same blessing that is the purpose of Inequedra's | |||
existence-- it functions when it is undergoing the processes of | |||
Creation. | |||