World of IzopaDawn of Worlds rules
"Hahaha! Come now, don't be mad at me. I may have stolen you away from your little worlds but, now you have a new world ripe for the molding. I grant you power long since lost by most gods, for only those with the power of Origin can shape the world."
Turn 1:
The world is rather plain at the moment. Two major landmasses the southern being more than three times the size of the northern. A calm freshwater ocean surrounds the land.
Fel steps forward, looks down over the land, and shakes her shadowy mane. "No... I do not approve. The land is misbalanced." Her hoof comes down on the ocean, and the sea floor heaves and writhes as it raises up out of the ocean, forming a 3rd continent, counterbalanced against the other continent.
Hexavos chuckles slightly. "Not to worry friend I can spare some aid. We can't have you ending before the beginning. You'd be stepping on Yidhra's toes then."
Hexavos sends a trickle of power to The Leviathian to ground his wild need for thinking life.
A figure quietly floated in the godly realm, watching and waiting as others began the process of forming the worlds. They said she was many things - and, as was often the case with gods, this was true. Slowly, the figure rotated in place, stopping once everybody else was upside-down but doing nothing else.
Valis awakens, in a new world and without form.
I'm not in Albemuth?!
"Hahaha! Come now, don't be mad at me. I may have stolen you away from your little worlds but, now you have a new world ripe for the molding. I grant you power long since lost by most gods, for only those with the power of Origin can shape the world."
I suppose it could be worse, and it would be interesting to start from the beginning...and with something simple.
Valis decides to create two nitrogenous thermal vents along the most important currents so as to spread nutrients for all other life to benefit from.
World of Izopa
Dawn of Worlds Rules
-------Turn 2-------
Hexavos to the heavens.
"Some lighting aside from the sun and stars is in order."
Hexavos creates The twin moons Roam and Kine.
Roam is formed of various crystals and has shallow seas of water covering most of it's surface, providing a shimmering prism effect on Izopa for 3 days 4 times a year.
Kine is formed of a pale smooth stone. Kine slowly wanes and waxes over 60 day periods disappearing from view on one end of the cycle and shining brightly enough to be nearly as half as bright as day on the other.
Kine is closer to Izopa while Roam circles more distantly.
Yidhra finished her rotation - an eon spent doing nothing but circling around, slowly drawing power into herself as she contemplated the world before and saw every possibility of its existence... including the one that was really going to happen. For reasons of her own, she seemed entirely content to continue waiting with all the infinite patience of a divine being.
Fel looks over the world, and is fairly satisfied at this time, in general. She stands upon the land she created earlier, and stamps her hoof again, and again the ocean roils and boils and heaves, and the land doubles in size, forming a roughly circular land.
Then she walks to the north, and her hoof lands again, and the ground groans, sheer cliffs rising up out of the oceans and mountains forming a half-ring around the center of the island. Within the mountains, a river springs to life, forming the first part of a spiral.
Now to encourage some ecological diversity.
Valis divides the larger continent with three hexes worth of mountain ranges.
Good question! Fel would have some more power as well.
Hexavos raises mountains on the main continent's north-western branch.Raising forests on the western side of the range.
Fel continues her walk along the island, and mountains and trees spring up around her. As she continues to walk the spiral, her steps become a dance, the dance of spiraling madness. The river forges it's way to it's source, the mountains erupt from the ground, trees explode up and spread their branches with odd white leaves.
As she reaches the center of the island, she dances in wild circles, her hooves flashing, her hair spinning about her as it takes on a life of it's own.
Thousands, tens of thousands, of purple crystals break up out of the ground, some hundreds of feet high, some mere inches. A dark lake explodes upwards in a fountain of dark water, and the river has it's source, the two joining with a crash of water. White leafed trees erupt from the ground around the lake, and pale white grass springs from the ground. Odd black and purple flowers bloom in clearings.
When complete, she stands on the dark lake, and looks above, and waves her hand. Cold and moist winds begin to compete over the island, forced in by the spiraled mountains. A permanent cloud cover forms over the interior of the island, blocking all light.
Yet.. there is light... as the giant purple crystals glow in the darkness, providing an odd light that distorts all normal color. The leaves of the white trees begin to glow in the purple light, shedding yet more light of a pale green nature. The grass as well. The odd black and purple flowers erupt in a riot of unnatural color under the dark light, oranges, blues, reds, greens.
The Book of Yidhra
Chapter One
1. The Goddess of Knowledge looked upon the world as it was formed, and was both pleased and unhappy with what had happened.
2. The Goddess calmly reached up and plucked a hair from her head, weaving it into a silver net that she cast around the world.
3. And the Goddess said, "However far apart life may be, let there be one thing they share."
4. And the Goddess pulled the net tight, transfixing all life and granting it understanding of what she had done.
5. The Goddess considered her creation for a time, then spoke to all living things.
6. "When you rest, I shall welcome you to my Dreamscape, and while you remain within your dreams I shall protect you."
7. "But if you desire knowledge, then leave your dreams and brave the path to me."
8. "There will be many dangers, for wisdom is never without its price."
9. "But always remember this: Those who seek knowledge will find it."
10. The Goddess was satisfied with what she had done, and she rested for a time.
So much to indulge in...
Since there’s mountains on one large landmass, I think the opposed on the other end would be fitting.
With seismic power, Valis detonates the earth, rich ore exploding upwards and outwards leaving a ring of boreholes extending all the way to the mantle. Standing at one edge, a mortal could just barely see the other edge at the horizon.
Feeling the intense heat seeping from beneath the earth, Valis wonders how it will affect the weather.
"You're disturbing the balance, foolish one. The crust cannot sustain such wounds and remain stable. Do you wish to destroy what we work for here? Or are you simply stupid?" The centaur asks curiously.
"They're but insignificant skin piercings compared to the rest of the surface."
"But they directly pierce the mantle. And in a circular formation. That weakens the mantle in one spot. As pressure builds with age, that entire section will become destabilized. Volcano's will grow, ash and soot will be spread, a permanent winter will occur." Fel responds, her eyes glazed over with purple mist. "Life shall wither and die, and eventually the surface will split and crack and the world itself shall shatter and become as dirt in the stream."
"They only touch the mantle, not pierce all the way through. Still, I do see the point about vulcanism. Perhaps you can do something creative about the boreholes?"
Fel sighs. "My own efforts to provide permanent balance have been set back by 900 years to fix your mistake." She says somewhat grumpily. "In return, I request you transfer some power when you have some more."
Yidhra smiled as she floated through the void. She rather liked the Leviathan's creations - they were very pleasing to her, considering how they were a combination of gift and punishment. Power continued to gather within her as she watched both the world and the other gods, waiting for the right moments to make her own marks on the world.
Hexavos Gather his power to give the elemental planes form. However he has not the power to form them all He shall begin with the Plane of Air, creating a portal to the plane high above the center of The Pitted Ring of Valis. He raises mountains in the untouched center of Valis' Ring filling a lake in their center. He creates six rivers each leading to the edge of each Pit. He then shapes the climate around the portal to cause the resulting steam clouds from each pit to be pulled and cooled by the Portal to air, causing the clouds to pour themselves back into the lake from whence they came.
"Fel perhaps we can turn this imbalance unto a new gem. Might I suggest using your power to reinforce the ring and perhaps assisting me in the creation of a Plane of Fire to recycle the heat lost in the Mantle?"
Fel nods. "Much as I'd planned. It shall have.. odd.. repercussions going forward for the economy, compared to most worlds." She seems oddly amused.
Rather than try to re-terraform what was done, she instead begins to dance in a spiral around the newly formed pits. Her hooves drop shadow into them as she dances over them, an whirlwind of fel magic drips into each and every pit, elemental madness descends into the depths of each pit, and merges, forming a spiral structure that permeates the ground, from the depths of the pits to the top, and then she closes the whirlwind and fires 6 arrows from her bow, each arcing out and landing simultaneously in the pits.
Energy explodes and madness unleashes itself on that which was wrought by another. The dark madness creeps it's way into that creation, forever altering it. When the dance is done, the pits glitter darkly from surface to bottom most crevice. Where once stone and dirt held sway, the madness has concentrated things, altering not what is, but what was made. Instead of pits of stone and dirt, Fel's dance alters the original creation by reaching back in time and infecting it with her madness.
Black diamond permeates all the pits, it's structure built in upon itself in a six sided pattern that provides strength. The diamond, hardest of all natural substances, and highly resistant to heat. And the perfect substance to provide a gate to the future plane of elemental earth, and at the crucial depths, where it repulses the very mantle itself, the heat will be perfect for a gate to the plane of fire.
Valis smiles at this. "Very well done! I believe I can learn from your works."
Valis grants Fel her current power as requested.
Fel raises an eyebrow as power floods into her, and she bows. "A creature who understands when to keep a bargain, and when to break it. I am pleased." She smiles enigmatically.
"So many planes to form so little time."
Hexavos Forms the Plane of Water and places a portal to the plane deep in the Lake of the Ring. He then forms the Plane of Fire and places a single flickering portal which jumps randomly from the base of each pit to the next.
"This area is becoming rather crowded I think I shall place the portals to Metal and Lightning elsewhere."
Yidhra laughed delightedly as the world continued to form and power continued to flow into her body. Such combinations of things were truly a treat to behold. There was nothing at all that surprised her, but she'd long since decided to enjoy things as they happened, regardless of her knowledge about them - when she wasn't too busy forgetting about things, anyway. The paradoxes amused her.
Truth be told, she had little interest in the physical scope of the land - she was more interested in preparing the way for what would come after. She was interested in life itself, for it was living things that sought knowledge, entered dreams, and otherwise provided the majority of her entertainment. There would be time enough for life to be made later, though - for now, the foundations of the world needed a little more work. She wasn't much of a creator when it came to such things, though... on the whole, she usually preferred to remain within her own domains.
Now that the world is back on course, Fel returns to the island she was working on, and implements the next part of her mad plan to keep the world balanced. She wanders the island, touching crystals. Mad whispers follow her, one.. two.. one hundred ninety two... four thousand eight hundred forty seven... and finally... nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety nine.
And when the whispers hit their gibbering climax, Fel releases a pulse of energy through the crystals, and they all begin to show cracks, from the greatest to the least...
...forms step out of the crystals, the cracks they leave sealing over, but not without leaving a few shards of purple crystal in the body of each of the creatures that steps out.
No two are the same, some are gorgeous beyond comprehension, some are hideous beyond nightmare. Some are as tall as the trees, and others as tall as a blade of grass. Some have two arms and legs, some have no arms and eight legs, some have four arms and two legs. Each and every one has a matched mate though, one different yet similar enough.
And yet, they do not mate, not now, it is not the right time. Instead, they grow their power and bide their time, learning about this world, about themselves. The power of each is terrifying, each worth a thousand mortals. They do not age, they do not sleep, they do not tire. They are the Ur-Fey, and their only purpose is to maintain the balance on this new planet, and they will bring the full might of their wrath down on any who through willfulness or stupidity try to unmake the balance.
"I'm happy if you'd like to move on or keeping tinkering in the beginning."
Fel looks at the world. "Most of the land is still bare rock or weeds. It is unseemly to rest while there is more work to do."
Valis look on the part of the main continent bordered by three mountain ranges. This area could become too dry.
Valis subtly reshapes the mountains and plains so that water flows down into them, resulting in three rivers polling into a great lake. Just to make sure there's enough water everywhere without flooding, Valis bends the land so that one great river flows out to sea.
"They go well if slowly, at this rate I will not have power to form the remaining plane and stabilise the arcane energies for eons more. If you would care to return the favor from before that would be lovely Levy."
Hexavos in a fit of inspiration by The Leviathian "Levy" he forms the Plane of Earth and carves a maze of Black Diamond interlinking each Pit and strengthening their structure. He then places a portal to the Plane of Earth in the center of the maze.
Yidhra hummed happily as she reached the level of power she desired. Well... close to the level, anyway. There was quite a lot she wanted to do, and it would soon be time for her to make the change she wanted in the world. "Every world needs inspiration." she said calmly. "Perhaps it's time for there to be a bit of that, hmm?" she smiled widely as she continued to look down at the world.
As the Eon's pass, the Ur-Fey go about their business, their job encoded in them, no need for their mistress to interpret for them. With no war and their natural toughness, their numbers stay at 99,999.
Fel eyes Yidhra, and the massive amount of power she's accumulated, and the balancer relaxes herself, sitting on the power she has for now. "I have been working entirely too much, it is time to be lazy."
I wonder what would happen if I isolated an underwater region...
Valis wills the crust to squeeze in on itself, pushing undersea mountains upward They'd be no impediment to sea travel but underwater creatures would have to swim near the surface to pass them.