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Dunno where this came from.
As told by the lorekeepers of the Shobhad-neh:
Before Great Ka was raised, when the world was blue with ocean and green with the great forests and the rain-watered grasslands, the Shobhad-neh lifted their heads from the dust of Akiton and learned to look upon the stars. We were the first of all things that thought or spoke, and we were before the gods came to Akiton.
The Shobhad-neh grew numerous and explored the world from pole to pole. In a green valley we found the first of the Dreamers, who knew strange magic, and on the wide dry plains we found the Scaled Ones. Yet we knew nothing of iron, nor of magic to heal or to destroy, nor of the ways of the gods.
Then the Gray Lady of Souls and the Iron Hand and the Golden Lady of the Dawn came to Akiton and went among the peoples, and taught them of fate and of war and of mercy. The Shobhad-neh and the Scaled Ones followed the Iron Hand, the prince of battles; the Dreamers followed the Gray Lady of Souls, the queen of prophecy. And the Golden Lady of the Dawn wept three tears, and turned away to walk the wandering stars; thus Akiton has ever been a world without mercy.
The Iron Hand taught the Shobhad-neh of iron, and swords and shields were forged, for before we had known only the spear and the club. He gave his power to his chosen and made them healers and captains of war, and taught the magic of battle to the wise of the people. The Dreamers learned great magic and made a door across the worlds, and a new people came to Akiton, the Little Folk who have but two arms.
Then the great war of the gods came, when they fought against the Hungry One on the blue wandering star beyond the skies. The Golden Lady of the Dawn took the fires of the sun to herself as a sword, and it was made dim.
The Iron Hand took the greatest warriors of the Shobhad-neh to fight beneath his banner. In wrath and fear at their advance, the Hungry One struck Akiton to the heart, and the blood of the world poured from the wound and became Great Ka. The smoke of Great Ka darkened the skies. Thus did the cold come upon the world...
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And yeah, Gorum is supposed to have originated in the Age of Darkness according to pathfinderwiki, but he's simply too good a fit for Akiton and the Shobhads...
EDIT: to make the title for Sarenrae consistent (I had "Lady of the Golden Face" in one place)