In the beginning, there was darkness.
Then, there awoke three Beings. They awoke, for they had always been there, but without knowledge of themselves.
First, was Ladon the Creator, oldest and most powerful of the three.
Second, was Deis the Everlasting, whose wisdom was great.
And finally, there was Myria the Chaotic, who was powerful, but also young and headstrong.
When these three first awoke, they looked down upon our world, and saw only darkness, and hellfire, and the demons who hunted among the flames.
And so, the three began their first and greatest works.
Together the Three made the flames die, and then they made a sun, which lit the world and sent the Demons shrieking into the darkness under the earth, where they surely belonged.
Then They made the oceans, and filled them with all the life their vast stretches could contain.
Then They cultivated the land, and made the forests, and again they filled it with all the living creatures it could maintain.
Then They made the sky, and filled it with birds, who would look down and admire what They had wrought.
But here, Myria made her first mistake.
For when the sun was first made, Ladon and the others suspended it from the Heavens with huge ropes made of their divine power.
But as Myria carved the clouds from the sky, she accidentally severed some of the cords, which set the sun to swinging, and now that it was lit, not even Ladon himself could catch it to set it right.
And so, the sun forever after swung in and out, lighting only half of the world at a time.
For a while, all was good, but Ladon soon began to feel that something was missing from the world. The others agreed.
So They decided to create one last creature.
They made us.
Then, Ladon gave us love, and compassion, and empathy, so that we might help each other, and support ourselves in times of struggle.
Deis gave us thought, and reason, so we might learn from our mistakes, and so avoid them in the future.
And the two agreed that what they had made was good.
But then, Myria said," Look." As the Three watched, the sun swung away, and night fell.The demons emerged and began to attack these new creations, who had no way to defend themselves.
Ladon then created the Moon, which was much dimmer than the Sun, for after all, the Three had packed a good deal of the light in the universe into it, and had precious little left over.
But, as Myria hung it from the stars, she accidentally punctured it, which caused the light to drain out a little at a time.
And forever after, the Moon drains itself empty and must be refilled, once every month.
The Three had hoped that this would send the Demons back to their caves, but they only laughed at this weak imitation of the sun which they despised.
And so, Myria gave us strength, and cunning, and ambition, so that we would strive to protect and better ourselves.
And we fought, and for a time the Demons were pushed back.
When the Three had first created our world, for it was by now surely ours, for better or worse, they had made it so that each day of the year would bring us happiness and warmth and bounty, an eternal Summer for which the people were grateful.
But after a time, Myria and Ladon began to argue.
Ladon said that since they had first made it so, thus the weather should always stay.
But Myria held that this made us weak and thought that our days should be harsh and cold, so that only the strongest would survive to carry on.
Then, Deis came to them both and said," You are both right. Why do we not have three months of warmth, and three of cold."
Ladon agreed to this.
But then Myria said," Wait. That is but half of the year. What of the rest?"
Deis just smiled." Between the warmth and the cold, we will place times when the weather is changing between the two."
And so they made the seasons.
And they agreed that what they had wrought was a good thing.
But deep in her heart, Myria held a seed of resentment toward Deis.
And below the surface, the Demons held whispered conferences, and made dark plans for the world of Men.
End of Creation