Disclaimer (Is this a formality of some sort?): I don't own ffta, square, final fantasy or anything like that. I do own a copy of ffta though.
Cursedwanderer: its so you don't get sued
The creation of Ivalice according to humans.
It is said that in the beginning Ivalice was a world of fire. Evil creatures roamed freely and dark fiery pits covered the world. But in the beginning there was also Exodus, the tree of life. Exodus was the one sign of light in that dark world. She was a great tree. Her leaves were golden and her branches reached the clouds. Her roots covered an expanse of one hundred square feet. And most of all, neither magic nor blade could fell her.
It is said that after an unknown amount of time, Exodus bore two fruits. One, the heavier and larger of the two, fell to the ground and left a shallow mark where it fell. The other got caught in the lofty boughs of Exodus. As time passed these two fruits opened up and the two first children of Exodus were born. They were Altima and Mateus. They loved staying around Exodus and often would listen to what Exodus would tell them about Ivalice. Soon, a desire to change the world arose within them.
Thus started the labours of Altima and Mateus. They did many things such as creating trees, grass and small animals. They went slowly but enjoyed every new thing they made. Soon as their skill increased they began to convert the fiery pits around the land into green places with true life. Soon the area green around Exodus had expanded.
Soon, Exodus bore another fruit. This too fell to the ground and created a mark in it. But its mark was bigger and deeper. Altima and Mateus feared that this creature might destroy what they had made and so plotted to get rid of it. When Exodus had her attention turned to a certain other point in the world, Mateus and Altima carried the fruit off and threw it into the fires. They thought that they had done a good deed by ridding the world of a possible malefactor but their true reason was self-interest; they had grown greedy.
Life was good after that. Except for some minor problems. However, Altima felt that things were going too slowly, especially when they had to repair errors. So Altima created eleven aides. Among them the most powerful were the fire spirit Hashmalum and the earth spirit Velius.
That's all for now. I already have ideas for the next chapter. I'm only separating the chapters so that each major event has a chapter.