Hehe, another filler story cause too much History is bad for your health (and mine). Enjoy!
The world's first cheater (And the ascension of Mary into godhood)
Now Zufmuut, not willing to be outdone by the Emroy, wooed Wareharun relentlessly. It took him centuries of flowers, astral chocolates, and sweet talk before the wild goddess gave in. And yet even after their holy union, Warey imposed a set of strict rules upon her husband.
-You will not force me to do anything.
-You will not talk to, look at, or think of any other females.
-We have sex only when I say so.
-You shall do all the dishwashing.
- etc.
(Alright, I'll admit that I made the last one up. But you get the point. Their's wasn't a happy relationship.)
Zuf hated rules. Well, not all rules. He is the god of order after all. His job is to enforce order. But making rules and following them were two very different matters. He started regretting accepting all those conditions when he married Warey.
Especially Rule No.3, because Warey was way more interested in the wilderness than making babies with him. In the two thousand years since they married he got laid like... thrice? And meanwhile Emroy and Hardy were having a great time, popping out a cute little demon baby every year and going on honeymoons in the underworld frequently.
So you can't really blame Zuf when he cheated on his divine wife. One day while he's out chilling among the mortals, he happened to come across a young human woman. By our standards, she wasn't what you'd call pretty, but for a fella like Zuf, she was an absolute stunner.
Changing his form into that of a handsome man, he called out to the girl. "Hey there sweetheart, what's your name?"
"Erm... I'm Mary, good sir. Who would you happen to be?"
"I'm Zufmuut, the god of light and order. Did anyone tell you that you're breathtaking?"
Mary stared at him. She might have been a simple villager, but she's pretty sure gods don't go around singing praises to mortals. "Th-thank you, sir, you're breathtaking too."
Zuf felt like he just got sucker-punched. Warey never said something like that to him. Never. It was always, Don't forget to take out the trash, or, Not today Zuf, I'm exhausted. This mortal woman before him is so kind and caring, and beautiful too.
I must marry her. The god thought. He smiled a dazzling smile of a Hollywood actor.
"Hey Mary, I would sing you a ABC. A, because you're the apple in my eye. B, because you're beautiful, and C because you're so cute. And I would give you a D, cause you totally deserved it."
Mary ran.
Long story short, Zuf and Mary, whom the god renamed Miritta, fell in love with each other (According to Zufmuut's The Testaments. There were no records on how Mary felt about it). Miritta became pregnant with Zuf's child. The god of order loved to play with his lover's swollen belly, and often held imaginary talks with his children, or read storybooks to them. But all good things must come to an end. Eventually, Warey heard about it, and boy, she wasn't pleased.
"Zufmuut! Get your sorry ass here this instant!" The goddess of trees screamed.
"Yes, honey, what's the matter?" Zuf had a queasy grin on his face.
"Who the hell is this... Miritta bitch that Hardy told me about?"
Zuf cursed internally. Damn it Hardy, can't you keep that blabbering mouth of yours shut? "Warey, my dear, I can explain this-"
"I don't want to hear your excuses. Do you remember what Rule No. 2 says?"
"Yes, I will not talk to, look at, or think of any other females."
"Did I tell you what happens when you break the rule?"
"Yes. You said you will kill - you wouldn't dare!"
Warey smirked. Zuf hurriedly turned on his ultra-sight, allowing him to locate his lover who was hiding in a cave, cradling her swollen belly and totally oblivious to the 20 feet long snake slithering up behind her.
"NOOOOOOO!" Zuf screamed as he watched the snake bit into Miritta's ankles. Immediately, the deadly poison of the snake went to work. Knowing that Warey sent the snake, (cos there ain't any normal 20 feet long snake out there) he jumped out of the window and shot towards the now unconscious Miritta, vowing, "I'm getting a divorce after this!"
"I've got the papers ready already, fucker!" Warey yelled after him, stomping her feet.
Disturbed by the ruckus, a small head peeked in from behind the doors. "What happened, mummy?" A young voice asked.
"Nothing important, sweety," his mother assured him. "Go back to bed." The boy looked down despondently. She's lying. He's still considered a child, but he's also a freaking god! You can't hide stuff from a god. They knew.
"Why did daddy leave us, mummy?"
A drop of tear ran down the goddess face. "I... I don't know. Some lowly mortal bewitched him."
He nodded. From then onwards, the relationship between Zufmuut, god of light and order; and his first son Flare, the god of the Sun, was never more than a meaningless facade.
"Miritta, don't die on me," Zuf begged, shaking the lifeless body in his hands. "Please, we promised to be together forever. You can't just leave me behind."
The human said nothing. Her skin had turned a pale grey, starting from the ankle where she was bitten, slowly creeping towards her heart. Once the poison reached her heart, she'll be dead. No mortal can survive a deity's curse.
"Why, why is this happening to me? I just wanted a happy family where I am loved. Is that too much to wish for?" Zuf sobbed to himself. And then he stopped abruptly as an idea came to his mind.
No mortal can survive a deity's curse.
No mortal.
He's about to do the craziest thing he had done in his long, orderly life. He placed his hands on her breasts and began chanting.
"I, Zufmuut, god of light and order, share my power with Miritta. She shall be the goddess of humans and fertility. Let it be done!"
A boom resonated from the cave, sending a jolt into the very threads of reality, twisting both time and space to the god's words.
Miritta opened an eye.
"Miritta, you're back!" Zuf grinned like an idiot.
"L-lord Zufmuut, pardons, I..."
Zuf shushed her. "There's no need for formalities between us anymore, Miritta. We're both gods."
She blinked. "Me? A god?"
"Yes, the goddess of fertility and, since you were a human to begin with, humans."
"Oh," Miritta looked dejected. Zuf frowned. "What's the matter? Aren't you happy to be alive?"
"Well, yes. Abit. But... my children. They're dead!" She sobbed, cradling her belly. Her husband jumped in surprise. "No! No no no no no! There must be a way. Lie down, Miritta, I'll try to bring them back!"
"How? By sacrificing yourself?" A cold voice, reverberating with power asked. Zuf turned around slowly, trying to rein in his anger. At the entrance of the cave, his wife stood against a backdrop of golden sunlight.
"What do you mean, Wareharun?" Zuf hissed.
She sighed. "You have already passed much of your power into... her. Now you want to try to make more gods? You'll die."
Miritta gasped. "You'll die? But that's impossible! How can a god die?"
"You were just a stupid mortal, so you wouldn't understand. Gods exist in the mind of those who believe in them. In other words, we're actually just astral energy with a consciousness. If we exert ourselves too much, our power runs out and we disappear like a flame blown out."
Miritta turned her graze fearfully to Zuf. "Don't do it, my Lord! We're not worth you exporting yourself!"
"Listen to her," Warey urged. "It's just a worthless mortal infant."
"It's my son," Zuf replied emotionless. "Lie down, Miritta."
"You have a son already. His name if Flare. And he's waiting for you at home," Warey pleaded. "Please, I'll let your lover off the hook. Don't kill yourself!"
"No, he's YOUR son now. I, Zufmuut, huff huff, god of light and order, share my power with my child. He shall be the god of learning and knowledge. Huff... Let it be done!"
A second explosion filled the cave, even bigger than the previous one. When the thunder and rumbling finally died down, Zuf collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. "Did I succeed?" He asked.
"Yes, my Lord, I can feel him squirming in my womb once more," Miritta replied, carefully propping the god up.
"Good," Zuf smiled warily. "Good."
Two weeks later, Miritta gave birth to not one but two children, both gods. They were La, the goddess of learning, and Elange, the god of knowledge.
Zuf spent so much of his strength that it took him several millennia before he regained his powers. Even then, he couldn't be on par with Emroy, Hardy, and Wareharun anymore. Thus he fell out of the Big Four, and his son Flare took his place.
As for Wareharun, she vowed never to fall in love again. (well, later on she did in fact have a crush on a handsome hunter, but that's a tale for another day.)
Please excuse me for the short chapter! The next would be an actual chapter, I promise.