First of Atlantis, Fallen: Chapter 1
"It is unknown how long this world has been in existence, but our Great Records show that Olwain Firestarter earned his name a little over two thousand turns of the world ago. He saw lightning come from the skies and start a forest aflame. Heat radiated from the burning wood and Olwain desired this heat during the darkness and long seasons of snowfall. He collected many hundreds of materials: rocks of all sorts, hooves, and bones from many animals and strange substances from all around. Olwain tried many, many thousands of ways to strike these materials together; a number that our Numerals have yet to name.
"After many rises and falls of the sun, Olwain discovered that when a specific rock was struck against itself, a spark was created! This spark reminded Olwain of the lightening from the skies. He gathered together much wood and dried grass and after several tries, Olwain had created a small tongue of flame! He peered close to the flame, accidentally blowing his breath upon it. The fire spread!
"And so it was that Olwain became known as the Firestarter. He named his special rocks 'lain,' after himself."
And so began our downfall. Olwain 'stole' fire from the Deities by not asking for it or by naming his fire stones after himself and not a Fire Deity.
"Olwain claimed no tribe or clan, though many claimed him. He of course shared his discovery with those around him. The peoples then had learned enough from the animals and a kind Deity or two to live in caves, create wooden weapons and body adornments, wear garments, and to eat the vegetation around them.
"Only a scant few world-turns before; or so it is assumed, as we have no proven oral accounts before Olwain Firestarter; a man had seen a Deity kill an animal and eat it. That man had shared his discovery with those around him, and they in turn spread the word. So too did Olwain share his discovery of the creation of fire."
The people then knew little of the Deities. Only that many existed, they created the world and us in it, and that they demanded we worship them. But they were fickle and cruel. Why had they not given us the gift of fire at the beginning?