Myths of Creation
Lore
There are two competing creation myths in the western world. The first, sometimes referred to as the Old Ways, was generally accepted as truth until relatively recent history, when the Church of the Sovereign Host was introduced from the east and took a foothold. The Old Ways are still widely accepted in villages and in the wilds, but it is rapidly losing believers to the Sovereign Host, which dominates larger settlements such as towns and cities.
Creation, As Told In the Old Ways
In the void, there were three beings of unfathomable power. The Wylde, a force of unrestrained creation and chaos; The Weaver, a force of unrestrained order and structure; and the Wyrm, a force of unrestrained entropy and consumption.
The Wylde spewed the energies of creation, and the Weaver spun these into the realm of Mag Ildathach, or the realm of dreams as inspiration. Next it spun what is now known as Tír na nÓg, the realm of the Aos Sí. Then it spun the mortal realm, where man now rules; and finally, Tír nAill, now known as the land of the dead. The Wyrm, with an endless appetite, sundered and consumed these as quickly as it could, and creation was kept in balance.
Then the time came for the triad to bear children and release them into the realms. The Wylde first bore the Aos Sí, or fairy folk, and they took Tír na nÓg as their home. The Weaver then created man, who took the mortal realm as their home. But when it was the Wyrm's turn, the Weaver feared what it might create and tried to trap the Wyrm in its webs. In his thrashing, the Wyrm was driven mad, but bore his children none-the-less, and the Fomóire were unleashed into all the realms. The Fomóire, mockeries of the Aos Sí, were numerous and desired only to consume and destroy. This they did across the realms for untold time.
Then, an age later, the Tuatha Dé Danann arrived. They saw the destruction of the Fomóire, and waged war. Judoc did battle with Octriallach and laid him low. The Fomóire were then driven and scattered across the realms of man, Sí, dreams and dead. The Tuatha Dé Danann became the shepherds of man and Sí with Judoc as their patriarch, and a lasting peace began.
In time, to seal the peace with their old foes, Judoc took a Fomóire wife, Méabh, whom he truly cherished; and progeny soon followed. Now, though they are still called by the name of Tuatha Dé Danann, there is Fomóire blood among them.
Creation, As Told In the Scriptures of the Sovereign Host
There was a great nothingness, in which existed a single being, The Sovereign Host. This entity brought into creation all lands and things. He created the heavens to be his home, and he created the angels to do his bidding. The angels were to aid him in creating all living things in the universe, and this they did, but his final creation was man. Man was gifted with a powerful spark, thus far unknown in all creation. He gifted them with a soul, to which the spirits of angels and creatures paled in comparison. He also gifted them the mortal realm to rule, and gave them free will with which to act unhindered. They could do as they pleased.
The angels coveted these gifts to man, and in anger and jealousy, nine of the Sovereign's generals freed themselves from his will. With their armies they rose against him in open war and bloodshed, wishing to destroy him and take his place. A long and bloody war was waged, but with great cost to the heavens the rebels were defeated. The Sovereign Host created prisons for these fallen angels, which would contain them and their armies of betrayers. Carceri and the Abyss came to be, and the fallen angels were cast into them. At last though, for the nine great betrayers, now known as the Nine Iron Crowns, he created the greatest place of torment. The Nine Hells were born, and they were cast into it. All the fallen were forever forbidden from treading on the soil of the heavens.
From their pits and prisons the fallen crowned themselves kings, lords, and other things, and in these places they rule. They scheme to grow their power, and as ever before covet the gifts of man. It is said they still today collect the souls of mortals and seek to challenge the heavens and the mortal realm. They desire to be freed from their prisons, and to plunder all creation.