Codex Valorum

The Water Of Creation

Atar sat in the void alone, nothing but darkness surrounded them with nothing but darkness to call out to. Letting out a sigh of apathy, the being shed one single drop of sweat and sprang forth the universe and all things including Valoria. Though just a barren pebble at first, signs of life began to emerge after forming in the void.

The first two beings to emerge from the water were tall and slender, and their beauty was unmatched by anything in Valoria. The two beings looked longingly into each other's eyes and each named the other, 'Nirwё' was the female and 'Ñandener' was the male, and clasping each other's hands they went to make homes for themselves among the trees in the forest. Then Three centuries passed before the next being from the water sprouted forth, a short and squat man who was bald of the head but bushy of beard. He looked at his surroundings, proclaimed himself 'Kakec' and began making himself a home within the mountains.

A century passed before anything more came from the water left over from the creation of Valoria but out of the ground walked four people of average strength, beauty and height. Four siblings, two men and two women, the first of the women took the name 'Móðir' as she thought it evoked her motherly instincts, as the first man took upon him the name 'Alister' for in that title he saw the strength he needed to defend Valoria. The last woman would call herself 'Moya' for she knew that with that title she could brave the harshest storms, while the final man to emerge took the name 'Kivuli' as he knew that name had the power to conceal him in the shadows. The siblings gathered together and set forth to stake their claim on the lands of Valoria.

Five centuries passed, and the Water of Creation had all but dried up and was almost forgotten by all born from it, but still, one more being lay patiently. Emerging from the Water the last of the Nemdine was born. His skin a dark red hue from incubating so long in the primordial pits, he looked around him at the world his siblings were creating and named himself 'Borzolleth' and collected what remained of the water before he set to work making his home in the wildlands, the only region that remained to him.

Nirwë and Ñandener headed west and began filling the forest lands with all manner of beauty, their love grew like the trees, plants and animals around them. Their devotion giving vitality to all things in the forest from the lowest blade of grass to the mightiest bear.

One day Ñandener wished to make something to match his wife's beauty and give her a gift for their betrothal. He began making all manner of forest creatures and flowers of various shapes, colours and fragrances, but not even the majestic golden griffins felt right to him. Wandering their kingdom Ñandener tried to draw inspiration from that around him, and for a long time the new groom wandered his kingdom and for a long time, he found not. Upon returning, his wife Nirwë was so relieved he had come home that she embraced her husband and immediately gave him her love in the form of a kiss, suddenly Ñandener was inspired to finish the gift for his goddess-queen.

For years Ñandener toiled away trying to make the perfect animal to represent Nirwë's beauty and finally when he was done he went to hide it for their honeymoon. Before his eyes was a gorgeous pastel-coloured horse with a long flowing mane that resembled Nirwë's golden hair, and a long sturdy horn protruding from its head that represented her strength, Ñandener named the new creature a 'Unicorn'. The lovers finished their duties before retiring away, making a secret spot in their forest kingdom of 'Nila Tirion' and naming it 'Thylfe Alari' or The Hidden City.

Not long after the Lovers Nirwë and Ñandener retired to their sacred city did Kakec begin his labours in the mountains of the north-east, first making the precious gems and minerals of 'Garn Darohm' or The Ice-Crowned Mountains in the Common Tongue. Kakec's second labour was the hollowing of the mountains before he began constructing within those hollow caverns, his dwelling of 'Thon Maldur' better known to many in the Common Tongue as The Halls of Iron. The third and final labour of Kakec was building his forge whereupon many wonderful items appropriate only for the Nemdine could be forged. He scoured the lands within his domain in pursuit of the strongest ore he could uncover with which to build his forge hammer.