The Story of the Gods

It happened out of nowhere. Two stars spiraling through the darkness of space, heading directly toward for each other. Then it happened. The collision could be seen millions of miles away on the neighboring planets. An enormous burst of energy and light exploded into the universe, forming the shape of the world that came to be called Pantheos (pan-thee-o-s).

A goddess of magic, Di (die), saw the creation of this new planet and desired to give it form and life. She used her magic bring water up from the empty soil that covered the planet. She filled these planet of water with the creatures of the sea. She then arose large masses of land from the water. She created six separate continents and gave them each distinct geography and climate.

The first continent she created she called Dios (d-ee-o-s), after herself. This is where she resided until the Great Rivalry. It was a small mass of land that would lie in the north center of the world. Shrouded in darkness and covered in dark forests.

Second came the western most continent which she called Wylos (why-lo-s). Wylos was divided into four parts each with a different climate. The north was divided in half into winter and autumn. The south became spring and summer. Each season she gave a god to rule over it.

The winter realm she gave to the god whom bore then name of the continent, Wylos. The autumn realm she gave to the goddess Aura (ar-ah). The spring realm gave to the god Spri (s-pr-i). The summer kingdom she gave to the god Thea (thee-a), who was the twin sister of Wylos.

The third continent she created she called Argos (arg-os) and it was the largest of the six. This continent she gave to the goddess of storms which she called Soa (so-a). This continent she formed to the east as it spanned a vast distance. The fourth continent she created in the southern most part of the world. This continent she called Soaros (s-oar-os) which she gave to the god of fire whom bore the same name.

The fifth continent she created in the southwest which she called Aerotia (air-o-i-ea). She gave this land to the twins Aeros (air-os) and Baeo (b-a-o): the gods of earth and water. The sixth continent she called Yaero (y-air-o)which she gave to the god of air, Yearon (y-air-on). With this all the lands and gods of Pantheos were created.

For thousands of years the gods ruled peacefully. Yet Thea always remained jealous of her brother. His power and abilities were always greater than hers. He had lovers beyond count. It seemed as if all the gods adored him over her, this god of winter.

Finally Thea's jealously grew so strong that she wanted nothing more than to hurt her brother. She sought out his secrets and getting him incredibly drunk he let down his guard and spilled his secrets. Wylos confessed to her his great love for Soaros, the god of fire. Knowing this Thea stole away into the night after Wylos had fallen asleep and searched out Soaros. Finding him in his land of fire and smoke, she seduced him and slept with him.

When Wylos had awaken, he realized what he had done and searched out his sister, whom he knew to always be jealous of him. Crossing the world to the far south Wylos found the traitor abed with his lover. Sneaking back away to Wylos, he began to freeze her lands. Seeing this Thea split the sky and the extreme sunlight began to melt away the snow and ice that covered his lands.

The conflict escalated into a battle that turned into a rivalry that lasted for months. The siblings attacked each other day and night until finally their conflict began to affect the other gods and they ultimately ended up killing two of them. The constant clashing of magic became too much for the continent to take and it was nearly destroyed, killing the gods Aura and Spri in process.

This was when the other gods had enough. Wylos and Thea were sentenced to death for killing their fellow deities. This sentence, however, was to be carried out an unusual way. The two gods were made mortal yet they still retained their powers. They were made to procreate with the mortals that populated the planet. The offspring of these couplings would later become the rulers of the two kingdoms that Wylos was divided into.

The House of Wolfe and Wylder would now have control of the entire north of the continent and the Houses of Thorne and Black would have control over the south. These children would become the kings and queens of winter and summer. Autumn and spring were now gone, along with their deities.

An invisible barrier was created that split the continent in half and prevented the now mortal gods from crossing over to the others territory. Once the gods were dead the divide between the two would remain but mortals could freely cross over from kingdom to kingdom. This barrier would become know as the Great Divide.

Once the twin deities were old in age and their children grown they became ill, bound together in sickness as all twins in this were are. They died after one-hundred mortal years upon the planet. Yet they never stopped hating one another.

Once the twins were dead the barrier melted away and the mortals were finally able to resume traveling between the two vastly different landscapes. However, in fear that the twins had tricked the other gods and were yet still alive, the gods set a stone likeness of the twins on each side of the Great Divide, imbued with magic that would prevent the two gods from crossing over the border.

When many years had come and gone without conflict the six remaining gods were finally at peace and stopped searching for the twins, assured that they were indeed dead. The children of the twins grew up and married and had children of their own populated the kingdoms. Each with it's own king and queen. The North was called Norvos and a great capital called Winterhaven became the seat of power for the kings and queens of winter. The South was called Velour and its capital was Summercrown where the kings and queens of summer would rule.

The gods liked the idea of each having their own kingdom and so they two copulated with mortals and so came the many other kingdoms that were raised from the earth and given rulers. These rulers were the children of the gods and the godly blood ran through their veins. This is the story of how the world of Pantheos and its gods were created.

Yet thousands of years later conflict is once again rising between the neighboring kingdoms. Alliances forged and broken. Murder in the streets. An ancient blood battle is about to reach its fever pitch and once again the surrounding kingdoms will be dragged into the bloodshed one at a time.