Lleis

The Rebirth of Lleis

Near the beginning of the 95th year of the Midnight Age, the villagers of the Tomaculan tribe resolved themselves to host a festival. To improve their hunts and yields, they planned to appease all of the Gods before the coming of the 100th year. Unfortunately, this would not come to pass.

As Unguk, the son of the tribe elder watched, a pair of young tribesmen uncovered something remarkable. Beneath the soil of the Savannah was hidden a massive sphere of smooth glass which seemed filled with a strange liquid. It also emanated a dark power, which was sensed by two of the Deities of the realm.

Niuri, Goddess of Mystery took the chance as an opportunity to study a relic of the past. At the same time, the dark energy within brought Rahn, the Lightbringer to purify its evil.

Elegnem, the Shaman of the Tomacula tribe found herself possessed of a strange power as she begin to approach the sphere, and soon she decided that the power within it would be better used in her own hands. By focusing her will through the sphere, Elegnem created a shield of supernatural durability. The powers of Rahn and Niuri were forced out of the village and by some amazing talent, They were unable to force their way through the shield.

Sekhtet, the Aakhut of Niuri and Willem, Rahn's High Priest were able to enter the shield, and placed on either end of the village a pair of magical censers. Each god believed that if the shield could be lowered, They could once again reach the object. As Elegnem's strength was pushed to its limit, her magic began to solidify into a sphere of magical energy that could be placed into one of the two censers.

Some time later, Elegnem collapsed, and as she did, Niuri found that She could again enter the sphere. The servants of the Lady of Mystery had broken Elegnem's shield. A strange afterimage of Elegnem's power remained in the air and held the Lightbringer away from the village.

Safe in her solitude, Sekhtet summoned the power of Niuri and stepped up to the strange glass object. While a number of excited people watched, Sekhtet began to channel Niuri's strength into the object, hoping to learn what it was and what it contained.

With a sharp crack through the air, the sphere broke where Sekhtet touched it. Shards of glass were not all that flew from the opening however, and a cloud of dark gas formed into a host of monstrous creatures which proved nearly impossible to kill as the defenders fought bravely against them.

Furious at His inability to enter the shield, the Lord of Fire spread His will across the Savannah. The people of Tomacula had chosen to forsake His purification, and now the darkness from within the sphere was escaping. With His mighty strength, Lord Rahn set a massive blaze across the Savannah, slaying the creatures and purifying the plains in a blast of smoke and heat.

Deep within the village the energy that Rahn set upon the Savannah struck the massive spherical object and intensified. The glass ball shattered into thousands of pieces and an incredible power shot clear of it. Sekhtet, Willem and a number of Tomaculans suddenly disappeared, and the blaze consumed the village. The Savannah was ripped apart by a pulse of massive earthquakes, and its face was changed forever.

The people of Tomacula found themselves set beneath a massive stone in the middle of a vast scrubland. Unguk, the son of the Tomaculan tribal elder stepped up to assume his position as elder. To mark their change, the suffering they received because of the hubris of Elegnem, and their new location, Unguk renamed the tribe. Thus, the Mitrine people came to settle beneath the Mitrine stone. He named the scrubland Liruma, which meant "Humility" in the ancient Tomaculan, now Mitrine, tongue. In the southwest, the power that had escaped the sphere solidified within a vast temple. For it was not the evil within the sphere that was contained, but rather a Goddess. From the darkness was reborn Lleis, Goddess of Renewal, and as She awoke, She again came to reside within the temple of Pleianes in the southwest of the scrubland.

The Testament of Lleis

(from Help Lleis)

First daughter of Varian, the Goddess Lleis walks hand in hand with Her brothers, Life and Death. In the beginning, there was nothing but Truth and Lies within the darkness. Lleis looked upon the empty space and raised Her voice in song. The soft notes of Her melody wove together the spark that pierced through the darkness, the spark that fills all sentient beings with life. This is Her gift, the gift of Birth.

As Life and Death tested the spark, the Lady saw fit to raise Her hand again. Death shall not be the end, but a new beginning. For all seasons turn and return, all days must end and then rise again, all life must die and be renewed. It is only through the Lady that the spark and body reunite in a joyous rebirth, perpetuating the never-ending Cycle of life. The way to the Lady is through Hope; Hope in the darkest hour of the cruelest winter that the sun will rise once more, and the land will turn to bring the reprieve of spring. Hope that even as an enemy bores down on you, or slides his blade into your heart, you will rise up again and defeat him, for life goes on and the Cycle turns. All that is done is never truly finished; all that is dead will rise again.

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