Early History

In the beginning there was power, raw and unformed. Power beyond imagining yet free and unchecked. The power sought order. (As it is the way of all things to proceed from order to chaos and from chaos to order in a perpetual cycle.) Power formed vessels to contain itself and beings to watch over them. Thus the gods were created to watch over the vastness of worlds that power had become. Some of the worlds were barren, however, and nothing sprung from them although they were still beautiful because they contained the least chaos. The watchers of these orderly worlds grew tired of their vigilance over the unchanging, orderly vessels. In time, each came to believe that these static worlds did not need to be watched, and as they came to this realization they left their vessels, seeking the chaos which had birthed them. They sought worlds with diversity and change, the most chaotic and imperfect worlds they could find. When they encountered the watchers of these worlds they approached in many guises and were often accepted as a co-watcher for one reason or another. Many were humble and begged to be accepted. Others deceived the watcher into thinking that they were created to help the watcher, and still others came and struggled with the watcher until some agreement was reached. (the watchers, like people, have all the same desires and weaknesses but on a more simplified scale. Some of them wanted many planets and some of them would ruin their vessel, release all its power and move on.) Rhorkhad created a helper race known as the dwarves (because they were smaller than he) which were hearty enough to carry out the tasks that the god asked. Palelil tried to mimic Rhorkhad but ended up creating the twisted Taldor race which was more bent on destruction than creation and preservation (each of the races represent the most prevalent trait in their god). This angered Palelil because it revealed his shortcomings. He vowed to destroy Rhorkhad and the dwarves he had created.

Palelil got angry at Rhorkhad, so he forged Mukora, a magic axe, which he gave to Grefrin, the first Taldor. Rhorkhad made an axe, Khamalkhad, [interesting note here, Rhorkhad copies Palelil because he doesn't know anything about weapons of destruction] and gave it to Dalkhad, the first Dwarf. Dalkhad killed Grefrin and took Mukora. In a rage, Palelil killed Dalkhad, and took Mukora back. Rhorkhad retrieved Khamalkhad as well. After this confrontation, they didn't fight for eons, and during that time, other gods arrived and began fighting over the world. Eventually, Rhorkhad (the original watcher of the planet and thus the most powerful) got fed up with all the fighting and imprisons all of the other gods in various ruins left from all the battling. The gods banded together and used their remaining power to banish Rhorkhad from the planet's surface. Thus, he can only appear on the planet in the form of visions (like a burning bush) and even that requires tremendous energy. When Rhorkhad imprisoned the gods, he said that if any creature wished to see their god, they could if they uttered a sacred word in the tomb of the god. The sacred words were to be inscribed on the alters of the gods. Rhorkhad can alsobe summoned that way. The Houses of the Gods: In the time of the gods, every god had a house of rest where he resided. These houses were where the dead worshipers of the god went. Once in the house, the god would determined the fate of his follower as he saw fit. In the house of Rhorkhad, the Castle Entemar, those who were worthy became Dokari, Windhirs, and Firelords on the upper levels while those who were not, became Yeti and other creatures who worked the lower levels in the ice caves.