Before Attovia all was the sea. Above the ocean’s expanse Hormus ruled. Below the surface of the water churned the kraken god Graskoroth, boiling the oceans with their envy at Hormus’ higher position. Graskoroth dug their arms into the sea floor and began to lift land above the water level, claiming it as their own domain above the sea. Hormus responded with delight, forming creatures from the atmosphere and placing them upon the new soil. Humans first, then the Elves who he granted the seed of the Ambar Tree, and the great stone giants known as the Roeh meant to guard and guide the land dwellers. Swiftly the soil was marked with the impact of budding civilization. Graskoroth could not tolerate this slight and in their inflamed wrath they sent hordes of monsters clambering onto every beach from the depths.
Hormus tears flowed through the valleys and hills of the land as he watched countless creatures killed by the spite and hunger which fueled Grask’s spawn. In his grief Hormus created the Girav gel, a race of warriors ready to fight back the swarms. In addition he granted the sentient races with Meyda-work, giving them access to a store of power with which to defend themselves. This was the final straw for Graskoroth, and their white hot rage birthed The Hebdomad, seven Demon Lords each representing some despicable portion of the kraken’s destructive anger.
The seven Demon Lords fought Hormus and in the end tore him into seven pieces. Eye, Head, Arm, Hand, Foot, Leg, and Torso. Each Demon Lord took their respective piece and buried it somewhere on Attovia as far from the others as possible. It was not until the last piece was laid in the earth that Graskoroth realized their mistake. By placing Hormus within the land they forfeited their right to claim it. Before they could reverse the process Hormus’ magic infused Attovia. It now belonged to Hormus more so than it was ever the Kraken’s. In addition, from the seven pieces there formed seven God Stones. The most powerful casters of the realm entrapped the Demon Lords in these stones for all eternity, ushering in an age of hope.
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Misconceptions and Pure Myth
The general timeline of events is not all that incorrect when it comes to the conflicts stages. However, the order of created sentient beings is quite different. Hormus being a curious and ever creative Abbaki created many proto-forms first which were initially aquatic by nature. Soon however, his use of Meyda drew the attention of Graskoroth, a nearby Tzarakh’ eleh sensed his purity and approached the planet now called Attovia. Hormus who in turn sensed Grask funneled heat and energy from Lev’el and heavily injured the entity of order. Grask in his injured state could no longer escape the gravity of the planet and crashed into the ocean just above the equator. His thrashing resulted in the near instantaneous death of every proto-form still living in the water. Deeply saddened and burning with anger Hormus himself raised the land so as to separate the Tzarakh’ eleh from his future creations. Grask in turn created the first True Monsters. Colossal in scale, miles tall, and when they walked on the sands of the land Hormus raised they brought immense destruction. However, their scale made them easy targets, and even with Tethers to their powerful creator they were no match for Hormus incredible mastery of the fundamental Meyda Functions. And so for a short time the land was safe from attack while Hormus created new beings to live above the water. After the beginnings of civilization formed Grask realized that if he sent swarms of much smaller True Monsters such as the commonly known Goblins, Trolls and Reachers that they could slip under the notice of Hormus and would often only be discovered after having raided and consumed entire villages and settlements. From here much of the rest of the myth takes over: The Roeh are made as protectors and the Times of Terror begin.