Fantasy The Forest Lore & Overview

[Umbra Regalia]

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There was once a quiet, lonely world made of nothing but dust. This was a world before life, and before death. Out of the dust emerged two beings; a goddess of Life, and a god of Death. The god named the goddess Djuna, and the goddess named the god Theiel. These two grew close, and danced among the dust for centuries. One day, Djuna and Theiel grew tired of the dust that got all over their bodies, so they decided to create a forest to dance in instead. They named this forest Elirel and called it their home. Elirel bursted with lush plant life, and on the day it was born it shone brightly with purple, yellow and blue lights that lit up the leaves of each and every little plant, though they wasted all their energy on that one night's lights that they were worn out the next day. This is where they danced together for centuries more, until they were bored yet again. They were growing tired of dancing with just the two of them, and so they gave birth to fragile beings known as Hybrids.


Djuna and Theiel both decided that once a year, when Elirel had regained enough energy, they would dance again with the Hybrids. These dances would last the whole night, and when Elirel finally ran out of energy and lost it's glow, the dancing would end. This gave birth to the Goddess of Time - Sheia, the God of the Night - Noctis, and the Goddess of the Day - Eulia. One day, jealousy drove one of the Hybrids to kill another when they were envious of how well the other danced. This gave birth to the God of War - Laun, and the God of Chaos - Alva. A war broke out, causing Hybrids to murder and kill each other out of hatred and jealousy. This was when Djuna and Theiel decided to lay down rules.


The rules Djuna and Theiel created for the Hybrids gave birth to the Goddess of Peace - Raia. Raia promised Djuna and Theiel that she would keep the peace amongst the Hybrids, but when mysterious beings calling themselves Humans appeared at the edge of Elirel and created settlements around the forest that grew to be a challenge. Alva decided to play with the Humans a bit, and so did Laun. The two mischievous gods tricked the Humans into attacking the Hybrids, and so a war broke out. This war led to Raia attempting to bring it to an end, but during the fight between the mischievous gods and Raia, she was killed.


Raia's death caused Djuna and Theiel to create a stone that would create a new God or Goddess of anyone worthy of the title of Ruler of Peace. The Gods and Goddesses mourned Raia's death for years, and the war between the Hybrids and the Humans halted for a time before resuming after the stone went missing.


Alva had stolen the stone, and hid it away fearing that his games of mischief and chaos would come to an end alongside the new Ruler of Peace. Alva shattered the stone into as many pieces as he could, but the stone was too strong to be broken into any more than three pieces. These pieces were then scattered thoughout Elirel and Alva commanded a chosen few to guard the stone's pieces with their lives. The Stone of Divinity was what caused the Gods and Goddesses to grow impatient with Alva, and they knew they had to find the pieces quickly. The unrest between the Humans and the Hybrids grew worse and worse by the day, and it was because of the lack of Peace.


It is said that the Gods have still not found the pieces of the Stone of Divinity, but as time went on, both Humans and Hybrids sought after the pieces for fame, fortune, and power. It is unknown whether the stone really exists, but that doesn't stop them from searching far and wide for the pieces that will bring them the power of a God.