The First Age - Starbirth.

The First Age , the so-called "Age of Starbirth" is a mythical time, when the world was formed by the actions of the gods. Differing cultures have different beliefs about what happened during this time. Scholars of Istar took these myths and combined and edited them to give the Istarin Monomyth, the most commonly known tale of creation.

The Formation of the World

  • Dwarf: The world was made by Reorx upon His anvil. As He struck the forging blows the world slowed and time began. The stars are the sparks thrown up by His hammer.

  • Elf: E'Li, by his will, called into being Zivylin, the World Tree that forms the cosmos. Its branches are in the Upper Realm, Its roots are in the underworld. Zivylin grew a fruit, and in that fruit was Quen, a beautiful goddess. E'Li fell in love with Quen and married her. From their union came the people of the world. In the roots of the tree, there was a worm that grew and gnawed at Zivylin. This was Kinis, and he was jealous of E'Li and Quen.

  • Ergoth: The creation of the universe was brought about by a being known as the Great Dragon. This entity voluntarily dismembered itself to form the world. It became three separate creatures; the Celestial Dragon, the Earth Dragon and the Sea Dragon, each of which is made up of two equal and opposite halves. Each of these two halves represent opposing forces, but they cannot exist without the other to oppose. They cycle in dominance over each other, and this cycling provides creative energy that drives the world.

  • Kender Sky Blade, the mighty eagle, laid an egg. The egg hatched and out came the other gods - Sky Mistress, Sky Master, Song Master and Dragon Woman. They were given the job of forming the world, but they argued about it. Dragon Woman bit Sky Master in half, and his blood poured out and formed the First Sea. His top half was still hanging onto the sky, and he grew hot with anger - this is the Sun. His bottom half fell into the sea of this blood. Sky Mistress leaned over from the Sky and pulled up Sky Master's bottom half by his private parts. However, they snapped off in her hands, but the rest of his body floated on the surface of the sea and made land.

  • Gnomes: Reorx made it from many different parts as a great machine. Because it is such a complex machine many of its parts think that they are special in themselves, rather than because of their role in a greater entity.

  • Ogres: It was called into being by Argon, by His will. It was created as a testing ground for his followers, so that He could weed out the faithful.

  • Plainsfolk: The Earth Mother created it, from Her own body, as a place for all life to flourish.

  • Seekers: This is not a meaningful question. The world has always existed. Knowing its origins will not help you become a better person, and will not help you survive.

Creation of life.

  • Dwarf: We were made as Reorx's special children. He allowed other races to populate the world but we remained hidden beneath the mountains until such a time as Reorx decreed that we should go forth and help the other races. When dragons roamed the skies and all looked bleak for the world, that is when Reorx saw the need for strong, brave warriors and that is when dwarves first walked the face of Krynn.

  • Elf: We are the first born of E'Li and Quen. Our people awoke before there was night, in a time when the light of E'Li was always in the sky. Through their son, Astra, E'Li and Quen taught our people how to love and laugh and sing.

  • Kender Now that the world was formed, the four children of Sky Blade then argued over who should make the people. Sky Mistress made the elves, who are very serious and take great care of the land. Dragon Woman made the ogres, who are very angry and hate the land. The top half of Sky Master made the gnomes, but because there was only half of him, the gnomes were half the size of the elves and ogres. Because they were made by a broken god, the gnomes are always trying to fix things. Sky Mistress accidentally dropped Sky Master's private parts on the ground, and they formed the humans. As this happened, Song Master was trying to create his own race but when he saw the genitals grow legs and begin running around he laughed out loud at the moment of creation, and so the kender were born, who are full of laughter and joy.

  • Gnomes: After Reorx made the world, he discovered that the demons CrackShaft and ShornGear had hidden inside it, and were part of it. So he made the First Gnomes StraightShaft and True Gear to find CrackShaft and ShornGear, and repair them. The First Gnomes did so, but the demons split themselves up into smaller parts -the gremlins. So, the First Gnomes split themselves too, into the gnome race.

  • Ogres: When Argon created the world, He made all the ogres that there should be.

  • Plainsfolk: The Earth Mother created thinking beings so that someone could see and appreciate the world that She had made. Each time She made a people, they lost sight of Her true nature. The ogres sought only to feed their own hungers and took more than the Earth Mother could give, the elves sought to re-make the natural world the way they thought proper, the dwarves tunneled the body of the Earth Mother and quarried Her bones out of avarice, other humans turned their eyes to the skies and worshipped them. Only our people can see the true way of the Earth Mother.

Early Conflicts.

  • Elf: In his desire for Quen, Kinis created a terrible she-demon called Takhis. He hoped to swap Takhis for Quen, so gaining Quen for himself and letting Takhis kill E'Li. However, Takhis was smarter than he was, and she fought her creator and made him her slave. She then set out to rule the Middle and Upper Realms for herself, but she was betrayed by Matheri, a lowly spider from the Lower Realm, who climbed Zivylin to warn Quen and E'Li. Takhis sought out Matheri for revenge, but Quen turned him into a rose and when Takhis grabbed him the thorns cut her. Where her blood fell a new race, the goblins, were spawned. Takhis cut down the rose, but when she had gone the bud opened and Matheri crawled out as a praying mantis.

  • Ogres: When the wicked elves began to kill our people, our numbers dwindled. So Argon sent the Irda to us, and told the ogre Harzuram that within the elves forests there grew a sacred bush - the Cham'mich. Harzuram rescued the Cham'mich from the elves and gave it to our people. When the ogres of old ate of the Cham'mich they became fertile and could bear children, by Argon's Will.
Istarin Monomyth

According to the Istarin religion, the world was forged by Reorx, and then the gods of good, evil and neutrality took up their places in the heavens. Paladine created the dragons but they were corrupted by Takhisis. So Paladine breathed life into metal statues of the dragons and so were born the chromatic and metallic dragons.

The gods hear music coming from the stars - the souls of the unborn - and they fight over who should have control of them. The gods of neutrality join forces with the gods of good in order to defeat evil. In the end, it is agreed that each faction should create a race. The gods of good create the elves, those of evil the ogres and the gods of neutrality create the humans.

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