Creation Myth

The following is the commonly accepted story of Edda's creation. Variations exist, according to religious texts, scholarly research, and matters of faith. Some religions diverge greatly, such as the Church of Eriast, and They That Wait.

Chaos
In the beginning, there was Chaos. It roiled and formed, falling back into nothingness, over and again. Substantive, but without purpose.

Daemons rose out of the primordial elements to build and to war, only to collapse upon themselves. No kingdoms yet existed, no empires ruled the vastness. It was before all.

A Voice called forth, and the Chaos heeded it. The breath of the Voice itself held the daemons' form fast, the heat of the Voice shaped them, the strength of the Voice...[something blah blah blah]

Again, the daemons built and warred. However, some took to a life of thought, contemplating the Voice. The strength of the daemons' thought lent shape to the vastness, tempering much of the ever-changing Chaos.

A great conflict ensued. The firmament shuddered, and the vastness was nearly consumed forever. The fervor with which the formless and the formed, entropy and order, battled gave birth to the Dawnsouls.

Gifted with the capacity for both creation and destruction, the Dawnsouls ushered in the first age.

Shom
The Dawnsouls fashioned a being of thought and order, instilling