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 ====== Imperial creation myth ======
-//The following is the standard text of the **Imperial creation myth**, most recently reaffirmed by the [[history:cloud_era:Convocation of 68 Cloud]] at [[avishraa:community:Kar Iitan:]].//
+//The following is the standard text of the **Imperial creation myth**, most recently reaffirmed by the [[history:cloud_era:Convocation of 68 Cloud]] at [[geopolitical:Kar Iitan:]].//
 ===== The Beginning =====
 Before things were, they were not; all was the Void.
-First of all things were the Diarchs, the Two Highest, who were before and shall be after. One was [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:seluurin]], Weaver of Fates, Mother of Schemes, She who solemnly and without cease plans, builds, and arranges. The other was [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:khezri]], Trickster, Mother of Wonders, She who scatters, confuses, and breaks with laughter in Her heart.
+First of all things were the Diarchs, the Two Highest, who were before and shall be after. One was [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Seluurin]], Weaver of Fates, Mother of Schemes, She who solemnly and without cease plans, builds, and arranges. The other was [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Khezri]], Trickster, Mother of Wonders, She who scatters, confuses, and breaks with laughter in Her heart.
-They looked about them and saw that the Void was formless, with nothing to act upon, and They thought it best that things should Be. And there came from Their thought the first of all seas, filled with dark and cold, blacker than night; and from it, and of it, there emerged the first child of the Two Highest, with night in His eyes. He they named [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:uvuun]], the Hungry One, for He was born of Their hunger for new things; and they said to Him, "You shall lie beneath all else that comes after as a foundation. All shall rise from Your depths in the Beginning, and seem to escape You; but they shall return to You in the End."
+They looked about them and saw that the Void was formless, with nothing to act upon, and They thought it best that things should Be. And there came from Their thought the first of all seas, filled with dark and cold, blacker than night; and from it, and of it, there emerged the first child of the Two Highest, with night in His eyes. He they named [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Uvuun]], the Hungry One, for He was born of Their hunger for new things; and they said to Him, "You shall lie beneath all else that comes after as a foundation. All shall rise from Your depths in the Beginning, and seem to escape You; but they shall return to You in the End."
-And as the Two Highest bethought themselves on new things, even so did they rise up from Uvuun's depths, and fill the Void; and with each came a new child of the Two Highest. With fire came bright [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:idrizal]], and with the storms came [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:cherkin]] in Her rage, and with the waves of the seawaters [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:anedir]] came dancing. One by one They emerged, and many of Their names are taught to us; and They, along with the Two Highest, are the [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:]], the Powers. And each took possession of some part of the Void and made it a realm unto Themself, and filled it with works according to Their nature; and ever They fought with one another where Their realms met, for there Their influences mixed, and Their work left other than They desired it.
+And as the Two Highest bethought themselves on new things, even so did they rise up from Uvuun's depths, and fill the Void; and with each came a new child of the Two Highest. With fire came bright [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Idrizal]], and with the storms came [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Cherkin]] in Her rage, and with the waves of the seawaters [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Anedir]] came dancing. One by one They emerged, and many of Their names are taught to us; and They, along with the Two Highest, are the [[mythology:imperial_religion:Lamnar:]], the Powers. And each took possession of some part of the Void and made it a realm unto Themself, and filled it with works according to Their nature; and ever They fought with one another where Their realms met, for there Their influences mixed, and Their work left other than They desired it.
 ===== The Last Child =====
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 At Their bidding did a great pillar rise from the bottomless depths of the Void where Uvuun dwelt, and it was made of metal that burned hot, that none would attack it. And They sculpted a great bowl of the clay of Their thoughts, and placed it upside down upon its summit, and it was fired into hard stone by its heat. Then They called to them all Their children, and bade them turn to it.
-'Behold,' said They, 'We have fashioned a place for Life to dwell, as Our youngest begged of Us. In all other places in the Void, you may contend with one another as you please, but here, and here only, your struggles must be restrained. Storm may beat back Fire, but not overcome it, and the same may be said of Rock and Wind, Sea and Land. This shall be, so that none has the strength to overcome the living growing things that Our youngest has placed there, and they shall thrive in spite of you and those you kill; and for this it shall be called [[Avishraa:]], the Abode of Life. This is Our command; let it not be gainsaid.'
+'Behold,' said They, 'We have fashioned a place for Life to dwell, as Our youngest begged of Us. In all other places in the Void, you may contend with one another as you please, but here, and here only, your struggles must be restrained. Storm may beat back Fire, but not overcome it, and the same may be said of Rock and Wind, Sea and Land. This shall be, so that none has the strength to overcome the living growing things that Our youngest has placed there, and they shall thrive in spite of you and those you kill; and for this it shall be called [[universe:mikurmiya:Avishraa]], the Abode of Life. This is Our command; let it not be gainsaid.'
 And with This, they withdrew, and Their children took possession of the world that was made, each filling it with such things as the others would allow; and from that which each placed there, the Last Child took some of its substance, so that the Life She made would be given form. Therefore in rivers and seas swam fish, and in the air flew [[species:clade:draconiform|draconiforms]], and across the lands grew plants and trees, and beasts roamed among them.
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 Now in Their act of creation, the Two Highest had made for the Last Child beings in Her image, to help Her in Her works. They were lesser than She, but like Her in that they were of and from things that were not substances, but things of the mind. Such they were:
-  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:laishar]] was joyful, and made the world beautiful with song and music and delightful sounds;
+  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:Laishar]] was joyful, and made the world beautiful with song and music and delightful sounds;
-  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:ekhtun]] was protective, and fought with craft and schemes to defend living things from peril;
+  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:Ekhtun]] was protective, and fought with craft and schemes to defend living things from peril;
-  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:arthyd]] was lusty, and inspired all beings to mate and increase;
+  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:Arthyd]] was lusty, and inspired all beings to mate and increase;
-  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:toan|To'an]] was nurturing, and saw to it that the hungry were fed and the weak nursed to strength;
+  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:Toan|To'an]] was nurturing, and saw to it that the hungry were fed and the weak nursed to strength;
-  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:pellith]] was dutiful, and saw that all things did as the Last Child intended them to do;
+  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:Pellith]] was dutiful, and saw that all things did as the Last Child intended them to do;
-  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:vorak]] was meticulous, and noted all that was done and when, and saw to it that all remembered.
+  * [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:Vorak]] was meticulous, and noted all that was done and when, and saw to it that all remembered.
 Together They made the many living things of Avishraa and saw that all was good. And at the end of Their labors, the Last Child birthed those for whom the world was made, and these were the first [[takma:|takmar]].
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 Thus was the burden lightened. But, seeing that far fewer souls were saved than was pleasing to them, they sought to aid the takmar still further. For the Most Eminent had borne many children by her Court; and these, arising from their unions, were immortal as were their parents. Their mother therefore sent them down to walk in the world and dwell in the hearts of the takmar and inspire them in their work. These are the [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:#Children]], uncounted in names and numbers and more numerous by every vigil; and they keep us from despair and aid us in our daily lives.
-For this is the promise given to us by the Most Eminent and Her family, who are the [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:]]: that those who live rightly, who command with kindness and serve with humility, will dwell with them in Kastun until the End, when all is unmade.
+For this is the promise given to us by the Most Eminent and Her family, who are the [[mythology:imperial_religion:Siathar:]]: that those who live rightly, who command with kindness and serve with humility, will dwell with them in Kastun until the End, when all is unmade.