#it's artifice and separation and loneliness and trying to set things right again

[herearedragons]

whoops, thought about my dnd worldbuilding for too long and got emotional about it

the mortal realm is artificial. the mortal realm did not come built in with the rest of the universe. the mortal realm was a passion project by a merry band of misfits who were already powerful when they started, but only became gods halfway through, because what makes a god is the act of creation, what makes a god is the ability to say I will it so and so it shall be. the gods have crafted this world with their own hands and gave their breath and blood and sweat to make it work. Tiamat breathed fire at the core of the world for a hundred years, never stopping, while the others searched for a permanent way to keep it warm. Melora gave up her physical form and became the life essence of the planet itself because she loved it so much and her husband became the sun so that he may always keep her warm and safe, and tore out his eye and made it into the moon so it can watch the parts of the planet his light cannot reach

and then they tore themselves apart in a war that ended up with all survivors being disembodied and trapped between worlds, unable to touch their creation ever again