Chapter 2- The First Creatures

The Aelidra were made between the gods, the first physical and self-supporting and multiplying creatures were not something the gods wanted to go wrong, so each god put what they sought or found interesting into them. They worked away at them, before awakening them with a spark of divine light.

They were singularly tall and beautiful beings, composed and devout in equal measures. They sought the safety of company, and revered the world around them, and always looked to their survival in the future. However, they were not what the Gods sought. They watched them for age upon age, their lives lived over and over, before the gods found the source of their displeasure with their creations. They were too perfect, they avoided conflict wherever possible, and sought guidance from the gods on all issues, and lacked true independence.
Some truly excelled in some areas, but the majority were satisfied with their lives as others or the gods dictated them. Some of the Aelin took members of the Aelidra as their children, those who were best in what they excelled in and what the Gods valued most. They imbued them with the same power that the gods held but of a much smaller scale. The remainder became the gods servants, available to their beck and call, eternal at the wishes of the gods.

Now the gods had discovered the mistakes they had made, they decided that the uniformity of the Aelidra had made them an unsuccessful creation, so they each went to create their own. Thus the races the world now knows were created. They were sent to inhabit the world, and they flourished in a way that the Aelin had not. They learned of the world, and went beyond what the Gods imagined. They lived their lives with vigour and venom. They fought amongst one another, and even amongst a God's creation, they differed and clashed. Their fervor was fed by the gods, who found themselves invigorated by their creature's faith, and imbued some of them with specks of their power. This power flourished in them. Over time, this greedy behavior by the gods led to their downfall.