Post by Sephyria Xionysis on Feb 11, 2007 15:46:57 GMT -6
One million years ago, the Xukyn Maester A'donnas came across an island off the edge of the Valley of the Fallen Ones. Desolate, overgrown, and uninhabited; her curiosity caught the better of her and she decided to explore. With her she had two of her favorite royal advisors and a scholar to record their findings.
A deep cave, soon to be known as the Deeper Well, was found. Glowing crystal formations graced the ceiling and floor while little spiritual orbs floated through the air unaware of the newcomers to their cave. A tiny stream flowed through its depths, though there was no telling where it was getting its source of water from. But it was there, in that cave, that the story of the Creation was told.
Across the walls were pictures of ancient proportions, of beings that they'd only heard myths of. Two female beasts, one of blue skin with thick growths from her head that mirrored head tails and another lavender skinned female with snow white hair and golden eyes, stood watch over their little planet. Underneath the picture, a word was scrawled... Sacreds.
It was from this that their religion was created and for every year since then, they have put their trust and faith in it... and each time they ahve prevailed.
But the drawing itself, with the golden eyes and horned growths, had more meaning than just proof of their creation. It was something else entirely. The Maester of the time had a mutated gene that caused her eyes to glow golden in times when she exuded high levels of magic and her Maester's hood had been made with head tails that many figured were to fit a mutation of her own. The drawing held such striking similarities that the Maester got an idea. With her witnesses, she returned to Qing Yuan and held a press conference. The new discovery had given her leverage and after claiming "divine right" she and everyone born with the "Princess mutation" was deemed Holy and chosen to rule.
It's probably best to note now that before then, the Maester was selected by picking the most powerful of the Xukyns and swearing them into ruling for life. But it was messy and nothing but men ruled the Kingdom. This brought forth sexist laws and females had little to no rights. But when the "mutation" first hit, the carrier held nearly 3 times more power than the strongest male Maester ever. Thus, the newcomer (a female) was deemed the most powerful Xukyn of all time and since then there has never been another male Maester. It seems only females can carry the gene.
However, their veiws of this and their self-righteousness bragging gained them a few enemies and a great Galatic Religious War broke out with the other planets of their system. There were no documented records of the planets that opposed them ever found, so they remain unnamed. All that was left were the destroyed remains of a planet that revolves around the Sun and gives Xukynsious their days and nights. This gave way to the end of their droughts and starvation, and also paved the way to the discovery of two moons that orbited their planet. With the moons and now having phases, their oceans had tides and the planet was able to enter a Golden Era.
It would also be good to note that Xukynsious never had days and nights because it never rotates. It merely revolves around the sun with the landmass constantly facing the sun. In destroying that planet, it was pulled close to it, it's orbit changed. The planet was of such great size that it blocks the sun completely from Xukynsious and allows them to have a night time. Their moons are illuminated in different colors (blue and red) by nearby stars. Their day/night lasts 39 hours.
A deep cave, soon to be known as the Deeper Well, was found. Glowing crystal formations graced the ceiling and floor while little spiritual orbs floated through the air unaware of the newcomers to their cave. A tiny stream flowed through its depths, though there was no telling where it was getting its source of water from. But it was there, in that cave, that the story of the Creation was told.
Across the walls were pictures of ancient proportions, of beings that they'd only heard myths of. Two female beasts, one of blue skin with thick growths from her head that mirrored head tails and another lavender skinned female with snow white hair and golden eyes, stood watch over their little planet. Underneath the picture, a word was scrawled... Sacreds.
It was from this that their religion was created and for every year since then, they have put their trust and faith in it... and each time they ahve prevailed.
But the drawing itself, with the golden eyes and horned growths, had more meaning than just proof of their creation. It was something else entirely. The Maester of the time had a mutated gene that caused her eyes to glow golden in times when she exuded high levels of magic and her Maester's hood had been made with head tails that many figured were to fit a mutation of her own. The drawing held such striking similarities that the Maester got an idea. With her witnesses, she returned to Qing Yuan and held a press conference. The new discovery had given her leverage and after claiming "divine right" she and everyone born with the "Princess mutation" was deemed Holy and chosen to rule.
It's probably best to note now that before then, the Maester was selected by picking the most powerful of the Xukyns and swearing them into ruling for life. But it was messy and nothing but men ruled the Kingdom. This brought forth sexist laws and females had little to no rights. But when the "mutation" first hit, the carrier held nearly 3 times more power than the strongest male Maester ever. Thus, the newcomer (a female) was deemed the most powerful Xukyn of all time and since then there has never been another male Maester. It seems only females can carry the gene.
However, their veiws of this and their self-righteousness bragging gained them a few enemies and a great Galatic Religious War broke out with the other planets of their system. There were no documented records of the planets that opposed them ever found, so they remain unnamed. All that was left were the destroyed remains of a planet that revolves around the Sun and gives Xukynsious their days and nights. This gave way to the end of their droughts and starvation, and also paved the way to the discovery of two moons that orbited their planet. With the moons and now having phases, their oceans had tides and the planet was able to enter a Golden Era.
It would also be good to note that Xukynsious never had days and nights because it never rotates. It merely revolves around the sun with the landmass constantly facing the sun. In destroying that planet, it was pulled close to it, it's orbit changed. The planet was of such great size that it blocks the sun completely from Xukynsious and allows them to have a night time. Their moons are illuminated in different colors (blue and red) by nearby stars. Their day/night lasts 39 hours.