Lore: Temple of Creation

[loimprevisto]

I'm drafting up some lore for an addon that indirectly involves the Temple of Creation. Is there anything in particular I should be aware of?

I couldn't find the reference but one thing that sticks out in my mind was that there may have been a goddess that the sher'tul did not pursue, an ocean deity who had no interest in the surface. Any connection?

[Mewtarthio]

As far as I know, the only gods who survived the Sher'Tul purge were Gerlyk (fled to the Void), Ralkur (currently running for his life in the Infinite Dungeon), and Amakthel (for certain definitions of "survived"). They don't really strike me as the sort to live and let live.

[Crim, The Red Thunder]

I seem to recall a discussion in the IRC the other day that specififed 2 gods left alive, and Gerlyk would count as a third, though not on Eyal.

They may have mentioned something about an ocean, but I don't have the logs anymore.

[loimprevisto]

Found something, digging through old posts:

But the Sher'Tul were unhappy with their position in the world. Being made with the same passions of Amakthel they had no desire to be simple pawns in the wars of gods. And so they resolved that they would destroy the gods, and become masters of the world themselves. In this they recruited the help of the other races, whom they pitied, and also enlisted the aid of Arawe, Lady of the Waters. Arawe, unlike the other gods, took no part in all the battles and wars and made no creations of her own beyond fish and other sea animals. She agreed that she would aid the Sher'Tul in stopping the other gods, and that she herself would retreat to the farthest depths of the seas, never to interfere in the affairs of mortals. Aye, and it is said that the oceans have since doubled in size, with the tears of Arawe's regret.

With the help of Arawe and through their own mastery of magics the Sher'Tul fashioned nine almighty weapons, that were called the Godslayers. Nine men and women were chosen to wield them, and one by one the gods were hunted down and killed. Many hundreds of years it took, and great was the bloodshed in achieving it. But at last the only gods remaining were Arawe, who had fled to the deepest oceans, and Amakthel, their creator.

Is this still considered cannon?

[HousePet]

Well they did kill Amakthel, so they might have killed Arawe as well.

Another thing to note is that the Temple of Creation only ended up under the sea after the cataclysm.
Any links between it and the sea could be circumstantial.

[Robsoie]

The Sher'thul actually didn't kill Amakthel, they could only defeat him, dismember him and banish his body parts away.

One of those is very likely buried deep under the Dwarven city of Iron Council

When you explore the abandonned caves of The Deep Bellow in the depth of Iron Council, the influence of something has created distorted beings and corrupted the whole environment.

And the biggest hint at who's influence it is is the boss of the zone, the Mouth that is using a power that is linked directly to Amakthel (check the name of the power when it's using it).

So what has certainly happened is that the Dwarves dug too deep in a Dwarf Fortress way, reached one of the body parts and are then awakening Amakthel.

I wonder if that will be explored more in future expansion(s), i can imagine more things happening leading to a possible come back of an angry Amakthel, only for him to notice that the treacherous Sher'thul are mostly all dead, only 2 are remaining and his wrath redirected to what's left in front of him : Maj'Eyal.

This could lead into a possible quest to appease Amakthel and save the world from his wrath : finding both of the Sher'thul (one being met in a Farportal, and the other should be somewhere down the Infinite Dungeon though not yet present ingame) and bringing their heads back to their creator that would then leave Maj'Eyal alone to create other worlds.

[Mewtarthio]

Last I checked, there was indeed a campaign planned to deal with Amakthel's return.

Also, check the Elvala lore. All horrors are the scions of Amakthel. I doubt he could be "appeased."

[Robsoie]

Yes, but the horrors are the materialisation of his awakening anger against the Sher'thul infamous betrayal, that does not mean he can't be appeased as i guess the last 2 Sher'thul heads and possibly the water godling's one on top would surely help tremendously

In the Spellblaze Chronicles lore, Amakthel was sending those horrors to gather the power from one of the fallen minor (i mean minor as in every of his kind was vastly inferior to him in power) godlings that was resting there, that he needs probably to awaken more of himself.
But Linaniil just reached the place first and stole that power for herself .

I can see that Linaniil becoming in the future a slave to that godly power as due to its origin it's simply way greater than herself, so her being in control forever of it does not make any sense to me, in my opinion it's a "bite off more than one can chew" situation that is currently in progress there and she will eventually be consumed by it, very likely turned into something else serving that power instead of using it.
And this way she may become basically some kind of tool for Amakthel to help into rising again.

Still, there's a lot more that can happen, as we have 3 other survivors from his kind running around, the water one (though i can only guess Amakthel will have her head too for what she did) that hide somewhere in the depths of the oceans, the one that moved into the Void away from the world and the one that is creating the infinite dungeon in his run through the world depths.

And that without forgetting Urh'Rok and all his demonic legions waiting in the Fearscape to invade as soon as a portal is created

[Doctornull]

can see that Linaniil becoming in the future a slave to that godly power as due to its origin it's simply way greater than herself, so her being in control forever of it does not make any sense to me, in my opinion it's a "bite off more than one can chew" situation that is currently in progress there and she will eventually be consumed by it, very likely turned into something else serving that power instead of using it.

Dude.

She's a redhead.

She has power over the author of the whole setting.

[Robsoie]

Ah yes, i forgot that old joke that i learned wasn't a joke at all when i experienced the ridiculous overpowered thing it lead into :

[darkgod]

Just a note about the demons invasion, they are not really waiting for a portal. They are waiting for Eyal's protective shield to shut down under their assault.

[Robsoie]

Hmm, trying some jedi mind control while keeping a red hair wig in my hand :
Can you tell us more about that protective shield ?

[darkgod]

"Eyal's universe is probably filled with planets full of graves of civilizations whose races took the economically sound decision to not put a planetary shield up, which are studied and remembered by those that did, like the Sher'tul."

[Crim, The Red Thunder]

Well, that was more of a result then I expected a red wig to get.

[Robsoie]

I see that the force is strong with the red hairs
thanks for the answer anyways