Sacredness of the East Isles

[bronze]

It is said that because the East Isles are too holy to be defiled by the Chaos, and the Chaos could never set a foot on them. But it raises another question. How and why only the East Isles could have remained so pure and unpolluted.

The large portion of the East Isles has eventually been invaded and conquered by the God Learners, but Vormain has remained unscathed. The archipelago has never experianced outside influences and maintained independence even at the height of powers of the God Learners and Golden Mokato, though it is said at some points they sent tributes to Kralorela. Wondering such exceptional sovereignty is owing to protection of their gods, or something else. 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2023 by bronze

[metcalph]

4 hours ago, bronze said:

It is said that because the East Isles are too holy to be defiled by the Chaos, and the Chaos could never set a foot on them. But it raises another question. How and why only the East Isles could have remained so pure and unpolluted.

The large portion of the East Isles has eventually been invaded and conquered by the God Learners, but Vormain has remained unscathed. The archipelago has never experianced outside influences and maintained independence even at the height of powers of the God Learners and Golden Mokato, though it is said at some points they sent tributes to Kralorela. Wondering such exceptional sovereignty is owing to protection of their gods, or something else. 

Vithalash (the big land amidst the Eastern Isles) is too holy to be defied by chaos but the rest of them not so.  In the Great Darkness, the whol place was ruled by the Transitory Empire, which ended up flooding a lot of lands when it was dispelled.  A similar fate befell Vormain at the same time.  Vormain's succesful insularity in Time is largely cultural IMO.

[Joerg]

The Vithelan Chaos is largely home-made - the Antigods are the offspring of Vith and his dark wife Gebkeran, apparently a cosmic necessity for Vith to find the balance required to achieve enlightenment and access to the Ultimate.

The term antigod is used in a flexible way and also includes all deities that entered the Vithelan sphere from the outside, starting with the Sea Gods, but also including Kahar (apparently a member of the Vadrudi host who wooed Harantara/Thrunhin Da rather than some Triolini demigoddesses), the Mostali of Light and Dark Mountain (Babadi, another stone or metal man), and the magic of the other three directions (brought home by the Sheradpara noble antigod sons who became the sorcerer, priest and shaman of the Vithelan court, well-regarded members of the pantheon after admitting their mistake and submitting to their father.

A few other antigods became sort-of court-enabled respected deities. Kahar is one of these, after studying Perfect Stillness with one of the great mystics of the East. A home-grown one respected as a martial artist is Herespur despite his accomplicehood with Sekever and Avanapdur.

The evil lords of Sortum are mainly descendants of Vith and Gebkeran, and there are e.g. the Arandinni adpara people who are descended from Sortum, underworld people in conflict with the nearby East Isles.

It isn't quite clear where the Deep Ones of Nan Matol with their giant underwater walktapus originate - Sortum is a good guess, but this might as well be a remnant of Outer Chaos sent to sleep by one of the great sages.