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During one such lull, a [[merian]] known as Gorob became perhaps the most famous of all mortals. He devised the creation of the [[:Category:Edifices of Power|Edifices of Power]] from which mortals could fan the spark of their own divinity and rise to godhood themselves, challenging the Soulless. | During one such lull, a [[merian]] known as Gorob became perhaps the most famous of all mortals. He devised the creation of the [[:Category:Edifices of Power|Edifices of Power]] from which mortals could fan the spark of their own divinity and rise to godhood themselves, challenging the Soulless. | ||
Though Gorob was the first [[:Category:Vernal Gods|Vernal God]] to rise, he could not save his precious home city and suffered a defeat by [[Illith]]. After that, Gorob wandered Lusternia, and the mortal people he visited variously fled from his might or flocked to him as their savior. In the ancient tongue, he became known as | Though Gorob was the first [[:Category:Vernal Gods|Vernal God]] to rise, he could not save his precious home city and suffered a defeat by [[Illith]]. After that, Gorob wandered Lusternia, and the mortal people he visited variously fled from his might or flocked to him as their savior. In the ancient tongue, he became known as Gorob d'Varsha, which meant Gorob the Teacher. As the decades passed, the name of Gorob was forgotten, and so came to be [[D'varsha]], first of the Vernal Gods. | ||
The seed of hope for salvation slowly grew in the mortal races, a hope beyond just merely surviving the hunger of the Soulless, but a hope to overcome, to win for themselves a new life. The hope of safety. The stronger civilisations began to build their own Edifices of Power based on D'varsha teachings. | The seed of hope for salvation slowly grew in the mortal races, a hope beyond just merely surviving the hunger of the Soulless, but a hope to overcome, to win for themselves a new life. The hope of safety. The stronger civilisations began to build their own Edifices of Power based on D'varsha teachings. | ||