Origin of Alaria

Many legends exist about the beginnings of Alaria, though the story of Zyxus and the Absinthe Stone is the most popular.

Zyxus and the Stone
Zyxus was the last of the great astral titans to be be born of the multiverse. He was born disfigured, with two heads, and was the runt of his siblings; he had none of the magical powers that they had for he was mute and could not speak the language of creation. As his other ten siblings left to create and mold and shape the universe, Zyxus was left in a far reach of an unpopular area of space, unhappy and alone. However, he was not truly alone. For here there also was the Absinthe Stone. The Absinthe Stone was no ordinary rock—it possessed such power and evil that anyone who even dared to gaze at it's pure, complete darkness would be instantly corrupted in utter evil. And Zyxus saw it. Or more precisely—Zyx, one of Zyxus' heads—saw it. And so entranced by it, he drew closer, his mind quickly melting into the evil mold that the stone called for. This was where Zyxus could draw his power from, to build a world. And so he did. His left head, Xus the Pure, and his right head, Zyx the Corrupted, designed everything that was. Then, with his right hand, Chaos, and his left hand, Law, Zyxus shaped the world. And by these two hands and minds, and through the power of the stone, Alaria bloomed forth, an amalgamation of good and evil, law and chaos, ensconcing a stone of unthinkable evil below, and surrounded by a god of unthinkable intellect above.

Prime Elementals
Before the movement of life could come to the world, the movement of the elements had to come first, and thus Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire were spoken into existence. With these came the eight Prime Elementals, four sibling pairs who each represented a piece of their element, each a master of the language of creation and the manipulation of their element. Under the magnificent and violent care of the Prime Eight, Alaria was transformed from desolate rock to a world of beauty and color, movement and change. The The world was ripe for life.

Life on Alaria
Work in progress.

Formation of the Planes
Notes: Okydos (oh-KY-dose): Planes of Chaos, formed by Zyxus's right hand Kaos

Logos: Planes of Law, formed by his left hand Lah