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| The [[:lore:Suranimites]], one of the religious movements amongst the cult of [[:gods:gaea|Gaia]], believed that it wasn't [[:gods:gaea|Gaia]] that had created the world, but that she rather was its "cleaning woman", the one that keeps it running and nice. | The [[:lore:Suranimites]], one of the religious movements amongst the cult of [[:gods:gaea|Gaia]], believed that it wasn't [[:gods:gaea|Gaia]] that had created the world, but that she rather was its "cleaning woman", the one that keeps it running and nice. | ||
| - | For them, the Real Creator was [[:gods:Gnat the Cosmic Gnu]], The First of Them, sent by the [[:lore:builders|Builders]] to create in their names. | + | For them, the Real Creator was [[:gods:Gnat the Cosmic Gnu]], The First of Them, sent by the [[:lore:imperial_myths#The Legend of the Builders|Builders]] to create in their names. |
| But most people outside Suranimites feared and hated Gnat at the same time, because it was an annoying god for two reasons. The first was that it shattered their beliefs that gods were omnipotent beings, serving the Builders and representing them before mortals. That something else may exist turning them into minor servants was not something easy to swallow. | But most people outside Suranimites feared and hated Gnat at the same time, because it was an annoying god for two reasons. The first was that it shattered their beliefs that gods were omnipotent beings, serving the Builders and representing them before mortals. That something else may exist turning them into minor servants was not something easy to swallow. | ||
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| But there was something else... [[:gods:gnat|Gnat]] was said to be married with [[:gods:Ada]], the Unquestionable Lady, The One of Order, that represents the ultimate force of order, as opposed to chaos. But she also represents ultimate entropy, the glacial end of eternity, and that's something that meant that the world was not eternal. And Gnat started to be seen as a puppet in the hand of Ada, creating only to escape from the boredom of eternity. | But there was something else... [[:gods:gnat|Gnat]] was said to be married with [[:gods:Ada]], the Unquestionable Lady, The One of Order, that represents the ultimate force of order, as opposed to chaos. But she also represents ultimate entropy, the glacial end of eternity, and that's something that meant that the world was not eternal. And Gnat started to be seen as a puppet in the hand of Ada, creating only to escape from the boredom of eternity. | ||
| - | Moreover, Gnat is associated with [[Xathena]], the One in Green, Mistress of the Carpenters who endlessly work at keeping the structure of the universe in shape. | + | Moreover, Gnat is associated with [[:gods:Xathena]], the One in Green, Mistress of the Carpenters who endlessly work at keeping the structure of the universe in shape. |
| - | Xathena was also hated by most races, as it is said that she confined them into the limits of her own [[Greenish Structure]], jailing them away from the felicity that only Builders can enjoy. | + | Xathena was also hated by most races, as it is said that she confined them into the limits of her own [[:lore:Greenish Structure]] , jailing them away from the felicity that only Builders can enjoy. |
| After the religious wars of the IVth century EK, the Suranimites were wiped out, their books burned, their temples converted into Gaian ones. | After the religious wars of the IVth century EK, the Suranimites were wiped out, their books burned, their temples converted into Gaian ones. | ||
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| Nowadays, only those who follow the cult of the Mother (Fendrakis, of course, but also Maössis and the orcish tribes of Druven, for example) do refer to Gnat with respect. | Nowadays, only those who follow the cult of the Mother (Fendrakis, of course, but also Maössis and the orcish tribes of Druven, for example) do refer to Gnat with respect. | ||
| - | There is a prophecy telling that the time of Xathena will pass, and the rule of Gentaki will come. And after Gentaki, Sawinga will come, and then, Gnat's influence over Bigworld will decline, as the Cosmic Gnu will go into a long sleep, dreaming of the past, leaving most of the work to Builders. | + | There is a prophecy telling that the time of Xathena will pass, and the rule of Gentaki will come. And after Gentaki, Sawinga will come, and then, Gnat's influence over [[:Bigworld]] will decline, as the Cosmic Gnu will go into a long sleep, dreaming of the past, leaving most of the work to Builders. |
| Finished is the story :) | Finished is the story :) | ||
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