Of the first things:
First there was Chaos
Second there was Something and Nothing
Third there was Dark and Light
It is said that the Something and the Nothing would fight
and that, the Dark and Light would fight also.
This being told to me by a monk of Valriel, no longer in the order.
On the nature of elemental essences:
It is said that of the four primary elements
there is earth which is
there is water which changes
there is air which moves
there is fire which consumes
Overheard in a Narcopian brothel:
When Mother Earth was suckling her children
sky suckled from her right teat
but flame and sea fought to suckle from her left teat
this is why they still fight to this day