World of Teréth End
From World of Teréth End
A Global View
Buried on a dark shelf in a forgotten Panæðan vault lies the folded tome Ismir's History of Zarátam, whereupon was inscribed at the dawn of the Third Age each silver pinpoint star on a night-Dragul's hide. Ismir Erygre named the deep and soulless firmament Zarátam after Zarav, first Apostle of Pæð, who walked among the silver stars compiling the Heavenly Wisdoms by which the Gods might justly rule the world. Upon the completion of this, his greatest work, Ismir Erygre traveled to each of the five continents, spreading word of the greatness of Pæð. While returning home from Tasserus, Ismir Erygre stopped on the barbarian island Lanas where he was imprisoned following a grand oration, where he died in 116 AR. King Garrd suffered no heretics. When word of Ismir Erygre's imprisonment and death reached Anu Gyth, the peaceful priests of Pæð were outraged and sent emissaries to the eastern island seeking restitution. King Garrd hanged each priest from the walls of keep and set out to the Shrine of Vargal to gain insight into what should be done. King Garrd was assassinated before he reached the shrine and King Anðus seized the throne. King Anðus rallied the Lanatar and prepared them for an invasion of Anu Gyth. He promised his people great wealth in desperate times. There began over one thousand years of war.
Ismir's message has long outlived him and the Erygre sect (who were corralled and slaughtered in 110 AR). In the Courts of Maradoo the Heavenly Wisdoms were accepted graciously and soon incorporated into their own doctrines. Pæð earned a place within their hierarchy where he was named Doro, and credited with peace and knowledge. A ship laden with gold was sent to Anu Gyth in 109 AR to pay homage at Doro's temple. After a harrowing journey, the gold was confiscated and used to fund the Kændàlan War. Those that escaped carried word to Maradoo (five years later, on foot) that Anu Gyth had fallen and so began a great effort to build the Dorontir. In 6014 LR, the same year Alfard was crowned High Lord of Ildûn, Doron Turdir wrote from the ethereal pinnacle of Dorontir:
| "... I have seen our green and blue world, and the white storms that curl across its face. I have seen the three disks that cross and circle Ismir's firmament, and know Doro's truths to be inviolate. I have seen the fiery face of the sun and watched its heavenly motion through the sea of silver points, its children in tow. I have seen our world slowly turning, and watched all of Zaratam dance with it in endless circles" |
Mostly, Turdir's heliocentric observations and prophecies remain unchallenged, but there are exceptions. The Cult of Woad, a widespread but small organization, maintain that the world and the bodies heavenly are connected pieces of the body of the spirit-God Woad and that all motions are due to growth and change within the body of their deity. To their credit, their astronomical predictions (eclipses, etc.) are unrivaled by even the studious Dorons. Many Werrid believe that Teréth End and its moons are orphaned worlds divided by some past calamity and that in time, the worlds will converge and they will be reunited with their kin.
The people of Teréth End, though separated by vast land and water divides, exist together. The events of one kingdom affects even the most remote people, if only subtly. All national events should be considered in the context of a much greater view, and while there may be no discernible end toward which all happenings are gravitating, there should be no mistake that an end (good or bad) exists.
