The Quiet Gods

Almora was forged from the will of three Gods. Nîdel, the Goddess of Compassion, Mercy, and Unconditional Love; Ûrdir, the God of Righteous Indignation, the Destruction of Obstacles, and Power; and Aemben, the highest of Deities, representing Balance, Ascension, and all that is Whole.

Legends describe the creation of Almora as a meeting of minds. In contemplation, Aemben sat within the void hoping to find a way to create a representation of their mind. Being a Deity without gender, imperfection, or uncertainty, they sought the council of deities that would represent the limits of their mind before trying to create something as vast as an entire plane of existence.

Aemben first called upon Ûrdir. A God of masculine, forceful energy, Ûrdir began offering schematics and machinations to help bring the world of Aemben’s mind into reality. The inner workings and structure of the plane were beautifully imagined, but cold. Aemben then called upon Nîdel. The Goddess was and endless source of love and warmth, and helped bring life to the shell that Ûrdir helped create. She helped realize the opportunity for growth, redemption, and forgiveness in a world previously devoid of those things.

Aemben subtly offered adjustments and corrections to the form taking shape by the will of Ûrdir and Nîdel discussing their ideas together. As their vision became more clear, however, the two lower deities began to see the extremes of the other, and were moved by what they saw. Nîdel saw the suffering inherent in the world they were creating, and understood this pain to be necessary for the existence of beauty, redemption, and growth, and she wept. Ûrdir saw the many ways that this world would stand in its own way in order to achieve greater heights, and he grew frustrated and angry, squinting one eye out of barely contained rage. Thus the two became lodestones on a spectrum representing aspects of the mind of Aemben.

Experiencing the depths of their own positions on this spectrum Nîdel and Ûrdir found themselves stunned to silence. In the pause of this conversation, Aemben softly spoke, “Almora”, and the plane was forged. Amazed by what they had seen the two lesser gods began to alternate their gaze between Aemben and their creation. As Ûrdir gazed upon Almora with his one full eye of fury, day was born. As Nîdel looked on Almora, one eye blue with tears, another gold with compassion, night was born. Never conversing on their creation again, these three deities became known as The Quiet Gods.