Creation
of Lossi
In
the beginning, Lossi was an endless sea of shifting lava and Fire
ruled supreme. This was not to last, for soon Water rained down
from the heavens. It formed a vast ocean, which cooled the magma
into the solid substance known as Earth, and the steam became Air.
Thus it is known that despite its benign appearance, Lossi was
forged in flame, and primeval fires still raged deep in the
planet’s core that remembered what transpired from time
immemorial. Only three flames of the original conflagration still
burned on the surface. They were called the Wisdom Fires, and
could be found deep in a cave of the highest mountain in the
Valley of the Whispering Winds. As the firstborn of Lossi, the
Wisdom Fires knew its past and its present. Countless heroes
throughout history came to them for advice, and it is from them
that this story comes.
The
mighty Elementals were the initial rulers of Lossi, and their
authority went unchallenged for ages. The heart of the world was
the Valley of the Whispering Winds: the seat of their power and a
place where anybody could come to commune directly with the four
elements. The wind-swept peaks of the mountain range reached high
into the clouds, and from them cascaded the Great
River, flowing through the valley and spilling out onto a fertile
plateau beyond.
The
Elementals nourished the land and vegetation began to flourish
there. Soon a lush forest sprang up by the Valley of the
Whispering Winds, and at its center grew a mighty oak called the
Tree of Life. The Tree of Life grew fatter and fatter, until one
day its bark cracked and two beings emerged from its hollow. They
were the deities Laurel and Pan, a wholly new form of life the
likes of which Lossi had never seen.
From the moment they set eyes on each other, an urge
gripped them that they could not deny, and they embraced in the
full passions of love. The land exploded with fertility from their
union, and Lossi was populated by all manner of things that walk,
crawl, fly, climb, and swim. Birds now chirped in the trees,
wolves stalked the countryside, and fish
frolicked beneath the waves.