Introductions to Doudryll
As of the "Knowledge Wars" era
In a time, long ago, before the first histories of mankind were written, the Gods held councils. Talking amongst each other, and rarely speaking calmly, the Gods decided the fates of the earthlings as a whole. Whatever they decided, no matter what race brought about the discussion, every race had to follow.
After several decades of trying to calm his immediate followers, and at the same time, unsuccessfully calming and organizing the earthly followers, Duem, the father of the Gods, decided that the peace of the Gods must be met before the peace of the earthlings could be made.
Upon his announcement that the councils were dismissed, the other Gods rejoiced. They had no intention of leaving the affairs of earthlings alone, but now they could interfere how, and as often as, they enjoyed. During the councils, the Gods had decided upon their personal favorites, and it was now that the Gods could reign favor upon each of their particular species, or types of people.
One God in particular, Omine, the God of knowledge, favored all the races, and wished that they knew as much as he did, and could carry on that knowledge throughout the years. Therefore, he went to Earth, and went to the more knowledgeable people, oftentimes priests and rulers, to teach them the ways of reading and writing. He went to all races: elves, humans, dwarves, sprites, and so forth, teaching them the ways of knowledge. All he asked in return was that they teach the others of their races the ways of words.
When he was finished, he visited Ether, where the Gods went to rest. Ether held no disturbances whatsoever, and offered protection from Gods and earthlings alike, as it was a place where, though beings and items existed, they held no material body. Only the Gods could come to Ether, as they alone were powerful enough to pull their bodies back together from amongst the universal nothingness.
Kloin, the Goddess of Mischief, watched his progress gleefully, and went to the priests and rulers that Omine had gone to, and explained to them the advantages of changing the languages subtly, so that only their city, or tribe, could understand the knowledge bestowed upon them by the Gods. She kept up the ploy, saying that other Gods gave the earthlings other languages, far superior to the race she was speaking to at the time, and that they would use the language they were given as a tool to rule that race. Soon, despite the language that Omine had universally given to the earthlings, Kloin had each race, and several tribes within those races, separated through language.
She didn’t end there, though. Kloin had meddled with Omine’s words enough so that the leaders of the groups soon figured out how to write messages of hate, boastfulness, pride, and falsities. She helped the leaders create contracts that bound one man’s life to one another. Most importantly, though, she influenced the leaders to only teach their blood relatives and those “of deservence” the wonders of a separate language that they could read and write with.
Omine, after returning from Ether, discovered Kloin’s ploy, and roared loudly in anger. He went to Duem, who would do nothing to help his cause. “This is why I refuse to help the affairs of the earthlings,” thinking himself clever, he grinned and slapped Omine on the back, “However, dear friend Omine, if you and Kloin can learn to live together, happily, I will create a sickness that will befall the entire Earth, and erase everyone’s memories of things called words. Should they ever look upon them, they’ll think that they stand for no more than pictures, and will become confused, because the words that Kloin helped the earthlings create are in no means beautiful when looked upon as an image!” He roared in laughter then, but Omine, still irked at Kloin’s mischief, turned from the lord deity, and left his golden chambers. “Where are you off to?”
Omine turned toward Duem then, a fierce look of determination etched onto his wizened old face. “It seems that my work in all the realms is done. I’ve provided amusement for yourself and Kloin, and possibly others, and I’ve provided knowledge to the humans, though limited as it may be, it will, one day, spread far and wide.”
Duem tilted his head and looked toward Omine, “Kloin tricked the leaders into keeping their knowledge about words and written language a secret, what makes you think that the knowledge will be spread beyond those of their scope?”
At that point, Omine grinned, bowed, and then turned away in his trek to leave Narbanuouss, the home of the Gods, saying only one line as he faded away. “It is within their nature.”