Creation Myth

The following is the means of creation in the story:

There were forms, and there was matter. The forms described, but as they did not describe anything in particular, they did very little. The matter sought form, but had no attributes. Then one of the forms was self aware. Whether it always knew or became aware, we do not know. But we know that it began to observe its surroundings. All the other forms were infinite—no matter how much of a form The Form took, there was the same amount left behind. But of The Form, there was no more, only itself. It observed its own being and saw how unique it was. So it sought to craft others of itself from the forms surrounding it.

The Form gathered many forms together and made a near replica of itself. However, its creation had nothing to hold it together, and its forms went back to their sources. Then the form looked out past the forms and saw the matter. Carefully, The Maker (for, surely, The Form was a maker by now) rebuilt its creation. Then, it reached into the matter, drew out some of its substance, and filled its new creation. The Maker rejoiced, for its creation held together, but the creation shortly died. The Maker had never seen death before, but quickly observed its effects and learned that death led to decay, and the decay ultimately pulled its forms apart again. But the matter remained bound to the forms. Then The Maker realized its creation could not survive as the only synthesis of matter and form. So, it gathered together forms and matter, and it made rocks, and trees, and earth, and sky, and all things that we know in our world. Then, seeing that it had made an entire world, The Maker gathered together, again, those forms from which it had made its replica. Again it fashioned its pieces, and again filled it with matter. Then The Maker placed its new creation on the world it had created, and named it “Nal,” which we have come to call “human.”

The Maker rejoiced in being able to see a being like itself, but saw that the Nal was lonely as well. The Maker could see the Nal, but the Nal thought it was alone, as The Maker once had. Worse, The Maker saw the Nal trying to fashion a partner for itself, but was using the wrong stuff. So, in love for Nal, The Maker made more Nallor, and placed them nearby so that they might find one another. What's more, forseeing the death of these beings, The Maker so shaped the Nallor that by coming together with one another, they could produce more of themselves. Then, seeing its work complete, the Maker stepped back, rejoicing in being no longer alone, even if its creation could not see it.

Thus we know that the Maker cares for us, and protects our race as a whole, for it delights in its creations. And it is true that we cannot see The Maker, nor do we ever directly see its works being performed. But it will never let us dwindle to nothing, and it delights to see our happiness.