The Godseed

Creation Story of the Syndavari
At the beginning, there existed the Celestial Gardens and their keeper, the Great Seedsman. The Celestial Gardens began with the planting of Iremaeus; The Godseed. There were three Saplings: Iremaeus, the eldest and first of the Celestial Gardens, Kaora the second, and Voranthos the youngest.

“In this darkness I shall create from soil and rock a majestic garden for you to grow in.” Spoke the Great Seedsman to his young Saplings.

The Godseed was planted within the soil and grew into a colossal tree, his leaves wreathed in beautiful pure flame, unmatched and unrivaled by anything. He became the Sun. “Behold me, brother and sister, the birth of our Garden’s guiding light from now until the end of all beginnings.” After the Godseed had been rooted, the Great Seedsman set out to create beds for his other Saplings to grow in.



“For Voranthos, my young child, I have placed you next to Iremaeus so that he may give you light as you grow.” Iremaeus took to guiding his young brother as he began to take root. Voranthos, empowered by the warmth of his magnificent light, grew strong and became the Earth. Within his branches formed the first Syndavarians to walk upon his bark. Dew collected into great masses that became the oceans, lakes, and seas and bark split and formed together to become mountains, cliffs, and valleys. Kaora was rooted furthest away from the Godseed. Her soil was cold and bitter. The leaves upon her branches were white and rotting. She became the Moon.

"Here I have set you my children, and here you shall remain." said the Great Seedsman. "Your place within my Gardens is immovable."

"My branches lie dying, choked by cold and death Father. If you will not offer me a place beside my eldest brother, then I will take what should be mine.” Poisoned by her anger, Kaora attempted to set herself next to Iremaeus. She was held back by Voranthos who spoke: "Our Father has spoken sister, do not scorn him!" Her tree grew quickly began to intertwine with Voranthos’ roots, choking his life little by little.

“Brother, my heart is broken by our sister’s evil. She has set upon me with despair and misery and I fear that she will be the end of me!” Nothing could undo her wicked deed. Kaora began to steal away the life-force of Voranthos and the Syndavarians that lived upon him. Iremaeus began to pursue after their dreaded sister, freeing the Syndavarian people from its evil for a brief time. Kaora looked on in seething anger and continued her attack when Iremaeus was not looking. To this day the eldest brother, the Sun, chases their sister, the Moon, keeping it from permanently rooting itself and choking the youngest brother. At the end of all beginnings, the Godseed will collapse, allowing the Pale Tree to root and finally sap the life-force from the World.

The Creation story of the Syndavarian race has been translated from the scriptures of the Syndavarian Arborage. The Syndavarian tongue is one of the most difficult languages to learn so the translation may be simple at times, the beauty of the Syndavarian storytelling has not been captured to its full magnificence.