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deanjday · 02-28-2021, 11:37 AM

Torag God of the Earth, The Mountains, The Dwarves and Craft

When the Creator gave the Mother the huge task of creating the physical shape and space of Solem she soon felt overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of the task and despite putting much of her power and energy into the earth itself she soon realized the Creator was impatient with her work, beautiful as it may of been.
She said to him that she demanded help not impatience and that he also needed to give his time to the physical world of Solem.

They argued it is said and the argument became both thunderous and passionate, a great earth like storm rent the world in great valleys and after the argument and passion subsided the God Torag was born into the world.

This new being looked around him and understood what he was and what he should do. He went straight to work, fulfilling his tempestuous wants and desires.
Mountains were raised from the plain flat lands, coastlines and islands raised from the water that had started to pool around the world, great ranges and hills were given shape and color and all around him the world of Solem took shape and character.

It was not long that the Mother said to her son Torag that he perhaps had gone to far, he had to give her room for the forests and the river valleys, the plains and the beautiful spaces of the coming world to be.

Torag was perplexed as he had never considered restraint, she asked him to stop and cut back on his mountains grandeur and he found himself unable to do so he was too connected magically to the high places of the world.

He instead told his Mother he would create a race of servants to help him manage these mountains and reduce their size and height, he foresaw them to be beings made from the mountain stone themselves and when he asked his mothers permission to give these stone beings life, she was delighted and helped him with her own power.

She saw these new earthen beings as a being a counter to the Creators Elves, more grounded literally in the world itself and free of his influence and thought.
She called them Dwarves and mixed her own power and Torag's to create them from the very earth and stone of the mountains and gave them the task of reducing and mining the many huge mountain ranges her son had created.

Torag was jubilant with the Dwarves creation and soon taught them his crafting arts and much of his power over stone and earth.
He sent the Dwarves out into the world to do his great work and during much of the age of legends, the Dwarves slowly and methodically did their work, bringing the mountains of their birth into balance with the mothers vision of creation for Solem.

To ensure Torag had a reason for being after his work in Solem was done, the Mother gave him his next great labor the creation of Mount Paradise, a mountain so huge, so tall that it could serve as a link from the world of Solem into Paradise the place where the Creator and the Mother lived that oversaw all that they had created together.

Torag went about this new task with vigor and determination and by the end of the age of legends the mountain was complete in all its huge splendor. So tall that it reached Paradise itself if a being was brave enough to go there.

02-28-2021, 11:37 AM	#81
deanjday Join Date: Jan 2021	Re: The World of Solem Torag God of the Earth, The Mountains, The Dwarves and Craft When the Creator gave the Mother the huge task of creating the physical shape and space of Solem she soon felt overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of the task and despite putting much of her power and energy into the earth itself she soon realized the Creator was impatient with her work, beautiful as it may of been. She said to him that she demanded help not impatience and that he also needed to give his time to the physical world of Solem. They argued it is said and the argument became both thunderous and passionate, a great earth like storm rent the world in great valleys and after the argument and passion subsided the God Torag was born into the world. This new being looked around him and understood what he was and what he should do. He went straight to work, fulfilling his tempestuous wants and desires. Mountains were raised from the plain flat lands, coastlines and islands raised from the water that had started to pool around the world, great ranges and hills were given shape and color and all around him the world of Solem took shape and character. It was not long that the Mother said to her son Torag that he perhaps had gone to far, he had to give her room for the forests and the river valleys, the plains and the beautiful spaces of the coming world to be. Torag was perplexed as he had never considered restraint, she asked him to stop and cut back on his mountains grandeur and he found himself unable to do so he was too connected magically to the high places of the world. He instead told his Mother he would create a race of servants to help him manage these mountains and reduce their size and height, he foresaw them to be beings made from the mountain stone themselves and when he asked his mothers permission to give these stone beings life, she was delighted and helped him with her own power. She saw these new earthen beings as a being a counter to the Creators Elves, more grounded literally in the world itself and free of his influence and thought. She called them Dwarves and mixed her own power and Torag's to create them from the very earth and stone of the mountains and gave them the task of reducing and mining the many huge mountain ranges her son had created. Torag was jubilant with the Dwarves creation and soon taught them his crafting arts and much of his power over stone and earth. He sent the Dwarves out into the world to do his great work and during much of the age of legends, the Dwarves slowly and methodically did their work, bringing the mountains of their birth into balance with the mothers vision of creation for Solem. To ensure Torag had a reason for being after his work in Solem was done, the Mother gave him his next great labor the creation of Mount Paradise, a mountain so huge, so tall that it could serve as a link from the world of Solem into Paradise the place where the Creator and the Mother lived that oversaw all that they had created together. Torag went about this new task with vigor and determination and by the end of the age of legends the mountain was complete in all its huge splendor. So tall that it reached Paradise itself if a being was brave enough to go there.