The Book of Necrom

In the beginning, there was not but a barren void. Out of this void came an entity known as Gaia, and with her came light and darkness.

The light and darkness had no form or unity and thus swirled aimlessly and endlessly, encompassing Gaia. Gaia was weary of the monotony of this sempiternal lack of uniformity. She was also lonely and thus created Necrom from her flesh to keep her company.

She asked Necrom to control the light and darkness, so he turned them against each other, and they fled to opposite sides of Gaia. However, light and darkness kept vying for Necrom and Gaia’s attention. They constantly fought to be positioned over her ice gardens, where Necrom lived on Gaia’s surface.

Necrom created Solara and Luna and named them rulers over light and darkness. Solara gave a bit of herself to Luna so she might still see Necrom when it was darkness’s turn to vail the garden.

Soon after Solara gained control of the light, she began to melt the ice in the gardens, and Gaia began to turn green and colorful with the flora. Luna pulled back the waters and let them sink into vast openings within the flesh of Gaia. It is an arduous task holding the waters back, so Necrom allows her to release the tension twice a day. He calls these times tide.

After an eternity of growing and prospering from the effects caused by Luna and Solara, Gaia was pleased. And so, she gave them the form that was the opposite of Necrom. She named their time over the garden Day for Solara’s period and Night for Luna’s.

During the day, Solara would walk in Gaia’s gardens with Necrom, and during the night, Luna would walk with him.

So enamored was Solara by the beauty of the foliage, flora, and masculinity of Necrom that she fell in love with him and gave him a son. This son was born with two heads and thus was given two names: one for each of his heads. He was known as Artriuss-Zane.

Luna loved spending her time with Necrom in the garden as well. However, during her time, she did not enjoy the beauty of the garden. It was because of the darkness that she brought with her.

One night she decided to light up the night sky with bright bodies she called stars. Necrom enjoyed them so much he commanded her to leave them there for an eternity. She also bore him a son, and they named him Tull.

When Solar discovered that Necrom had a child with Luna, these feminine goddesses began to wage war upon one another. Necrom was infuriated and banished them both to the heavens, where they will shine down on Gaia for the rest of eternity.

Necrom named the garden Arglan-Grathe, which means night and day. Artriuss Zane and Tull flourished in the gardens and as they developed their personalities.

Artriuss-Zane was of medium stature in comparison to his father, and his two heads could never agree. They always seemed to be at war with themselves. Although, sometimes, they came together when they were battling wits with Necrom or Tull.

Tull was short in stature and very headstrong. He always did things his way, in his own accord, whether Necrom or Artriuss-Zane told him how or not. 

As Artriuss-Zane and Tull grew into men in the gardens of Arglan-Grathe, they longed for feminine companionship as their father once had, but there was none. This was the one thing on which they did agree.

One day, they joined together and asked Necrom for companions. On this day, Necrom populated the gardens with beings he called elves.

They loved the elves but could never find any equality between themselves and them. They had watched their father create the elves and decided that they would make their own kind.

Artriuss-Zane created a creature called Man, whose spirit was relatively close to his two-faced self.

           Tull created Dwarves in his image. Some say they were far too alike, for the dwarven females were also short and bullish—some even to the extent of having facial hair like his own.