Brian Staveley
Both excellent questions! I think I can answer both in one go:
One of the principles governing the theology of the world is balance. As a result, the old gods came into being (no one in the word knows or understands how--the theology varies from religion to religion and region to region) in pairs: the Blank God, then Ae (nothing and something), Pta and Astar'ren (chaos and order), Hull and Intarra (Darkness and Light), etc. When the universe swings too far toward on pole, a countervailing force arises to balance things out. The Csestriim and the Nevariim, were both created by Bedisa (goddess of Birth), and created to balance each other out. The Csestriim--rational, cerebral; the Nevariim, instinctive. When the Csestriim destroyed the Nevariim, there was a major imbalance, and some speculate that the young gods (and hence the humans) emerged in response to that imbalance...
One of the principles governing the theology of the world is balance. As a result, the old gods came into being (no one in the word knows or understands how--the theology varies from religion to religion and region to region) in pairs: the Blank God, then Ae (nothing and something), Pta and Astar'ren (chaos and order), Hull and Intarra (Darkness and Light), etc. When the universe swings too far toward on pole, a countervailing force arises to balance things out. The Csestriim and the Nevariim, were both created by Bedisa (goddess of Birth), and created to balance each other out. The Csestriim--rational, cerebral; the Nevariim, instinctive. When the Csestriim destroyed the Nevariim, there was a major imbalance, and some speculate that the young gods (and hence the humans) emerged in response to that imbalance...
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Brian Staveley:
Hello sir :) Just reread your amazing series again, it's like meeting an old friend you just click back into place with. I have a question about the Csestriim, i know they are long lived but would they look in their 20's, 30's, 40's? Also i wondered if you could give some clues about the sorts of things the Ancient Csestriim Leeches tampered with, things that supposedly frightened the gods?
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Nov 29, 2017 12:22PM · flag