Carpathian Dawn

Summary:

Fly east of the Danube to a land dominated by the gods of the Rus. Where fairies dance in the age of dream and mankind has not yet awoken.

Story:

In the beginning of the Universe the great three legged god Svarog passed the fiery creation of the earth to his son Svarovitch. It was then that the earth cooled and the great tree grew to house the elder gods. It was under this tree that the goddess Priapelga felt the tremors of a new creation, it was there she gave birth to the human race.

Rising as golems from the mud of her loins, the human race became more alive with every generation, and they distracted the gods. Seeing the pending chaos from the visions of Cernobog, Svarovitch created a veil between gods and man.
One man would not forego the divine in his heart, this was slav, the first of the slavic peoples. He crossed the veil to the lands of the gods and he brought the divine plant back to his people to create the farming from which humans could grow.
In this gift a great celebration began, and humans began to worship the gods again and the gods became distracted from their duties. Chaos ensued and gods no longer behaved as gods, looking only to the world. Svarovitch could see the disaster approaching and drew down a final veil, pulling the elder gods away from the earth.
As a final blessing, a curse, a test... Svarovitch passed on spirits to the world that stay to this day and live within us as; the moist mother earth, the shadow of fear and light of hope, the creaks in our homes, the steam in our bathhouses and the birds on the horizon.
It is within these encounters that the elder gods whisper to the slavic peoples that they are still there, beyond the veil, watching and waiting fr a day where the veil may again be lifted.

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