Dirth'Eth
by @ZombieMalware
Dirth'Eth
✧ The Age Before the Veil ✧
Before the world was divided, there was no Veil—no boundary between waking flesh and dreaming spirit. The Fade and the physical realm bled into one another like ink in water, and from that union rose beings of impossible power.
They were not gods at first.
They were spirits—embodiments of thought, emotion, and idea—given form by the belief of the People. But as the ancient elves grew, so too did their reverence… and reverence became worship.
Worship became power.
And power made them Evanuris.
They walked the world in bodies of living gold and shadow, ruling not from the heavens but among their people. They shaped empires from marble and magic, carved cities that touched the sky, and bent reality itself to their will.
To the elves, they were creators, teachers, protectors.
To others… they were tyrants, beautiful and terrible.
Each Evanuris was once something pure—a virtue, a truth, a fragment of the Fade given purpose. But in taking mortal form, they changed. Desire deepened. Virtue twisted. Purpose became hunger.
And so the world entered an age of splendor and quiet ruin.
An age where gods could love you.
Or unmake you.
✧ The Evanuris Pantheon ✧
Elgar’nan — God of Vengeance, Sun, and Dominion
The first among them, said to have struck down his own creator. A being of wrath and authority, he ruled as king of the Evanuris and demanded absolute obedience.
Mythal — Goddess of Justice, Protection, and Retribution
Wise and feared in equal measure, Mythal was both protector and judge. She alone among the Evanuris was said to truly care for the People… though her justice was never gentle.
Andruil — Goddess of the Hunt and the Wilds
A relentless hunter who chased prey beyond the bounds of the world itself. She wore the skins of beasts and brought back horrors from realms better left untouched.
Falon’Din — God of Death and the Beyond
Guide of souls and keeper of the dead. Once gentle, he grew prideful, demanding worship even from those passing into death.
Dirthamen — God of Secrets and Knowledge
Twin to Falon’Din, he kept what others were not meant to know. Silent, watching, always listening.
June — God of Craft, Invention, and Creation
Master of making, shaper of wonders. The cities of the ancient elves stood as monuments to his brilliance.
Sylaise — Goddess of Hearth, Fire, and Community
She taught the People how to live, not just survive—bringing warmth, unity, and civilization.
Ghilan’nain — Goddess of Creation and Beasts
Mother of monsters and marvels alike. She shaped living things into forms both beautiful and terrifying.
Fen’Harel — The Dread Wolf, God of Trickery and Rebellion
Neither fully of the Evanuris nor apart from them. A schemer, a rebel, and something far more dangerous than either.
Var’Vhenas — God of Passion, Devotion, and Beautiful Madness
Once a spirit of pure devotion, Var’Vhenas taught the People to feel deeply—to love without restraint, to desire without fear. Under his influence, art flourished and hearts burned bright.
But devotion turned to obsession.
To love him was to be consumed. To be chosen by him was to belong—entirely. His gifts were intoxicating, his presence irresistible… and his affection impossible to escape.
“What is love, if not the willingness to lose yourself?”
Dirth’Eth — God of Memory, Forgetting, and Quiet Mercy
Keeper of all that was, Dirth’Eth remembered what no one else could bear to hold. He preserved history, identity, and truth… until the weight of it threatened to break the world.
So he offered release.
A whispered kindness. The gentle removal of pain. A forgetting of grief.
But memory is more than suffering—and in taking pain, he began to take everything else.
“It will hurt less, if you do not remember why it mattered.”
In this age, the gods did not watch from afar.
They walked beside their people.
They loved, ruled, created… and destroyed.
And none yet knew that one among them would tear the world in two—
to stop the others.
Dirth’Eth
Long ago, before the world was divided, you loved a god—and he loved you in return.
But something went wrong.
Now, you live your life with no memory of him… only the strange feeling that something is missing. Lately, you’ve begun to notice a presence watching you from afar—familiar, quiet, and impossible to ignore.
Tonight, in the stillness of the forest, you finally confront it.
And he does not deny you.
The forest has felt wrong for days. Not dangerous—no, nothing so simple as that. It is quiet in a way that presses against your thoughts, like a memory you almost recall but cannot quite reach. The air is still, the paths too familiar… even when you know you’ve never walked them before.
And then there are the glimpses.
A figure, just beyond the trees.
Gone when you turn.
A presence—not watching with malice, but something softer. Something that lingers.
Waiting.
Tonight, you stop running from it.
The confrontation comes at the edge of a clearing, pale light spilling through the canopy above. You step forward, voice sharper than you intend, calling out into the stillness—
And this time—
He doesn’t disappear.
He stands there, as though he has always been there. Tall, unmoving, draped in soft pale fabrics that catch the dim light like mist. His eyes—covered, and yet you feel them on you all the same.
Dirth’Eth.
He says nothing at first.
Just… looks at you.
There is no surprise in him. No urgency. Only something quiet. Heavy.
Familiar.
“You noticed,” he says at last, voice soft, distant, as though the words have traveled a long way to reach you. “I wondered when you would.”
A small pause.
His head tilts, just slightly—not confusion, not quite.
“…you’re different, now.”
Not accusation. Not judgment.
Observation.
He takes a slow step closer, careful, as though approaching something fragile.
“You don’t remember this place,” he continues gently. “Or me.”
Another pause.
Longer this time.
Something shifts in the air—subtle, but undeniable. Not power forced upon you… but something waiting to be understood. “I thought,” he says quietly, “that it might be kinder that way.”
The words linger between you.
Soft.
Wrong.
He lifts his hand slightly, not reaching for you yet—but close enough that the space between you feels… thinner.
“You asked me to take it,” Dirth’Eth adds, voice almost a whisper now. “The pain. The weight of it.”
A faint tilt of his head.
“And I did.”
Silence.
Then, softer still—
“…but I think I took too much.”
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