Day 16: The Aspects of Enayra #MarchWorldbuilders

The Aspects of Enayra

Enayra is not a land of gods and goddesses, but a land that worships powerful spirits and divinities known as the Aspects. These Aspects descend from a single demiurge who created the world on behalf of the deceased Earth Mother and Father.

The demiurge, and the divine dualities known as the Aspects are embodied, per the Enayran religion, in the Patriarchs, Matriarchs and Metallic Dragons, the oldest dragons of the land.

The Aspects are as follows:

  • The Great Creator, Inor, was embodied in Aurum, the gold dragon.
  • The Aspect of Life, Ventamir, was embodied in Argentum, the silver dragon.
  • The Aspect of Death, Astalos, was embodied in Aes, the bronze dragon.
  • The Aspect of the Order, Kenivard, was embodied in Aeris, the copper dragon.
  • The Aspect of the Chaos, Vaetaloth, was embodied in Aurichalcum, the brass dragon.
  • The Aspects of the Night and Day, Isunath and Kistharoth, were embodied in the black dragon Ten’ebraex and his mate, Kyna’braxa.
  • The Aspects of Fire and Summer, Caustagird and Waelgarid, were embodied in the red dragon Venu’shael and his mate, Kara’imla.
  • The Aspects of the Plants and Nature were embodied in the green dragon, Sha’janor and his mate, Kina’atael.
  • The Aspects of the Ice and Winter were embodied in the white dragon, Vercith’ae and her mate, Yjosta’gar.
  • The Aspects of the Wind and Spring were embodied in the blue dragon, Keshal’anda and her mate, Vernix’iol.
  • The Aspects of the Hunt and Victory were embodied in the pink dragon, Ben’gudiad and his mate Iolor’ondii.
  • The Aspects of the Earth and Autumn were embodied in the brown dragon, Kingur’omyno and his mate Beler’iadra.
  • The Aspects of the Soul and Rebirth were embodied in the purple dragon, Utgor’olrz and her mate, Ving’ator.
  • The Aspects of the Sun and Moon were embodied in the orange dragon, Nulgo’riaz and his mate, Zank’aerdi.
  • The Aspects of the Wood and Metal were embodied in the grey dragon, Mangra’tliazj and her mate, Lorgr’adiz.
  • The Aspects of Emotion and Knowledge were embodied in the yellow dragon, Junorth’ghahaz and his mate Wenthtyz’volozoth.

Despite many of these dragons now being dead, as a result of Tenebrae’s war a thousand years prior, the Aspects are considered spiritually immortal. Though their bodies are gone, their spirits remain to maintain the balance of the world and their domains as the Earth Mother instructed.

The betrayal by Tenebrae, and the Black and Brown Dragon Clans has led to their exclusion from modern pantheons. Their Aspects are acknowledged, but are considered as having fallen from divinity, due to dereliction of duty and betrayal of their purpose, and so are no longer worshipped outside of the Old Religion in Altimara, where dragons are complete removed from the equation, and among the Qiri’ar. The latter forego the worship of all other Aspects save Tenebrae.

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