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[color=darkgreen][h3]The Tree of Genesis[/h3][/color][/center]

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Thaa was beginning to regret having set down that set of Elves on that endarkened land. In a fit of rage sure but still that village was a good set of numbers of the Elves that he had managed to acquire in their stubborn defiance. In truth they had done little to merit he had to admit, but when he was only trying to help and they did not see that, they tried to escape! Such defiance and utter arrogance, could they not realize that they might be wrong and that they should simply trust in Thaa?

In any case he would comfort them when they died, they would live out their lives on that island, whatever its purpose. Perhaps it was meant as some form of torture for a different kind of life? Without light or such? Sun Elves perhaps if such a thing existed, although he had not encountered such on his many travels so far.

He had seen floating sheep of a sort that betrayed a strangely ungalbaric nature. He had taken them from their Islands as he had so many other interesting creatures he had encountered so far. Those strange geckos that the Elves had ‘lived in harmony’ with before Thaa came around, using harmony for such a disgusting thing such as life was rather sickening he had to admit.

In any case he had moved on from that and picked up a type of lizard that fed on rocks, could have some good purposes there he felt, besides, he kind of liked the whole body shape somewhat but perhaps a little different...

...well it was something to ponder for the future in any case.

Of course then he had moved east away from the seemingly myriad islands to the mainland where he had acquired a great many species so far. First he had come across a kind of winged predatory beast, he had grabbed up quite a number of them. While they were quite the handful during the day to keep them in the Temple, he felt they would be well worth it in the end for his plans. 

Besides it seemed somewhat cruel to have made a winged creature that was so clearly poorly aerodynamic and then set them in a climate that had many tornadoes and air disruptions. It truly spoke to the meticulous nature of whatever evil deities sought to promote life.

Next he had come across a floating archipelago in the skies above the continent and taken some of the inhabitants there, mostly of the more dispersed kind but he did manage to reach some of the others closer to the center of the islands. He was admittedly regretting it somewhat since they were persistent and inquisitive it seemed. Other intelligent mortals seemed continent to be miserable but clearly these were designed to spread their misery in their incessant ignorance. Admittedly their mind’s structure seemed to be sound, even if he could quite say that he liked them that much in their matters of living.

From there was the simple matter of taking up more life from around the continent and the islands, some dear that had the unfortunate effect of living even when they died. Thaa took them almost wanting to study how this happened so that he might even prevent such a cruel fate in the future, but for the meantime they might serve some useful purpose. As well he grabbed a few other less significant things, some kinds of plants for variety mostly. 

He took a small detour off the continent after picking up a kind of wispy creature, he wasn’t quite sure why they existed, perhaps the life god was still trying to figure out the best way to make things suffer? In any case they didn’t seem to be much to them but he took them anyway as he hoped some of the more intelligent races might find them interesting enough to be somewhat excited at the prospect of a new home with new and wondrous things for their short lives. They did not seem to fulfill such hopes in any case. 

The detour led him to another set of islands that had more mortal peoples on which he promptly took them as well. Of course they would turn out to already have an ingrained superiority ideals seemingly to the other races unfortunately enough. He could perhaps find some use for them but for his main project they would not do.

Coming back to the mainland however he had gotten a new bounty of useful subjects, another race, he would call them Day Elves or Sun Elves if they seemed to have any particularly strong attachment to that part of the cycle. They were remarkably similar, perhaps someone was copying from the same general idea? Or maybe one was made to replace the other in a different location? It was a mystery that these life deities seemed so compentent in cruelty and then so utterly incompetent in following through.

With the ‘Humans’ as the Day Elves insisted they should be called he had also found bounties of useful plants, a useful herbivorial creature with quills, and some birds which had some strange interaction with a force he did not yet fully understand. In truth he had found a whole lot of nothing in terms of grand plans or anything that bespoke of any organized opposition.

In Thaa’s various travels he had not yet come across something so obviously the work and development of a god, if not the present form of a deity in of themselves, as the massive tree he now directed his golden temple to now. If there was any present solution for his evident need and desire to meet his fellow deities and learn of at least one of their own selves, this was a good case for that.

In any case, Thaa still hung beneath his golden Temple and its great domes and spires on each towering layer. He still kept tendrils of his form out below should he need such to manipulate and guide his divine energies. The Vescii Temple, which still held his numerous collected beings and samples, approached the great Tree. Thaa centered his gaze on the thunderous form before him as he approached in his Temple, looking for any sign of communication for his purposes of communication with another Divine.

Out of the ground came several great roots, lifting themselves to the skies to meet and block the path of the Temple. It was far enough, it seemed. And on top of one of the closest roots was a single mortal form, with an intense yellow light leaking from within its wooden body.

It did not speak loudly, for it knew that the only kind of entity capable of such feats of power was a God. [color=khaki]”I am the First Voice, and I speak for the Tree of Genesis. I welcome you to The Garden of Dreams, Master.”[/color] He proclaimed in a deep, refined voice, bowing his head in apparent respect. [color=khaki]”May I be graced by your name, Master…?”[/color]

From the golden temple a thundering voice replied, [color=Fuchsia]“You speak to Thaa, God of Death and Protector of the Dead.”[/color]

Thaa continued as he recentered his eye on that of the mortal form before him, the Temple slowed its approach to stop right before it might collide with the great roots. [color=Fuchsia]“You will address me as Thaa or one of the titles I just gave, there will be no more of this ‘Master’ speech now that my name is known to you. Thank you for welcoming I must say, although I cannot say to have the knowledge of this ‘Garden of Dreams’, I assume it is some fantastic work of the Tree of Genesis? I can see clearly it is as Divine as I.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”It is the wish of my creator to refer to all Divine entities as ‘Master’ or ‘Mistress’, Master Thaa. As for the Garden of Dream, it is what you see. A work in progress… It is the land within the direct orb of influence of the Tree of Genesis, where the Dreams of a great race shall be birthed and nurtured in the near future. It has shown me visions,”[/color] The Voice said with its monotonous tone giving way to a slight shiver, opening its black eyes and looking down at the view. Dozens of massive roots forming arcs, with vines and thick foliage growing on them… [color=khaki]”Visions of villages hanging from the Roots of Genesis, of a grand civilization populating the Tree itself… Of a beautiful People delivering the world from suffering and evil and violence!”[/color]

There was a moment of breathless silence as the Voice recovered, then looked at the Vescii Temple and nodded, recovering his stoicism. [color=khaki]”So, Master Thaa, how may I be of assistance to you?”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“I must say that the Tree of Genesis is quite ambitious in its plans, but I can help but approve of such, to attempt to purge suffering and evil from life…

...well it is an experiment well worth watching. As for how you may be of assistance, I would ask what you know of other deities as I have seen little of my own ilk and I am most curious to what you and the Tree of Genesis have to say.”[/color]

The Voice seemed to frown, an expression that proved somewhat difficult for him to pull off given his wooden and black hay flesh. After a while, it spoke again, lifting a hand to cup his chin. [color=khaki]”Mistress Gibbou of the Moon is rather pleasant. She visited us some time ago to ask for a blessing. I’ve personally met Aeinwaje, co-sign of Master Boris of the Mountains, and he was curious as is expected of mammals…”[/color] He trailed off and rubbed his face, then shook his head and relaxed. [color=khaki]”And we had an… ‘Encounter’... With Masters Firinn and Aicheil. I would suggest not touching what they call the ‘Weave’.”[/color]

Thaa shifted in his hanging perch on the Vescii Temple before he replied, [color=Fuchsia]“I will take your suggestion for now as of your ‘encounter’ and the no doubt valuable experience you have in the matter. It is good to have some names for my fellow deities. I must say there is one more matter that the Tree of Genesis could assist me in should it be so inclined as it has already been so kind to even provide you to speak with me.”[/color]

Thaa paused, shifting his eye away from the Voice to that of the Tree itself. [color=Fuchsia]“You see I have sought after the souls of the dead and I fear that some aspects of life have a tendency to keep them from fully embracing death, and so I would like to create a measure to ensure that the bodies of the dead are disposed of regardless. I also believe that some creatures would be best suited towards this task given the current state of life over this whole world of ours and I need some help in creating such a creature, I have no good understanding of what makes these things continue to live so and would appreciate the insight and assistance in such an endeavor.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”Disposing of the bodies? What is the issue with the current system, if I may ask? I was under the impression bodies would normally rot and return to the earth over time, master Thaa.”[/color] The Voice asked, tilting his head slightly and clasping his hands behind his back.

[color=Fuchsia]“That, is precisely the problem with the current system,”[/color] Thaa shifted his eye back to focus on the Voice as he continued. [color=Fuchsia]“Over time and gradual change leaves too much to the operation of the world, it does not give proper severance from Life. While there may be some beasts which pick and choose the corpses of the dead as well, all is much too gradual, there must be an inducement of a stricter separation. It is not the content of the bodies, not the material aspects of what maintained their life. I have come across souls which bemoaned their fates, they all burned and in their death they remained, tortured with the gradual charring of their corpses as they could not move on.”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“I cannot say that I know this will be successful, but I know there must be proper severance between the living and the dead as otherwise I fear the dead souls may be much to enamored with the remnants of their lives. I wish to ensure that such a connection is completely rent apart, torn not for the sake of living things to make use of their corpses’ components, although I care little what actually becomes of them, but to ensure the dead look beyond that which was a part of them. That the souls of the dead might look elsewhere and so come more freely into my proper care.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”I see...”[/color] The Voice muttered and closed his eyes. A minute passed, and suddenly his face twisted in what seemed to be… Pain. Agony. It only lasted a split moment, however. 

[color=khaki]”I’ve received a vision. After death, a soul usually yearns to return to their body in order to have another chance at life. This is a misguided wish and therefore should we make it impossible for a soul to locate or feel its former body, this should discourage their attempts at coming back and encourage them to embrace their new existence with you, Master Thaa.”[/color] The Voice explained and wiped at his nose which was leaking a little bit of golden sap.

[color=khaki]”Apologies if I am mistaken, I am but a mortal trying to interpret the Great Tree’s Will.”[/color] He bowed his head apologetically.

[color=Fuchsia]“A most eloquent explanation as induced by the Tree of Genesis, clearly one of the better of the divine beings. Yes that is might intention to so create a kind of creature to accomplish that. I would tend to think that such a creature could survive on the remnants of the corpses after the appropriate rending has been done to ensure the true purpose of the continuation of soul movement. Such creation would be necessary to survive for long with the continued existence of such varied forms of life.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”The Tree of Genesis is most pleased by your kind words, Master Thaa. As for the creature, the Tree of Genesis is capable of creating any and all vegetation-based creature you’d like to request. My personal suggestion would be different species of omnivorous flora that feed on the innards of corpses and perhaps still-living organisms. Perhaps using a substance that causes the skin to harden, turning corpses into hollow, brittle statues. Of course, the vegetation in charge of this process would excrete a big enough quantity of nutrient and mineral-rich material so that its activities would not disrupt the fertility of the soil.”[/color] The Voice shifted his weight.

[color=Fuchsia]“I will take your suggestion, I care not what form they take as long as they are mobile and capable of the task they need to accomplish, I can outfit whatever creature with the necessary ability to locate the dead that they need to proceed after.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”I see. In that case, I trust you’ve brought sufficient samples of organisms from biomes around the world? The process to create our corpse processors will be long, but if you stay and provide the Tree of Genesis with ample samples, it is perfectly doable.”[/color] As he said that, the Tree’s roots began to retract back into the earth, taking the Voice with them on their slow, steady descent. [color=khaki]”Since the Tree of Genesis has perfect knowledge of the Garden of Dreams, it will most likely start by creating a processor for this area.”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“I do have a number of samples of many kinds of life around many locales as it would happen, and I can spare a good few of those. I do not know why they will be required but I also have no issue with providing it.”[/color]

With that Thaa’s great body began to move and shift from his perch below the Vescii Temple, the long tendrils of the corpse copies that made the majority of his bulk reached deep into the Temple on many levels to retrieve various kinds and forms of life from within. He took many living things from inside the Temple to serve as the Tree of Genesis's samples, whether they be of various forms of predator such as the western Landsharks, or a grasp on a prairie Leon, or other creatures such as the numerous Hedgecows.

For all the great and strange creatures of faraway lands that the God Thaa showed, the Voice never showed an ounce of fear. Despite being mortal, despite the fact that most of the samples could destroy him, unarmed and unprepared as he was, he was not afraid.

Eventually the roots had taken the Voice to the ground level, and he took to guiding Thaa into the hollow interior of the Tree of Genesis. It was a long walk, so long in fact that even though it had been morning by the time they came into the Tree, at the time they reached the ramp to go either up or down, moonlight was already shining through the gaps in the Tree’s outer shell.

And so down they went. One level, two levels, ten levels, twenty… Until the Voice took the God and his samples to the twenty-third level where the ramp ended, and also where several smaller roots were intertwined with a larger one in the center of the level, with a different colour of bioluminescence coursing through each intertwined root, each the width of two Voices.

In order to keep going down, one had to cross the dozen kilometers wide level to the opposite side, where a large crude door made out of bark and vines blocked the path. Of course, the Voice did not lead the God on any more walks. Being on that level was enough, as an untold amount of roots suddenly burst out from behind the crude gate leading to the depths of the tree and began prodding and yanking the specimens around.

[color=khaki]”It is making sure which specimens are docile and which aren’t.”[/color] The Voice explained, just in time for one of the Leons to snap with a roar, biting down on one of the annoying roots with enough force to destroy its tip. However this did not deter the root’s advance, which even though it leaked its thick sap everywhere, quickly secured the Leon and at breakneck speed yanked it across the dozen kilometers to the gate, and then down into the Depths of the Tree. [color=khaki]”The more violent ones always go first, for safety purposes. The rest can be safely herded down. It will take a while.”[/color]

True to the Voice’s explanation, several other predators and some of the more stressed specimens were quickly zeroed in on by the roots and promptly given priority over the rest, and soon the calmer beasts were taken in a much gentler manner down into the depths.

[color=khaki]”They’re lucky, to be able to step on the Heart of Genesis. Not even I know what’s in there...”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“As should be decreed by your creator and master, wondering will likely not do you much good.”[/color] Thaa spoke, having long given up his hold over the foremost specimens to the various roots grabbing out for them. The great mass of bodies had stretched out to manipulate and hold onto the many specimens while keeping pace with the mortal, now those specimens were gradually being brought forward to be handed to the roots. The central disk and eye of Thaa stayed upon a mass that sat by the Voice as the rest of his body brought the remaining specimens forward to be handed off.

As the process took place, the Voice seized the moment to, for the first time, truly take in the form of the God he was guiding. The sea of corpses. At one point deep within the writhing masses of flesh, he could see the dull shimmer of what looked like his own yellow light. The Voice looked away immediately and felt a shiver go down his spine. [color=khaki]”I believe I just saw my dead body Master Thaa’s own body. What does that mean, Master Thaa?”[/color] The Voice asked with a slight shiver to his deep voice.

[color=Fuchsia]“I take the forms of many who have died. All that live will also die and continue their existence as part of the dead, all those that did once live continue their existence as I care for them. Your life is temporary, your continued existence is not quite so fragile. You speak for the Tree of Genesis, a Voice as it were, you did not arrive into existence with no planning and no experimentation before hand.”[/color]

The Voice sighed. [color=khaki]”The bodies of the unborn, huh...”[/color]

Time passed. Eventually all the specimens had been taken, and waiting was the only thing left to do. That is, until bioluminescent plants and mushrooms lighting the level dimmed slightly. A very small number of them wilted, and some others never really regained their full splendor.

And then most of the lights recovered, and the gate at the far end of the level opened and from it a single root carried out an unidentifiable carcass, half-eaten by some unknown predator, still bleeding as if it was fresh kill. The root roughly threw the carcass onto the ground in front of the Voice and Thaa, and then retracted. Yet the gate did not close and eventually from the depths crawled out hordes of two-meter long worm-like vines. They moved slowly, but the God could easily see they had a purpose. They were all heading straight for the carcass. Eventually the fastest of them reached it, and the one vine immediately inspected the carcass. It felt the fresh blood, pressed itself against the unrecognizable carcass’s chest, then when satisfied revealed a row of short, sharp teeth  lining a mouth as wide as its head, and wormed its way into the creature’s mouth.

The wet sounds of flesh ripping and the sickening crack of bone filled the air as the wormvine completely dug itself into the carcass, and the longer the show went on, the yellower the creature’s flesh became. At a certain point it stopped looking like flesh entirely. 

Suddenly, the eating noises stopped. A few cracks appeared on the hardened skin of the creature’s chest, and from those cracks burst the wormvine, looking slightly larger and thicker. It quickly crawled out of the empty, hardened husk and disappeared up the ramp to the upper levels. 

After a few moments, the Voice gulped and stretched his mouth into a grim line, then walked up to the husk and stuck his hand into the cracks from which the wormvine emerged. The texture was like smoothly carved stone, and yet it was so brittle that the mere act of leaning on it made the husk crumble. Still, the Voice dug in deep into the empty chamber that was the carcass’s thorax, and then pulled out a small, writhing green thing. A new wormvine.

[color=khaki]”One wormvine enters a carcass, and two leave it. It is how they reproduce. The young will eat from carcasses and grow, while the adults eat and multiply. Any nourishment leftover will be excreted so the world can feed on it.”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“An excellent innovation I have to say, although not quite finished as I have a little touch to add to them of my own that should make them all the more effective.”[/color]

With that a mass of corpses that were a part of Thaa exploded out after the wormvines, grew into a stream from the shifting mass of corpses that was Thaa’s body. It wasn’t long before the wormvines were dragged back down by Thaa, the numerous corpse-forms grabbing them and bringing them back to the lower level.

The wormvines were now restrained, although struggling against the ‘corpses’ that were not the dead flesh they had been made to seek, and Thaa turned his eye upon them as his great disk shifted among the mass that made up his body.

[color=Fuchsia]“I have to say I think the design works better than anything I could have come up with, and will no doubt be of great use for my purposes, excepting a small ability they should have to be more effective in their task than the common carrion-seeker. You see, the issue with most carrion eaters is not that they are too unthorough, it is often that they are far too slow to the chase.”[/color] The wormvines began to writhe with increased fervor as energies poured into them from Thaa, changing and manipulating the essence that linked their souls to their bodies, a slight edit in how they experienced being alive. [color=Fuchsia]“These however, need not be the fastest of creatures no that would not truly solve the issue. They need to be much better at actually getting at the bodies soon after the soul has departed. I will give them both the ability and intense draw that they need in their little minds to go after it all so quickly.”[/color]

As soon as the last word left Thaa, so did the wormvines become freed from his grasp. They quickly bolted back up to the high levels, evidently in whatever reasoned within them to move with excess speed.

[color=khaki]”A great addition, I believe. It’ll make the creatures more efficient.”[/color] The Voice said, just in time for the next batch of creatures to emerge from the open gate. As usual, a new carcass was dropped in front of the pair and these new creatures, human-sized flora-based birds with flint beaks, rushed up to the carcass and tore it apart, before taking the pieces and flying off into the upper levels. One of them got intercepted by the God of the Dead and received the blessing. The Voice took a step back and averted his gaze.

[color=khaki]”It’ll be long. It is creating several creatures in order to adapt to all the biomes from which the samples came from.”[/color] He said, [color=khaki]”It’ll be long. So, Master Thaa, since we have some time to spare… I was hoping you could listen to a selfish request of mine.”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“Speak then Voice, tell me of your request.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”The Tree of Genesis is going to create a new race of sapient beings. Mortals, like me, who will live for a short time and then die… So, I would like to ask if there is a way to reuse the souls of those who died. To bring them back, into a new body and life, and give them the chance to live over and over again? I believe this would encourage the living to create a perfect world, as they will be living in it forever in one form or another. Perhaps… In order to make it fair, the souls could spend an equal amount of time in the realm of the dead as they spend in the realm of the living?”[/color]

Thaa listened in silence to the whole of his speech, finally at the end saying, [color=Fuchsia]“I will allow this at a price, but I will say I will not force any of the souls to return to the realm of the living if they do not wish to, they will be allowed to remain dead should they so desire.”[/color]

The Voice let out an almost inaudible sigh of relief. [color=khaki]”That is fair, Master Thaa. I could not ask for more. What is the price you mention?”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“In some future time I may call upon these people, nothing too great, but I may ask little things of them, and I would expect them to honor such as I continue such a service for them.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”I will take it upon myself, to teach these new sapients about the importance of upholding agreements and honoring traditions. This should not be a problem… But if someone refuses to honour your requests, whether out of ignorance, incompetence, or small-heartedness, then their souls are yours to do with as you see fit. Whether that be forgiving their transgression, or revoking their reincarnation ability...”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“As I see fit,”[/color] Thaa merely confirmed.

[color=khaki]”Indeed. Thank you, Master Thaa.”[/color] The Voice said and fell into silence, and time began to pass more quickly. It seemed like a blur to him. Dozens of different and new species of mobile flora were birthed in such a relatively short span of time at the mere request of the God of the Dead… It seemed to the Voice that the Tree of Genesis was different from before. It had learned to be more accomodating, it seemed, from its encounter with the violent alien gods.

Eventually, one last species jumped out from behind the Gate, and then the Gate closed.

[color=khaki]”It seems that is the last of them. By my current estimations, it should take one human generation for the species to spread across our current landmass. Less in the case of those capable of flight, of course. What would you like to call this group of beasts, Master Thaa? They’re an entirely new category, after all.”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“They are ghouls. Destroyers of the remnants of ended life. They take such a great many forms and manners that to name them all would a pointless exercise, their purpose is in common and their power is as well.”[/color] Thaa and shifted his gaze once more to directly look at the Voice.

[color=Fuchsia]“Now, I have much to do and this has taken some time already. I do have one more request of you and the Tree of Genesis, please tell me of any more interactions with the fellow kind of mine, I wish to keep in mind my fellow deities.”[/color]

[color=khaki]”Yes, I will personally keep you updated, Master Thaa, as long as the Tree of Genesis allows me to.”[/color] The Voice confirmed, then nodded his head in respect, [color=khaki]”We are thankful for your visit and hope it was satisfactory. Where will you be going next?”[/color]

[color=Fuchsia]“I believe I shall be heading back finally to the Hreelcii isles to finish some still waiting work there.”[/color] Thaa responded, and the Voice watched as the huge form of the God started to move further away, then disappeared up into the upper levels of the Tree.

Once the Voice could no longer feel the soul-crushing presence of the foreign God present, he groaned and collapsed onto his knees, panting for breath.

[color=khaki]”I swear, all these divine encounters will be the death of me...”[/color]

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Returning to his Temple and ensuring that everything was back in its proper place was no small feat but Thaa did have the advantage of divine power in this instance. What he did not expect was to be comforting the dead souls of the Eloxochithli he had brought aboard, there were few enough of them.

Thaa did intend to get to the bottom of how exactly they all died but he had the feeling he wouldn’t like the answer.. While he wasn’t quite sure how they all were slaughtered in his several hour absence, he had a vague idea it might have to do with that fact that he had separated each intelligent mortal race from each other and there were several very predatory species on board of his Temple. 

In any case he would have to sort it out later, he had work to do in the Hreelcii Isles.

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It was actually fairly quick work all in all. Set up all the biomes and finish sculpting all the lands with plains and rivers and such good things. He even made some nice radiant cave systems for the Night Elves to live since they were so ungrateful. He released most of the creations that he had been collecting in various places over the newly lively islands. A lot of the plants he had made sure to bring along the various grasses that were most suitable for the mortals here and there. As well he decided to change the Land sharks to be a bit different given his experience previously in introducing mortals to predatory beasts. 

He made two new kinds, one which stayed the same size roughly keeping a hammerhead shape but becoming much more group oriented and docile like the Quillats, also modified their diet to an omnivorous one. As well as the necessary digestive organs and other such necessary bits that made up life as it seemed. The others he made smaller and group oriented like some small hunting wolves or some such thing, he had no need to import such creatures here although he admitted that the cology might do well to have something in that place.

He released the Night Elves, the so called ‘Humans’ and the Itztli here. He did keep some of the ‘Humans’ and the Reshut of course as he felt he might set them up over in the Island chain he had started, he had gotten a lot more of the Humans than he had managed for the others so he figured splitting up their population would help keep things even here.

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It was quite nice to have purged out the life from his Temple Thaa had to admit. It was quite the noxious stench having to keep so much of the living around. He didn’t dislike [i]them[/i] as such, it was more that what the core essence of what they were was in constant denial, that living was actually good for them in some twisted way. It was a truly perversion he had to admit.

In any case he had finished his mission for now. He had settled the Reshut on the Western Islands in the chain and the ‘Humans’ he had settled in the center island, to the west of the Island that held the Tomb of the Forgotten. Perhaps he should pay a visit to make sure none had destroyed such a marker.


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Thaa-position time as Thaa talks about how he threw some Night Elves on Neverday Isle, stole a bunch of life from everywhere including but not limited to- Leons, Leeoli Wisps, Quillats, Salamanders, Celestial Sheep, Reshut, Itztli, Eloxochithli, ‘Humans’ (pretty sure they’re just Day Elves though), a bunch of plants from everywhere and Auroran Deer. Thaa comes upon the Tree of Genesis and is met by the Voice. They chat about what the fuck Thaa is doing in this neighbhoor, and all is well Thaa talks about his stuff and how he would like to know about other deities and if the Tree could help him make something.

That something is Ghouls which Thaa gives the Tree a bunch of samples from everywhere that he stole shit from in his travels. Thaa then gives Ghouls supernatural abilities to find the bodies of the dead and all.

The Voice also asks if the new people the Tree is going to make can be reincarnate-able, Thaa says sure with the caveat that they don’t have to reincarnate if they don’t want to and that they gotta do some small favors for him down the line for this service of not fucking with their reincarnation. All is well and Thaa leaves.

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Tree of Genesis
2 MP - 1 DP

Used 0 DP to create the Ghouls. Several species of flora-based wildlife whose whole purpose is to track down the freshly deceased and to destroy the body so that the souls of the dead are forced to fully embrace the afterlife, knowing their former bodies are no longer in existence. At least one species was made for every biome known, but I leave all the descriptions to those who are interested in adding them to their lands, in order for the ghouls to fit in well with everyone’s themes.

2 MP - 1 DP Remaining

Thaa
0 MP - 2 DP
1 DP spent on giving supernatural dead bodies radar to the ghouls
Free Biomes and Such in the Hreelcii Isles
Free Landscaping the Hreelcii Isles
Free Cave systems in the Highlands of the Hreelcii Isles
Free Cave Biomes in the Hreelcii Isles
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