Teachings of Father

Though there is a wide variety of religious beliefs, and every city, floe and ark has their own flavour of things, the Teachings of the Father is the widely accepted telling of the creation of the known world.

First Era: The Beginning
At the beginning, there was nothing but darkness. An empty void in which no thought, no light, no water existed. Then came Mother. She bore children in the dark and Her Children yearned for knowledge; they desired to see. To learn. To experience life. But first of all, they dreamed of substance, of being. For in this earliest of times, they were nothing but formless thought. Many lived and died in the darkness of the void.

And Mother wept.

Second Era: The Sacrifice
Her children consumed her tears and by this act, they were transformed. They gained substance and turned into great beings of earth and metal. Her Children circled Mother and they were content. But there was one who had not forgotten the old dreams; to experience more than existence. And he began to consume his siblings. And he grew strong. Having devoured all but three - the three that hid deepest in the void - he turned his thought to Mother. For he knew that only through her doom could the world be born. Thus Father began to devour Mother as he had his siblings.

And Father wept.

Third Era: Peace
As he devoured Mother, Father absorbed her essence and was transformed a second time. Now radiating light and warmth into the cold darkness of the void. But there was nothing to shine upon. So, after eons of feeding, he ripped her remains apart and spread them to forever float around him in divine order. And thus were born the countless children of the second generation, who having never drunk from Mother's tears, were thoughtless. Yet as His Children began to drift around Father, they bore life, for the radiating light of Father's tears fell upon His Children and they finally bore the third generation. Tiny creatures who looked upon the light and began to live. To experience. Finally the dreams of the first generation had become true; through this third generation, They would experience life.

And Father watched His creation and was glad.

Fourth Era: The Return
But all was not well. For after eons of peace, one of His siblings returned from the void; having seen the light and desiring it for themself. And so the Sibling made its way to Father and brought unbalance and corruption into the Drift as it moved inwards, scattering the hated second generation, pushing some deeper towards Father, some away. And it brought darkness and coldth and drought to the forming outer Rings as it claimed all for itself. But Father would not abandon His children and so they fought and Father prevailed. Breaking apart His sibling, as he had Mother. The remnants forever since rotating around Father just as one of His Children. But terrible and greedy and ever hungry. Being closest to Father, these two youngest, yet oldest shells forever consuming before all else.

And Father's Children wept.

Addendum:
Here ends the official scripture of the creation. Following are thoughts by some of our wisest:

Nothing is known of the other two siblings of the first generation. Some say that their pull, their desire to steal the warmth and to corrupt life, is what brings misery and chaos to the lower shells. Others say that it is merely the distance to Father that makes the lower shells less hospitable. Some fear the day that they will finally see Father's light or encounter fallen junk and will arrive to devour all existence. Whether or not this be true, one should never waste the gifts of the Children.