So it was that the gods took Beasts of the land, and raised them up to be Children of the gods. And the Children of the gods flourished and spread across all the land, until they numbered more than even the gods. Many of the gods loved them, but certain of the gods were Corrupt, and began to fear and to hate them, for the Children were many, but they were innocent, and in their innocence showed the Corrupt their own evils.
And the Corrupt began to mistreat the Children, saying, "They are only wild Beasts."
And the Pure gods admonished the Corrupt, saying, "They are our Children, do them no harm."
But the Corrupt would not cease, and soon there was a Great War over all the world, as the Pure and the Corrupt fought for the fate of the Children. And the Great War was as a Beast which devoured the land for many generations. Then the First of the Pure looked at the world and wept, for the Children suffered by the Great War, even where the Pure reigned. So the First gathered the Pure and said "We must combine our power, and take the Corrupt out of this world, so that the Great War will plague our Children no longer. But such a miracle will require a Sacrifice, for we too will go out of this world."
And the Pure answered with one voice, "We will Sacrifice for the good of the Children, and our Bodies shall sustain them."
So the Pure joined their power, and they abandoned their Bodies. And they hunted the Corrupt, and took them out from their Bodies, so that in all the world the gods were no more. Then they created a new world, where the Pure could dwell in peace. But the Corrupt also created a new world, and they began a Second Great War between the worlds.
Then the Children ate of the Bodies the gods had left in Sacrifice, and they grew wise as the gods were wise, and knew good from evil.
And the Corrupt began to mistreat the Children, saying, "They are only wild Beasts."
And the Pure gods admonished the Corrupt, saying, "They are our Children, do them no harm."
But the Corrupt would not cease, and soon there was a Great War over all the world, as the Pure and the Corrupt fought for the fate of the Children. And the Great War was as a Beast which devoured the land for many generations. Then the First of the Pure looked at the world and wept, for the Children suffered by the Great War, even where the Pure reigned. So the First gathered the Pure and said "We must combine our power, and take the Corrupt out of this world, so that the Great War will plague our Children no longer. But such a miracle will require a Sacrifice, for we too will go out of this world."
And the Pure answered with one voice, "We will Sacrifice for the good of the Children, and our Bodies shall sustain them."
So the Pure joined their power, and they abandoned their Bodies. And they hunted the Corrupt, and took them out from their Bodies, so that in all the world the gods were no more. Then they created a new world, where the Pure could dwell in peace. But the Corrupt also created a new world, and they began a Second Great War between the worlds.
Then the Children ate of the Bodies the gods had left in Sacrifice, and they grew wise as the gods were wise, and knew good from evil.
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