The Moon and the Sun, He and She
He and She are two powerful Endon Odanon with no defined names. The royal Hireos used to call them Tag and Khag, which basically translate to him and her in Manamor, though the Hireos could not speak the language themselves. The Keid call He Totoraman, which basically means "boy that is not welcome" in their language. Many people in the West refer to She as the Grand Sun in fear of her falling again. Most people, however, simply refer to them as He and She. He is often said to be present in the moon and She in the sun. It is thus assumed that He prefers the night and coolness and rest and She prefers the day and energy and warmth.
He has created two Odanon from his material; Buroba and Tokjalyo. Buroba quickly turned neutral and founded his own race but Tokjalyo became one of the most feared Odanon, gaining names like the Demon Lord or the Shadow Lord because of his cunningness and malice. Because He created Tokjalyo, and Tokjalyo created a beast as powerful as Murluron, He is sometimes seen as more powerful than She, but less showy with his power.
She has also created two, but not in the same manner. Somewhere in their existences, She saw L'orn, a reserved magical Odanon and creation of Gorenku, and She loved him. She and L'orn are the only two Odanon to be opposite-gender "partners" in any sense of the word. Together, they created two lesser Odanon: Kyn and Rak. Both are significantly less impressive in power and form than He's creations, most likely due to the differences in their creation.
The Scouring
Also see The Scouring.
In 5000BD, in the same year Forfax was crowned as the first king of North Ideitess, She unleashed her wrath upon the city of Trelinia. The entire city was crushed by an immense amount of heat and fire from the sky. Many believed the sun itself was falling on the city. The ball of fire took three days from when it was first noticed to when it struck the ground, and it scorched the city for one day. The burning continued for five weeks. No survivors were found. Only those who wisely fled before the heat struck lived to tell the tale. Also, the entire surrounding canyon area was burnt up and is now a sandy desert known as the Xilian Canyons. Only the mightiest of the stone buildings in the city stayed standing, but they are black as midnight. People now avoid the ruinous city at all costs and the canyons and valleys are considered quite dangerous.
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