Common Nowledge
The Creation Myth
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- Everyone knows the basic creation Myth:
- Khyber, Eberron, and Siberys created the planes. Khyber killed Siberys and scattered his pieces in the sky, creating the Ring of Siberys. Eberron enfolded Khyber and became the world.
- Some believe this is a literal fact, others consider it a metaphor.
- Everyone knows Magic comes from Siberys, Nature comes from Eberron and fiends and other evil comes from Khyber
Details
Before history began, legend holds …
- The three Progenitor dragons created the planes.
- In a cosmic quarrel, Khyber destroyed Siberys.
Eberron then bound Khyber within her own body, forming the world. No one knows what came before the world’s creation. In some accounts, Xoriat once encompassed everything; some cults of the Dragon Below assert that the Daelkyr are simply trying to restore the original balance of reality. Others contend that there was nothing before creation—that the Progenitors descended from a higher level of reality, the same unknowable realm that lies above and beyond Dolurrh. But almost all cultures agree on the forces that brought reality into existence.
Three beings wove the planes into existence, then used these concepts as the foundation of the Material Plane. The giants assert that these three beings were some form of titan, but the common interpretation is that of the Progenitor Wyrms: three vast, cosmic dragons. Regardless, the tale ends in conflict. After completing the creation of the Material Plane, Khyber struck without warning and tore Siberys apart, leaving his remnants drifting in the golden Ring of Siberys around the world.
Knowing she couldn’t defeat Khyber, Eberron coiled around her, becoming the world itself and binding Khyber within a living prison that holds to this day. Thus, the world as we know it is made from the intersection of Siberys, Eberron, and Khyber: the Dragon Above, the Dragon Between, and the Dragon Below.
While this tale is known to all, some traditions give it more weight than others. In the Five Nations, most consider it a simple metaphor for sky, earth, and the monsters that lurk below. Even those who consider it literal truth (as do many druids) don’t worship the Progenitors in the same way as they might the Sovereign Host. Siberys is dead, and Eberron is the world itself; she’s the source of all life, but doesn’t actively intervene in any way. However, a few cults (notably among the kobolds of Khorvaire) do worship the Progenitors directly.
Whether literal truth or metaphor, the battle of these mighty Progenitors took place in the distant past. Its impact upon the present is most importantly this: that there is a present. As this act of creation brought all things into existence, scholars of Khorvaire have yet to find any relics or records of this time before time. If a story involved an object from a deeper past, it would likely possess vast power and be of tremendous scholarly interest.