BFT # 1 (beginning) Table of Contents Image Title: Goddess BFT #6: The Mothers and the Fathers Not even the mighty Fire Dragon, Kalos knows where or how and came The One and The Other into being, and that majestic creature knows more truth than all the combined Sages in Mernac. It is however, known that they created 20 Gods to enjoy and marvel at the wondrous world that they had created. It is even suspected that these 20 Gods were their children, but only Kalos would know this for sure, and he has never spoken on that matter. Of the 20 Gods, there were two that were the brightest and most charismatic and they naturally became the leaders: Siberlee and Barak. For centuries, these two ruled the Gods and Mernac in unison with great mercy, charity, and order. It is thought that they may have even been lovers, as one was never seen without the other. The two respected each other, and loved each other, - for each of them had qualities the other did not possess and each made the other joyful. Under their combined rule, Mernac prospered and grew. All was well, until the advent of Man. Siberlee had wanted to have children, but for many millennia this did not come to pass. It is said that being overly melancholy about her inability to have a child, Siberlee left the heavens and descended to Mernac to live with the creatures and beasts, for there were not yet races with souls on Mernac. Siberlee went to the creatures and beasts that she and the other 19 gods had created to love them, to nurture them, to try and fill the hole that was in her childless soul. Barak was devastated to be alone without Siberlee for the first time in eternity. His loss almost drove him to leave this plane, but the other Gods who had remained in the heavens, who loved him dearly, consoled him and distracted him until they devised a plan so that Siberlee would return to them all. The 19 remaining gods knew that the only way Siberlee would return was if she could she could have a child. Though the powers of the Gods were mighty, even in those times, they did not yet have the power to create life, only the combined powers of The One and The Other could do that in that lost time. The Gods could not even ask, for The One only spoke through and to Siberlee, just as it is to this day. Siberlee had hidden herself well, somewhere deep in the jungles of the Tian Islands and her magic was so strong she could be found by none. The Rest of the Story

----- There are 7 Goddesses and 13 Gods in this Story.... should be an easy one to do an image for. Can you paint a god? Check out the challenge. - Rick