A Dreamstrider's Account of the Creation of the World

The Dreamstrider, who asked to retain his anonymity, spake thus when asked about the creation of the world:   "You northerners worship fragments of the Broken God or so I hear? We find this strange. Before your Broken God was Broken, He was whole, we called him the Creator then. But how did He break?"   I explained to the Dreamstrider how the Almighty Creator had sent force emanations of his Divine Grace that we might know his nature for surely his full self would be overwhelming to a mere mortal.   The Dreamstrider paused.   "Hmmm... you're half right. The Creator was the embodiment of perfection and you or I could not even comprehend Him. In fact, to even be present in our imperfect world He would have to lower himself in a way he cannot.   But you are wrong about how He became broken. How ignorant are you of the one true god, Ma'at?"   I explained that I knew very little of his god.   "She is also your god, you are just blind to Her truth.   Before your Creator spread his perfection over the world there was Ma'at Hana'atrhan which is Ma'at when She dances through the Void. Ma'at was a playful, curious and cunning ripple in the nothing. Ma'at met the Uum which is the embodiment of the Void. The Uum was frustrating by Ma'at for he desired for all to be nothing. He commanded Her to become nothing once more but Ma'at was cunning and explained to Uum that She was but a foolish ripple is the nothingness and knew not how to become nothing and that he would surely have to destroy her in a great and powerful wave cast across the void.   Uum was convinced and even felt pity for Ma'at for He did not understand joy, and He cast across the Void a great barrage of violent and turbulent waves which you call Chaos. Ma'at entered the Chaos and mingled with it and danced amongst it and Uum let out an almighty wail for he realised that He had filled the Void with His  tempestuous blast. And so Ma'at Hana'atrhan became Ma'at Olomuum'et which is Ma'at when she deceives Uum.   Ma'at was pleased with Her deception. Dancing through Chaos, She came across Basaro'iit, the embodiment of Chaos, and spoke with him. Basaro'iit was surprised by Ma'at's permanence, She had existed longer than He had even, which was many ages, and She had remained so constant. This would not do, He suggested, for it is proper that all things remain in a state of constant random change. Ma'at was cunning though and mentioned to Basaro'iit that it would represent a change so momentous and unexpected that it would outdo all the random swirling that Chaos had ever done if Chaos for a moment became rigid and still.   Basaro'iit pondered this for many ages but conceded in the end that Ma'at was right, surely it was necessary for true randomness that at some point in all the ages, the Chaos should be rigid and still! And so, for a moment it was. But some of the rigid stillness persisted for it had within it stability and longevity and it was what you call Order. And Basaro'iit was furious. Ma'at then became Ma'at Olopasro'it'et which is Ma'at when She deceives Basaro'iit.   Ma'at then danced through Order until she came upon He who you call the Creator but who is Laham in my tongue. And Laham ordered Ma'at to stop her dance and be still and solid. And Ma'at was still and bowed before Laham. Ma'at told Laham about the Chaos and the Void and Laham was disgusting for he could only justify perfection. Ma'at told Laham that Order was certainly greater than Chaos and that if Laham so wished He could cast Himself across the cosmos and make all things order. But this was Her greatest deception because even Order will one day fall to Chaos and even Chaos will one day settle into the Void.   Laham could only see his own perfection though and so was easily fooled to overestimate his power. He built a great fortress which you call the Heavens and we call Lahasrana and a powerful army of lesser gods and angels into who he poured his own essence and he sent forth fragments of himself into the Chaos. And so Ma'at became Ma'at Ollaham'et which is Ma'at when She deceived Laham.   Now, although Basaro'iit could not destroy Order which had resilience and permanence, He could still influence it and so the Order emanating from Laham became mixed with Chaos and became what you call Spirit World or Arcana but which we call Balaman. And Ma'at took Balaman and draped it around Her for with it She commanded the fabric of Chaos to obey her will.   And likewise, although Uum could not destroy Chaos for it's nature was to flicker and twist unceasingly, Umm could influence the Order emanating from Laham where it mixed with Chaos at the fringes of the Void. And Uum gave impermanence to it. And thus was born the Universe as you call it; we call it Alteera.   The remnant of Laham, called Appalahamsa on His throne in Lahasrana was horrified by the corruption of His perfect emanation by their mixing with Chaos and the Void and decided to destroy all that He had made such that He might recall all the parts of Himself that He sent out and become whole again. But Ma'at fell in love with Alteera in which she saw some reflection of her own mixed nature and which was made more valuable by its impermanence. She went to Lahasrana wielding a spear forged from starlight called Baaritsa and a dagger made from fire and laced with poison called Desrhappa and clothed in Balaman. She commanded Appalahamsa to cease the destruction of Alteera. He and His legions fought Ma'at but in His weakened state he was no match for Her.   Ma'at cast Appalahamsa into a great prison hidden in the Void called Barakdanaan. Some say that She threw the lesser gods and angels out of Lahasrana into Balaman (where they are what you call demons or what I call samre'et) and locked the gates forever. Others say She punished only those who refused to bow to Her by throwing them in Barakdanaan also. I am unsure on this detail.   Either way, Ma'at became Ma'at Bala'asriin which is Ma'at when She conquers. She came down to Alteera and where She first set foot, a great forest sprung up around Her, the homeland of my people how She raised from the mud. And She went to other places in later ages and raised other children. She was then Ma'at Ama'la'al which Ma'at as the mother of all."