The Birth of Kryian

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The Birth of Kryian is a collective term for the various myths regarding the date, time, manner, participants and attendees in the conception and subsequent birth of Kryian.   While the existence of Kryian as a person and the founder of the Siathan Court is not disputed, there are multiple accounts as to her conception, birth and early years of her life, many of them conflicting.  

Regarding the circumstances of conception


Dragonic Father

The most common story by far, the act of Kryian's mother engaging in intercourse with a Dragon, giving her incredible powers that persists through the royal bloodline even today.   A common variation changes the father to another Siathan, making Kryian an ordinary child in the womb until, during an encounter with a dragon, Kryian's mother was bathed in the blood of the creature, the power of which transferred to the child still in her womb.

Bandit Bastard

Common to the detractors of the myth of Kryian's power, the theory that she was merely the result of a bandit forcing himself upon a woman during a raiding party has many variations, mostly around the actual identity of the father.   The fact that Kryian was a product of rape and her father being a bandit of some kind is commonly cited, in this variation of the myth, for Kryian's hatred of bandits and the beginning of what would eventually become the Siathan Court.

Immaculate

Sometimes used as a standalone, other times tied into other origins, myths regarding Kryian's conception happening without a father are often cited as evidence for the matriarchal society that would dominate the early years of the Siathan Court, something which exists only rarely in the modern day.

Regarding the circumstances of birth


Not all stories regarding Kryian's origins begin with conception. In fact, many of them actually ignore that entirely and claim that she merely started existing without being born.

Child Of The Stars

An ancient myth regarding the origin of the Siathan species had the first of them descend from the sky as fragments of stars, with Kryian coming later as a child of the stars themselves, rather than just a fragment of such. Some stories say she came as a baby, others say she was a full grown adult by the time of her arrival. Destiny is a common theme to myths of this type, proclaiming that Kryian was destined to unite the scattered villages and people of the Siathan into a unified empire.

Hunting Party

Scion Of The Wasteland

Similar to the myths claiming that Kryian descended from the stars, some tell of her appearing from the frozen wastelands, either as a teenager or an adult, sometimes with the blood of bandits already on her skin. Stories tend to lead to her being adopted by the village she arrives in, accepting her as one of their own, until bandits attack and lead her down the path that results in the Siathan Court.