Tithes of Aurethiel and Malrath
The Celestial Coins are fragments of cosmic power born from the chaotic and violent clash during the Celestial War—shards torn from the very essence of the primordial god Morveth, the embodiment of Undeath, who embodies both Creation and Destruction in a singular, terrible paradox. As the war raged, Morveth’s divine essence fractured, splintering into shards that carried the raw energies of life’s spark and death’s finality.
These shards took a physical form—one side shimmering with radiant, formative energy symbolizing creation; the other side dark and chaotic, symbolizing destruction. The coins themselves are a reflection of Morveth’s duality, containing a sliver of both genesis and oblivion.
Realizing the perilous nature of these raw primordial fragments—too potent and unstable to be wielded by mortals or even gods—Hydall, the god of arcane knowledge, took it upon himself to contain and order this cosmic chaos. Using his mastery of magic and ancient craftsmanship, Hydall forged these shards into solid, stable coins. The forging was not just physical but also a binding enchantment, designed to contain the volatile energies safely while preserving their immense power.
The coins thus became vessels and keys—capable of granting a spark of creation or unleashing waves of destruction, but always exacting a tithe, a sacrificial cost that no mortal could escape. Hydall integrated these coins into his vast library as a form of arcane currency, both to control access to forbidden knowledge and to regulate the use of primordial power in the mortal realm.
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