The Exodus of the Children

The Exodus of the Children is the common name given to the event of the the banishment of the various offspring of the Eleven Eternal from the heavenly plane of Celestia.

Prelude to the Exodus

The Exodus of the the Children cannot be rightfully explained without an understanding of how these events came to pass. From nothing sprouted the heavenly plane of Celestia, a place of unparalleled beauty, where many scholars believe life itself began (Sorcerer-priests of Xyn, the Dragon, however, attest that from nothing came Xyn, and His mighty breath gave birth to Celestia and all the life within). No matter what the specifics of the origins of creation may be, one thing is certain: from Celestia came the Eleven Eternal, and from their various couplings came the Children.

The Eleven Eternal knew all too well that they were the masters of all creation; their whims shaped reality, a power too great to be entrusted into the hands of children. Thus, the Eleven agreed that the practice of their divine magic was not to be bestowed upon the Children. Despite this agreement, Voxos, the Conniving had other plans.

Voxos had bestowed upon Her son Prigden the power of creation that the Allmother had expressly forbade when he was a young boy. For a time, she had him keep it secret, for Her cunning knows no bounds. She knew that Prigden would one day show one of the other children, and eventually share with them the gift, and so he did. One by one, the Children began practicing the powers of creation, touching the divine in ways they had never imagined. The power they were given was so immense, that they began to lose control of the very beings they were weaving into existence. Beings began spawning that had unspeakable features, hideous tentacles, claws, eyes, and undefinable appendages. The Children had given birth to aberrant horrors, and it was these beings that Voxos had envisioned since first She taught Her son.

The aberrant horde began destroying Celestia, devouring all in their path. Horror beyond comprehension had come to paradise itself, and the realm was being torn asunder by madness. From the ashes that the horde left behind, Voxos would build the planes anew, with Her as the Prime Eternal, as She always should have been. While She would not directly destroy anything herself, in private counsels, She would encourage the Children - now desperate for guidance - to keep trying to reason with their creations, going so far as to name the aberrations Her "Grandchildren" and "Great Nephews."

In other secret counsels, She met with Fangor, the father of Her son, and Nelroth, patron saint of sadists. She told them of Her many machinations, and promised them places of power if they help Her rid the realm of the others. Fangor could deny Her nothing, for His desire for Voxos is as eternal as they are. Nelroth wanted the sport of slaughtering the Eleven.