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A Modern Myth:

The Tale of Ukur



Long ago, man lived in the land of Aldora. Man lived there for many years, but the land began to die for unknown reasons. Flowers wilted, trees fell and crops failed while water stopped flowing. Desperate to survive, the last group of people left on Aldora made a boat and sailed away into the sea. They sailed for many weeks and when all hopes seemed to have flickered out, they came across her.



Nilina, the water goddess, came across the boat and asked the people what they were doing so far into her kingdom. They told her they had lost there home, and out of pity, Nilina lowered the waters to reveal a new continent for them. The people thanked her and they landed on the shore. However, nothing was better.



The land was sand, unable to grow edible crops and there was no wood or string to make fishing poles from. There were no cattle, no sheep and no chickens. There was no rock or mud to make houses and there was no cotton, wool or linen to make bed sheets. Soon the people began to die. Realizing this, Nilina raised the waters and rivers formed across the continent and with them came plants and with them came animals.



The people were fearful at first, but one man, an old, blind man named Santora, drank from the river. His eyesight returned and so did his youth but he also attained an ability like no other, the power to manipulate water. Others drank from the river and, under Santora’s teachings, learned how to control the water as well.



Hundreds of years passed and the man settled onto the new continent they called Nildora, which they divided into four regions, Santoros in the south, Ikil in the east, Nithildorf in the north and Ukur in the west. All was peaceful, until one fateful day.



Scinchemi, a monk of Santora’s Holy Order of the Water, was a greedy man. He lusted for power so great he would never be forgotten. Mount Aldo, a volcano in the eastern mountains of Ukur, was the most powerful force in Nildora besides Nilina herself, and so Scinchemi delved into the great caves of the volcano in order to steal its power. He came across a great lake of magma at the bottom of the volcano’s shaft, and so Scinchemi used his power over water to try and control the magma. The water hit the magma, but instead of causing the magma to move, the water evaporated and the magma turned to stone. Scinchemi was at a loss over what had happened until he saw the rock stir. It broke apart and rose up, creating the shape of a man, but much larger with horns coming from its forehead. The stone giant opened its glowing orange eyes and looked down on Scinchemi, his creator. Before Scinchemi could say a word, the stone giant produced a sword of flames from thin air and killed Scinchemi with one swing. After doing this, the stone giant looked out to the end of the tunnel, stepped outside and finally spoke in a demonic tone. “I am Udu.”

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