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The Land
The song-cycles from the Primal Past tell how the Gods danced upon the world they had rolled out over the Fire, and how where their feet touched the ground there sprung the Land from the world. The Land heard their tune and laughter, and danced with them, squirming and writhing under their steps.The Land, which gave birth to so many beasts and plants, has long been associated with fertility. And the Land, which bore the weight of the Gods themselves, is associated firmly with strength and toughness. And the Land, which followed the rough and ruddy beat of the dance of the Gods, is associated with all that is primal, wild and untamed.
Worship of the Land is tempting for several reasons. In farming communities, anything that'll make your potatoes grow better is going to be popular. Amongst those maddened by city life, the opportunity to dance naked around the woods is always going to be attractive to the impressionable sort. And anyone with their brains in their knuckles is going to like the sound of being even harder to push over.
These people miss the point. Sure, the Land wants your potatoes to grow and be fertile. It's not so keen on you picking them and making them in a nice stew. Eating them raw with some bugs and moss is more its style. And that's if you can tear them out of the weeds that the Land also wants to be fertile. Anyone dancing naked in a real wood is going to be ripped to shreds by thorns, briars and bears in that order. And as any tree will tell you, being hard to push over just makes it all the more painful when you do go down.
Rumours
There are always, always, always rumours about the latest sports hero having some sort of illegal Land magic backing him up.There's a huge village of Land-shamen who live on top of the Ornotha Peak in Lasinia.
The Land fought alongside the Four Nations in the Last War. The Empire was the biggest force for civilisation that the world had seen, and the Land wanted it knocked down. I wouldn't be surprised if it were still trying to cause another war.
I got into a fight with a Land-Shaman once. At least, I guess that's what he was. Tried to stab him in the guts, but my knife just shattered like his skin was rock.
The Land's not evil or bloodthirsty at all, just misunderstood. It's just acting the way animals do. If it weren't for cities and smog, we'd all live in peace and harmony, in tune with Nature, and there'd be no wars.