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== The Saurian Cosmology ==

<poem>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.

The Mother split it open, and the shell's

two pieces formed the vast bowl of [[the earth]]

and the dome of the sky, and mountains were

the jagged edges. From within, the fell  

and fey and noble spirits all were birthed,

and they became the trees, the beasts, the birds,

the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood

became [[the gods]], the numberless, who berth

among the stars. The Mother, to ensure

that all should be maintained, formed from the crude

clay of the earth the [[lizard folk]] to rule

over creation. Then the Mother turned

to gaze upon the boundless plenitude

and beauty of her issue, sharp and cruel;

it pleased her. Satisfied, she left to sleep  

belowground, where the pillars of earth stood.

The gods, desiring to possess the jewel

of her creation, came down from the deep

night sky and warred together, raising hordes

of monstrous [[men]] and [[elves]], their blood like pools

of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.

But when they turned their savage spearpoints toward

the lizard folk, the Mother stirred below.

In rage, she raised the mighty waves to sweep

the mammal armies from the earth, and for

her lizard children, made the waters flow

and placed her egg, the [[moon]], into the skies

to rule the tides. When [[the gods' final war]]

destroys the earth, she will emerge anew

to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.

Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."</poem>