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Ureha (concept)

Ureha, the youngest sibling and only sister of Velos is one of the most important figures in the whole of Sjalvolki mythology. Disturbed by the constant fighting between her brothers, over how the world should be formed, she decided to make more amiable company. So with her own hands, the first humans were sculpted. But soon after, the other gods began to use her creations in their own quarrels. So distraught with the violence which befell her people, she fled to lands which had yet been seen. Unbeknownst to her however, she was watched by the callous Sky-Gods and so from above she was taken to dwell among the clouds. So distracted were her brothers that mountains moved before they noticed her absence. By this time, she had grown accustomed to her new home but still harboured a longing for the land below the sky.

A brutal yet inconclusive war between the Sky-Gods and the Earth-Gods was fought, where mankind was instrumental. It was agreed however, that Ureha may spend half the year in the Sky-Realm and the other half below. Her arrival in the Middle-Realm is marked by the largest of the Sjalvolki's festivals, celebrating the coming of Spring.

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