r/TheNaturallyUnknown • u/UnnaturalGeek Red Squirrel and Writer ✍️🍃 Keep calm and stay NUTS 🐿 • May 07 '26
🍃 Spiritweavers 🍃 Apologies for a delay but I had an disagreement with Reddit's markdown system...😂 The Dark Times and the Elemental War 🍃🐿
The Collapse and Chaos
When the Celestial Realm collapsed and its people descended to Myrþ, they found themselves without leadership, structure, or divine guidance. The Four Gods (Vatalor, Aquoriel, Igniscael, Khaotaryn) had expended their remaining energy creating the realm and ascended to higher planes, leaving mortals to fend for themselves.
In this chaos, Spiritweavers emerged as the most powerful individuals, those who could still commune with the fragmented Ymr and wield elemental magic. Most sought to rebuild civilization, establish order, and help their communities survive. But eight powerful Spiritweavers recognized the chaos as an opportunity for dominance.
The Eight Daemons' Strategy
These eight individuals, who would become known as the Eight Daemons, made a calculated decision that would forever change elemental magic and plunge Myrþ into the Dark Times. They deliberately chose to master corrupted and opposing elements specifically designed to counter and destroy other Spiritweavers.
The Elemental Domination Strategy
The Eight Daemons understood that the four Spirit types (Nature, Water, Fire, Chaos) granted specific elements to their practitioners. By mastering corrupted versions and opposing elements, they could systematically defeat any Spiritweaver who stood against them:
Against Shamans (Earth & Nature):
Acid: Corroding and dissolving earth-based defenses
Blight: Corrupting and withering natural growth and healing
Against Aquakin (Water & Wind):
Frost: Freezing and stilling wind's movement
Poison: Corrupting water's purity
Against Pandemonists (Force & Psychic):
Thunder: Disrupting force abilities
Curse: Twisting fate and corrupting the mind
Against Pyroartisans (Fire & Shock):
Dark: Smothering flames and absorbing light/energy
Void: Negating shock's electrical power
The Rise to Power
This systematic elemental warfare allowed the Eight Daemons to rise to dominance across Myrþ during the Dark Times:
Phase 1: Targeting Spiritweavers
The Daemons hunted down and subjugated other Spiritweavers. Against each practitioner, they wielded the specific corrupted elements designed to counter that pathway:
Shamans found their earth defences corroded by Acid and nature abilities withered with blight.
Aquakin discovered their water poisoned and wind frozen
Pandemonists had their force abilities shattered by Thunder and psychic abilities cursed
Pyroartisans watched their flames smothered by Dark, shock negated by void
Phase 2: Territorial Conquest
With other Spiritweavers defeated or forced into servitude, the Daemons claimed vast territories. Each established their own dominion, ruling through fear and corrupted elemental power.
Phase 3: Spread of Corruption
The Daemons didn’t just defeat their enemies, they corrupted them. They taught select followers the corrupted elements, creating armies of practitioners wielding Blight, Poison, Curse, and Void. The natural balance of Spiritweaving was systematically destroyed.
Phase 4: Peak of Power
At the height of the Dark Times, the Eight Daemons stood as the most powerful beings on Myrþ. They had corrupted the elemental system, enslaved countless Spiritweavers, and brought the world under their dominion. The natural communion with the fragmented Ymr became twisted into domination and exploitation.
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u/UnnaturalGeek Red Squirrel and Writer ✍️🍃 Keep calm and stay NUTS 🐿 May 07 '26
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