Epic of Can
The Journey of the Sons of Can
The Epic of Can a series of poetic stories of what modern readers might call adventurers. Recorded in the Randeris Period, but stories within are though to have been passed down as oral traditions dating as far back to the mid to late Randond Period, when the tales are said to have taken place. Surviving clay tablets of these adventures have been found in the ruins of Benet near Yaren Juhl as well as an Ancient Siduum libraries found in Craddle Valley. There are also accounts of the Epic of Can carved into stone walls in the Cutting Mountains, recorded by the Dwarf.
The epic gives account, similar to the Sacred Codex, of the creation of Aldern by Alu, the planting of Aterleg in Garden and the creation of the first people, the Daemon. The epic then focuses on a group of these early people, the Canite, led by Can, as they journey west out of Garden to explore Alu's creation.
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Book 1
Book 1 tells the story of the creation of Garden and the planting of Aterleg by Alu. The three original daemon tribes, the Adaite, the Alumite, and the Jaraite are placed in Garden. It is a very similar account as is found in the Sacred Codex.
Book 2
Book 2 covered the story of Can of the Adaite tribe. He leads his family and followers beyond Garden into the west, desiring to see the world Alu created.
Book 3
Book 3 covers the Canite's journey to the 'ends of Aldern', believed to be modern day Gir Kur, where they witness Giru Mountain's first recorded eruption and the so-called 'birth of the Dragon species.'
Book 4
Book 4 rerecords the Canite's time at the "ends of Aldern.' It gives an account of Can meeting Irkalla the Red Mother before the Canite leave. Book 4 adds a return journey the Edin Sea. Upon their return, the tribe builds the settlement of Noch "in the west".
Book 5
Book 5 "the List Book," as scholars have come to know it, is believed to be a later addition to the Epic. It primarily gives family lineages of the Canites. Given their Adaite parents' names, as well as names of descendants for several generations after the founding of Noch. Also known as the Forbidden Book by Jenuwan Order, it also given account of fertility rituals practiced by the Canite of Noch. Of which it gives several intimate descriptions of sexual acts for the purpose of these rituals.
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