"Lacorré Steals The Heart of the Sea"
"Lacorré Steals The Heart of the Sea" is a popular legend that tells how Lacorré, a goddess of the Heavenly Council was eventually married to Takuroa, the Primordial Titans of the Ocean.
Summary
After the War of the Titan, the Gods of the Heavenly Council made an accord with the Primordial Elemental Titans. The Gods decided to seal their pact with a marriage between the eldest of the Titans, Takuroa, with the eldest of the Gloriae's children, Rashi. It seemed a good match—for Takuroa was the ruler of the seas and the tides and the oceans, and Rashi was the ruler of the wind and the rain and the freshwaters. But during the great feast between the two parties, the Takuroa caught a glimpse of the loveliest of the Gods, Lacorré and fell deeply in love with her.
Between the meals, Takuroa called Lacorré outside to where the Celestial Mountains met the Plane of Water and tried to show how much he cared for her. He created the dolphins and whales of the world—gentle creatures that were similar in shape to her favorite creatures, the sharks. Lacorré was smitten, though some say she was more interested in spiting her sister than actually marrying with the Titan. She asked her father if she, not Rashi, would be a better fit for Takuroa. But Uriah forbid it, and sent her away to marry the Gilded Crafter God, Zwakhasis.
Lacorré did not like Zwakhasis much; the God of Crafts was good with his hands and made many beautiful for her, but Lacorré was a young goddess full of spirit and unbridled energy. She could not stand being cooped up inside his workshop within the walls of the Celestial Mountains. So when she realized she had become pregnant with Zwakhasis's child, she went to the Plane of Water and spoke with three sea hags, one old, one young, and one in . They gave her a special coral ocarina in exchange for three magic pearls; one with the power of Beauty, one with the power of Immortality, and one with the power of the Great Knowledge. Yet the pearls that Lacorré gave the hags were not true pearls of power but clever traps. When the first hag used the Pearl of Beauty, she became so beautiful that all the creatures of the world wanted to mate with her. The first hag fled to her sister's home where the second hag had just used Pearl of Great Knowledge. The second hag now knew that she would never be as beautiful her sister, so when the first hag arrived, the second hag killed her. The second hag was then killed by the mob of angry mortals that had fallen in love with the first hag. The third hag felt very smug about all of this and she continued to live for a long time, content with her bargain. But one day, when she was emerging from the sea onto the shore, she was stung by a cone snail. The agony was so great he wanted to pass on, but he could not for he was cursed with eternal life.
With that, Lacorré used the magic of the sea hags to summon a great beast of the Plane of Water, a Leviathan. She lured the creature to the shores the Celestial Mountain. The Leviathan attacked her for this and the two began to fight. The other Gods tried to help, but Lacorré was clever, and had summoned a Leviathan blessed with the power of the sea spirits and they protected the beast. Finally, Lacorré withdrew her sacred coral ocarina and played a special song. It soothed the beast and after swimming in tandem with it, Lacorré led it gently back to its home without bloodshed.
Lacorré then went to Zwakhasis and said that these creatures would continue to threaten the Celestial Mountains and the Material Plane world unless she went into the sea to keep them at bay. Zwakhasis was reluctant to let his pregnant wife leave him so Lacorré suggested that he carry the child to term inside his thigh, which she said would be a far safer place than her womb. Zwakhasis agreed and placed the child in his thigh. After a hard birth, Zwakhasis and Lacorré had borne a son, Qingu. The child inherited his father's industrial nature with his mother's wits and became the god of commerce.
After avoiding bearing a child to Zwakhasis, Lacorré found Takuroa fighting with his new wife in the sea. She reminded the Titan of his promises to her and they eloped to Takuroa's realm beneath the waves. They knew that Uriah could do nothing to stop them, for his power fades beneath the waters. But Telerashi, bitter over being rebuked continued to quarrel with them. The Tempest’s Fury still unleashes her wind and rain on the seas but Takuroa protects Lacorré beneath the waves in their underwater Coral Castle. To this day, Lacorré lives only in the Coral Castle beneath the Plane of Water, and only goes to face the other gods each Moon's Eve.
Date of Setting
Dawn Era
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