Forbidden Love
Bailum held strongly that his younger siblings,
Chaimut and
Taopin, were immature and inadequate at their responsibilities. If the siblings themselves were inadequate, so too were their spawns.
Fei Invaru, the daughter of
Chaimut, was one such god who fell victim to this ideology. This was much to
Chaimut's chagrin, as he desired for his daughter to have a child with Mitos.
Bailum, having authority over all other his siblings, refused to allow his son to have any form of romantic relationship with
Fei Invaru.
Mitos never considered any relations with
Fei, as he took to his father's side defending Laminarum and proving himself by fighting the aberrations from the
Waters of Taev; he felt destined to follow in his father's footsteps.
Fei Invaru had different plans, desiring a child to share her isolated existence with.
Chaimut had seen a possible future in which his daughter would have a child with the ability to forge fate itself, making any future he desired the only possible outcome. He pushed his daughter to make advances on Mitos but he declined, eventually causing
Bailum to intercept and forcing her to desist.
The Brother's Deception
Chaimut was outraged by
Bailum's interference in his daughter's advances. Keeping a cool head, he developed a plan to make his visions come to fruition. The most optimal path seemed to involve bringing
Taopin into the plan, who felt disrespected by
Bailum for having "forced" the domain of reincarnation upon him. The brothers agreed that
Bailum had held too much superiority among them for too long. Further, The two younger siblings felt that
Bailum held
Ornjack to higher esteem than his own family, and would turn on them without a second thought if
Ornjack wanted to.
Taopin and
Chaimut directed a long unaccounted-for devil to the
Snow Rock Isles from his ocean depths, expecting their brother to intercept. He did just that.
Milin Orphi could not be stopped, putting up a ferocious fight and bringing forth his devil servants to assist him. While his path did not waver, the brothers feared that they had damned humanity. They interfered, telling Mitos that his father was in dire need of help. When Mitos met his father,
Bailum told him to forge a powerful and unending storm to stop
Milin Orphi in his path, locking them (and his servants) in a fight until he could triumph. Mitos resisted at first until
Bailum threatened his honor for neglecting humanity. Mitos caved, caging his father and
Milin Orphi in a prison of storms.
While it was not exactly as
Chaimut had expected, his desired outcome had been achieved. Now, he had to ensure that Mitos would accept his daughter's advances.
The fight against devils and outer beings had been contained, leaving Mitos with no purpose. Any devils would be directed to the
Orphi Gap, where his father would swiftly slay them. He fell into a depression, creating a snow over Laminarum that lasted for hundreds of years, permanently staining the
Snow Rock Isles with their signature white sand. He grew lonely in his retreat, wrapped up in the guilt of trapping his father and the sudden neglect from
Taopin and
Chaimut.
This neglect was calculated. When Mitos was in his darkest days,
Chaimut demanded his daughter go once more to him and make her romantic advances.
Fei did just that, manipulating Mitos into forging a strong bond with her. Eventually, they had a child. Knowing Mitos would be a threat to this child of fate,
Chaimut and
Fei Invaru disconnected from Mitos, restricting access to the child. Before being taken, Mitos named the child
Rel Eteisus.
Rel Eteisus Descends into Devilhood
Rel Eteisus, the god of fate, descended into spite and despair. He missed his father and hated being raised in seclusion as a weapon. He determined many short-term fates for his grandfather while his disdain for
Fei Invaru grew. While his mother may have loved him, it would never resolve the imprisonment he endured. She made the mistake of telling
Rel Eteisus stories about his father, making his imagination run with the displays of power brought on by storms. He viewed Mitos as a hero, and by all accounts he was. This only angered him further, as such a good being should not have a child taken by those hungry for power.
In an attempt to win her son over,
Fei brought him to Laminarum, where he would get to see a natural island of pink flowers and white sand. Hoping he would enjoy the beauty she could create, she let her guard down. This mistake gave
Rel's the opportunity he needed to escape, immediately taking the one passage the gods would not approach: the
Waters of Taev.
They didn't chase him, knowing it was too dangerous.
Chaimut himself even said that Laminarum would be safer if he died in the waters, rather than surviving to return. Though the means of
Rel's survival are loosely described, many believe he was corrupted by
Taev itself. Others think he just drank from the tainted water of the well, warping his mind. Regardless of how it happened,
Rel returned to Laminarum with a mission: slay the
Ohdaufeen. He did not become a devil until attempting to slay
Fei Invaru within Laminarum. The transition to devilhood within the world allowed him to avoid the funnel of Mitos's storms in the
Orphi Gap.
Mitos had an interaction with his son after the transition into devilhood. His onslaught against the gods was to be reckoned with and his domain dangerous to meddle with. While Mitos had no love for his fellow gods, he knew that slaying them would damn humanity and he would not spit on his father's work. After exchanging a heartfelt conversation with his son about how he wished things would have been different, he pledged honestly that he would have to stand against
Rel .
Rel was enraged. He departed from his father and attempted to swell the
Serpent, tearing a larger hole for devils to pour into Laminarum. Mitos worked together with
Taopin's recently adopted son,
Ygaul (a devil turned divine), to slay
Rel Eteisus and force his remains beneath the mountains of
Gelvast. Water almost always trickles upon Gelvast, and priests say this is Mitos mourning for his son.
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