Kisun Ora - A Tale of Reshaping
"Amidst the whispered winds and shimmering waters, the veils between realms unfurled, and new gods descended upon our realm like dreams taking shape. Their footsteps painted constellations, and their voices wove destinies into the very fabric of our existence, for in that moment, the ordinary world became a canvas of divine wonder. -- Rasmus, A Tale of Reshaping - The Account of the Coming of the Gods"
A Tale of Reshaping - The Account of the Coming of the Gods also known in the original Ancellan as "Kisun Ora - Tilea Sito Devinum" is a historical manuscript dated to some time in the first few decades after the Reshaping. Purported to be written by the Ishtaran poet and philosopher Rasmus, it is considered an important historical work and the originator of modern Eastern literature.
The Account, often simply called Kisun Ora, is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with Rasmus' other works, the book is divided into 24 chapters and was written in ancient Ancellan. Set during the Reshaping, a thirteen-year era of turmoil surrounding the Coming of the Gods, the book depicts significant events during that time period. In particular, it depicts the Coming of the Gods, their pronouncement of sovereignty, the The Planar Expulsion, the Trial of Asmodeus, the The Betrayal War, and The Moonfall. Kisun Ora is often regarded as the first substantial piece of Ancellan literature.
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Publication Status
Over the years the work has become widely distributed, and is considered to be the most reprinted book in history. The first publication, outside of religious and scholarly circles, was a heavily redacted version distributed by the Ishtaran Church in 108 AR, about 2 years after the initial discovery of the scrolls. However, a heretic of Ishtar known by the pseudonym Guiding Light, subsequently provided the full text in the year 111 AR to the secular Wederra Academy in Neressia. Then it was bound and published as Kisun Ora - Tilea Sito Devinum Nova. This version was widely distributed throughout Acheron and quickly overtook the original redacted version in Halcyon and became the definitive version of the work.
The Church of Ishtar led a concerted effort to ban the book and destroy any copies it found but by then the damage was done. The Church lifted the ban finally in 554 AR and eventually even accepted and absorbed the full text into its dogma in 1320 AR. The primary issue the Ishtarans had with the original text was that it revealed Ishtar's responsibility for The Moonfall disaster, though in truth this was already widely known and even corroborated by Avatars and Principalities of Ishtar herself over the years. Still, until the Church's reform and revision in the 1300s this fact was considered heresy. After widesweeping church reforms and reunification however, The Moonfall event and Kisun Ora were both folded into the church's creed and Guiding Light was even exhonorated of his heresy and promoted posthumously to sainthood.
Historical Details
History
The manuscript was originally discovered in rolled sheets of magically preserved vellum within a temple in Ishtara. It has been attributed to Rasmus the famous Ishtaran Poet and philosopher as several of the passages correspond to similar drafts already known in notebooks of his. Also, the self insert character of Rasmus in the story is consistent with his other writings.
It is unknown why Rasmus didn't publish the work himself as he had with his other well known works like Vela Baatoria or The Aerini.
Legacy
Kisun Ora is taught in schools to this day and is widely considered the definitive work of mythology surrounding the Reshaping. It is because of this manuscript that modern people have a clear historical understanding of what took place during this tumultuous time of upheaval.
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