In preparation for the upcoming Planes of Power, GM's are telling stories around Norrath. Here is the log of one of them. Thanks to Solus for sending this in. Vidi Tidings says, 'In the beginning, all that existed was void. Empty of all, whether it be time or space. A vast and endless nothingness cloaked in a deep and all consuming silence.' Vidi Tidings says, 'Within this void existed "The Nameless", a power so incredible that in the entire universe, it knew only itself to exist. It had no idea why it was there, just that that it was.' Vidi Tidings looks at his audience with a smile and continues . Vidi Tidings says, 'In the quiet expanse of the void, it sent itself out and searched the void to find something different. And there it was, a pocket of space and therein lay the flow of time.' Vidi Tidings says, 'When The Nameless stepped into the space, something terrible but wonderful, something terrifying but exciting happened. It detected the elements of space and time.' Vidi Tidings says, 'The Nameless, knowing nothing of these things, freed what was in there so it could spread out in all directions, filling the space that had been empty for so long with a force that had no boundaries.' Vidi Tidings says, 'Forces touched each other and the emptiness filled with swirling energies, light and heat touched emptiness. Energies collided and crashed, were born and died and became new and different *' Vidi Tidings says, '... none of those having been seen ever before started to form planets that differed in size and structure. Also created were stars to watch over this new creation.' Vidi Tidings looks up to the sky, sees a single star, pauses for a moment . and smiles again, before he goes on with his story . Vidi Tidings says, 'But the whole chaos needed order, shaping and fine touch. And so the Nameless created The Gods of Power.' Vidi Tidings says, 'To do so, The Nameless reached into the chaos, drew forth four equal portions of the stuff of existence and shaped it into the Gods that would divide the universe into form.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'The first was named Rathe and got the task of bringing order into the chaos. It saw that the task was indeed immense, so it reached into itself and divided into 12 equal parts.' Vidi Tidings says, 'Then The Rathe went into the chaos divided some more material and created Earth. This Earth got set under the eyes of the Nameless, under the stars, so it could watch over his cosmos.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'The second was named Fennin Ro and received the task of shaping the chaos.' Vidi Tidings says, 'Fennin as well drew his portion and named it Fire.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'He then placed it upon the stars to shed light on the cosmos. Fennin Ro helped The Rathe to shape the solid matter and gave warmth to the cold of chaos.' Vidi Tidings says, 'The third was named Water and The Nameless determined it would need many forms.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'So it took the portion and split it into three.' Vidi Tidings says, 'Tarew Marr would be responsible for the main state of the element, the Water, E'Ci for the solid state; the Ice and Povar would lord over steam. These three took their portion and cloaked each world with its life giving touch.*' Vidi Tidings pauses a moment, sips some water to clear his voice a little and goes on . Vidi Tidings says, 'And finally the fourth was named Xegony and she received the task of drawing away the material in-between and setting each thing in its place.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'She used her portion of chaos to make it into Air, which she used to blow the chaos away and cushion each world from the harshness of the cold cosmos.' Vidi Tidings says, 'The Nameless then looked into its new creation and felt sorrow because it could not experience it, for the creation could not contain the Nameless and so it decided to find a way to explore this new existence.*' Vidi Tidings looks around him a bit and enjoys the beauty of the area for a moment . Vidi Tidings smiles and goes on with the story . Vidi Tidings says, 'So the Nameless called out to the Gods of Power and commanded them to make minions that it could share in their experience of this new world.' Vidi Tidings says, 'Each of the Gods of Power reached into their elemental planes and drew forth a portion that they shaped with their will into what would be eyes and hands for The Nameless and themselves.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'They created beings of energy, much like themselves, but beings of will born of the matter of the cosmos.' Vidi Tidings says, 'The Gods of Power knew that balance must be maintained in the universe to keep its shape.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'Therefore they started to create the Gods of Influence in the model of a scale, on one side a force of darkness or destruction, on the other side a force of light or creation and ...' Vidi Tidings says, 'in the middle, a neutral or balancing force to maintain the balance without the involvement of the Gods of Power.*' Vidi Tidings says, 'And so they combined their elements to create each God in turn, good, neutral and evil, which the children of Norrath may choose to follow until the end of times.' Vidi Tidings bows and smiles as he ends his story .