The Creation of the World

And time passed. Byron waited in the void for the world to be created. He knew that the god Yultan had promised such a thing, and was impatient for its creation. So it was that Byron went to see what was taking so long, and went to the forge shack that belonged to the brother gods. Byron did not want to disturb the Lords, and since they were not in the shack at the time, he went in to see if he could find the world anywhere around. But there was not a world to be found. Byron looked on the forge, Valentine looked on the bench, Byron looked at the tools, and Valentine looked in the pot of oil the pair used for quenching. It was then that Yultan came roaring in, excited about having stolen the hammer of the demons, and close behind him came his brother. And Mordak started stoking up the coals, and Yultan began to beat out the shape of the world. And when Yultan reached into his oil for his tongs, he grabbed instead the feet of Byron. And when he brought Byron near to the world, Byron opened his mouth and grasped the world within it. And Neither of the brothers noticed, as they worked on the forging of the world, that it was Byron that Yultan was using as his tongs. And so they thought to speak freely.

And Yultan said, "Now I will be popular. Now everyone will like me. Those little wimps, the demons, they learned their lesson. They thought that they could keep me from the hammer I so rightly deserve! I was the cutest, and I should have won the beauty contest."

And Mordak said, "I certainly think that you are the cutest, my…brother." And then he winked and Byron knew why all the other gods fear Mordak.

And then Byron thought, "Ah, I guess it is time for some back-story."

And the back story is this: Once upon a time, all the spirits in the void got together, in an effort to determine who was most beautiful. And not only those who would later be gods were there, but also those who were to later become demons. And among the gods who were there, there was Yultan, who was very proud of his appearance. He was proud of his mighty thews, and his mighty bulk, and his ego was ballooned up by his brother, Mordak, who fawned gratuitously upon him. And so it was that Valentine, Byron, and Euclidites were chosen to be the judges. And in the contest, Yultan did well. He stunned the crowds in the talent contest, but he was well known among the other contestant for be Little Miss Least Congeniality.

But his lack of friendliness would not have been such a problem, had he not accidentally forgotten to wax before the swimsuit competition. So, there he was, hairy in places that a gentlegod does not discuss, standing in front of the audience, letting it all hang. And Byron looked at Valentine, and said, "My god, couldn't he have at least shaved?" And so it was that the hammer that was the award for the contest, which Yultan so wanted, went to Zeke Demonspawn instead. And Yultan was so pissed that he just stormed out of the place, threatening the judges, and crying on his brother's shoulder.

And that was the back story. In the meantime, Byron was trying to get the taste of earth out of his mouth, and Yultan was holding onto his ankles. And Yultan said, "So, how long until we can whack those judges that kept me from being the most beautiful?"

And Byron was shocked, and started to tremble. And Mordak said, "Soon my dearest, soon. First we will whack Byron, then we can get Valentine and then Euclidates."

And it was then, with Yultan holding Byron's feet, with the world be held still in Byron's mouth, and with Yultan bringing his prized treasure down upon the earth, that Byron's trembling in fear became too much, and when the Earth was stuck, it bounced out of Byron's mouth, and bounced across the floor, and Yultan and Mordak gasped with shame, for the world had a big obvious flaw. And Yultan dropped Byron and the hammer and went to catch the world and Mordak ran out after him, and Byron just slipped away out a window, afraid of these two who would seek to do him harm.

It was only later that he met the both of them in the hall of feasts and tried to make them stop the feud that they had against Byron. And as Byron tried to assuage their anger, they only fell to fighting amongst themselves. And while Yultan was easily swayed, Mordak refused to see the light, and fell to quarrleing with his brother. And Byron saw that it would be no use, and mourned that they had to be so bitter about a simple beauty contest. And Valentine was also saddened because he had recently heard the Zeke Demonspwn and his extensive collection of cousins blamed all the gods for the theft of the hammer, and they had sworn to hunt down and kill all those who had taken away the trophy.