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-{{god_infobox|godname=Maya|realm=Creation|symbols=The Great Gray Owl|allies=[[Aeyr]], God of Magic,
+{{god_infobox|godname=Maya, the Great Mother|realm=Creation|symbols=[[Great Grey Owl|The Great Grey Owl]]|relatives=[[Callisto (mythology)|Callisto]] and [[Sinope]]}}
-[[Clementius]], The Weaver,
-[[Daedalus]], Guardian of Balance,
-[[Sarapis]], the Logos}}
+'''Maya, the Mother of Humanity''', was once the Goddess of Creation. As the '''Great Mother''', She existed at the fount of all [[Creation]]. Reality as it was experienced through ordinary consciousness could be ultimately understood as a manifestation of Her fundamentally creative energies. The multiplicities and complexities of Creation belied their origin in the same Source, and this illusion was called the Veil of Maya.
-== Maya, The Great Mother ==
+==History==
+Maya began as an [[Aldar]] maiden in the [[:category:Mythology|Age of Myth]]. After she was raped by the mysterious [[Unnamable Horror]] Maya gave birth to twins, the first [[humans]], an act which brought ostracisation from her fellow Aldar. Much grief was borne amongst [[Gods]] and Aldar alike in the [[War of Humanity|Chaos Wars]] that surrounded the new race, so Maya was raised to Godhood by [[Sarapis]], the [[Logos]] to better watch over them. The strife and suffering of Her [[mortal]] descendants during Her long watch aggrieved the compassionate Goddess for uncounted years and in time She entombed Herself in the earth of the [[Siroccian Mountains]], sleeping in a place called the [[Pillars landmark|Pillars of Maya]], later the [[Shrine of Ascension]].
-The year 395 A.F. marked the conclusion of one epoch and the birth of
+The year 395 A.F. would mark the conclusion of one epoch and the birth of another. Sarapis, who had overseen Creation since the beginning of [[Time]] awoke Maya and challenged Her to take on a new stewardship. On Her acceptance, He merged the Mother of Humanity with [[Makali]], the Goddess of Destruction, into one being: Maya, the Great Mother. Imbuing the new Goddess with His own power, He passed to Her the mantle of Supreme Creator of Achaea.
-another. [[Sarapis]], the [[Logos]], who had overseen all Creation since the
-beginning of Time itself, merged [[Makali]], the Goddess of Destruction, and
-Maya, the Mother of Humanity, into one being: Maya, the Great Mother.
-Imbuing the new Goddess with His own power, He passed on to Her the mantle
-of Supreme Creator of Achaea.
-'''Maya, the Great Mother''', exists at the fount of all Creation. Reality as it
+For over two centuries would the Creatrix reign at the pinnacle of reality, monitoring and governing the weaves of the veil of existence.
-is experienced through ordinary consciousness can be ultimately understood
-as a manifestation of Her fundamentally creative energies. The multiplicities
-and complexities of Creation belie their origin in the same Source, and
-this illusion is called the Veil of Maya.
-Her favoured animal is the Great Grey Owl, and it is said that She sometimes
+When the very fabric of the world came under assault in 613 AF, Maya divested Her divinity to elevate hundreds of mortals, a [[demigod]] army, to contend with the burgeoning forces of [[Bal'met]] in the last '''Battle of the Worldreaver'''. The feat was a success, and in the aftermath, Maya relinquished Her waning godhood to return to Her beginnings as an Aldar, departing to an unknown place to lead a mortal life.
-appears in its form, seeing through its eyes.
+[[Category:Dead or Missing Gods]]
-[[Category:Gods]]
-[[Category:Pentad]]
-[[Category:Immortals]]