Like Makemake, Eris was treated differently from their siblings. Though this had not
always been the case. Eris had been a sweet girl, and kind too, until the day she played
alone by the Tree of Life.
Among the roots she found one of the Fruits of Knowledge- an extra one that had
fallen and been hidden from the view of the Knowledge Seekers. Eris decided
in an instant that she wanted to be wise like the wizards (who she believed had eaten the
other fruits) and gobbled it down quickly and greedily. But, under it’s unblemished exterior,
the fruit had gone rotten and the knowledge Eris received was of the most horrible kind.
This knowledge tainted the mind of the young girl and from then on Eris became unhinged
and violent, the knowledge in her mind driving her to commit nasty acts. Especially toward
Makemake, who she tormented, playing tricks on him and often beating him up.
Saturn had warned Mother about Eris. He didn’t know why, exactly, but he did know that
Eris should be kept away from her uncle, the man who now resides beneath us all, and
maybe all others. But it wasn’t until the day Mother caught Eris attempting to cut off one of
Makemake’s ears that Eris was kept away from all others.
Eris remained on her own until the First World started to fall apart and, when the Tree of
Life rose into the air and scattered the tower hither and thither, she was sent flying far
away.
In time Eris made her way back to the First Settlement, her mind racing and eager to
wreak further chaos upon everyone she found there. Each night as Eris lay on the ground
to sleep, Mother Earth would try and talk to her estranged daughter, pleading with her to
calm down and to avoid her uncle.
The former Eris actually managed, a return to nature’s wonder reminding her of what she
had once been like, so that when she reached the First Settlement she was quite calm and
shocked her siblings with her wholly new demeanour. Yet still, they stayed apart from her,
scared of what she might do.
The latter request, however, Eris became more keen to do and actively sought out the
daemon who would later split This World. When Eris saw her uncle, for the first time ever
as it happened, they each saw in the other something they thought was only in them- Eris
seeing him as a means to comfort her, as the one person who would understand and who
could help her stay calm- maybe even return her to her former self; while her uncle saw
only a new tool.
They became great friends and, in time, Eris became keen to unload her troubled mind
and eventually she imparted to him the knowledge she had gained from the rotten fruit and
set him onto the road that would lead to the First War.
As with Venus before her, Eris saw what she had done and what this beast might do as
her mind finally, fully, came to terms with the knowledge she had and realising that it should
have remained with her.
Quickly, then, before the First War had got going, Eris went to Jupiter and his followers
and told them of the ways of war. And she told them more than she had told her uncle,
thus saving humanity from the grasp of the man who rules the Underearth.
always been the case. Eris had been a sweet girl, and kind too, until the day she played
alone by the Tree of Life.
Among the roots she found one of the Fruits of Knowledge- an extra one that had
fallen and been hidden from the view of the Knowledge Seekers. Eris decided
in an instant that she wanted to be wise like the wizards (who she believed had eaten the
other fruits) and gobbled it down quickly and greedily. But, under it’s unblemished exterior,
the fruit had gone rotten and the knowledge Eris received was of the most horrible kind.
This knowledge tainted the mind of the young girl and from then on Eris became unhinged
and violent, the knowledge in her mind driving her to commit nasty acts. Especially toward
Makemake, who she tormented, playing tricks on him and often beating him up.
Saturn had warned Mother about Eris. He didn’t know why, exactly, but he did know that
Eris should be kept away from her uncle, the man who now resides beneath us all, and
maybe all others. But it wasn’t until the day Mother caught Eris attempting to cut off one of
Makemake’s ears that Eris was kept away from all others.
Eris remained on her own until the First World started to fall apart and, when the Tree of
Life rose into the air and scattered the tower hither and thither, she was sent flying far
away.
In time Eris made her way back to the First Settlement, her mind racing and eager to
wreak further chaos upon everyone she found there. Each night as Eris lay on the ground
to sleep, Mother Earth would try and talk to her estranged daughter, pleading with her to
calm down and to avoid her uncle.
The former Eris actually managed, a return to nature’s wonder reminding her of what she
had once been like, so that when she reached the First Settlement she was quite calm and
shocked her siblings with her wholly new demeanour. Yet still, they stayed apart from her,
scared of what she might do.
The latter request, however, Eris became more keen to do and actively sought out the
daemon who would later split This World. When Eris saw her uncle, for the first time ever
as it happened, they each saw in the other something they thought was only in them- Eris
seeing him as a means to comfort her, as the one person who would understand and who
could help her stay calm- maybe even return her to her former self; while her uncle saw
only a new tool.
They became great friends and, in time, Eris became keen to unload her troubled mind
and eventually she imparted to him the knowledge she had gained from the rotten fruit and
set him onto the road that would lead to the First War.
As with Venus before her, Eris saw what she had done and what this beast might do as
her mind finally, fully, came to terms with the knowledge she had and realising that it should
have remained with her.
Quickly, then, before the First War had got going, Eris went to Jupiter and his followers
and told them of the ways of war. And she told them more than she had told her uncle,
thus saving humanity from the grasp of the man who rules the Underearth.
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