Post by Hayate on Nov 14, 2006 14:01:00 GMT -5
There were some who protested the treatment of the elves at the hands of the gods.
They were the elves who did not wish to go against the gods.
They stormed the Heavenly Path and threw themselves before the gods and cried, “Why must you punish us when it was not us who drew our swords against you?”
The gods answered, “That is true. But that is not the only sin.”
The elves asked again, “What do you mean by that, o gods?”
The gods answered back. “Very well then. When your brethren raised their swords against us, where were you and what were you doing?”
To that, the elves replied, “We were at the altars praying to you gods. We prayed that the fools who disobeyed you would receive your divine punishment.”
The gods retorted, “Were you not merely praying that your own lives be spared?!”
The elves faces turned red and they could not reply.
Suddenly the gods showed their anger. “You are more foolish than the fools who do not know their place! Lower even than the humans! From this day on, you will wear a mark showing your supposed innocence and piety!” And just as this thundering judgment was made, each of the elves that gathered at the Heavenly Path began to transform. They grew tails and their beautiful faces turned into those of beasts. When they saw how they had changed, they screamed in shame and disappeared to dark corners of the world.
They were the elves who did not wish to go against the gods.
They stormed the Heavenly Path and threw themselves before the gods and cried, “Why must you punish us when it was not us who drew our swords against you?”
The gods answered, “That is true. But that is not the only sin.”
The elves asked again, “What do you mean by that, o gods?”
The gods answered back. “Very well then. When your brethren raised their swords against us, where were you and what were you doing?”
To that, the elves replied, “We were at the altars praying to you gods. We prayed that the fools who disobeyed you would receive your divine punishment.”
The gods retorted, “Were you not merely praying that your own lives be spared?!”
The elves faces turned red and they could not reply.
Suddenly the gods showed their anger. “You are more foolish than the fools who do not know their place! Lower even than the humans! From this day on, you will wear a mark showing your supposed innocence and piety!” And just as this thundering judgment was made, each of the elves that gathered at the Heavenly Path began to transform. They grew tails and their beautiful faces turned into those of beasts. When they saw how they had changed, they screamed in shame and disappeared to dark corners of the world.
