Children of 'ODD

The Children of 'ODD /i'ad'tɛ/ is the religion solely held and observed by the Orcari and is the pre-FTL name of their people.

Mythological History

The Three

In the beginning, there were gods: K'ODD, T'ODD, and X'ODD.

K'ODD /ki'ad'tɛ/ - god of the planets - maintained the order of the planets in the Orcari solar system, with Eldane as its chief responsibility.

T'ODD /ti'ad'tɛ/ - god of the in-between - oversaw the space between the planets and the sun.

X'ODD /tʃi'ad'tɛ/ - god of the stars - not only held dominion over Eldane's star, but counted and catalogued the stars of the night sky.

The Fourth

But then something marvelous happened: a fourth god arrived. Her name was J'ODD /dʒe'ad'tɛ/, god of the natural world. Her beauty was beyond compare, and X'ODD fell madly in love with her.

Courtship of the Fourth

X'ODD and J'ODD fell in love, much to the chagrin of the other gods. K'ODD and T'ODD could only watch as J'ODD basked in the warmth of X'ODD's doting gaze. Over millennia, their envy grew until X'ODD broke their trust and wed J'ODD. On the planet Eldane, X'ODD became flesh with J'ODD. K'ODD and T'ODD's envy boiled over into rage.

Discord between the Three and the War of Five

From asteroids hurled through the void and the matter of broken planets, K'ODD and T'ODD forged a fifth god - M'ODD /mɛ'ad'tɛ/ - god of the MACHINE. With M'ODD, K'ODD and T'ODD waged war on X'ODD and J'ODD.

But X'ODD and J'ODD outlasted their divine opponents. In defeat, K'ODD and T'ODD returned to their celestial firmament, while M'ODD was broken and cast down.

The Children of 'ODD are Born

Harnessing the remnants of M'ODD- X'ODD, and J'ODD constructed the Valley of the Wells, a life-giving spring where divine waters flowed and channeled their divine energy into pools that gave rise to the Children of 'ODD, the Orcari. The children were perfect blends of their parentage, Orcish beings with a love for nature and eyes fixed on the stars. Yet, they were also birthed from the remains of M'ODD and felt the machine call to them as well.

Later, the Valley of the Wells would become the seat of Orcari power, the capital of their ancestral roots, and the origin of all cloning science.