Book One: Creation (Patreon)

Tilurde (Genesis):

At first, there was the cold void, 

Not even Virkdrassil, the eternal tree,

There was only the freezing winds of Myrkalheim,

Light wasn't able to be, so wasn't warmth allowed; and that was for uncountable eons.

Then, the spark of creation happened, the five primordial gods were born.

Nafnlaus the first, that who commands all.

Oriel the wise, bears the knowledge of what is, was and could be.

Erik'Ael the warrior, bears the safety they siblings.

Lineth the mother, bears the womb of creation.

Karl'Ael the pathfinder, bears the skills to find the way.

Their presence disturbed the tranquility of Myrkalheim, the darkest void took shape.

Oriel knew that something should be done or this new realm will destroy them; He warned everyone.

Nafnlaus gave orders to create the laws of reality to fight the chaos void; everyone obeyed.

Karl'Ael proposed adapt Myrkalheim to their presence by bringing warmth,

Oriel the wise created fire; but was lightless and Nafnlaus said; I am the light bringer.

And the fire light started illuminating their faces, they finally could see each other.

The cosmos was no longer dark and cold; all understood that the warmth was good.

Lineth, the mother, asked; We need a home. Nafnlaus agreed; So be it.

Earth appeared; they set foot on it, but earth had no shape and crumbled and Oriel understood; There is no weight,

And then he weaved the laws of magick; With those the elements can be sustained by the infinite power of the birth spark.

Earth appeared again, this time had shape, an island in the middle of the darkest void only illuminated by the static flame, 

It was arid, had no life. Nafnlaus commanded; Water.

Oriel created; The water fell to the void and Karl'Ael thought; a hole and the water will stay in land.

Erik'Ael acted; punched the land making it hollow, then the water will stay in land and they stood on an isle in the center surrounded by water.

Lineth created; Virkdrassil, the eternal tree, where everything will be born and nurtured.

Keepers of the world roots, the five had a home.

Tilurde annad (Second Genesis):

Virkdrassil had grown tall and strong; the multiple branches bear all the known and unknown worlds, all the existing ones and the ones still to be born.

Despite of the new lands, all still lacked life itself.

Eldheim only had flame; Hearth of fire.

Galdrheim land of laws; Arcane realm.

Vatnigard the water garden; The eternal lake.

Loftgard elemental conflux; The air and earth that divides water and fire.

Istilheim the ice home; The dead side.

Vorengard the strongest branch; Garden of the strong.

The five had children and nurtured the new gods in Vorengard.

Son of Erik'Ael and Karl'Ael; Heirbal the powerful, Immortal guardian. 

Son of Nafnlaus and Lineth; Vateldlofeldi, Master of the elements.

Daughter of Erik'Ael and Oriel; Threia, Arcane goddess.

Daughter of Lineth and Karl'Ael; Sjaell, The untamed beauty.

Son of Nafnlaus and Erik'Ael; Gunnar the barbarian, purest rage.

Son of Oriel and Lineth; Magno, Divine law and justice.

Lineth had a last son, with no father, she died in agonizing pain while giving birth.

The four primordial mourn her; They knew, immortals yet they can die.

The son grew healthy and strong; named Kodran, the last.

Time went on, the new gods grew up; and learned to control their parents powers.

Each one will be given a branch; and there they created new lands, rocks, water, metals and even life.

They only needed to promise never go to the roots; Uncountable eons of peace.

The blooming Virkdrassil made new branches by itself; Baregard, the mortal realm.

Nordar, Alfr, Dvergar, Hagenge, Pygmar, Orks and many many more sentient species were born in Baregard.

They lacked the spark but were equally valuable to the four old gods; but the new gods didn't like it.

Kodran gathered all the sons and with lies convinced them to go to the roots and destroy the mortal realm; all but Heirbal...

Kodran stabbed him; How a god can kill a brother.

The other went to the roots; but the primordial were waiting there and where disappointed.

They removed the spark from the gods; Yet Kodran attacked their parents.

Surprised, the old gods got struck down one by one by Kodran; His powers hadn't faded.

Nafnlaus, greatly injured by the last son; threw Kodran to the void beyond the roots.

All the new gods were humbly regretful and Nafnlaus returned their powers; But they would never be allowed to leave Vorengard.

The dying Nafnlaus saw how Virkdrassil was suffering and about to collapse; but saw hope on the children of the tree that inhabited Baregard.

Nafnlaus went to Baregard and gave the spark to all the species; Each clan would have a guardian that will replace the old gods in the task of keeping Virkdrassil alive.

In his last breath, Nafnlaus created the ward moons, Lilith, Selene and Elia to protect the mortal realm, then because he could not protect the roots anymore he became the Sun watching over Baregard.

Big lore dump here, This is the creation myth of the world. Some gods aren't represented here and others are forgotten.

I haven't said anything about Myrkogrndr because he is not too relevant to the story beyond being the physical manifestation of the chaos realm and the one that made Kodran be born.

This story is the neutral one, each mortal species have their version, like for example Nordar (humans) mainly believe that the mortal guardians are all human, and their need to control made it almost so through the history of the world.

The main known human guardians are:

Lord of the light, Lord of the storms, Lord of the forests, Lord of the waters, Lord of the winds and Lord of the flights.

It is very complex to explain and this post is long enough. I had that written for forever (and had several changes over the years), when I was doing a story book about Raeldor the lord of the flights and an ttrpg I was doing with all homemade rules.