39. Mermaids | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

39. Mermaids

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

You humans, to your credit, planted yourselves on your moon and are still taking steps to take Mars. There's nothing there for you, so maybe... don't, or do. I do not judge, but I will laugh and ask the Father's forgiveness. 

But there's somewhere else in this solar system of yours that you are very obsessed with. A moon belonging to the planet you call Jupiter, the fifth and largest, named after a so-called "King" of so-called "gods"... Hmm...

38. Elves and Vampires | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

38. Elves and Vampires

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Lato Prit (Golden Mind) was a beautiful being, appearing to have golden skin and white wings. She had chosen a most interesting of small terrestrial worlds, dense in its forestry and just close enough to its large white sun to prevent any freezing and a core so hot it created "pools" and "rivers" of golden plasma. So, it was named Lato.

37. Dragons and Cats | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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Tales From The Cosmos

37. Dragons and Cats

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

As I said, the Jarwa, Dioretaar, loved the colour blue, so he chose a blue planet orbiting a blue sun to match his great blue crown of flames. As you might know, a blue sun is much, much hotter than a yellow one like yours, and though the planet Zul was richer in Ozone than Teyra at its peak, it would not be 100% effective, so the life that he raised was especially hardy and resistant. 

He was not inspired by the humans on Teyra, aside from their intellect and language, and he did not want to imitate the likeness of Da Suun, who was Da Vaada. No, he took a liking to the beasts that walked alongside man and crafted his own, and from them he raised two sapients. We who know call them the Levca and Krozna. 

36. Spiders and Dwarfs | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

36. Spiders and Dwarfs

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Lutoro had felt sadness for the littlest planet in your solar system, so cold and far away from your Sun. She called it Mortó (Baby) and used her veil to warm it, taking it away when it needed to cool, creating her own Alta and Odic that the life on her world would learn to live by.

She had actually created two sapient races, not one.