35. Like Fire | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

35. Like Fire

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Ihri's dominant species are what we who know call the Ingyanites (Like Fire), though they have their own names for themselves in their own languages. 

The first of them were a beautiful people with skin like marble, blessed with absolute immunity to the planet's scorching heat, bathing and drinking the boiling water, playing in the molten rock as one would play in the mud. Faatura walked along the planet's surface and taught them how to cultivate the land, bringing about fruit and plant life that would melt your insides. 

34. The Jarwa | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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Tales From The Cosmos

34. The Jarwa

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

I have spoken about Jarwa, Heavenly Hosts who had sought Da Vaada's favour and blessing for the worlds he had given them, by giving these worlds back to him, so that their peoples could have a place in his kingdom. The few who succeeded among the many who attempted. 

I have not introduced you to any of them yet, have I? Or their peoples, for that matter. Very well. I shall tell you of six. Maybe you'll learn about the rest at some point or another; maybe you won't. Sorry, that's just the way it is.

33. The Silent Choir and the Watchers | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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33. The Silent Choir and the Watchers

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

When the Chiliad screamed, the echoes tore across creation, rattling even the strongest among the Heavenly Hosts. The cries of a thousand damned Paadlan trapped within a singularity resonated in ways no sound should.

The hosts were shaken. Some began to doubt. If such a thing could be made not by Da Vaada, but by corruption, then what else could follow? Would Sevaasi find new ways to mimic creation, to force monstrosities into existence?

32. Nemesis | Beyond The Firmament: Tales From The Cosmos

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Tales From The Cosmos

32. Nemesis

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

"Evil cannot create, only corrupt."

A great old saying, if not a bit cliché. Truth be told, there's a stubborn part of me that has always wanted to disagree with the first part of the sentence. Yet for all my wisdom and knowledge, I struggle to refute it. Many of the tales I have told you up to now have certainly proved this adage true, time and again. 

Listen to this one and decide for yourself.