Moann, Mother Deity of the Oceans

Moann is one of the two Mother Deities of Fortuna, with her sister Fayana being the other. Whilst Fayana crafted the lands of Fortuna, Moann birthed every piece of the ocean.Together, the two of them created Day and Night, and together they created Power and Wisdom. With all of these tools at their disposal, the deities were able to create mortals out of stone and water. Moann is said to be highly invested in the mortals, showing great interest in their choices and often offering them important ones when the world has become too formulaic. It is these things that have given her the reputation as Deity of Choice, while Fayana is Deity of Fate.



While the creation myth is an incredibly important moment for Moann, far more important to her followers is how she serves the mortals - and how Fortuna became broken up into several continents.

In the beginning of their creation, Fayana had creation a single, vast landmass. The mass was full of variety, certainly, but the mortal creatures who lived on it had no concept of choice. They lived where they were placed, they worshipped Fayana because she provided for them in land, and sustenance. They treated Moann, Sriae, Khades, Veira, and Paiia as equals under Fayana. This made Moann unhappy.

She had traveled universes with Fayana. The two had spend eons crafting Fortuna. They had spent even more time designing other powerful deific beings, and far more crafting perfect mortals. They both had. In their world however, Fayana was seen as the One True God. There was only one pantheon, and it was Fayana’s.

Even when Ayniea and Streike were created, they were seen as forces of Fayana - even if Moann had been the one to craft them of her own flesh, bone, and magics. Moann was not angry at Fayana, but she was frustrated with herself. She had failed to make mortals fit for her waters. Instead of thriving as they did on land, mortals were now dying in shipwrecks, or being consumed by sea beasts, or drowning -- Moann knew she needed to create a new people.

She disappeared from celestial existence. This frustrated Ayniea, because Streike needed their mother’s help and was nowhere to be found. This frustrated Fayana who felt that she was now responsible for things she had no concern for - water, healing, choice. They all opposed her concerns for land and fate. Besides, Sriae and Khades were still bickering over the lengths of days and nights which was damaging Fayana’s mortals; and Veira and Paiia were warring over the minds of mortals to drive them to charity or domination. Fayana felt betrayed by Moann for leaving her with such problems. She decided that perhaps once, she would indulge herself in a choice.

Moann felt somewhat regretful over abandoning her sister and children, but as she delved into the art of crafting the perfect mortal for her seas, she quickly forgot of her sister. The art was mystical and enticing, and far more a work of art and emotion than it had been with Fayana’s mortals. Moann used colour, light, strange shapes, she played with forms that existed only in the creatures she had made for the sea - nothing so strange had been seen on land. When she perfected her mortal, she returned to Fortuna, planning to unleash them into the waters immediately. Instead, she arrived to find the greatest horror she could imagine.

Her oceans had been ransacked by land. Mountains grew out of her seas. Warm suns had dried up the canyons between these mountains and land, turning them into deep grassy valleys. There was almost nothing left. Moann held back her emotions and instead set upon finding her sister, who was sitting atop a mountain and creating weeds that could soak up water at twice the rate of her normal plants. Moann was furious.

“Fayana! You dare remove my mark on this world? You see fit to take away the waters of Fortuna? Our people will suffer without my waters! They will die of thirst and heat!”


Fayana looked upon her sister with disdain, and then simply continued her work. Moann was shocked at her sister’s lack of care, and took to the skies to ask for aid from her children. None of them could meet her gaze, all ashamed that they had aided their mother Fayana. So Moann asked for Ayniea, her child of life, but Veira told her that Ayniea had fallen from grace, and had decided to live a mortal life. Suddenly, Moann understood what her leaving had done. Her children had suffered along with the mortals she had made with Fayana - her mortals just as much as Fayana’s. She saw how her absence had caused a rift between her and her sister. She saw how her jealousy had only multiplied into others.

She wept.

The weeping created massive storms that began to fill the world with water once again. The people rushed to the waters, drinking all they could and finding themselves healed of their pain. The lands filled once more, oceans returning and flooding the land. Fayana watched on in shock as her centuries of work was being undone by her sister’s tears. She appeared by her sisters side and watched as Moann continued to cry. Fayana considered comforting her, but saw how the people of the lands reacted to the waters and finally understood. She had never seen them so exuberant over waters before, these mortals that Fayana and Moann had created. Now they understood its worth, and so did Fayana.

She allowed Moann to cry for years on end, which became the Age of Rain in Fortuna. When she was finally done, the skies cleared and Sriae shone brightly over the new Fortuna - broken into different masses of land divided by the waters. These would later be named Aebrynis, Acheron, and Eleusia - the three land continents of Fortuna.

In this new world, the mortals developed differently, each of them finding their own paths. Some followed the ides of fate, others made strong choices. Even the children of the two mothers found worshippers who saw them as the Mightiest of gods. Finally Paiia and Veira did not have to war over simple minds - for people grew in different cultures. Finally Sriae and Khades could hold power at the same time, simply in different places. Finally, there was no need to fight over the mortals.

For the beings that Moann had created to live as her mortals of the seas, she held onto them for many centuries, not wishing to anger her sister further. Eventually, however, she created the god Kasapoglu, and gifted him with this new race of mortal. He would go on to be their god -- god of the Merfolk.