The History of Scarn - The Divine War part 3
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The Defeat of Golthagga
None witnessed the defeat of Golthagga by the Shining One, Corean, but this is how the legend goes as told by Corean’s followers:
Golthagga had a mighty forge, hidden deep in the southern Keldar mountains. He left his forge one day to investigate the rumors of war he had been hearing, to discover what had been happening to his titan brethren. While he was gone, Corean the Champion entered the forge.
Using Golthagga’s own anvil, hammer, and tongs, Corean began to fashion a mighty sword, made from various cast off pieces found throughout the forge. It is said that he made something beautiful from the dross, forged with strength, justice, wisdom, light, and hope. Just as Corean was nearly finished creating this new weapon, Golthagga returned, having sensed the invasion of his workshop.
Golthagga demanded to know why Corean had invaded his workshop and if he intended to use the sword against himself and his fellow titans. Corean admitted that was exactly his intent, and lifted the white hot blade in his hand, as it did not yet have a proper hilt, and pronounced the blade’s name Honor. At that, Golthagga took up his hammer to strike Corean down. But Corean was swift, and he dodged so that the hammer blow instead struck the tongs on the anvil, shattering them. Corean was wounded by the flying shards, but he stood fast.
The battle between the two colossal forces was mighty. The mountain itself was split asunder, and the heat from the clash of weapons melted the stones like blood. Finally Golthagga’s hammer was ruined in the heat, and Corean struck him. The Champion cleft Golthagga in two, finally quenching the heat from his new blade.
It is said that Corean took the left side of Golthagga and buried it under the ice on the north tip of the world. And he took the right side and took it likewise to the south tip of the world where he buried it under ice there.
Few of Golthagga’s worshipers remain, but those who do seek to reunite the titan. While the location of the titan’s body is well known, it would be exceedingly difficult to rejoin the two halves as they lie in some of the most inhospitable areas of the world. But some stories suggest that reuniting his body may not be necessary, for it is also said that should his tongs, hammer, and anvil be rejoined and repaired that the titan himself would be reforged anew.
The Defeat of Golthagga
None witnessed the defeat of Golthagga by the Shining One, Corean, but this is how the legend goes as told by Corean’s followers:
Golthagga had a mighty forge, hidden deep in the southern Keldar mountains. He left his forge one day to investigate the rumors of war he had been hearing, to discover what had been happening to his titan brethren. While he was gone, Corean the Champion entered the forge.
Using Golthagga’s own anvil, hammer, and tongs, Corean began to fashion a mighty sword, made from various cast off pieces found throughout the forge. It is said that he made something beautiful from the dross, forged with strength, justice, wisdom, light, and hope. Just as Corean was nearly finished creating this new weapon, Golthagga returned, having sensed the invasion of his workshop.
Golthagga demanded to know why Corean had invaded his workshop and if he intended to use the sword against himself and his fellow titans. Corean admitted that was exactly his intent, and lifted the white hot blade in his hand, as it did not yet have a proper hilt, and pronounced the blade’s name Honor. At that, Golthagga took up his hammer to strike Corean down. But Corean was swift, and he dodged so that the hammer blow instead struck the tongs on the anvil, shattering them. Corean was wounded by the flying shards, but he stood fast.
The battle between the two colossal forces was mighty. The mountain itself was split asunder, and the heat from the clash of weapons melted the stones like blood. Finally Golthagga’s hammer was ruined in the heat, and Corean struck him. The Champion cleft Golthagga in two, finally quenching the heat from his new blade.
It is said that Corean took the left side of Golthagga and buried it under the ice on the north tip of the world. And he took the right side and took it likewise to the south tip of the world where he buried it under ice there.
Few of Golthagga’s worshipers remain, but those who do seek to reunite the titan. While the location of the titan’s body is well known, it would be exceedingly difficult to rejoin the two halves as they lie in some of the most inhospitable areas of the world. But some stories suggest that reuniting his body may not be necessary, for it is also said that should his tongs, hammer, and anvil be rejoined and repaired that the titan himself would be reforged anew.