Original Origins

After the fall of the library at Guines, much of not only the scientific but also historical knowledge of the world was destroyed. Some of this knowledge was passesd from parent to child, but by the mid 500s, it was no better than a game of telephone.   Once the laws and taboos had been removed against scientific knowledge, scientific works were again discovered and recorded. History, however, was lost. Attempts were made to record the oral traditions passed down, but on the origin of people, stories were so unbelievable they were generally mocked.   Some chroniclers of the past, between their confidence in their knowledge of the past and the complete blind faith that decades of indoctrination and adversion to questioning taught, created a religion around a collection of historical traditions. These traditions taught that humanity's origin was lost somewhere in the heavens.   There was no way to either prove or disprove this. Most people scoffed at the idea, certain in their belief that the heavens were an unobtainable superior realm. However, the stronger the scoffing, the firmer their beliefs became.   This collection of recounted stories and traditions was collected and studied. The stories were compared against each other, trying to determine what truths held through most or all of them, and what seemed to be likely fanciful imaginings. The worst of the imaginings was thrown out, and the remainder was graded and ranked.   The remaining stories were added together to a single book, with an additional section of analysis and commentary. Completed in the mid 600s, this book gained acceptance first among the scientificly minded and then later among the more general populace. The document was a changing document, as now records or fragments were discovered they were rated against the book and added to the record when appropriate.   As its acceptance grew, its proponents gained power. In 703, the group that controlled and edited the canon inserted a newly discovered record which, a decade later, led to a belief that not only did humanity come from the heavens, but that humanity was descendants of the gods. The further back a family line was traced, the closer to the gods the person was, with the kings of the Nation of Emswort being the godliest.   After this, the kings of Emswort were viewed as gods, and "Original Origins" was their holy book.   For a time.