The Myth of the Heavenly Strength-Intelligence War
Story of the Kareguist faith
Before humans were banished to the Earth for their subversion to the Gods, there were various wars between the deities. This is one of them.
One time, Darein, God of War, came across the twins of Tirioshue, the Knowledge Goddess, and Mainui, the Intelligence Goddess. Madly in love, he demanded Mainui, the more beautiful of the two, to be his spouse. She refused, and laughed at his face instead, pointing out that Levetia, the Goddess of Love, would never bless their union, and that she did not love him in the slightest.
Darein was undeterred. All he knew was strength and war. His military prowess was known far and wide. However, despite his brilliant skills as a fighter and tactician, he was not as wise as the twin Goddesses. All he knew was force, so he attempted to kidnap and rape Mainui, the first attempted rape in history. The wisdom of the twin deities, however, bested him, as they tricked him and trapped him on a hole, and escaped.
Darein was furious. He was insulted. Then, when he freed himself, he charged towards the residence of the twin Goddesses. He used his flaming sword to break the door, but they were not there. The sisters, with all their wisdom, did not return to their house, and, in open defiance of Darein, they began to muster an army from humans and other Gods alike.
This was the last straw. Among the Gods, only Darein held the privilege of waging war. It was his power, and his right, as he was the military representative of the Gods. Pursuing his special right, other Gods and humans flocked to his banner. The war had begun.
The Heavens were devastated for two centuries. The then-immortal humans and the Gods continued to wage ceaseless war. They could not die, of course, but they could be imprisoned and tortured instead.
Eventually, after the centuries of fighting, the twin Goddesses surrounded Darein's principal forces in a siege, and forced him to surrender. At the peace negotiations, Darein was humbled. He repented not out of pressure, but out of sorrow. He recognized his faults by attempting to force-marry and rape Mainui, and agreed to be punished with two centuries of hard labour in Malugus's Underworld. Darein also recognized the right to war to others only in exceptional circumstances. The twin Goddesses agreed, in turn, to forgive Darein for his misdeeds.
This established that forced marriage and rape were unacceptable, and anyone caught in the deed were to be punished. When the humans became terrestial and mortal, this was translated into one of the darkest sins, along with murder and robbery. Indeed, in Canarto, where Kareguism is most prevalent, rape is punishable by years of forced labour, followed by execution. The central government has tried to rein Canarto, but, everytime they try, the people remember this myth and riot in the streets, seeing Florenzei as a rape apologist of sorts.