The Wold From The Point Of View Of Marteaus

Marteaus did have a brother, also created by Gargul during his evil phase. The two brothers, Marteaus and Kevintar, were the twin punishers of the gods.

BTW, both were named after people I knew. Knew, because the one I based on Kevintar died in a construction accident back in the 80s. The one based on Marteaus died a couple of weeks ago [as of July 2010]. I won't go into details as I don't think it would be appropriate, but I will say that I always thought they both were somewhat tragic persons by how they lived their lives. Similarly, I always thought Marteaus and Kevintar tragic as well. Created to dish out punishment for the gods they were born with no conscience. Both learned it, though, when freed of their responsibilities.

Kevintar learned it the moment that Marteaus killed him because he refused to give all his immortal power to his brother. Marteaus learned it when Gargul banished him from the Lands of Rest as a punishment for the murder.

Of course, Marteaus later hatched a plan using magic developed to create immortality by the sons of Dread, to drain the godly power from other powers and eventually from many of the gods themselves, beginning with Domi, which started our first crossover event, The Year of Ascension.

Now, he specializes in using magical diseases to "test" the noble and ignoble races in order to teach them that all heroes eventually fall off of the pedestal and let everyone down. Once through the fire, Marteaus believes as Gaal does that the only way Mortals can survive is for the gods to run their lives. The races always self-destruct. Always. They rise from barbarism to form civilization which rises to an illusionary height. Then corruption sets in and the civilization gradually falls, until barbarians attack and defeat them thus taking their place. Thus the cycle continues. There are variations obviously, but the pattern is clear in every civilization on every world and with every culture.

The Races fail. The Gods are eternal.