Volus

Volus (Voh-loos) was the entity that created life on Vitarus.

The Creation and the Forsaking
A reality-shifting, reality-wandering consciousness came upon a physical plane of existence and saw that it could create lief here and rid itself of it's boredom. It named it Vitarus (link this) in the First Tongue (link this) among the Dsievi.

Initially there was pure nothingness. It seeded it's being and essence into the physical realm and, from it's core, the patterns of life grew and the world took shape, life springing up amongst it, over millions of years.

After the eons of growth had passed, Vitarus was old enough to support conscious life and bear it's fruit for the Dsievi who came to rely on the land and Volus's gifts.

Volus, after the events of the Great Division(link this), wounded and defied, left Vitarus completely, knowing that it's failed creation need not be destroyed by him. Rather, it vacated the realm and, as punishment, left it's creation to slowly wither and destroy itself as time went on.

Volus's last words to the Dsievi (not in speech but through Nul'Revii/or "SoulSpeech" (link this)) were: "And from this failed world, I leave. From this rotting corpse, I reel in disgust and run. From this fouled beast, who bites the hand that feeds it, I withdraw, never to return. For this beast, who that bites the hand that feeds, is soon to break, doomed to devour itself from within. Thus I withdraw my worn and battered sympathy, for your own wrath is,at least, a less terrible one than mine."

Religion
After the Forsaking, a mixture of Dsievi and others held faith in a return from Volus. The SteVoli (link this), although to no avail, perform annual rituals of re-animating specifically rotted corpses in hope to spite Volus's departure words: "From this rotting corpse, i reel in disgust and run." They hope that in their spite, Volus's opinions might change upon the dying world and return to save them.

Other than the SteVoli and aseperate minor clan in MetoiSophen, the mere existence of Volus has been forgotten.