Now, it is important to understand that before the Sun and Moon began their chase across the sky, there was no time as we understand it. Things did not age, did not decay, did not change without the action of some outside influence. When the chase began, this all changed, and time ripped outward from the world like a wave. The other gods were unable to react before time enveloped them, but Arithaan was different. Perched upon the edge of creation, he was able to sense the disturbance that was the origin of time, and ward himself against it, calling up an impenetrable barrier around his realm.

There he remained, for nothing could enter and nothing could leave so long as the barriers remained in place.
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Shortly after the gods were brought into being they were gathered before Fire and Water and asked to select an area of influence, one aspect of the world over which they would have complete dominion. Thieron went first, choosing wisdom, followed by Catho the peacemaker, the healer Lahan, and on and on until all the youngling gods had chosen-- save one. Uulix was last in line, and by the time they got to him there was nothing left to choose-- all that Fire and Water had offered was already taken. (...)

So he stepped back and gazed upon creation, all that had been wrought both by his own creators and by his brother gods, for by now the Sun and Moon had left the world, and he laughed. For he saw what no one else had seen, what no one else had looked for-- the holes, the flaws, the places between and unintended consequences of the other gods' creation. These he took and gathered to himself.
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