chsdbacks Chapter 469 Creating the Underworld
Chapter 469 Creating the Underworld
Chapter 469 Creating the Underworld
Mandos was also very interested when he heard Dui's vision for the underworld.
Arda does not have the concept of the underworld, or rather, the Temple of Mandos is a place similar to the underworld.
However, this place only accepts the souls of elves, humans, and dwarves. When other races die, their souls remain in Middle-earth, eventually either entering the Netherworld or disappearing completely.
But ever since Dui transformed the Netherworld into a subspace, a place that carries the collective unconscious energy, those undead stranded in Middle-earth have truly had nowhere to go.
If the underworld is truly opened up and becomes a world of its own, such an achievement would be no less significant than Varda's creation of the starry sky.
Correspondingly, as the lord of the dead, Mandos's authority will expand infinitely.
"Duir, my friend, if I didn't know your authority was time, I would have thought you were the lord of wisdom!" Mandos exclaimed sincerely. "Your ideas truly amaze me, wise Duir!"
The textile goddess Vera nodded in deep agreement, after all, Dui had previously guided her to develop in the field of destiny textiles.
Although she has not yet fully grasped the power of destiny, she has comprehended a portion of its power, enough to weave the threads of fate for all beings below the Valar.
Once she successfully seizes control of destiny, she will be able to influence even Vera.
At that time, she will be the true master of destiny, and will be one of the most powerful among the Vera.
Therefore, Vera was very grateful to Dui and deeply admired Dui's wisdom.
After all, Dui was able to think of things that even the Valar hadn't considered. First, he helped the Stars, and then Varda opened up the universe, allowing the world of Arda to expand continuously, thus completing a creation in another sense.
He then resurrected the Twin Trees, created the Warp, became the master of the mind, and even used the Warp to defeat the evil god Uggliant.
These historical events could not be hidden from Vera, the goddess of history, and were woven into tapestries that hung on the walls of the Temple of Mandos.
Now, they have put forward a highly constructive idea for the underworld.
These groundbreaking proposals led all the Veras to believe that if there were any authority over wisdom, it should belong to him.
Faced with the praise from Mandos and Vera, Dui could only shake his head inwardly.
He didn't think his wisdom was actually superior to that of the Vera; he was merely benefiting from being a time traveler, which allowed him to have the foresight to come up with these ideas.
Therefore, he never thought of seeking the authority of wisdom, because he knew exactly how much wisdom he possessed.
Having proposed the idea of the underworld, and with the full support of Mandos, they had already put forward the idea.
Dui and Mandos then began to discuss how to open up the underworld.
When Dui first visited the Hall of Mandos, he successfully obtained information from the Department of Mysteries' Death Hall regarding the construction of that stone archway.
In the world of Harry Potter, wizards have never stopped exploring life and death.
For example, the Hall of Death in the Department of Mysteries has a tall stone archway. Wizards believe that the stone archway is a passage between life and death, and behind the archway is the underworld where the dead reside. Once a person passes through, they cannot return.
This stone archway is very old; it existed even before the Ministry of Magic and the Department of Mysteries were established.
After being discovered and excavated by ancient wizards, they used it as the core to study the mysteries of life and death, and gradually extended it to time, fate, thought, mind, etc., creating the Department of Mysteries, and finally the Ministry of Magic.
According to the information Du Yi received during his check-in, this stone archway was created by powerful ancient wizards who studied death in order to explore the boundary between life and death.
Based on the information gathered from this check-in, Dui gained a lot of inspiration for the exploration of the underworld.
After discussing it with Mandos, he decided to create a subspace-like realm to house all souls, with stone arches serving as the gateway to the underworld.
But creating such a field is not easy.
Mandos and Dui then invited Ilmu, the master of dreams and illusions, to create the underworld with him.
Mandos and Illum are brothers, one who controls death and the other who controls dreams. Together they are called Feanture, meaning "masters of the soul".
The Valar came together to the dark abyss beneath the world of Arda, setting it as the coordinates for the future underworld.
Mandos stood in the darkness and sang the song of creation.
Mandos's song transformed into power, evolving and carving out a space of death in the endless darkness, and it continues to expand, trying to push open the surrounding darkness.
Ilmu echoed the song, and the power of his voice gradually made this space of death appear illusory, like a dream, not existing in the real material world.
While Mandos and Ilmu were working together, Dui was not idle either.
He also infused his power into this newly created space, causing time to stand still in the realm of death, no longer subject to the influence of time.
Mandos' wife, Vera, and Ilmu's wife, Esther, also came to help.
The weaving goddess Vera bound the threads of fate to the underworld; once the lifeline is severed, the dead will arrive in the underworld.
Estelle, the goddess of rest, blesses all beings in the underworld, granting eternal sleep, rest, and healing to the souls who come to the underworld.
Vira'oumu, who often roamed outside Valinor, also suddenly came to help, creating a vast River Styx to encircle the Underworld.
Other Vera members also came to witness or help.
Oly, the god of craftsmen, created the underworld and forged an unsinkable ferry for traveling on the River Styx.
After the stars, Varda hung a moon over the underworld, bringing light to the dark land.
The goddess of compassion, Nina, shed tears that transformed into a river of oblivion. Any soul that drinks from this river will forget everything and will no longer be burdened by heavy memories.
The plant goddess Yavanna gave birth to pomegranate forests, allowing the dead who ate the pomegranate seeds to live a real life in the underworld, just like the living, instead of being an illusion.
The goddess of youth and blossoms, Vana, caused crimson flowers to grow in the underworld, bringing peace to the deceased amidst their fragrance.
Orome, the god of the hunt, gave him a hunting dog to guard the safety of the underworld.
Thus, through the cooperation of the Valar, a complete underworld was born.
Then Dui used the Netherstone to create a giant stone archway in the world of Arda, as the gate to the underworld.
The Gates of the Underworld are attractive to the dead, constantly drawing Arda's undead through the Gates into the Underworld.
Mandos was so fond of the underworld that he built a separate palace there as a separate residence from Valinor.
He even planned to transfer the souls of all the elves, dwarves, and humans in the Temple of Mandos to the underworld, so that they could live freely in this underworld.
After all, no matter how large the Hall of Mandos is, it cannot compare to this self-contained underworld.
But just as the Valar's attention was focused on the Underworld, a dark figure silently arrived in Valinor.
He disguised himself as a human undead and infiltrated the Hall of Mandos, sneaking secretly to the Gate of Mourning.