Mier

Mier is the god of death, solitude, and suffering. All peoples recognize and honor Mier when there is a death, especially when preceded by prolonged suffering. Friends and family will confess past wrongs they committed against the deceased and thank Mier for his gift. It is said the god of Death occasionally appears in the flesh,  described as pale and drenched in water. On this account, Mier is also known as The Weeping One.

Mier was solitary and soft-spoken, and often overlooked by the other gods. The oversight was not malicious; he was easy to forget, and Mier was content to be forgotten.

One day, the gods of Chaos were playing on a mountaintop. Their games buffeted and shook the peak which caused a terrible landslide. They did not see Mier below walking by the sea and he was swept into the depths by the river of earth.

Mier was trapped at the bottom of the ocean under mountainous rocks. He was not afraid for the could hold his breath for quite a while, and surely his brothers and sisters would come looking. He waited for days. Then weeks.

Mier ran out of breath on the hundredth day. He began to drown. The choking water, crushing depth, and isolation were unbearable. Mier was in agony. But he could not die.

Death had not yet been invented for it served no purpose. Mier suffered another hundred days until he realized his body was the source of his anguish. So he left it, and became Death.

Tēku discovered her brother’s body after a time. She used the currents to moved the stone and carried Mier’s body to shore. His siblings were confused and worried why their brother would not wake. Mier tried to talk to them but discovered he could not interact with the bodily world.

Mier put on his old body and told his sisters and brothers of his misfortune. He explained how his gift freed him of pain. The gods of Chaos grieved their carelessness, and the rest mourned their inattentiveness. Mier comforted them and promised they would be reunited one day. He entrusted his body to Tēku until that time.

Today, Mier roams the world and shares his gift with all.