Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170831011006

The Rin have three main founders one who is the founder of their species and the two twins being the founders of their culture and society.

The First is Atavus one of the few surviving angles after 'The Fall' he and few others of his kind searched through the ruins of their Empire looking for relics, survivors, and hope he and his lover, known as Ourania who found the proto-ancestors of the Rin. For a time they lived in bliss spreading their love and wisdom to their children, but this bliss could not last for reasons not fully known (To the Rin they say Ourania grew to abrasive for her husband and for Ouranian's children they saw Atavus found a new lover) Either ways they split. Atavus took half of the children and called them the 'Rin' after a sound a bird of his home world once made and Ouranian named her children Merians/Merus who she blessed with a part of her self, Red skin (thus being known to some as 'Red Rin' or 'Tainted Rin' within the Empire).

This split has lead to a fierce rivalry between the Rin and their Merian cousins leading to both nations frequently warring in both the political and religious realm (although both worship similar pantheons and have similar, but slightly different goals)

The Second myth is of the Twins Romola and Merus who are the duel founders of Rin culture it is said they are direct descendants from Atavus himself and his second lover Gemma. It is said because of their noble blood line they where gifted powers by the gods including foresight and direct contact with the gods. During their life time they united much of the major landmasses of their homeworld and it's warring tribes installing a set of laws known as the '10 Tablets' as well as setting norms and taboos for the society. They are seen as the duel founders of Rin culture and from their blood line descends that of the Emperors (It is debated from what line exactly) 