16 And Sharrow and Dowreth calved their powers to create a third being who would act as their judge, for the war had destroyed most of the light and dark: they made the Storm Lord. 15 The war of the brothers was reflected in the life and unlife they created good and evil things killed each other to leave chaos in their wake: and it was so. And the countenance of Sharrow fell, and he was very wroth. 14 And the living things that thrived in the light did die in the darkness, and Dowreth stole that life to create unlife: and Sharrow saw that it was not good. And the light waxing and waning was the third day. 13 And Dowreth was displeased to see his brother’s creation and formed solid masses within the water to block the light, and land was created to cast shadows in the light. 12 And the water brought forth swimming creatures, and they rejoiced in the light of the galaxies: and Sharrow saw that it was good. 11 And Sharrow said, Let the galaxies bring forth life, the spark of creation, and let the waters bear life and sparkle in the light: and it was so. 10 And Sharrow called the brilliant light Hope and the gathering together of the stars he called galaxies: and Sharrow saw that it was good.

9 And Sharrow said, Let the light multiply and chase the doom and let the light gather together far away, and grow stronger: and it was so. 8 And Dowreth called the black holes Doom. 7 And Dowreth made black holes, and stole the light of the stars: and it was so. 6 And Dowreth said, Let there be a well of darkness that can swallow all light, and let it steal what my brother Sharrow loves. And the battle raged across the entire expanse until both grew weary, and thus ended the first day. 5 And Sharrow called the light Day, and the darkness Dowreth called Night.

4 And Sharrow saw the light, that it was good: and Sharrow used the sparks as a weapon against his evil brother Dowreth. 3 And the two brothers clashed and fought, spreading the dim light of stars across the void: and there was light. And the sparks of their weapons filled the void with dim light. 2 A great battle brought two heavenly brothers into our existence. The First Book of Throkden, called Dawn CHAPTER 1 In the beginning was Nothing. Through His love for us, He has brought this rule so that we may better face life.

Remember that the Decree is the natural law which Adaman has placed in the hearts and minds of dwarves. They have been written out so that they may ever be before us, and we may be not only hearers but also doers of Adaman’s law. They are a summing up of the natural law which Adaman put into dwarves’ hearts and minds. Scholars refer to the contents of the tablet which Throkden brought down with him from the mountain as the Septalogue, derived from two dwarven terms: sept meaning seven, and logus meaning word. What Throkden received was the Word of Adaman, which had and still has the force of law. “And he wrote upon the table the words of the covenant, the decree.” The dwarven term for decree in our Book means word. By this we know that it is from the hand of the First Father, and the enduring stone on which it was writ attests that His law is eternal. The Book tells us that Adaman gave His law to Throkden engraved upon tablets of stone.

THE DECREE “And Adaman said unto Throkden, Come up to me into the Black Peaks, and be there: and I will give thee a table of stone, and a law and decree which I have written that thou canst teach them.” How the Law of Throkden came to us.

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