Editing Merfolk/Homebrew (section)

===Creation===
Long ago, there was only absence (known to Merfolk as Nox) and presence (known to Merfolk as Malron). Malron embodied the stars and Nox embodied the empty space between them. Malron consisting only of presence and not absence was a purely logically being and could not conceive of the other. As such, it was natural that Malron should only seek introspection and self-knowledge. Eventually, after many epochs of pure thought, Malron's knowledge of himself surpassed his own ability to reason about unaided. So, Malron shook off pieces of himself and flung them out into space separate and apart from the stars. These lumps of molten star stuff eventually coalesced and formed themselves into the clockwork machinery of the planets, a grand machine designed to help Malron better understand himself. But Nox was full of mischief and was eager to upset Malron's great machinery. Nox broke pieces of herself off too and also put them into the planets. As Malron, has no imagination, no conception of absent things and the other Malron was blind to Nox's mischief and could not sense it. As such, Malron is ever searching and tinkering with the planets to fix his great calculations but cannot conceive or understand the real problems that interfere with his machinery. It is rumored if Malron ever fixes the machinery of the spheres he will finish his great calculation and return the universe to as it was before the planets.

A great many, many years passed and Nox's mischief began to bear fruit in one small solar system. Nox inspired lust, desire and passion in Dagobus or Father Earth and he began to rage, boil with lust and anger, and shake with great tremors and madness. Just as his passion was so great and furious he was about to rip himself apart he conceived of solace or the Sea Mother and birthed her into reality. A great rain fell upon the world and cooled it and formed all the lakes and oceans upon Father Earth. The Sea Mother coupled with Dagobus and slaked his passion and in time bore children. But Dagobus was too violent, too passionate and his great tremors, fire and poison from the depths hurt and killed the Sea Mother's children. So, the Sea Mother made love to Dagobus once more and then strangled him to death.

In an instant, the Sea Mother birthed a great white egg, Daughter Luna or the moon. In retaliation, Dagobus shook one last time and threw Luna into space and killed her. A great many years past as the Sea Mother mourned the death of Father Earth her only lover and Daughter Luna.

The Sea Mother still longs for her lost daughter and sometimes the Sea Mother reaches up to Luna in a passionate rage. But each time the Sea Mother tries to reach out to her long lost dead daughter she always ends up falling back down hopelessly to the dead corpse of Dagobus that is still holding her down tightly in a twisted lover's embrace. And so the tides of the ocean are formed.