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Character · ◇ Light

Gayomart

The Primal Man · Keyumars

minorattestedPrimordial, mythicZoroastrianism

The Primal Man, the first human, created by Ahura Mazda as bright as the sun and set on the earth as a fortress of light against the Assault. Slain by Angra Mainyu in the first onslaught, his body gave metals to the earth and his seed gave the first mortal couple, Mashya and Mashyana — so that even his death seeded the human line that would fight on.

Light77
Wisdom70
Grace65
Influence61
✦Signature powerThe UnknownA power not yet set down in the record.
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Illustrated storyThe War of Light and DarkThe oldest telling of the oldest war: two spirits, one who chose truth and one who chose the Lie, and a universe made as the battlefield between them. Ahura Mazda lays a trap of light; Angra Mainyu charges into it; and the whole of history — three ages, a chosen prophet, a final saviour born from a lake — is the long campaign to a promised morning when death itself is undone. The root of every light-against-dark story that came after.Begin reading →