Iskari

"Slejk made the stars. The Iskari as he called them, for it reminded him of the others. As clear as day they shown during the darkness. Allowing both morals and gods to see the light through Ezaeyanthi’s shadow.

The Iskari themselves were a work of wonder. For while the others went about creating their mortal beings and abodes, Slejk simply worked his forge. At first it was simple, working with colored gems and metals he had found in Korla’s bountiful domain. He forged a star for each god thus far, a small sphere the size of his palm, although that size is easily debatable. The color of the start was based on the creatures pure essence. Although Slejk did not interfere with the others, he watched them, and as they each spun their powers into the world Slejk took a piece of each, just a sliver, a pinch, a morsel. And brought these back to his abode. There he forged the essences into the spheres, and made his way to the top of Kor.

From up on high Slejk could now reach his burning brand, and with a stroke of his hand he plucked a strand of his fire, emanating from the sphere, and placed it in a single Star, and then threw it up into the sky. He repeated this process over, and over again. As they each went up into the sky, until finally his bag of Iskari was empty. Save for one last sphere. It had no color. No essence. Slejk held on to it. Determined to create something far more beautiful.

However, upon glancing at his Iskari in the sky, he knew they were lonely. The arrayed colors where beautiful, and one could easily distinguish which deity belonged to which. But between them there was still the shadow.

So Slejk grasped at his burning Sun, and with a heave, drew a large amount of its energy, draining it, and reducing its size. He grasped it in both hands, and as it grew hotter he began to grind it down smaller and smaller, until finally it was simply the size of an acorn, barely contained within his hand.

He smiled at it, and with a wave, he launched it too into the sky over the world. It arched its way towards the Iskari of the gods and burst! Sending showers of Iskari in all directions. Forever more there would be the Iskari, the stars of the gods, lighting up the sky, and the Children of the Iskari, taking up residence in the shadow to give hope to the mortals." - The story of the creation of the Iskari

Iskari
The stars formed in the sky by Slejk's hand. There are 8, representing the major gods, each shining in different hues.

Children of the Iskari
These are the millions of other stars, thrown into the sky after the original Iskari, they fill the void and give light to the mortals throughout the nights darkness.