>>49730442Well sure, I'll give it a go.
Gbaji is a word meaning "The Deceiver." it is often used to refer to a Chaos God who corrupts and taints from within, bringing the world closer to destruction.
It's most famous usage was during the Gbaji wars.
During the First Age, many people united together, trying to bring back the glory of the gods' age. The Orlanthi, the Dara Happans, the Dwarves, the Elves, the Dragonewts, the Trolls, the Gold Wheel Dancers, and many many others.
They came up with an idea that by creating a new god, they could bring back perfection.
While they worked on the god, many drifted away from the project, most notably the trolls (when they realised it would be a god of light) and the Orlanthi.
Eventually, the god was born, Nysalor the Perfect One.
The sun stopped in the sky, as a new empire of peace was founded.
Nysalor taught people many truths which had been lost, and brought back many forgotten gods, including the protector of the Sun Dome Temples. He taught people how Creation and Chaos could co-exist, and how people could achieve Illumination.
In the far west, amongst the atheistic Brithini, a child existed. His father was either a barbarian, or Death itself. He could sense Nysalor, even over all the distance. He named him Gbaji.
This child was named Arkat, "Betrayer".
He came to raise armies to free the lands from the Bright Empire of Nysalor, betraying many peoples all in his attempt to kill the Bright One.
In the end he succeeded, but those who liked Nysalor, remember Arkat as Gbaji, the Deceiver and Betrayer.
In modern Lunar philosophy, Nysalor was an aspect of Yelm that had been lost. He taught Illumination to the Red Goddess when she freed him from Gbaji, and so she teaches Illumination to her followers.
The Orlanthi say she is simply another mask of Gbaji.
