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Behind the scenes of this podcast, part 4 · Stories from Väruld

• 0:02
  Presenter: You are listening to stories from Väruld.
• 0:05
  Presenter: In this episode, Behind the scenes of this podcast, part four.
• 0:16
  Host: Welcome.
• 0:17
  Host: As usual, I have the creator of Varold, Désirée Nordlund, with me today, represented with an AI voice.
• 0:24
  Host: Hello Désirée.
• 0:26
  Host: Hello.
• 0:27
  Host: How are you today?
• 0:29
  Host: I'm an AI voice too, and I don't feel much.
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  Host: But thank you for asking.
• 0:34
  Host: I think we should talk more about the gods in Vargold.
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  Host: There are seven, right?
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  AI-Désirée: Yes, there are seven gods commonly accepted as the Allvaldughers.
• 0:44
  Host: The Allvaldughers?
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  AI-Désirée: You could translate the Alvaldugers to the Allmighties.
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  AI-Désirée: Blomster, Rödhe, and Farskajaut were the first.
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  AI-Désirée: And they are the gods of creation.
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  AI-Désirée: Then there are Brander, Diup, Avärkan, and Sial, who have different specialities but are more caretakers than creators.
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  AI-Désirée: Sial is the guardian of souls.
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  AI-Désirée: She watches over all spirits between lives.
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  AI-Désirée: She keeps them safe until they are reborn.
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  AI-Désirée: Avärkan is the god of labour.
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  AI-Désirée: He lends humans the strength to bear the burdens needed.
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  Host: That could come in handy.
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  AI-Désirée: Agree.
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  AI-Désirée: Then there is Diup, the goddess of water, and Brander the goddess of fire.
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  Host: The opposites?
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  AI-Désirée: Actually, fire and water are not opposites Väruld, not as they are in our world.
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  AI-Désirée: Then Blomster is the god of plants.
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  AI-Désirée: Rödhe is the goddess of animals born from eggs.
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  AI-Désirée: And Farskajaut is the god of mammals.
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  AI-Désirée: They also created the planets and the humans.
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  Host: When you created these gods, what was your process?
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  AI-Désirée: Oh, that was some time ago now.
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  AI-Désirée: The three gods of creation are three because when you try something new, you often get too much, too little, and then get it right.
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  AI-Désirée: They also go from plants to eggs to mammals.
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  AI-Désirée: That's a story of its own for another time.
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  AI-Désirée: Then I thought about what humans would need gods for.
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  AI-Désirée: Crossing water, water for life and crops, fire contained in a hearth or wildfire.
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  AI-Désirée: And of course, you have a god taking care of the souls between lives.
• 2:50
  Host: What about Avärkan?
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  AI-Désirée: I figured there is a lot of hard work on a farm, or a mine, or in a bakery, or anywhere.
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  AI-Désirée: Why not a god for that?
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  AI-Désirée: That is a basic human need, like water and warmth.
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  Host: We will have episodes with lore later because this is so fascinating.
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  Host: But we have to end this episode now, unfortunately.
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  AI-Désirée: Thank you for being so interested.
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  AI-Désirée: If you like this podcast, please follow it on your favorite podcast platform and send me your questions.
• 3:25
  AI-Désirée: Bye for today.
• 3:27
  Host: Goodbye.
• 3:32
  Presenter: Thank you for listening to Stories from Väruld.
• 3:35
  Presenter: In the next episode, Obituary Of Nod from Fakhur.