All of the Seven then worked together to create a hall to gather their kind. From it they wanted to gaze upon the forge and anvil and their foremost desire was to honor the Ere All.
Under the plans drawn by Agellas and by using the tools of Moradin the Seven built the hall from the Nilore of Erenes. Around that hall, they built also a celestial city of incomparable beauty. It featured gleaming towers and glittering spires, but the center of the city was the great hall and from its vantage point the anvil and forge could be seen. Beneath the hall's gilded dome they fashioned a throne on which to seat the Ere All. The throne, and the city which housed it, they called, Solenth, for it rose above the forge and the anvil and it was lit in every moment by the lantern.
Then the Seven rose in the estimation of many Aenir. Some would not be bothered by the hall which they had made, but still others came to view the Seven as lords and paragons. The Ere All was also very pleased with the Seven. Their creativity and industry impressed him. It anticipated that which he had promised to make. Yet, he told them that his dwelling place could not be made by the hands of his own creation; neither could he take the seat upon the Allore throne.
The Ere All said, I cannot be your captive. For my nature can not be contained within the limits that you know. Yet, the Ere All promised, he would honor the Seven and their great efforts. And many more of the Aenir rejoiced because the craft was accepted.
But there were two among all who felt shame. For his part, Moradin took the tools he made and cast them aside, vowing never to work unless it be by the direction of the Ere All.
But Agellas, already too proud of himself, imagined that he had been slighted by the Ere All and that he had been humiliated in the eyes of the Aenir. For though Solenth had been crafted by several, it had followed from his design. His wounded pride led to dark thoughts which he was able to hide from the Aenir, but not from the Ere All.
Because the Ere All knew the heart of Agellas, he warned all his children that their thoughts could be used for evil designs as well as for good.
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