Mokosh’s blood glimmered when Veles did enchant it in secret, for his power was stolen from the Skies, which, before the Beginning, was one with the Water.

And Veles did take the crystal-clear blood of Mokosh and did pour it into the most perfect, most horrifying shape he did ever create. Howe’er, he did not desire to animate it with the power of the Air, for a breath of the Skies only fed Fire and did make it stronger. Hence, Veles did require a different power.

Just as Daboh tore a part from his fiery heart to save the humans, so did Veles tear a fragment from his very own in the name of all humans’ demise. ‘Twas a rock, the hardest and darkest of any in the world, one made with the most wicked of thoughts and the heaviest passion. ‘Twas a source of power and will for Veles’s most monstrous creation, one which did laugh at the fire and was named Žmij: a prince amongst the serpents and the Horrors, and the enemy of humans.