The ascended Ondo, led by Dego and in search of a place they would not be shunned, began to scout for potential places they could settle as a new community, as the Nethefela. Having the ability to fly and many willing scouts, the Nethefela did not take long to find a perfect place, far from those who might shun and/or fear them.

The site consisted of a twisted, extinct volcano that was hollowed out within, forming an enormous cavern with only a small exit point. But the place was more than just a withered hunk of rock, for when the scout who'd discovered it had been flying above, the place had gleamed by the light from Ehivane's sun. The Nethefela found upon further inspection that embedded in the rock of the volcano were billions of crystals that glistened. But in that cavern, when the sun struck the opening to it just right, the light bounced from crystal to crystal and the cavern shone with a heavenly light; it brought the Nethefela hope.

They immediately began moving supplies into the cavern, and began carving the cavern to make it more hospitable. Already present caves that led off from the cavern were widened, or made more easily traversable, and new caves were carved out. As time gave way to opportunity, the Nethefela found that the existance of volcanic soil on the ground of the cavern and the glistening crystals were enough to let some species of plants grow. Experimenting with different plants, they eventually discovered that a rare but not uncommon farm plant could be grown, and no time was wasted in seeding nearly the entire cavern floor.

The Nethefela soon found that they could call the cavern home, calling it as such. But in a tribute to those they'd left behind, they named it Lehelym, a coupling to Lehel, the place of the dead, and the place that the rest of the Ondo associated the ascended with.




Pronuciations:
Ondo (ohn-doh)
Dego (day-go)
Nethefela (neh-theh-fay-lah)
Lehelym (lay-hell-yem)
Lehel (lay-hell) - pronounce quickly and fluidly