Mother Dark begat three children,

the First, Tiste Andii, were her dearest,

dwellers of the land before Light.

Then were birthed in pain the Second, Tiste Lians,

the burning glory of Light itself,

and so the First denied their Mother,

in their fury, and so were cast out,

doomed children of Mother Dark.

She then gave rise, in her mercy, to the Third,

spawn of the war between Dark and Light,

the Tiste Edur, and there was shadow

upon their souls.

Kilmanar’s Fables

Sebun Imanan

(MoI, UK Trade, p.301)

Even when Darkness ruled alone,Ampelas replied, there were elemental forces. Moving unseen until the coming Light. Bound only to their own laws. It is the nature of Darkness that it but rules itself. (BH UK Tpb, p.53)