In fact, he made the underworld!
You need to remember that what you have read is only the Orlanthi point of
view, and not even the ocmplete one of his. Thunder REbels is getting into
our warehouse this week an will be sent out too, so at least the Orlanthi
point of view will be apparant soon.
In the meantime, here is the current version of the Humakt myth from Storm Tribe.
But Eurmal stole the power of Death for Orlanth, who used it incautiously and unwisely. This released the power called Old Death into the world. It traveled rapidly from hand to hand and people and deities began to be killed, to expire, and to die.
Theft between the Storm kin was forbidden, and since Orlanth broke that bond Humakt severed their brotherhood forever. He set out across the world alone to recover Death. It had spread everywhere and the world was full of those poor creatures who were its victims, for they had no place to go. The living and the dead mingled and caused uproar and terror everyplace. Humakt separated the living from the dead and collected the latter into his special place, which is now called the Underworld. With each entity he recaptured Humakt regained more of the Old Death and put it under his control, creating Death. The smaller entities were easy, the moderately powerful ones more difficult, but he got them all. At last Humakt confronted his greatest foe: his own former brother who had robbed him of Death and begun this disaster. Orlanth resisted, insisting upon obedience but Humakt enforced his own Justice which was stronger, and so killed Orlanth too. But Humakt showed the secret of his honor and justice and let his brother arise again through the Lightbringer's Quest. Afterwards Orlanth acknowledged Humakt's proper place among the gods of the Pantheon.
Humakt has, since then, been the ultimate power of Death. Outsiders all fear him. Storm Tribe members acknowledge him and gain protection thereby. His initiates serve him by obeying his rules of Justice. He encourages honor and courage, and disdains pointless slaughter. He keeps the road to Hell well-populated by honorable warriors.
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