First, there was a black void of energy and nothingness.
Spontaneously, two entities were spawned and they stepped out of the
void, creating the form where there was previously none.
Order and Chaos floated through the endless void of creation and contemplated each
other. Very soon thereafter, the
two avatars began to battle. Each
believed that the other must be destroyed so that they may reach perfection and
be rejoined with the void. The impenetrable blackness of the void was made alive by
their battles.
From the darkness formed a mighty twisted bundle of
life energy in the form of a giant seed. Yggdrasil, the Tree of
Life, grew strong and stretched its limbs and roots to the limits of the void,
but Yggdrasil's was not the only seed that had borne fruit. Flowing within the eddies and currents of energy was Valshuu, Elemental
Change personified. Where Yggdrasil embodied the creation of life, Valshuu
embodied evolution and change.
Soon,
the energies of the embattled deities sent whorls of energy spiraling through
the void. Where Valshuu came in contact with these whorls, solid masses
formed in spherical shapes. Worlds were created in the dark depths of the
void. As these whorls touched Yggdrasil's roots and branches, they turned into
seeds and fell to the dark masses created by Valshuu and lay dormant, their life
suppressed by the darkness of the void.
The
avatar of Order was hampered in the resulted cluster of forms and Chaos pressed
his advantage. Soon, Chaos permeated the void and Order was close to being
defeated. Seeing his impending defeat, Order created a great ball of
energy from his own essence and threw it into the void. The great sphere
shed light in the darkness as Valashuu's creations were drawn toward the
sphere. A sun was born in the void as several worlds began to spin
around the great source of light. Order saw his chance at salvation and
flung his energies into the void. Countless spheres of energy were flung heedlessly
into the void. The formless void suddenly had both light and form.
The endless chaos of shadow and matter formed patterns, and groups.
Chaos
felt his energies waning so he emulated Order and threw his energies into the
growing universe. Worlds collided and stars began to wink out. A
great energy began to form at the limits of the void. A consciousness was
born in the dark. Order, Chaos, Yggdrasil, and Valshuu all recoiled from
the energies that this new entity emitted. Destruction was born into the
universe.
Weakened
from their battle, Order and Chaos withdrew from sight and began to gather their
strengths. Yggdrasil and Valshuu faced this new entity and contemplated
it's existence. Without Order or Chaos around with their constant battles,
Yggdrasil and Valshuu began creating patterns out of the remaining substance of
the void. Yggdrasil's creations fed off the energies of the great suns
created by Order. Valshuu formed energies and matter of all kinds.
The Unnamed One saw the other's acts of creation and let his energies permeate
the creations. Death came to the first creations of the gods
swiftly.
Seeing
the end result and of their efforts, the deities agreed to a process where all
things would be able to exist. Yggdrasil's seeds spread to worlds as plants of
all types and sizes began to form. Valshuu exerted his power and the
plants began to grow and reproduce with the energies that he supplied. The
Unnamed One grew powerful as the plants grew and finally died.
When
all worlds were covered with this process of birth, growth, and death, Order and
Chaos returned to wage war on one another. Having learned from their
previous battle, the great entities used the energies within the surrounding
universe to battle one another. Chaos struck first, usurping Yggdrasil's
life giving seeds to form a miniature of Yggdrasil, the first thinking creature
existed in the universe. In the confusion of creation, the creature threw
the order created by the Three into imbalance. Order felt the attack and
reacted, the creation was given intellect. Outraged by the usurping of his
power, Yggdrasil joined sides with Order and added his energies to the struggle
against Chaos. Valshuu saw the awesome potential of the power unleashed by
Chaos and sided with him. The Unnamed One drew back from the conflict and
simply watched as his energies went unnoticed in the universe.
Yggrdasil
worked with Order and several new creatures walked or swam the worlds.
Chaos and Valshuu worked hard to change the creatures and alter them from their original
purpose. New species evolved and died out as creatures began to feed
off of each other. The battle raged on like this for eons before there was
a break in the routine of it.
Order
moved to eliminate one creature from the universe but was stunned when the
creature did not die. Instead, the creature slipped out of it's mortal
shell and stepped up the the realm of the gods. Order was appalled as
several other entities slipped from the worlds and took residence within the remnants
of the void, the gods. These new deities had been given a divine
spark by Chaos. It was the boldest move yet in their battles. Order
saw the futility of continuing the battle when he would never know what beast
held the divine spark within it's breast.
These
new deities began spawning creations of their own and chaos began flowing across
the universe as humanoid races began to create societies and war against one
another. Order saw this and despaired. In a desperate attempt to
drive back the wave of chaos that spread through the universe, Order allowed the
Unnamed One to exert his power and spread Order's essence across the universe. This act of deicide
fracture the universe and created uncounted mirror universes, each with its own
natural laws and separate from the others.
Chaos
grew powerful and loomed over all creation. The new deities foresaw the
destruction of all creation and the return to the void. Out of fear they
banded together to combat Chaos, Valshuu, and the Unnamed One. Yggdrasil
aided the new gods and with their combined might, the three were imprisoned away
in a separate plane of existence, cut off for all time from all other
worlds. New gods were formed as time passed and new creatures and
civilizations spread across the planes. Thus the multiverse was spawned as
we know it today.
A day comes where the Ancient Three will break from their
prison. A world will lie fertile to their influence and they will descend
upon the realm of mortals with a vengeance. The gods will tremble as these
ancient three return to the worlds that they helped create.
Valshuu will lie broken, his power uncontrollable, his mind lost
to the powers that allowed them to escape their prison. The Unnamed One
will embrace the full power of un-life and will spread like a plague across existence.
Chaos will see the true power of entropy in its greatest catalyst and take up the
mantle of War.
Wherever the one exists, the other two will follow.
Forever bound by captivity and pain, they seek to eliminate the
"pretend" gods and return creation to the void. All life is
doomed to fall to their power eventually. All living things face the end
of their existence when these three reach their full power and glory.
A great plague will form in the universe as the three will
choose champions. A great warrior will rise in the mountains and unite
an entire race under the banner of War. In the depths of a vast jungle,
a young boy will wield the power of entropy and elemental decay. Deep in
the depths of the world, a forgotten son will be embraced by undeath and rise
to the surface with a hoard of minions. Some deities will side with the
Lords of Chaos and their alliance will make the Lords grow stronger.
All is not lost for the lovers of life. When the Lords
of Chaos escape, they will be greatly weakened by their captivity. There
is time to stem the growth of their power and drive them back to their
prison. The "father" deities will be able
to band together and defeat these dire lords. Yggdrasil will plant his
seed in the breast of a champion who can unite all against the dark
hoards. In a land where even gods die, the gods will wage their greatest
battle. When this day comes, all life will face extinction.
