In the far, far past.... before the first human, before the first animal, before the first atom, before even the faintest speck of life, there was nothing. No sound. No shape. No light. Not even darkness. Only… absence.
But then, from that absence, a surge of unimaginable energy burst forth, a cosmic force beyond all understanding. Spiritual, physical, divine, metaphysical... all forms of existence converged in a single, divine moment.
And from that moment, Ariel was born, the first living being in all of creation.
Ariel opened his eyes to the void. He felt no fear, no joy, no sorrow. Yet somehow, he felt everything. His first thought echoed across the nothingness:
> "What is my purpose?"
He pondered this question for what felt like eternity though no time had truly passed. After millions of years, or perhaps none at all, Ariel came to a conclusion:
He was a being of everything and nothing. He could do anything… and yet, he was alone.
So he made a choice.
He would become one with everything.
In an instant, faster than light, beyond time. Ariel vanished. And from his sacrifice, creation erupted. Concepts. Matter. Time. Atoms. The laws of reality.... all of it.
From his divine essence, twelve beings emerged " the first gods".
They would become known as the Twelve Primordial Gods.
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The Twelve Primordial Gods
1. Kairoz — God of Time
2. Vaelith — Goddess of Space
3. Myrr — God of Life
4. Noctyra — Goddess of Death
5. Aurex — God of Will
6. Saelune — Goddess of Emotion
7. Zha'ren — God of Chaos
8. Elythia — Goddess of Order
9. Solmora — Goddess of Light
10. Tenebros — God of Darkness
11. Ferion — God of Matter
12. Nyvhael — Goddess of Nothingness
Each god carried a shard of Ariel's will, a fragment of his unknowable mind.
Though newly born, they understood their purpose:
To bring life to the endless void.
And so, they did.
Each god poured their divine essence into the cosmos.... shaping the first concepts, the laws, and the foundations of existence.
Time began. Space spread. Light and dark were born.
From chaos and order came balance.
And within it… the universe.
Their work complete, the gods entered a deep slumber, one that would last ninety-nine billion years…