Chapter 1 – Nothingness
Before even gods existed, there was only Nothingness.
A silence deeper than eternity, a void where neither time nor space dared to breathe.
But after endless ages, a ripple stirred in this void.
From that ripple was born Darkness.
Darkness spread, vast and endless, swallowing the void.
Yet, in its endless hunger, it birthed its opposite — Light.
Light clashed with Darkness.
Their collision tore the Nothingness apart, giving birth to existence itself.
From that collision, twelve elements burst forth, each one anchoring itself at the twelve corners of reality.
And with the twelve elements came twelve unknown beings.
They were alive—breathing, pulsing with the essence of creation—
yet they had neither mind nor understanding, only raw existence.
They stood, silent and unmoving, as if waiting for something… or someone.
But at the very center of the great explosion, where Light and Darkness had struck,
a different kind of being stirred.
It was not an element, nor a being of flesh or form.
It was a Consciousness.
A mind without a body.
A thought without shape.
A presence that simply was.
Unlike the twelve beings, it was aware.
It looked upon the elements, upon the newborn world, and upon the Nothingness that still lingered beyond.
Though formless, though without name, it carried within itself the seed of everything that would one day be.
And in the silence of the newborn existence,
this Consciousness whispered for the first time:
"Who am I ???."