The sky over the Cradle World did not change color; it simply vanished.
In its place was a lattice of cold, geometric shadows—the hull of a "World-Eater" vessel from the Sovereign Collective. For three centuries, humanity had been the rising star of the Galactic Core, a Type II civilization that had mastered the Star Path—a method of cultivating the raw vacuum of space.
But the Sovereign Collective did not allow rivals. They launched an erasure campaign that forced humanity into a desperate, final retreat.
The Great Migration
"The Star Path is being jammed!" the High Architect cried as the ark-ships tore through the fabric of space. "The Sovereigns have poisoned the ambient energy of the Core. If we rely on the stars alone, we will wither and die in the dark."
Humanity fled to the furthest, most desolate corner of the universe—a graveyard system anchored by a dying sun. They called it Terra.
Upon landing, they realized that the Star Path, while powerful, was too vulnerable to external interference. They needed a more "internal" source of power. During the excavation of the first shelters, they discovered a subterranean vault that predated the galaxy. Inside were Seven Primal Stones, each pulsing with the dormant essence of beasts that had existed before the first star was born.
Two Paths, One Destiny
The Architect and his council realized that these stones offered a second chance: the Bloodline Path.
"We shall not abandon the Stars," the Architect decreed, "but we shall supplement them with the Blood. The Star Path is the path of the External Vessel, drawing from the universe. The Bloodline Path is the path of the Internal Beast, evolving from within."
The stones were refined into seven "Origin Seeds ,These were seven crystalline shards recovered from the "Outer Rim," each containing the digitalized soul-matrix of a beast that predated the universe. On the desolate world of Terra, these seeds were the only hope to bypass the Sovereign's energy-dampening fields.
The High Architect divided the seeds into seven stones, creating the System of the Seven Eye-GodsThese stones didn't just provide power; they granted the All-Seeing Sight—a unique eye ability that allowed a wielder to perceive the fundamental laws of reality according to their beast's nature