Creation Tale Part 2

Here's Part 2 of my creation tale.

But the very nature of the Substance is growth, and growth leads to mutation, and mutation is unpredictable. The power of each God sprang from the strength of their followers faith and the number of their followers, whereas some Devils were cut off from the energies of mankind's beliefs. These Devils were the closest to the Nothing, which abhorred the aberration that was the first world, and so the Devils and Nothing conspired against Substance. The Devils created a leak in the atmosphere of belief and magic that surrounded mortals and Substance, and so the residual build up of magical energies pooled in the Nothing, and from this pool arose a new race of Gods. The Major Gods. The Major Gods are not by any means more powerful than the Minor Gods that the mortals followed, they are major in that their strength is independent from Mortals, they do not need belief or followers to be powerful. The absence of reliance on belief makes their power levels unpredictable, as well as their morals. If a Minor God descended in the eyes of it's people it becomes a Devil, but a Major God can be Malevolent and remain a God. It is not possible to kill a Minor God, but if all of their believers were killed, their power would wane so low as to be less than that of a mortal, and they would no longer truly exist unless belief in them began again. Only an immense amount of power can kill a Major God.

While these Major Gods were still but infants in the ethereal pool, the Nothing latched onto them, denying them of any choice or moral independence. It commanded them to attack the First World, and destroy all Substance. And so the Major and Minor Gods warred upon, above, and below the First World, causing great destruction to the world and great amounts of death among Mortals. Truly, the Hells and Heavens ran full.

The Substance grew desperate by this war, for even if the Major Gods lost, the destruction of the war could very well destroy it's beautiful world. It went to the two beings closest to it, two Minor Gods that chose not to fight. These two Gods were beyond love, their bond was greater than anybody ever knew. In desperation and sadness, Substance asked something of them that only they could do. In grim acceptance, they settle on their task. They pushed against one another. They fought against each other in a manner that included blows and weapons, but went far beyond that. Their love and aggression and hate and passion pushed and pushed against one another, until the two opposing forces crumpled upwards, and a magnificent, tall mountain peak was formed at the highest plain of the First World. This magical Mountain Peak was powerful enough to breach the division between planes at it's highest summit, allowing access to Time itself.

That's the end of Part 2 of my creation tale. Bye.


- By Ashton