Aeons ago, near the
beginning of time, when all of the world lay in waste and chaos, a light appeared in the
distant horizon, showering down in the form of a vast and mighty goddess. Vaire, the
Child of the Heavens, born of an innocence and purity unheard of and since then never
again known, brought with her a vision: peace, prosperity, and overflowing life in a realm
of abundance... a second heaven... mirroring the realms of the gods, but
where mortals could live, grow, and flourish.
She sent a
cry throughout the heavens of her vision, along with a plea for help. Although she
was powerful, she was yet a young goddess, unlearned in the ways of the Mysteries.
Several gods and goddesses heard Vaire's plea and felt her sincere desire for a perfect
realm mirroring that of the heavens... They surrounded her in all their glory, among
them: Vinaya, the goddess of light and order, Alamaise, god of fire and renewal, Chronos,
bringer of time and passage, and Loki, god of cunning and disguise. Loki named the vision
Elysium, a land of idyllic repose and perfection, but he knew that it would no be
so... Peering deeply into the sceptre of Chronos, Loki saw that this vision would
fail -- a world of peace and prosperity would not be born... but a
world of death, destruction, chaos, and defilement such that would appall the gods into
turning away... |
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