In the beginning there was no Mana, no Time and no Life.

Only Darkness, in all planes of existence and through it, connecting them all.

But Mana, the energy that governs all, came into existence in the form of Light.

The Light was weak and far between, so Darkness took it, extinguishing it, returning everything

to Darkness.

But the Light could not be stopped.

Mana returned, again and again, and in every plane.

And with Mana came Time, and with Time, Mana began to flow, meeting other sources of Light, connecting and fusing together.

Then the intermixing Mana created Life.

Life in the form of Beings of Energy and Light.

Darkness watched and tried to extinguish the Light of Mana wherever it formed. But with increasing sources of Light, Darkness was pushed back.

So it began to fear the light.

Always returning, bringing with it, Life.

And with Life came Chaos.

It was too much for Darkness.

It yearned for the state before the light existed, before Mana came into being.

Unbeknownst to Darkness, with every light it extinguished, sparks of Mana gathered within it as well.

And with Mana came Life. And with Life came Chaos.

Darkness realized it had changed.

No longer Darkness, only Shadow.

Realization turned to anger.

And with anger came a purpose.

'Shadow' began to hunt the Light.

This was the start of the Shadow Crusade.

‘Shadow’ took many, extinguishing their lights, bringing Darkness back into the Planes.

But it was no longer part of Darkness, so close yet cursed to always remain separate.

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So it continued on, feeding on the sources of Light, consuming Mana, turning further away from Darkness, yet always yearning for it, and thus fueling its hatred.

The many sources of merged Mana Light began to fear their individual ends, so they began to gather in a single Plane to better prepare their resistance.

Thus they merged together forming into powerful beings, the first Gods.

The First Gods learned to wield their Light, their Mana within, and created the Prime Magic.

And they were powerful, but only together equal to ‘Shadow.’

With their combined powers, they banished it into another Plane, sealing all access.

‘Shadow’ raged against its confines, having grown so large, one Plane could barely contain it, but the seal was too strong, and so it retreated, waiting, biding its time.

And thus, the Shadow War had ended, with the first Gods victorious.

Thus it is written in the Books of the Church of Nur, God of the Sun and bringer of Light into this world.

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