Prolog part 1 - The High Creator and the Masters

The crystal had been travelling in the dark emptiness for aeons, dormant and waiting in the manaless void of space. It was sent from a barren and dead world, used and devoured by its creators, they called themselves The Masters and were now waiting in hibernation for the crystal to arrive.

The masters had found the next target among the stars, a small world teaming with life and dense with mana perfect for the next cycle. In the red crystal was a dormant soul, enslaved by the masters, ripped off all memories and will, then reshaped to manipulate mana and given magic powers of destruction, change and creation that they possessed.

The high creator, the most powerful of the Masters, gave the soul its main purpose, to prepare the new world and build the gateway for the masters. To ensure the success of the next cycle the soul was also imprinted with strong instincts:

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First, an urge to protect itself from harm, you can never know what will be present on an unknown world.

Second, find its way down under the planet's surface. the masters hated starlight.

Third, make accommodations, big rooms and hallways underground, when settling on a new world you need a place to live.

Fourth, cataloguing of all inorganic and organic samples from the new world, the masters were collectors of everything.

Fifth, hoard any valuable materials that may be useful, Building materials will always come in handy.

Sixth, enslave the local population on the planet. The masters needed mindless slaves to do the hard work.

The high creator was extremely satisfied with his work and sent the giant red crystal on its way, hurling through space. On his way to the hibernation chamber, he was humming a little tune, well content knowing the next new world was soon his to rule.