Now, where should I start, dear reader? Aha, I should probably tell you my name. Can you guess my name, dear reader? I bet you can’t. You know what if you can guess my name by the end of this chapter, you can get a cookie. If not, well that is fine. You will find out my name by the end of this arc anyways. Well, probably at least. Just call me the Author for now. So, where were we? Ah, yes, I was just about to discuss the most important, boring part of any story - the Background.
“Ehhhheeeemmm ….Let me fix my voice for a bit,” the Author says as He clears His throat.
In a deep booming voice He says, “Before the Great Renewal, before the Final Apocalypse, before the Dispensation, before the First War of the Gods, before the Corruption of the Cosmos, before the birth of the Gods and the Primordials, and before the World of Aria was created, there was only Me. I am called many things, The God, the Almighty, the Most High, the One Who Sees All, the Invisible One, Light, Life, the Darkness of Reason, Reason, the Abyss, a Consuming Fire, the Rock of Ages, the Ancient of Days, the Way, the Dominator, the Unknowable One, and so on and so on.”
“Huhhh,” the Author sighs. “If you do not mind Me dear reader, but I prefer to not speak that way to you about Myself. Hmm? I will just let future bards and poets write about Me later. You can learn about me from them. They will be mostly right. I will just correct a sentence here or there,” the Author says.
“Well …, one part is kind of important to know now. I am One, Three, and Infinity. The Three are known as the Source, the Logos, and the Pneuma. Confusing, I know, for your minds, dear reader, but you will see why this is important for the future plot and characters of this book.”
“Now, I will start this tale of adventure and mystery Before the Beginning. Well, technically there is no such thing as Before the Beginning since time does not exist yet. Also, there is no place Before the Beginning as well since space also did not exist yet. Hmm? If I think about it I would be My Own Time and My Own Place, but I digress.”
“Before the Beginning, there was only Me or We depending on your point of view, dear reader. Hence, before all things it was just Me - the Source, the Logos, and the Pneuma. We all had a great time talking to each other and playing strategy games with each other like chess and shogi. However, we eventually got tired of our discussions and games since we all shared the exact same thoughts and exact same Will. We wanted something different from Us. Hence, we decided to create something that is not Us in order to relieve our boredom. The Source originated, the Logos said, and the Pneuma empowered.
“We then created from nothing many abstract concepts that were not us such as Philosophy, Time, Mathematics, Space, Life, and Beauty. The first thing I noticed was that there was no person behind what they were. So, I decided to personalize all of the things I created and allow Pnuma to empower them. Seeing this was so, I observed My handiwork. Recalling my emotions at that moment, I believe it was the same when future human parents have what are called "babies." They were so small and adorable! I just wanted to pinch Time’s itty bitty Past and squish Philosophy's small Existence. The second thing I did was allow the Logos to thicken within them as the Lex Aeterna or as what future people will call it - the Conscience. The last thing I gave my children was Names. For example, I named Time- Tempus, Space - Zhang Xiu, Philosophy - Sofia, and Mathematics - Suri. There were other wonderful children I made at that time such as Beauty but I will share their stories at another time. Seeing how much Joy I had when I created them, I decided to create even more radically different things from the children I made before. Hence, this was my First Day (even though Tempus calls it the First Age).”
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“The Second Day, I decided to create even more different things than the Children I created on the First Day. The Source originated, the Logos said, and Pneuma empowered. I created what future people would call Matter. I then split Matter into four pieces - Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. As before, I decided to personalize Them, indwell Them with the Logos, and empower Them with the Pneuma. Their names are Anala, Altair, Aquarius, and Adam, cute and adorable little munchkins. At first, I thought of naming Aquarius instead just Aqua but when I looked into the future I realized that if I gave her that name, then she would be mentally retarded. It would not just be her as well, any creature that drank water, touched water, or tried to metaphysically interact with water will have their intelligence drained which would have been a complete disaster for the world of Aria.”
“After creating Them, I then decided to create even more different things from Matter. The Source originated, the Logos said, and Pneuma empowered. Taking pieces of Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Time, Space, Philosophy, Mathematics, etc., I made what future mortals will call the Gods. “
“Now, dear reader, I know you want to call the police on Me for my supposed child abuse, but first hear me out. I may have taken pieces of all of my children to make new creatures but I am pretty sure They did not know that first, pieces of Themselves are missing or second, that I was the One who did it. Besides, what I did to them did not greatly influence them negatively. In fact, it was a good thing. As an analogy, is it not a good thing for parents to vaccinate their children? It is the same kind of thing I did here. Also, since I want what is the best for my children, I do not interact with them and since it is impossible for them to interact with Me, they do not know Me. In fact, I do not think any of them besides Sofia have any idea that I exist. Even Sofia, she has only vague intuitions that I exist. Now, you must be wondering why I am doing this. The answer is that I want my children to be a successful bunch. Have you not seen those holy visions behind the glass and plastic screens of your devices? Have you not heard of N*ruto, a ninja who became a hokage or G*ku one of the most powerful fighters in his universe. I can list many other examples such as D*ku, *sta, M*nkey D. L*ffy, etc. Therefore, in order to make my children have the same fate as anime protagonists, I became a missing Father to them.”
“So, where was I? Ah, yes! I just made the first Gods. After personalizing Them, giving Them a conscience, and empowering Them, I decided to do something different. I had a great time creating my children but my children currently could not create a person behind any beings they created. Hence, I decided to give them the Power to create Life as well. And this was my Second Day.”
“I finally decided to Rest on the Third Day and ponder on what I have created and my children are currently making, I called it Aria and it was beautiful, but it was missing something. After deliberating for a bit of time, I decided to make my world adventurous, to make my word my home. I let the Logos thicken as two tablets which listed all the beings that were Gods or partly Gods with their relevant authorities and what mortals call the Primordials and the Great Old Ones who I created earlier as well. Having done so, I let myself fall down to the Fantastic World of Aria!”