At the dawn of all things, before life had emerged, the only existence was Chaos: an infinite, lightless mass, devoid of a fixed form, incessantly contorting without any order or meaning. It was essentially what one might term "Nothingness."

In the midst of this Chaos, Gaia, the First, the Primordial Goddess, emerged. Since she was the first being in a space where even time didn't exist, no one can answer questions about her origin or how she accomplished her emergence, but these details are inconsequential.

Gaia, the Earth, brought forth Uranus, the Primordial God of the Sky, by herself, and together, they shaped the Primordial World, where they would give birth to twelve children known as the Titans.

Six sons, the Titans: Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus. And six daughters, the Titanides: Phoebe, Mnemosyne, Rhea, Themis, Tethys, and Theia.

Gaia and Uranus led their offspring in a battle against Chaos, which they annihilated, thus giving form to the universe and the countless lifeless worlds that populate it.

After this unprecedented feat, the Primordial Gods and the Titans aspired to fill the universe they had created with life. However, Uranus, fearful that his children might one day overthrow him, created Tartarus, an abyss located at the deepest reaches of the universe, which he used as a prison for his offspring.

Gaia, furious at this act, fashioned a flint sickle and offered it to her children, but only Cronus consented to wield it and emerge from Tartarus to confront his father.

Following a fierce battle, Cronus emerged victorious, and with his dying breath, Uranus prophesied that he, too, would someday fall at the hands of one of his own children.

Thereafter, the Titans and Titanides departed Tartarus and returned to the Primordial World, which was none other than their mother, Gaia.

Exhausted by the events of the first era, she entered a deep slumber, leaving Cronus in charge of all her offspring.

The first thing he did was have his siblings swear to forget everything that had happened until then, as he did not want to remember anything related to his father, the prophecy, or being the first to take a life. This marked the beginning of the Forgotten Age.

In the "first" era, known as the Golden Age, the Titans ruled the Primordial World and filled it with life.

Rhea of the Earth dug into Gaia's body to create continents, mountains, and abysses. Oceanus of the Water filled these abysses with his body, thus creating the oceans bearing his name. Tetis of Ice undertook the process of evaporating her brother Oceanus's body to carry water to the mountaintops, where she froze it, creating rivers, lakes, and seas that would carry the life-giving water to every corner of the world. Theia of Light and Phoebe of Darkness created day and night, with one being the sun and the other the moon. Themis of Nature created all known vegetation, populating the entire Primordial World, using the water provided by Tetis and the light of Theia. Crius of the Wind also aided his sister in the pollination process to spread greenery throughout the world. Iapetus of Souls, using the soul of his father, Uranus, created the Life Stream, which enveloped the Primordial World and was used to create all forms of life, both plant and animal. Cronus of Time created what earned him his nickname, thus initiating, alongside Iapetus, the cycle of life and death in an undisturbed balance.

Other Titans and Titanides played less prominent roles in creating the world. For instance, Hyperion of Fire was always in conflict with Themis, as he would always scorch everything she created. Both eventually found a balance in their constant struggle, with one representing order and the other chaos. As for Coeus of Metal and Mnemosyne of Electricity, they had more of a supportive role with their sister Rhea, but it wasn't until the arrival of mortals that they found their place in the new world.

Although Cronus created time, its measurement was not taken into consideration until much later, so it is not known with certainty how long it took the Titans to make the Primordial World habitable. It is known that it took them an infinity of attempts, constantly starting from scratch until they found the right way to preserve life. There were so many attempts that they themselves wouldn't be able to provide a number, but it is believed to have taken them several million years to achieve success.

This was something that had never been done, so they acted according to the trial and error principle until they were satisfied with the result.

This was a world teeming with life; there was a considerable number of animals, and they had found a balance that filled them with peace. Despite this, or perhaps because they had come so far, they all felt that something was missing, and some began to suggest having offspring. However, Cronus prohibited it due to the prophecy of Uranus that one of his children would ultimately destroy him.

But Cronus himself felt the same void within him as his brothers and sisters. Therefore, to fill this void without endangering his siblings and himself, he tried to find an alternative solution. During this process, Iapetus, using the souls of all the Titans, created the elemental spirits, formless entities embodying the power of the Titans, with certain exceptions. These spirits, with a much higher level of reason than animals, were born wherever the Titans were and joined together like water droplets, forming spirits of various sizes. Those that stood above all the rest were considered Great Spirits, and they provided their creators with invaluable assistance.

But, as mentioned earlier, there were exceptions. Cronus was unable to create spirits with his soul, which frustrated him considerably. Some ended up merging with others; specifically, the spirits of Mnemosyne of Electricity merged with those of Theia of Light, and those of Coeus of Metal and Themis of Nature merged with those of Rhea of Earth, thus combining the power of all those involved in the fusion.

For many eons, the spirits were the only sentient lifeforms besides the Titans, which satisfied everyone except Cronus, who felt guilty for preventing his siblings from having children. Thus, he continued his quest for mortal children who wouldn't threaten his authority or their lives.

In this search, with the help of the nine Great Spirits, he managed to create the first race of mortals: humans. They were extremely fragile but intelligent. For the other Titans, humans were just another new animal species, inferior even to many already created, so they ignored them. But time passed, and Cronus was fascinated by his humans, by the way they evolved and interacted with each other and with him. Everything was different. Better. Cronus experienced a new kind of happiness seeing humanity take its first steps, which he attributed to the happiness Gaia felt when giving birth to her brothers and him.

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Cronus's siblings ignored him for a long time, considering his relationship with humans a harmless eccentricity. However, over time, they became drawn to the advancements humanity made. Their civilizations, architecture, the way they worshipped Cronus, and how happy he was with all of this. For the first time, the Titans knew what envy was.

So, they all tried to create new life forms that would rival humans but failed time and time again, just as Cronus had done in the past. Therefore, one after another, they asked Cronus for help in creating their own mortals, and he, filled with pride, gladly accepted. Thus, using humans as a basis, each Titan and Titanide created different races to serve them.

It was a joyful time for all the Titans. Making the Primordial World habitable and filling it with life had been a very enjoyable challenge, but nothing compared to this period in which they created the different clans that would inhabit their world.

Of course, each Titan wanted a different race that reflected them, just as humans reflected the appearance and nature of the smallest of them. Therefore, they decided to take different paths during the creation of their races and turned only to the Great Spirits they considered suitable.

Oceanus created the Oceanids, a mix of humans and the marine creatures that populated the oceans, highly intelligent and noble. They were blessed by the Great Water Spirit, so they could control the water around them as if it were their own body.

Coeus created the Dwarves, shorter versions of humans but much stronger and more skilled, who followed him underground, where he was more comfortable, and helped him gather the metals scattered across the earth, which sustained him.

Crio created the Harpies and the Furies to assist him in ruling the skies and looking after the surface-dwelling animals, which he held dear and enjoyed watching from above. Both were blessed by the great spirit of the wind.

Hyperion created the Onis, blessed with his fire, light, and darkness. He created them with the intent of spreading chaos across the world, which he considered as necessary as the order upheld by Themis. Hence their blessings, for they had to withstand the intense heat he provided and spread his fire everywhere. As for light and darkness, they were to enable them to battle under the dominion of both Theia and Phoebe.

Iapetus created the Cicerones, formless beings made of pure darkness, whose sole purpose is to guide lost souls back to the Life Stream after the body's death.

Phoebe created the Black Wings, beings similar to humans but with raptor claws in place of hands and feet, two curved horns over their ears, and two imposing wings the same color as the darkest night. They were Phoebe's swords and shields while she ruled the world during the night: accomplished warriors blessed by the great spirits of darkness and fire.

Mnemosyne created a considerable number of fairies, with the most powerful being the Lightbringers, entities similar to spirits as they lacked physical form. They were pure light with the ability to take on any shape they desired, often that of a human or a large bird. While they had no gender, they typically assumed the form of a woman in reference to their mistress. At night, in the absence of light, they ascended to the sky, where they rested until the return of the sun. Ordinary people often confused them with stars.

Rhea did not create a new race like the rest of her siblings but, in union with Cronus, cared for humans as if they were their own.

Themis, in her eternal conflict with Hyperion, was the most prolific in the early days of the Golden Age when it came to creating new races, with the intention of protecting the forests she created from her brother and his Onis. Among her many creations, the Elves stood out, governing her domains during the day, and the Alfars, who ruled during the night. These races were blessed by the great spirits of fire to defend against the Onis and quell the fires they caused and the spirit of light to help them better care for the vegetation.

Tethys did not create mortals similar to the others, at least not in size. But she was the first to create giants. Specifically, her primary servants were the Ice Giants, known as Jotuns. She also created Ice Dragons that guarded the lands where she rested to ensure that no one disturbed her.

Finally, Theia created the White Wings, a counterpart to Phoebe's Black Wings. However, unlike the Black Wings, they were not conceived as pure warriors but as spellcasters, lacking claws, and despite their much smaller physique compared to their nocturnal siblings, they had an innate ability to control light, making them very powerful during the day, where they ruled alongside their creator.

This considerable diversity radically changed the world and brought about countless new conflicts. Nevertheless, the Titans found a new kind of happiness in watching their children grow and competing with their siblings to determine who was the best.

With time, and in an effort to better understand mortals, Cronus created the Bonding Marks, which allowed him to link his soul with that of one or more mortals. With these marks, Cronus could experience everything that the mortal felt, and vice versa. In this way, Cronus sought to improve his relationship with his people. Since receiving stimuli from several individuals simultaneously could become confusing, he established the rule of having only one active link at a time. He would choose one among the humans for this function, and over time, this chosen one became the king of the humans, making it easier for him to rule over them. This chosen one was known as Cronus's Servant.

Once again, the other Titans followed their leader's example, each creating their own Bonding Marks for the servants they chose.

It was a golden age of growth for both the Titans and the mortals: a true Golden Age.

Cronus had found a balance that would never jeopardize his reign or that of his siblings. However, the more he observed humans, the more he learned from them through his marked servants, the more he envied them.

The way they loved their parents, their siblings, their children... it was completely different from what he felt. This tormented Cronus, who wanted to feel this love as his own. But although he appreciated humans, and even formed close relationships with his marked servants, the love he felt for them could never rival the love they felt for their own blood.

This thought plagued him for a long time until he decided to skirt the law he had established himself, regarding not having children, and wanted to take it a step further with humans.

The king of the humans and Cronus's Servant at that time had four daughters, whom Cronus claimed for himself. He instilled fragments of his own soul into each of the four, which formed a baby in each of them, and after nine months, they gave birth. The first three were boys, and the fourth was a girl. The first to be born was Hades, with black hair like his mother; the second was Poseidon, with brown hair, just like his mother; and the third was Zeus, with hair as white as snow, like Cronus. The fourth and last was Hera, the only girl, with black hair, just like Hades.

They were his children, but they were not Titans. Although they couldn't be considered human despite being as small as them and having their appearance.

This act was seen as a betrayal in the eyes of the other Titans, who were on the verge of coming to blows. This would have been disastrous for the mortals, but they restrained themselves for their sake. However, it caused all the Titans to distance themselves, and each went their own way, ignoring the balance they had established together. For the Titans, this was no big deal. Even if millennia passed without speaking or fighting, they knew that sooner or later, they would reconcile. For them, who had lived since the beginning of time and would do so forever, what were a few millennia? But for mortals, a few millennia in which the Titans fought among themselves could mean their extinction.

Hades, Poseidon, Zeus, and Hera were the first gods - as the humans called them - but not the last. Over various generations, more and more emerged, although only a few of them would rise as rulers of their new race on Mount Olympus, where they settled, near the first realm of humans.

This story begins at this point, where mortals must rely on the Olympians so that the Titans' disputes do not end up destroying them.