Yaeon: The Before Times

Yaeon (yän): a timeless era that saw the arrival and emanation of the Supreme Beings, Anima and Animus, rising from beyond Nothingness, awakening The Void from Nothingness.

## **Eon of Oblivion**

Before the Currents of Time had yet to flow, there was only Nothingness. Before the Cycle of Life and Death had yet to turn, there was only the Desolate Hollow. Before the Cosmic Forces of Energy and Matter had yet to stir, there was only a barren and forsaken realm. And so it was for countless eons.

## **Eon of Provenance**

Then, from Beyond the Nothingness, the Supreme Beings stepped into the Desolate Hollow. [Animus + Logos + Máni + power + action + oration + Hermes] and [Anima + Eros + Sól + Sunna + Eve + Helen + Mary + Sophia] emerged into the barren and forsaken realm, their presence brought awareness to Nothingness, their light roused Void from the shadows.

## **Eon of Aequilibrus**

Absolus – the primal makeup of the Supreme Beings, the stuff of magic and creation – filled the Desolate Hollow with the Forces of Creation, the Cosmic Forces of Energy and Matter.

Anima, being true to her nature, set about to bring cohesion to the Forces of Creation, slowly calming its ebb and flow. From the evolving order, Anima used the Forces of Creation to weave the Tapestry, a great mantle used to fashion the Dwelling from the remains of the Desolate Hollow.

To prevent the obscured remnants of the Desolate Hollow from eroding the Dwelling’s walls and foundations and tearing the Tapestry’s seams, Anima created the Orbs of Aequilibris. Forged from the Flames of Absolus, the orbs were laid at the four corners of the Dwelling’s foundations. An intricate web was shaped that helped balance the Forces of Creation and cleanse the Dwelling from the entropic vestiges of the Desolate Hollow.

From what was Nothingness and but a Desolate Hollow, a Dwelling of Harmonious Equilibrium was erected, a home in which Anima and Animus could reside.

## **Eon of Acrimony**

Little did Anima know that during her forging of the Orbs of Aequilibris that Anima, being true to his trickster nature, created a subtle imbalance within them. The imbalance was such that eventually Pockets of Anarchy began to erupt across the Dwelling, sending the Forces of Creation to scatter in disarray. During her frantic attempts to quell the sudden bursts of chaos, Anima uncovered her brother’s manipulations and the origins of the Pockets of Anarchy.

Upon confronting her brother, a vicious conflict ensued in which Anima became horribly maimed and disfigured by Animus’s defenses. Anima quickly recovered and in her blind rage was able to best her him. As punishment she chained and shackled him, imprisoning him in the Indwelling, a lightless cell of wrought iron where the mischief of Animus could be contained.

Unbeknownst to either Supreme Being, a new imbalance was created within the Dwelling. The Orbs of Aequilibris began to weaken due to the isolation and containment of Animus’s Absolus within the Indwelling. Remaining unnoticed in the Dwelling’s shadowed corners, Void watched the confrontation unfold and observed the weakening and imbalance.

## **Eon of Shattering**

Void knew its time had come to take action. In the orbs’ weakened state, Void was able to manipulate the orbs, causing them to slowly absorb the Absolus of Anima and Animus, eventually trapping the Supreme Beings completely within their confines. Once contained, Void would destroy the Orbs of Aequilibris, extinguish the Flames of Absolus, unravel the Tapestry, and raze the Dwelling into oblivion. Void could once again return to its Great Slumber.

From his iron prison and through his heightened senses and insight caused by his isolation, Animus began to feel the fatigue of his waning Absolus. While in deep meditation Animus sensed Void’s presence and its plans to bring an end to their existence and all they had created. With his last remaining Absolus, Animus freed himself from his chains and evaporated the Indwelling.

Rushing to where Animus was once detained, Anima found her brother lying motionless beneath the dust and debris of what remained of the Indwelling. Seeing that her brother’s Absolus was almost completely depleted she transferred half of her remaining flame through her tears of remorse. Animus stirred, reached for his sister, and in raspy whispers tried to convince her of the Void’s existence and its corruption of her creations.

Unable to make his sister realize the truth of what the orbs had become, Animus apologized to her as he ripped all but small amount of Absolus from her, causing her to collapse to the Dwelling’s floor. From the floor, Anima watched as her brother went and collected the orbs from each corner of the Dwelling. With tears streaming down his face, Animus raised the orbs above his head and smashed them on the ground. In a single instant, the Shattering caused the might of the sudden release of Absolus and the Forces of Creation to burst across the Dwelling, tearing apart the Tapestry, and setting the Dwelling ablaze.

Void watched and knew that his time would come again.

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