History of the Continuance

The unique abilities referred to as The Continuance have had a long and expansive history. From their origin to the modern day, they have had a large impact on events in the multiverse.

## Origin

### Creation

The power that came to be known as The Continuance came into being on the planet Pangaea. The planet was the first in the virgin multiverse to have life. A cosmic accident, a random convergence of amino acids, the life that evolved on Pangaea was never meant to be. The living consciousness of the multiverse saw the life on Pangaea as parasitic in nature, as they consumed the resources of their planet. As such, the multiverse manifested it's desire to eradicate this parasite through any way it could. Natural disasters, disease, famine, the Pangaeans experienced it all. The population would decrease with each disaster, but they were never reduced to extinction. Life always adapts.

This cycle carried on for centuries. One day, a humble farmer awoke from what he believed to be a terrible nightmare, but he soon found it to be reality. The farmer lived with his wife and children on a small farm. They had survived disaster after disaster, always rebuilding, always carrying on. However, one last disaster took the lives of his family. Depressed and unwilling to carry on, the farmer walked to his favourite forest, a place filled with happy memories of his family, to end it all. He found a clearing in the center of the forest, hung a rope from the tallest tree trunk and prepared himself. However, as he did, he spotted a small pond in the center of the clearing. The water, sparkling and swirling with a strange liquid, intrigued the farmer. He admired the beauty of the water, and therefore decided he would end his life by drowning in the pond. He took a deep breath and lept from the tallest tree, landing in the pond, sinking deep into the alien waters. As he sunk, he closed his eyes, prepared to meet his end. But his life did not end there, it just began.

The pool was the progenitor pool, filled with the amino acids that had created his very speices, the spawn of life filled his body. The consciousness of the multiverse had been trying to end life for thousands of years, now life was ready to fight back. Powerful neural energy entered the farmer's body. He awoke, initially believing himself to be in the afterlife, back in the clearing he had just been in. He looked into the pool he had just jumped into, confused about what had just happened. He saw in his eyes, a luminescent rainbow pattern within his iris. From that moment, he saw his own future, everything he was about to do flooded his mind. The Farmer had recieved Interdependence, the fusion of all Nine continuance.

### Second God

The Farmer used his new found limitless power to fight back against the multiverse. For every natural disaster, the people found themselves brought back from death. As the days turned to years then turned to decades and centuries, The Farmer continued his fight. Soon, the Pangaeans were able to explore the stars. The Farmer continued to protect his people, but knew his time was coming to an end. He still missed his family, and despite his power, he could not bring them back for they had already reincarnated.

Despite all the time that had passed, life had still not yet developed on any other planet in any galaxy in any universe within the multiverse. Pangaea was the only inhabited place in the whole multiverse. This made it easy for the multiverse to focus its attention. The Farmer concluded that by populating the multiverse with new life, the multiverse would never be able to eliminate life. With his power, he created humanoid life on countless planets throughout the multiverse.

As life began to spread, the muliverse launched its final attack against Pangaea. The star that Pangaea orbited transformed into a Red Giant. As the outer atmosphere of the dying star expanded, Pangaea would be incinerated. The Farmer held the star back for a time, while life was evolving. However, he knew that his time was ending, but life would still need a weapon to defend against the vengeful consciousness of the living multiverse. He therefore, split his power into Nine pieces. Each piece with a unique ability. He then spread the Nine powers throughout the universe he inhabited, the Prime Universe.

Now powerless, the moral farmer smiled as he could finally complete the task he set out on thousands of years ago, to end his life. The expansion of the Red Giant continued, and Pangaeans took their last breath. The farmer, contented that he had ensured the survival of life, died with the rest of his race.

### The time of the Precursors

Millions of years later, several of the Nine continuance had found its way to the pre-wipe Titan race. By the time the Precursors encountered the Titan race, the continuance holders were revered as living gods by their people. However, the Precursors quickly added Titan to their Empire and subjugated the Titan people. At least four of the Nine abilities were taken from the Titans by the Precursors, and distributed amongst themselves. The fate of the remaining five at this time is unknown.

The Precursors gathered; Convergence, Preserverence, Incoherence and Malignance. Rather than granting them to a regular Precursor however, they had these abilities installed in the four artificially created Precursor fetuses, since they were designed to become the most powerful Precursors anyway. The exception to this was Convergence, which was kept by Vysagoth, although he later split the power into two and gave one half to one of the fetuses, in the hopes of making his future successor. The four that would inherit these powers in order were; Sienna (half), Azaria, Uriel and Nuhll.

## History of each of the Nine

### Convergence

The earliest known holder of Convergence following the time of The Farmer was a legendary Titan warrior-king known as Æthelmenbrand. He was said to have ruled large areas of Titan's northern most continent and was considered a largely benevolent figure. Most of the time, the King was rarely seen on the field of battle (despite being called a 'warrior-king') However, he was said to have appeared at the Great Battle of Pyrous with "eyes ablaze with an emerald hue". It is said that he spoke with a booming voice that echoed over the miles-long battlefield so that every soldier could hear, and his very words forced the bitter enemies to put down their arms and find peace. The King died of natural causes, and on his deathbed, passed on Convergence to his successor.

Following the death of the King, Convergence was passed from holder to holder for centuries. Eventually falling into the hands of a powerful sect of Titan Warriors known as 'The Keepers'. The Keepers eventually collected all Nine under their control, with the leader of the group possessing Convergence.

When the Precursors invaded Titan, The Keepers faught back. Out of all the Titan resistance, the Keeper's were the only individuals the Precursors considered significant. The leader of the Keepers used the power of Convergence to force a Precursor fleet to return to EDEN. Vysagoth, the de-facto leader of the Precursor Empire witnessed this and was intrigued. He proposed a peace agreement, allowing the Titans to maintain their independence but become a part of the Precursor Empire, in return, the Titans would hand over the Nine. The Keepers, speaking on behalf of all Titans, agreed to this. Although, several of the Keepers who held some of the Continuance did not. The leader handed over Convergence to Vysagoth personally, and instructed him in how to use it.

Vysagoth used the power of Convergence to cement his rule permanently, seeing off all challenges with just a well placed word. He held Convergence for centuries. As time went by however, Vysagoth began to see that he was not getting any younger, and desired a successor. He made use of the artificial Precursor project, and gave his DNA as a sample. One of the successful embryos bore his DNA, giving him a 'daughter'. This daughter, later known as Sienna, became Vysagoth's sole focus. Vysagoth trained her to succeed him, tutoring her in the art of persuasion and politics. Sienna however, did not want this, desiring to become a scientist instead.