Edenith Civilization

The **Edenith Civilization** is the first civilization and the main settlement of Primordial Humans. Because of the crimes of their leaders, the Nephilim, the first Apocalypse was triggered and the entire civilization was destroyed in the Great Flood.

## Summary

As the first civilization in existence, pre-dating the Big Bang and the birth of the Primordials by hundreds and thousands of millennia, the Edenith Civilization is shrouded in layers of mystery to this very day. It was founded by Cain, the first-born of Adam and Eve, after he was exiled for the crime of fratricide, and was later taken over by his son Enoch, who officially became its first king.

In its most glorious days, the civilization was the largest and most powerful out of all the settlements of Primordial Humans all across Tellus Mahte, consisting of numerous colonies and the largest population in comparison with other settlements, even ones formed by Cain's younger brothers and sisters.

However, because of their achievements and prowess, all of which were forbidden knowledge gifted to them from the Fallen Angels, they became prideful and ignorant, believing themselves to be greater than the Angels, Fallen Angels, Demons, and even God Themself. Eventually, they came to believe that there were no "higher powers" and that they were the absolute beings in this world. They destroyed the old temples dedicated to them, burnt holy scriptures to ashes, and killed the priests and priestesses whose last breath was to utter a prayer to the heavenly ones above.

These actions, however, did not escape the watchful eyes of the Angels, and soon, the end of the first civilization came to a close with the galloping sounds of the Four Horsemen.

In the year ████ of the Edenith calendar, Tellus Mahte was forced to endure one calamity after another, from natural disasters that devastated the colonies, to mysterious and incurable diseases that killed millions of people within nights, to in-fighting among the Nephilim - the civilization's leaders - that led the once unified civilization to be fractured and terror began to be sowed into the hearts of men.

Finally, after 666 years of chaos, the apocalyptic force known as END appeared on the horizon as a giant storm, one whose water was the liquified energy of the Emptiness of Tehom, wiping out everything and anything within the Four Worlds. Everywhere the water touched, it devoured and destroyed and brought forth the primordial nothingness. And after 40 days of constant rains, END stopped and remained in its place within the Four Worlds for 150 days, slowly returning the majority of Creation back into a blank canvas, and with that, the Edenith civilization became nothing more than a relic from a destroyed world, something only existed in the mind of a handful of people saved through a variety of means.

## Achievements

Despite its antiquity, the Edenith civilization is an extremely technologically advanced civilization, being vastly superior to even the most complex technology of this modern day and closely resembling what most people would consider science-fiction.

During this time, science had been upgraded to whole new levels, beyond what scientists of our current time can even comprehend, and could be deemed as an entire school of magic in its own right. According to Raziel, scientists back then had already cracked the codes of [Mystery] and [Sorcery], allowing them to manipulate magic via scientific and even mundane methods that even the Angels didn't think were possible. Azazel even commented that some of their greatest achievements were in weaponry, with some weapons of theirs capable of wiping out entire planets in a matter of seconds.

They were also extremely talented in numerous forms of magic and sorcery. It was them who created and developed the original Magic Systems, which many gods had based on them to create their pantheon's own Magic System, as well as many Ancient Magick spells that are still being researched and experimented with by magicians and gods alike in this modern day. According to Azazel, they were the original creators of the Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis, and the five forbidden grimoires - Ars Goetia, Ars Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel, and Ars Notoria. Many ancient documents also implied that they were the creators of Thaumaturgy, a famed Ancient Magick deemed the "bridge between men and gods".

What many didn't know, however, was that many of these achievements were only achievable through the help of the Fallen Angels of Grigori. It was them who taught the Primordial Humans all of what they knew, telling them forbidden knowledge closely-guarded by Heaven in exchange for their heart and body, which many gladly agreed.

### Failed Replicas

Throughout the ages, there have been numerous attempts to replicate Edenith technology, all of which resulted in failure and the occasional catastrophe. And yet, despite all of these failed attempts, many still tried to recreate these technological marvels and finally shed some light upon the ever so mysterious civilization.

Some of the known attempts are:

* Angel Light: A stealth device that can render walls, hands, stealth shielding, and other objects transparent to the mundane eyes. It was created by Troy Hurtubise based on an Edenith scrying glass he discovered with his Sacred Gear, though both the Angel Light and the scrying glass were later collected by the Order of the Iscariot shortly after and all verifiable evidence of their existence were destroyed.
* Crystal Skulls: Skull-like devices made out of enchanted crystal created by the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican shamans that function as communication and observational devices. They are still used by the Mesoamerican Pantheons and their followers, and there are a total of three types of Crystal Skulls:
	+ One that functions much like modern telephone devices, allowing communication between all who possess a device.
	+ One that has a record-and-playback function, allowing the user to record and send audio-visual messages to others who possess a counterpart.
	+ One that works as a monitoring device, projecting audio-visual surveillance through connection with a living being's blood in a vial.
* Damascus Steel: A special type of forged steel with dinstinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water, and is reputed to be tough, resistant to shattering, and capable of being honed to a sharp, resillient edge. According to Tvastar, damascus steel was a failed replica of an ancient type of steel used by the ancient Edenith people, one that was "greater than any sacred metal in terms of power and durability".
	+ Astras: According to Tvastar, the Astras are all failed attempts created by the Hindu Pantheon on their path to recreate Edenith-era weaponry. And though most of them failed, Azazel had noted that, among all failed replicas, they are still the closest to the originals.
* Glass Candles: Intricate candles made out of enchanted obsidians. When lit, they allow the user to see the present and past everywhere sunlight has touched, give out visions and dreams to other people, and to communicate with anyone in everywhere when their name is whispered to the candle's fire. Reportedly, they were found in Fintan's Grave and were created by Fintán himself while he was in isolation, crafting them using his own knowledge.
* Gogmagogs: Ancient automaton-like golems created based on an outline for an Edenith surveillance robots. They were first created by the Mesopotamian Pantheon for militaristic means, but their plans quickly failed when they accidentally developed artificial intelligence and rebelled against their creators, resulting in the deaths of multiple gods and immense destruction on their paths for robot domination. The gods Enlil, Enki, and Ishtar, however, were able to stop the robots on their path via a contract with the Grigori and banished them into the Dimensional Gap.

## Survivors

Despite popular belief, not all inhabitants of the Edenith civilization were wiped out, as many people were saved from their doom through various means by the Fallen Angels and Demons, as well as the few Angels who opposed the Heavenly Council's decision. These Angels were later banished and joined the Grigori as the Five Lesser Satans.

The most well-known survivor of the Great Flood is Noah, who created an Ark using advanced Edenith technology after receiving a revelation from God and used it to save him and his family's life. According to Azazel, the Ark was able to convert the primordial energy of Tehom through a complex system of Thaumaturgy and Enochian Magick and used it to create a rift within spacetime, allowing it to venture into Diegesis, and from then, escape to Earth, eons after the Big Bang, and landed on Mount Judi.

### Known Survivors

#### Noah's Family

* Shem

* Ham

* Japheth

* Shem's Wife

* Ham's Wife

* Japheth's Wife

#### Others

* Attri

* Bairrfhind

* Bergelmir

* Bharadwaja

* Bith

* Cessair

* Deukalion

* Kalola

* Kasyapa

* Ladra

* Loralola

* Ogyges

* Poilola

* Pyrrha

* Sadigua

* Satyavrata
* Utnapishtim
* Vamadeva

* Vashistha

* Vishvamitra

* Yamataggi

## Influences

Despite having been obliterated eons before the Big Bang, the Edenith civilization still has many influences over the current world, both mundane and supernatural alike, even if they are mainly unnoticed.

The most notable influence it has is possibly on the multiple religions all over the world, with many famous and high-ranked figures from the civilization later got recorded by scholars and prophets into numerous religious works, most of which are in the Abrahamic religions. According to Zurvan, many myths people believed originated from pagan cults are in fact adapted from Edenith-era works, which itself was a historical part of the Abrahamic Pantheon, much to the scholars' confusion.

The most notable one is the Great Flood and the survivors, which got adapted into multiple mythologies, from Greco-Roman with Deukalion, Pyrrha, and Ogyges, to Norse with Bergelmir, to the Muisca with Sadigua. Other events that happened in this period were also recorded, though many had been changed due to complicated reasons.

Overall, the tale of the Edenith civilization's downfall itself serves not only as a lesson about hubris, but also as a thinly-veiled warning against enemies of the Abrahamic Heavens - the Demons of the Underworld and the Fallen Angels of Purgatory - that if they ever tried to go to war against the Heavenly Host, they would be wiped out as easily as the Edenith civilization was.

## Trivia

* All kings of the Edenith civilization took the name Enoch after its first king.
* The capital city of the civilization was named Edinnu, which means "Plain of Pleasure".
* The civilization itself was said to be a combination of dictatorship and theocracy.
* According to Azazel, the written language of the Edenith civilization resembles a mixture of Sumerian language, Biblical Hebrew, Mycenaean Greek, and Egyptian hieroglyphs.