Age of Zero

**Age of Zero** (零の時代, *Zero no Jidai*?), sometimes called **The Zeroth Divine Throne** (第零神座, *Dai Zero Shinza*?) is the era that existed prior to the creation of the Throne. Supernatural power is unheard of and humanity spread across the cosmos with scientific technology. However, sometimes after the beginning of civilization, the curse of immortality plague the universe, turning life itself into hell.

In Avesta of Black and White, it was revealed that all stars under Ahura Mazda are relics from Age of Zero, and by rearranging them in a specific coordinate, one can gain access to Zero, a feat capable under the first heaven only.

## Terminology

### Samudra Manthana

**The Churning of All Creation**, a phenomenon that occurs 7000 years before the Event Horizon Battlefront Aditya. It is the cause of the immortality curse which erases death from the universe.

### Amrita

The term designated to those who had lost their death. They can receive pain, sickness, injury, and aging the same way one would consider a mortal man would, the same goes with healing, which is not extraordinary in any sense. However, death will not come to them. This applies to the body parts as well. Even though it was detached from the main body, the person would still be able to move and sense their limb as if they were still one and the same. Although, it will be a prisoner of an incomplete death and naturally decays.

For those who no longer have a body, they will be called **Yuga** (The Broken One). In essence, a being who was left with only their mind and spirit. They cannot be scientifically proven, but all of Amrita know in their instinct that they remain, suffering for eternity.

### Kala Stone

Precious stones with a mysterious property of emitting out electrical energy far greater than the input. For some reason, it only works when directly used by human and become 6 times stronger with Krishna. It is often turned into a weapon.

### Land of the Beginning

The foundation of all phenomena, the location of ultimate causality. The three factions believe that their wishes will come true when they reach it.

#### Naraka

The entity that lies in the land of the beginning and the root cause of the immortality curse.

### Kalpic History

A calendar uses to depict the beginning of human civilization up until the main story.

* **Kalpa of Formation**: Year 1 - 4,800, begins with the start of human civilization until The Churning. This is the period where death is supposed to exist, which cemented itself into the realm of myth.

* **Kalpa of Existence**: Year 4,801 - 8,400, not much is known about the early part of this period, where people began to adapt to immortality. The second half is the beginning of a universal expansion of mankind. After triumphing over 108 intelligent alien species in search of "God", humanity faced disappointment and despair. Beginning the age of absolute turmoil.

* **Kalpa of Destruction**: Year 8,401 to 10,800, period of war and despair. Different cosmic nations fighting for hegemony over another. It ended with the advent of the Theocracy, Trivikrama.

* **Kalpa of Nothingness**: Year 10,801 to the beginning of the main story. Three great nations put a balance over the power struggle. Although fighting and skirmish still going on, it is calmer than the previous Kalpa.

### Inhabitants

#### Humanity

A dominant species of the universe after Kalpa of Existence, despite their inferiority in both physicality and technology, compared to other intelligent lifeforms, they achieved absolute victory due to their superior spirituality.

##### Original Four Races

The human races which overcame the anti-natalist ideology which followed the Churning, and accomplished their technological advance into outer space.

* **Aditi Clan** from Planet Aditya: They look the most like modern humans, their abilities are average, with nothing outstanding save for the ability to breed quickly.
* **Dahnu Clan** from Planet Dahnwantari: They look like elves (with long and pointy ears), they're on the weaker side physically but have outstanding intelligence.
* **Kama Clan** from Planet Surabhi: They look like oni/demons (with horns), these horns are extra sensory organs which grant them heightened senses and something like telepathy. It's the only group of humans who was considered to have "superpowers" before the krishnas appeared.
* **Ratna Clan** from Planet Kaustubha: They're around 3 meters tall, and are the strongest physically but they have a shorter lifespan than the others, renowned heroes in ancient times were from this race.

##### Krishna

A human with supernatural power, **Avatara**, which their ability is randomized, though all of them possess superhuman speed and strength.

#### Alien Species

Humanity had encountered 108 intelligent lifeforms, 30% of which hold much more advanced technology and stronger physical forms, it is not uncommon for any of them to withstand temperatures of 10,000 degrees or below absolute zero. All of them are Amrita, not unlike humanity.

##### Vasuki

A silicon-based lifeform with the appearance resembling a snake. They did not consider carbon-based lifeforms such as humans as living being and planned to eradicate them all with a poison called Kalakuta.

##### Vishvakarman

Earthworm-like lifeforms created by intelligent alien species with the task of terraforming a planet. Humanity would later use them after defeating their creators.

### Ardhanarishvara

An existence that possesses the entirety of the physical and spiritual functions of both man and woman. With the advancement of civilization, the timeworn foundational concept of sex has become but a mere formality. The descendants of those who overcame the eras of the Kalpa of Existence and the Kalpa of Destruction are the current form of mankind. Combining the two points presented above, the ethos of the deification of hermaphrodites was born within the world of the story.

It is because their bodily and spiritual way of being, which serves as the line to demarcate them from others, emits a presence that reaches the point of being considered sublime, magnificent, in a way that fits with the concept of "otherworldliness".

## Factions

### Trimurti

The three great space nation of the fourth Kalpa.

* Brahmana
* Saiva
* Trivikrama

**The Federal Republic of Brahmana** or simply **The Federation**, is the largest nation of the three main powers. Their goal is to seek *True Immortality*. Despite being a republic, it is ruled by the overman **Daksha**, a dictator.

**The Saiva Empire of Kailash Dynasty** or simply **The Empire**, seeks a way to *Live and Die*. Their founder, The Emperor, rebelled against The Federation 400 years prior. Chronologically, they are supposed to be the youngest of the three nations.

**The Theocracy** that seeks *Truth behind The Churning*. Unlike the other two, they did not concern themselves about what to do with immortality, instead, finding the reason behind it and possibly create something new. The oldest of the three, they preach about the afterlife, fabricating the truth to gain their power.

### Rudrya

The Battle Group, a band of mercenaries led by Sakra.

### Sanmanasya Temple

A religious cult that considers attempts at conception their greatest taboo. As far as they were concerned, babies were no more than sinful, pitiful existences, and those who had children were defined as unforgivable fiends.

## Important Location

### Nagaraja

A planet that has large Kala Stone deposits, it becomes a battlefield between the Federation and the Empire.

### Khvarenah

The meeting location of Lokapala, the grand festival of Star Spirits.

### **Himavan**

A planet in Saiva's control that is the secret location of the Empire's own Kouha.

## Trivia

* The main theme of the era is Vedic religion and Hinduism
* Samudra Manthana refers to the churning of the ocean milk that creates Amrita elixir in Hindu Mythology.

## References

1. ↑ Summary by Trexalfa
2. ↑ Event Horizon Battlefront Aditya: Glossary 11, translated by Trexalfa
3. ↑ Event Horizon Battlefront Aditya: Glossary 13, translated by Trexalfa
4. ↑ Event Horizon Battlefront Aditya: Glossary 11, translated by Trexalfa
5. ↑ Event Horizon Battlefront Aditya: Glossary 13, translated by Trexalfa