Chapter 0

**Chapter 0** is called **"The Origin"**. This chapter tells the origin of the two Entities and their time and space breaking battle.

## Cover Page

Silhouette of Darkus with the two Entities behind him.

## Plot

In the beginning, there was nothing. No place. No time. Just complete and utter darkness.
In the depths of this empty void, there was only single consciousness, a being who began observing everything around him, but all he could see was an empty black expanse. He didn't have a physical body, and he didn't have a name. Not yet, at least. He was the first one, and he was the only one for eons.

As time passed, he started to wonder if he could do anything. Could he change anything? He didn't know how, but he was able to move around the vast emptiness. As he traveled across the void, he was able to discover the concept of "up" and "down", along with other directions.

He wondered what it would be like to be in another place, so he imagined what it would be like. With the power of his imagination, he was able to create a small bubble in which the laws of his reality applied. He was pleased, and he started to explore the inside of this bubble. However, once he had left the bubble, the bubble popped and disappeared. He was sad, but he decided that he could create a larger bubble to explore. He created a slightly larger bubble, and was satisfied.

This being ultimately created the Infinite Heaven where he would reside along two other entities lesser than him: The Light Entity and The Dark Entity, and tasked them with the job of creating universes, worlds and people by engaging in an endless cycle of battle until time ceases to exist. He gave them the freedom to do whatever they wanted as long as it was within his guidelines, and if they had any ideas for improvements.

From the Light Entities, The Creator created the angels who would serve the Creator and act as the forces of good in his name. The angels were the most trusted servants of the Creator, and they would act according to the will of their creator.

From the Dark Entities, The Creator created the living abyss and from within it the first spark. This spark grew into a flame and that flame turned into a raging fire. From within the fire came forth a batch of creatures who were known as djinn/demons and the strongest and the wisest among them known as Iblis would join the rank of the angels and became the most loyal of The Creator and were revered by the angels.

Meanwhile, The Light Entity and The Dark Entity would continue on their battle as the two opposing forces of creation. They would both try to create something and then destroy it. Their conflict would last for many millennia and during the end of their battle, both of their beings were shattered and their fragments were scattered across countless timelines and the Omniverse.

When their bodies were destroyed, the remaining energy of their forms were condensed into crystals known as The Dark and Light Shards. They would eventually be found by many mortals and gods alike.

The Creator was disappointed by their destruction, but he decided to allow the cycle of life and death to continue. If he was to intervene, then it would break the natural order of things. The Creator would eventually give up on creating anything new, and instead decided to focus on his own personal paradise and enjoyed being revered by all the people that worshipped him. He was the sole reason for the existence of the universe and he was content with this knowledge.

The Dark Entity's shards, which contained the pieces of its consciousness, would eventually became the catalyst to the story's events, kicking off the events that would lead to the birth of Eldritch horrors known as Umbralyths.