Chaos, Source, Void, and Eternity

Starting at the very beginning of time, was a realm named Chaos. In Chaos existed nothing but pure, raw, primal energies of magic known as Source. There was no land, no planets, no atmospheres, people, or structures -- only Source.

Source is the basis to all magic within Eternity. All spells, anything that vaguely resembles magic or something out of the ordinary can be classified as such. Source takes various forms and different names depending on the planet, and serves a different purpose with each use. However, all magic is Source. And all Source stems from the realm of Chaos before the universe was born. Another unique characteristic worth mentioning about Source, is the influence of intent and perception upon it. Source will naturally shift, changing its form and effect to match what people and the world perceive it to be and do. More will be elaborated on this later.

From a land of vast nothingness, the Source took a unique form creating the first out of two Elder Gods: Void.

How exactly Void came about is unknown, but the realm was empty, void of all life and emotions. Source took that very same form, manifesting into a god known as Void. Void embodied emptiness, the concept of no life, no emotions. Nothing. It thrived knowing it was alone and there would never be anything else.

At the same time, the lack of anything else, Void’s desire for there to be nothing else, caused the Source to manifest to create that very thing. Something else for Void to consume, to make sure there was nothing. And from that came the second Elder God: Eternity.

Eternity was the antithesis to Void. It was a god of magnificent flowing and vibrant being. Source flowed through it, transforming into something new, pure. The raw chaotic Source flowed through Eternity and was transformed into something refined, more controlled. Eternity wanted to create life, land, beings, some sort of Light to ward off the inevitable void surrounding it. And so they did.

Eternity transformed themselves, or perhaps always was, into what I can best describe as a tree. Similar to Ygdrassil from Norse Mythology, Eternity’s roots spread into the roots of Chaos, drawing in Source into its core. Eternity spread out into different branches, siphoning Source into each of them. Eventually, this Source manifested into three distinct things: physical realms, humans, and the Divines. Starting with physical realms, they were created off of each of Eternity’s branches. Habitable worlds. Land, atmospheres. And within those worlds, the Source that leaked in formed the first humans. Souls born of pure source within a human vessel. The third were the Divines, also known as “World Souls”.

Note: I am torn between the terms Divines, and World Souls. I may use them interchangeably throughout this document.

Each Divine is an ocean of Source condensed into a single being, with an intent given to it by Eternity. Each Divine embodies a different aspect, intent, or personality trait. Any concept of the human being manifested into the forms of these Divines. Some examples are: Order, Devotion, Ambition.

However, without a human vessel to control that power and its intent, it remained dormant somewhere on their corresponding world. Eventually, humans found that power and became vessel’s of the power. This slowly corrupts the vessel, making them utterly believe in the intent of Divinity they bonded with. However, it gives them form, and allows them to walk the physical planes.

The best way I can describe the birth of the world, is through this short passage I wrote awhile ago:

*“There was vast nothingness, filled with primal chaos and magic called Source. From the nothingness, and Source, two gods were created; Eternity and Void. Eternity transformed its power into something resembling a tree, with its roots drawing power from the Source. The branches transformed into shards, or slivers of its power, called Divines — each embodying a certain concept like Order, Devotion, Ambition. Along with that, Eternity created different worlds and life started to form. Eventually humans found a way to claim the Divines and became a vessel to their power, and a god.”*