Those Who Came Before

Those Who Came Before is a primary focus of our overarching story, the other being Faris, By Coronum. This is a history of what has happened with the Mistwalker and his associates thus far.

## Mistwalker

"They killed her, And left me to rot alone. Just me and dreams. Dreams dreams dreams. Imagine what it would be like to see every twisted and depraved fantasy of every fucked up being of all time, recorded and not."

The Mistwalker, once known as Ras'agor and later known as Tar'agor, is a being from the beginning of time. His origins are unclear, but he and Tel used to be friends. Then Mistwalker (or Misty) broke the rules of Ulturae by engaging into an illicit relationship with Tel's sister. For this she was destroyed and Misty was turned into a mangled being living in the Mist of people's dreams.

Misty blames Tel for this and has spent the eternity that followed trying again and again to destroy him, manipulating humans into doing his dirty work for him.

Misty is a psychopath, fueled by a death wish and a desire for revenge.

## Tel

One of the Former. Helped to create the World, working for Ulturae (ie. God), in a rivalry with the being later known as Icarus, and friends with the one later known as Mistwalker.

Tel has been hunted by Misty for aeons, but always seems to survive, although the humans getting caught in the crossfire usually don't.

Icarus had this to say about Tel: "Do not go out of your way to protect Tel. He is not good. He is chaos. Madness." And claimed that Tel inspired Lovecraft's C'thulhu.

Tel means shine or shining. But it is inferred to mean "a light shining in the darkness."

Tel about himself: "I was Re. I was Apollo. I was Magec. I was Anyanwu. I was Malakbel. I was Huitziloppchtli. I was Nanahuatzin. I was Teoyaomicqui. I was Tonatiuh. I was Guaraci and Meri. I was Alaunus. I was Belenos. I was Gronw Pebr. I was Grannus. I was Sulis. I was Yuyi and Xu Kai. I was of Horus. Some called me Amun. Aten has been my name. Some called me Khepri. Few called me Sopdu. I was called Usil and Helios. Hyperion and Phanes. Agni and Aryaman. Mitra and Ravi. Savitr and Surya. Istanu. Some heard me to be Inti and Akycha. I was called Neto. Tama-nui-te-rā was of me and my Masterpiece. AH KIN! Kinich Ahau. Hunahpu. Tohil. Shamash and Utu. Sué, though many things were misheard. Wi, and Lakota. Dagr and Baldr. Nahundi. Belobog, Dažbog, Hors. Koyash. I was Ziggy. I have as many names as there are ways to say Light and to honor the beauty of the sunrise. I am of Light and Justice, of Peace and of War. I am Tel."

Tel currently has a plan to save to world, but what that means exactly remains unclear.

## Icarus

A mysterious entity that seems to have been one of the Former. He dislikes humans, but serves Ulturae with total devotion and obedience.

Like Mistwalker, Icarus broke the rules of Ulturae and was punished with his new role. Apparently, he "flew to close to the sun." Tel and his group were shaping the Sun. It was perfect, they said. Icarus disagreed. It could have been so much better\*, but it was Tel's domain. Greed and pride got the better of Icarus, who became what he became.

Icarus was recently tasked with destroying both the Mistwalker and Tel. He seems to be dead now. Not much is known about how this occured, but Misty is the prime suspect.

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## Followers of the Once and Once More

A religious group affiliated with Coronum and dedicated to Rememberance of the Former. They are utterly devoted to Tel, who seems to want nothing to do with them.

They interact with the Discord community under the username "Individuality".

The group's Head Seer Brunlow tragically passed away late 2017. After an interim period, a new Head Seer known as Tin has been elected to serve.

## Ulturae

According to Icarus, Ulturae is just and true. Ulturae is infinite and righteous. Ulturae is never wrong.

The Universe is a very complex, smoothly running machine, with Ulturae as the foreman in the production line.