Aura Dominion

## General Information

* Faction: Jaqc Monocracy
* Location Developed: Barras (Jaqc V)

## History

*Aura Dominion, Ul'thul* or simply *"The Holy Book"* is a collection of religious texts and scriptures scared to the worshippers of the religion of *Aura Dominion*, from which it shares it's name. The book is an anthology, a compilation of texts in a verity of different forms, originally written in *Jaqcthropian*, the oldest known language on Barras, the book contains instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies, among other genres. The collection of materials that are accepted as part of the book by a particular religious tradition or community is called a *Aura Canon*. Believers in Aura Dominion generally consider it to be a product of divine inspiration, while understanding what that means and interpreting the text in various ways.

Conceived thousands of years ago by the Jaqc, the details of the religion's establishment have been lost to history, with the Jaqc claiming that the *Aura (The Jaqcthropian name for the Spirit of the Abyss)* has always been and even pre-dates *The Big Bang*. Curiously, the book incorporates many beliefs contrary to other religions, growing and changing over time but always accepting of various scientific principles such as *"Evolution"* and *"Heliocentrism".* The book contains a strange homogenising of scientific theory and discovery, as well as the religious connotations of these discoveries, leading to the theory that the Abyss has always desired the Jaqc to pursue science and to question all living principles except for the divinity of the Abyss itself.

Despite the warlike disposition of the Jaqc Monocracy, Aura Dominion itself preaches peace and tolerance, portraying the Abyss as a benevolent entity that wants to bring all existence to an end, a corrupted and divided form of life and unity everything together in its love. Modern scholars have described the text as both *"terrifying, ugliness but beautiful inside".* This may explain Jaqc attitudes towards worlds that already follow Aura Dominion as they are not interested in conquering those worlds and will act surprisingly friendly towards them.

## Creation Myth

Similar to the creation myths of other holy books such as the *Terran Bible*, the first chapter of Aura Dominion is also based around the concept of genesis. The book explains that the universe is locked in an eternal struggle between the Jaqc concept of "*Heaven* and *Hell".* Heaven representing the Abyss, who desires to bring order, perfection and tranquillity to the universe and *Hell* represented by the *Lucifers*, a group of eternal demons that wish the keep the universe in an eternal cycle of chaos and change in order to alleviate their boredom.

The book states that the Abyss is a primordial entity, similar to *Nun* of the *Terran Egyptian Myths* who predates the creation of the universe and the Big Bang. The Abyss represents *"Primordial Love"*, a force that binds the entire universe together and the continual expansion and contraction of the universe over billion of years is a continual cycle and the result of an eternal conflict between the Abyss and the Lucifers. In each instance, the Lucifers would succeed and bring light to universe, essentially shattering the Abyss's perfect eternal peace. The Lucifers want energy, chaos, expansion. The Abyss wants harmony, order, singularity. It is the tension between these two forces. Love on one side and blowing things up on the other that makes everything possible.

However the Abyss desired to change the continual cycle in this universe and sought to directly interfere and end the cycle, ensuring that this continual *"Cycle of Torture"* would not continue. The book tells how the Jaqc were chosen to help the Abyss do this as all living beings would become energy when the Abyss accomplished its goal and as energy cannot be destroyed, the Jaqc would become immortal and know only the love of the Abyss.

## Connection with other Ascended Lifeforms

Both the Ancients and The Q Continuum were aware of the Abyss as a *primordial entity*, this provoked Aza'lon to attempt to use it to grant the Q ascension into energy before the Q had reached that state. The Q were extremely concerned about their evolutionary cousins, *Humanity's* develop, speculating they would one day possess abilities that rivalled or even surpassed the Q. However both the Q Female and Q originally known as *"The Void Mother"* discovered the true intentions of the Abyss and attempted to contain it.

Both however could not decide on a course of action, with the Female Q and the rest of the Continuum sealing Aza'lon away in the Immortal Prison when he succumbed to the manipulation of the Abyss and attempted to merge with it and the Void Mother enacting a plan to flood all known galaxies with Void Space to prevent the Abyss from having any control over the chaotic region. However, her exposure to Nuridium caused her to go insane, much as Aza'lon had done, forcing the Q to imprison her in the Eternal Prison at the centre of random galaxy far from the Milky Way Galaxy.

## The Exodus

Several chapters of the book describe the origin of Jaqc society, travelling within a *"Caravan of Stars"*, lost within space before encountering the Abyss, who led them to their current world of Barras. This period is referred to as *"The Exodus"* and serves to further reinforce the Jaqc's faith in the Abyss.