He stands on a barren moon of his own making, staring at the empty black void that is the newborn universe, and smiles.  Newborn, naive, and omnipotent, he carries the Torch of Divine Light, an endless source of the raw energy of creation.  With it, he can shape this cosmos to his exact liking.  But instead, he turns to the others: those souls that traveled with him, and thinks... who am I to have all that fun alone?<br/><br/>Lifting his Torch high, he bathes the souls in the Light: in Creation.  In miracles, ready to be given form.  And thus, they become the First Gods.<br/><br/>These are the Days of Genesis, the first Epoch of the new Universe, and the very beginning of the Age of Gods.<br/><br/>What you will read is the story of what these beings created.<br/><br/>...And perhaps, of what they would eventually destroy.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> The Torch of Divine Light</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <br/>Not one of the gods, even Deiu, knows the exact nature of the Torch.  It simply appeared, and had never added any clues to its own existence.  In truth, the Torch part is unnecessary: it is only the sphere, which radiates the raw stuff of creation, that matters.  A silent, omnipotent instrument of power, its wielder can legitimately claim the title of God.<br/><br/>  A single unit of Divine Light can produce...<br/>    ...A single object up to 200 lb<br/>    ...A single action with up to 270 Joules of Force<br/>    ...A single thought, up to 2 minutes in length<br/>    ...A single change in energy, up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in either direction.<br/>    ...A single alteration of self, to any form.<br/>    ...Enough life energy to live for 200 years.  <br/>      ...In fact, so long as you have a full unit of Divine Light, you cannot be slain.  We think..<br/>    ...A single soul to be manifested from Oblivion, assuming it has a shape to wear.  This is the only way to create life.  We think..<br/>    ...And more to figure out. </div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> The First Gods</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>  Deiu - God of Creation<br/>   Generation 1 Deity <br/>   Units: Infinite<br/>   Unit Capacity: Infinite<br/>   Mantle: The Torch of Divine Light<br/>   Personality:  Jovial, naive, and generous.<br/><br/>  Duplicity<br/>   Gen 1 baybe!<br/>   Units: 10<br/>   Unit Capacity: 10<br/>   Mantle: Hand Mirror - Currently Unimbued<br/>   Personality: Duplicity is a cunning and self-absorbed goddess.<br/><br/>  Argonas<br/>   Generation 1<br/>   Units: 10<br/>   Unit Capacity: 10<br/>   Mantle: Dragonhooded Robe - Currently Unimbued<br/>   Personality: Argonas is a cunning, resourceful and studious deity. He takes his time to scan every opportunity before going to fulfill his destiny. He hopes he can teach others how to be patient and cunning, and hopes that the mortals that are coming will listen to him and become wise instead of foolhardy.<br/><br/>  Erebus<br/>   Generation I<br/>   Units: 10<br/>   Unit Capacity: 10<br/>   Mantle: Black onyx ring - Currently Unimbued<br/>   Personality: Erebus is a curious god. Not only is he curious as to why he's one of the few with the power to create, he's also curious as to what he can do. He's curious as to what the other gods can do. His curiosity, though, will soon make him want to know if he's stronger than the others ... Especially how he can become stronger.<br/><br/>  Camin (KAY-min)<br/>   Generation 1<br/>   Units: 10<br/>   Unit Capacity: 10<br/>   Mantle: None<br/>   Personality: He would be very playful and like to screw around a lot. Make things just to fuck with everyone else. Make things like the Platypus :p<br/><br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> The Knowledge of What Has Come Before</div><div class="spoiler_body">  You are now watching the very last event this cosmos shall ever know.  It is an empty vastness.  The last ‘living’ thing died eons ago, thirsty and alone on a barren rock.  Far beyond that terminal gasp, the last planet perished, in the unknowable way that all planets eventually do.  Silence echoes through the void.  One by one, the moons have crumbled, the warm lights have faded, and the stars have gone dark.<br/><br/>  All but this last one.  This one, a weakening red giant with a core of iron, has mourned its loneliness as the last sentient thing in this universe since before time became unmeasurable.  It feels itself begin to rupture, and is aware that its death, a quiet, mournful din in the total darkness of reality, will be the last sound this universe ever makes.  The very last gasp of a dead cosmos.  The star splits, and dies, and goes dark…<br/><br/>  The Universe is Ended.<br/><br/>  ...<br/><br/><br/>  In the Oblivion of Souls, the countless dead of the universe rest, inert and sub-sentient.  It is peaceful here.  No thoughts.  No knowledge.  No sensation.  Not a ripple of sound or movement.  Every immortal source of every entity that has ever been, in utter stasis, carried forever in the gentle stillness of Oblivion.  No one will ever know how much time passed since the Death of the Last Star.<br/><br/>  It was sudden.  There was no noise or word spoken to herald it’s appearance.  Somewhere deep in the silent miasma, it simply was.  Light.  Beautiful light, that owed nothing to what mortals once naively called Purity.  A source of light that shone through Oblivion.  And the dead could see, for the first time in memory.  Only a few souls bore witness, but from them came the first thoughts since the Last Star.<br/><br/>  “..what.. is..?”<br/><br/>  Oblivion then felt a ripple.  A quickening on a cosmic scale.  It was only a small motion, the ripple of a single arm being slowly lifted.  The souls there, each and every one, were stirred, as one soul reached out, his hand groping clumsily toward the light…<br/><br/>  …and grasped it.<br/><br/>  ...<br/><br/>  The Universe is Reborn.<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> Fragments of What May Be..</div><div class="spoiler_body">     "I'll allow no blood to be..."<br/>    "..hellfire.  It opposes the..." <br/>    "We are the First!  Why should you be giv..."<br/>    "..I used to know.  The certainty of the future is lost..."<br/>    "..Damn Trickster!"<br/>    "..Eljadine is known to hunt the gods for their.."<br/>    "This ring can undo all the wor..."<br/>    ....<br/>    "...dead..?"<br/></div></div><br/>More edits to come.