Proposal at EtG lore

[DoctorC]

So, while we were away for two weeks, we had plenty of time to think through some things we wanted to to, but never had quite enough time or dedication to do so. One of those things is our vision of Elements The Game lore. It's not really something good, but we felt like we could do something more than just some vague lines in Pixelated FGs thread. And so, here we are, doing a thing that would show everyone our vision of how the EtG world works outside constant tournament against random dudes.

That said, for us to not spent eternity writing this in one sitting, we decided to smash it into chapters, which means that there will be more to come, until said otherwise. Enjoy. c:

-DoctorC

Chapter One: The Genesis

Before the world there was nothing but emptiness, hollow void populated by powerful, yet incorporeal beings that consisted only of pure thoughts. Those beings are called Codes, and every individual Code was the same as their siblings. While Codes were powerful spirits, they never had passion to use their almost limitless powers to match their desires, as there was no desires to match. However, then new beings appeared in the Void. They were like Codes, but they were passionate beings, willing to bend other Codes into their own design. First of the two used his powers as a tool for ruling over other Codes, creating himself an empire of emptiness and abyss.

The other one had different plans: he dreamt of world, that would shine with colors and light. Places, filled with life and music, diverse, yet not quite chaotic. And as he envisioned this world in his mind, the Codes willfully bent to take shape of the world. They formed suns and moons, forests and oceans, sky and ground. More and more Codes shared passion of Zanzarino, the True God of Creation, leaving less and less void by the second. Soon, Abyss Empire of Decay, the True God of Void, has fallen, and the emperor himself was forced to leave his incorporeal body to survive in this new, fresh world.

As Zanzarino continued to sculpt his world, he invented twelve elements, that would maintain stability in the world and fulfill his creation:
Earth, on which everything would live.
Air, to make room for action and life
Fire, which would warm His children
Water, which would give energy for life
Light, that would guide His children
Darkness, to find peace and rest in
Time, for event to flow in order they're meant to
Aether, to prevent souls from fading away
Gravity, to hold things in place
Entropy, to bring diversity and luck
Life, to fill Zanzarino's world with joy and serenity
And Death, to cycle between old and new.

Rainbow, True God of Balance

Then, Zanzarino sculpted Rainbow, a powerful god of Balance, whose purpose was to learn the way of all twelve elements and keep them balance between them. After that, Zanzarino made Fortuneteller, an Immortal, whose role was to guide mortals, by giving them advises and showing them glimpses of future. Lastly, Zanzarino created Zodiac Circle - 13 entities, that were supposed to help mortals, by teaching them ways of achieving wonders of wealth and beauty.

After that, however, everything ended. Thousands of plans, millions of ideas abruptly ended, for Zanzarino was murdered by Decay, blinded by rage and thirsty for vengeance against the one, who destroyed his world. Decay's vengeful glory wasn't long either, for Rainbow used his skill and knowledge to diminish the God of Void into a useless worm, with no powers other than constant hunger.

[DoctorC]

Chapter 2: Sculpting the World

After Zanzarino's untimely death, Rainbow inherited leadership of his master's world. However, Rainbow also became silent and mournful. Even though he continued to maintain balance of the world, he hesitated speaking with mortals. Instead, he chose twelve purest souls and granted them blessing of one of the twelve elements. Those souls became known as True Gods as their respective elements
Titarr, soul of Integrity, became the God of Earth
Efrena, soul of Freedom, became the Goddess of Air
Caion, soul of Bravery, became the God of Fire
Lysina, soul of Patience, became the Goddess of Water
Lupeus, soul of Righteousness, became the God of Light
Nutarr, soul of Perseverance, became the God of Darkness
Agheia, soul of Serenity, became the Goddess of Life
Sopdione, soul of Mercy, became the Goddess of Death
Ogdall, soul of Honor, became the God of Time
Zaquemis, soul of of Wisdom, became the Goddess of Aether
Gimldir, soul of Valor, became the God of Gravity
Cyrlena, soul of Changeability, became the Goddess of Entropy

These twelve Deities were made responsible for teaching mortals the way of elements, and help them build elemental empires, that'd make Zanzarino proud. Not all of new deities succeeded, however. Nutarr found it very difficult to communicate with his subjects, due to his appearance: Mortals were afraid of Dark God, and every time his shadowy figure would be seen, mortals would found it to be a bad sign or even a curse. Even dreams, in which Nutarr would appear were called nightmares. Sopdione, while didn't have as much trouble to talk with her subjects, found it more appealing to her to create chemical elements, such as arsenic or gold. She, among some of Earth's scientists, dedicated her time to create a large variety of chemicals and minerals, that later brought a great diversity into life of miners and smiths.

There was also Lupeus, who absolutely adored speaking with his subjects. He built a great civilization, and if it wasn't for one particular mortal lady, his Light Kingdom would outgrow every other empire. History doesn't change, however, and God of Light's divine heart remains stolen by a quiet Queen of Fireflies. Lupeus couldn't think about anyone or anything other than his beloved Firefly Queen, which doesn't come as a surprise, as Firefly Queens are very graceful and kind-hearted beings by their nature, that combined beauty of Life and joy of Air in one creature. It became clear, that Lupeus was going to fight for his beloved one's heart with all his might, and so he did. Countless gifts were given, many poems and songs were written, but Lupeus' hope remained indestructible, until one day The Queen of Fireflies finally agreed to be his wife, which became known as Light Queen. Later, two demigod children were born. The twins were called Miracle and Glory.

As time went on, Miracle grew up to be more like his father - a just and fair king, that took great joy in helping others, was loved by the mortals in return. Glory, however, became brash and hot-headed, which, needless to say, was a surprise to everyone, even her parents. Rainbow was one of the most worried about the children, as he was afraid that Glory could cause a disruption in balance between forces of Gods and mortals. His discussion with Lupeus about the twins went for days, until final verdict was decided - Glory, Miracle and Light Queen would remain in the realm of Gods, but only if they swore to not use their powers. Lupeus wasn't happy with the outcome, but Rainbow was persistent: He saw danger that mortals could cause while they were in the realm of gods, and couldn't let that happen. Beings that had emotions like Envy or Greed weren't even meant to have powers of gods, and both Rainbow and Lupeus knew that.

As the twins grew more and more, so did their enthusiasm. In desire to explore, see new places and, quite literally, reach new heights, Miracle and Glory asked their father to teach them to ride the pegasi. Lupeus didn't see anything wrong that could've happen, so he let his children have some fun. And it was, until Light princess fell off of pegasus' beack. Glory forgot Rainbow's rule and summoned an explosion to break her fall. And while she survived the landing without any severe wounds or injuries, Glory still was held responsible for her spellcasting. She, her brother and mother were sent back to realm of mortals. After they were sent away, Rainbow banned the True Gods from interacting with any lesser beings.

[Zyardran]

yassssssss.

[DoctorC]

Sorry for hiatus, it wasn't intentional

-DoctorC

Chapter 3: Mortality

After banishing Miracle, Glory and Light Queen and banning all interactions between mortals and gods, Mortal realm became frustrated to say the least. With their gods, teachers and guides, leaving mortals without any explanation, kingdoms and nations fell in despair. Every creature, good and evil, were now sharing the same feeling of perplexity and abandonment. Time past and their perplexity grew into confusion, and then into despise. Mortals began to hate their gods for what they did. At the same time, more and more lesser beings were coming up with idea of becoming gods themselves. There were no gods to rule over the lands, let alone stop anyone else from taking control over them. And so newfound False Gods, commanded by Queen Jezebel herself, plagued the face of Zanzarino's world. Not even skies resisted the wrath of the False Gods, quite literally: Even Zodiac Circle left their aetherial home and joined the forces of the False Gods.

Hundreds of strong, yet arrogant elementals rose in rebellion, and while it is true that True Gods are powerful, nothing can compare with a versatile army of  mortal realm's greatest warriors driven into fight by pure abhorrence. Elemental gods fell one by one, and as they did so, most of the power of element they were holding, was inherited by the False God that defeated them. The rest was spread across the world in an elemental wave to form unstable creatures that are now known as Halfbloods - random collisions of two elements that were forming from time to time just to disappear weeks later and shatter into pure sparks of power yet again.

One by one, True Gods fell. Cyrlena was the first to be defeated, as her luck simply left her just in time for a being now knows as Chaos Lord to smite her down into oblivion. Then Sopdione fell, then Gimldir, Titarr, Agheia, Caion and Lysina. Next one the Army of the False gods decided to take down was god of Light, yet Lupeus was nowhere to be found. Light god seemed to vanish from the face of the world, until another elemental wave formed, and shone across the world. In the center of it stood Lupeus' reunited family. Light God, after years of not seeing his wife and children, finally came back to the mortal realm to see them. Their reuniting wasn't long, however, for quickly enough Jezebel, the Queen of the False Gods slayed the god of Light. To Jezebel's surprise, Lupeus already gave his powers away to his children, for he knew his end was near and decided to give control over light for someone who truly deserved to have one.

Another surprise Jezebel wasn't expecting was a streak of the brightest light False Goddess' eyes ever saw in her entire life. Crying in rage and despair, Divine Glory nearly blinded Queen of Nymphs, which left Jezebel in darkened state for the rest of her life. Divine Glory, Miracle and Light Queen were announced enemies of the False Gods and sentenced to be executed. That being said, to execute a Demi-god meant to fight them one on one, which no mortal had courage to do. Fatherless family of Light left the False Gods' army, promising to be back one day.

Rest of the elemental gods fell soon after, even though they weren't caught by surprise. which helped them take massive amounts of False Gods with them. Eventually, the only remaining god was Rainbow, and with only 25 False Deities remaining, Jezebel led her platoon into a fight which would determine the fate of the mortality.

[DoctorC]

Chapter 4: Keeping universe alive

Rainbow was the last True God to fall. Mournful after loss of his comrades and disappointed in mortal world, Rainbow wouldn't fight back, when remaining False Gods entered his palace. Instead, iridescent dragon gave up his powers to the leader of the troop, Jezebel. Then, Rainbow vanished, leaving world of his master in hands of only gods remaining.

As Jezebel absorbed Rainbow's powers, the colossal energy of all twelve elements filled the body of half-blind nymph. Even without fully recovered eyesight, Jezebel could feel everything that happened in the world around her. Sun shining, trees and grass growing, thousands of living creatures running and hopping. Jezebel felt it all, everything warm and cold, everything bright and gloomy, above and below and much, much more. Rainbow's power was overwhelming, and Jezebel felt that too. Nymph couldn't control herself, so she started crying. Rainbow's powers found their way into Jezebel's daughters too, making them almost as powerful as their mother once was.

Jezebel fell ill from the uncontrollable energy that was poisoning her body. After months of trying to fight the weight of universe down, Jezebel finally conceded: Not even the hands of thousands of nymphs can bear the powers of all 12 elements. Her only hope was to find Rainbow and make him take his powers back.

Finding Rainbow wasn't difficult, as he just hid himself in a cave at the edge of the world. No mortal was meant to travel there, but for a Goddess, even ill one, it wasn't hard. Hard part was to somehow appeal to Rainbow and make him accept his powers back.

When Jezebel stepped into the cave, her eyes were met with a sight of ash-grey dragon, who almost blent with colorless environment of Nobody's land. Then The Bargaining begun. The iridescent nymph and colorless dragon argued for days, for Rainbow has no intention of keeping the world stable. He saw it as a corrupted place, filled with greed and bloodlust. Worst of all, he was right. Jezebel could see how quickly money and defeat count will replace the need in True Gods, let alone the false ones. Even her trying to give the powers of elements was out of selfishness and fear. Jezebel was desperate, and both her and Rainbow knew that. Nymph's physical state wasn't well either - Elements were fighting Jezebel's mortal body, and slowly, they were going to incinerate her.

Then came something unexpected. Rainbow chose to spare Jezebel of her suffering, taking the majority of beaming energy of elements back to himself. In return for saving Jezebel's life, dragon only asked the nymph to take the throne of the False Gods, so that no greed or jealousy of mortal mind would find him again. Jezebel made the promise, and left Rainbow to rest.

And thus, the universe found it's peace. Jezebel and Rainbow kept the balance in the world, one from the throne of the False Gods, and the other - from a cave at the edge of the World. Everything was great, until one day Jezebel found a flaming blade on her neck.

[DoctorC]

Chapter 5: Meeting in cinders

With the end of the War between False and True Divinity, with Jezebel taking the throne, one debt was left to pay - a widow of the God of Light spent long time grieving about her late husband. Light Queen and her children mourned for weeks, if not months, but as time flew, mourning slowly ceased and was replaced by a feeling no truly divine being could experience - thirst for vengeance. Righteousness and purity of the mother were replaces by an unbridled wrath that could burn seas, lands and skies alike. Even her servants were no longer givers of a warming light, but bearers or fire unlike anyone would ever see.

Glory was no better. The powers of a demigoddess empowered by the passion of a mortal lady turned her into an unstoppable force. Nothing could stand in the way of Divine Glory, a name Princess of Light gave to herself to emphasise her true divinity, much less fight against her. Miracle, on other hand, while being abhorrent of the blind nymph, still couldn't bring himself to harm her, or anyone else who was left after the war has ended. Because of that Miracle fought with his mother and sister, eventually parting ways with them.

Fire Queen and Divine Glory organized a raid on Jezebel's new palace in the Divine realm, burning their way through nymphs, soldiers and halfbloods alike. Wrath of the two goddesses was immense, making them stronger than anything Jezebel could have in-store for them. Eventually, after deaths of dozens of Mother-Nymph's servants, Jezebel was found, hiding cowardly from the family she had destroyed long ago. Fire Queen's sword was glowing white with heat, so brightly, that even with her damaged sight, Jezebel could still see the blade that would have brought her doom. But, it didn't. A Miracle happened.

The prince of Light, accompanied by Rainbow himself, were just in time to save Jezebel from vengeful anger of mortal goddesses. While Fire Queen and Divine Glory's swords were stolen by the God of Balance, Miracle rescued the Mother-Nymph from his wrathful family, and hid here away with a special cloak Rainbow gave him. Later, Rainbow and Miracle took Jezebel's punishment as their responsibility, for letting her confront Fire Queen and Divine Glory all on her own was cruel even for Jezebel. Eventually, they agreed on banishing Jezebel into the Edge of the World, were she would be both imprisoned and safe. Another thing the two gods agreed on is crowning Fire Queen as the Ruler of False Divine, starting the millennia of the Widow's tyranny. Twenty-seven False Gods, thousands of cities and settlements with millions of people in them and one whole world was controlled by Fire Queen for a whole millennia.



A thousand years have passed and Jezebel returned back from her banishment. Fire Queen and Divine Glory never forgave the Mother-Nymph, yet Rainbow helped them come to a compromise, which finally brought Jezebel to safety without trapping her at the world's edge.
Fire Queen still has her throne, and, although she calmed down quite a bit, she's still nowhere near the Light Queen she used to be.
Zodiac Constellations work alongside the Fortuneteller to help mortals, since most of the False Gods don't seen to be interested in doing so.
Mortals built arena in which they can compete in creating warriors for themselves or even fight each other.

[DoctorC]

Bio description №1: Decay

Decay was one of two primordial beings that inhabited the empty space before The Creation. He manipulated the Codes to create the Void Empire. Later, he was overthrown by Zanzarino during The Creation and forced to take a solid form in order to survive in physical world. After The Creation, Decay murdered Zanzarino and was diminished into a small worm-like creature by Rainbow.

Decay spent The Prosperite Age staying out of the radar inside the caves of Earth Kingdom. Rainbow's Curse didn't cancel Decay's insatiable hunger, so to survive he needed to hunt gnome riders and drain whatever quanta he can get from them before they notice the parasitic influence. Decay spent several years this way, storing the energy from miners of the Earth Kingdom, and when he finally obtain long enough to survive a long trip, he travelled into realm of Aether, where, he heard, lies a secret of power.

Once in the Aethereal realm, Decay went on a search for the legendary spell known as Fractal. However, he was met with a lot of issues: hiding there wasn't nearly as easy as it was in caves, and even get devourable quanta was tricky, let alone learning to manage aether magic. Decay eventually prevailed over the challenges of new kind of magic, and learned to replicate himself into a swarm. A while longer, and Decay had an army of little worms ready to drain anyone and anything that would dare to stand in their way.

When The Divine War started, Decay was one of the most powerful Darkness elementals in the world. He and a troop of the False Gods were sent to destroy the God of Darkness, and despite Nutarr's incredible mastery in ways of shadows and deception, he fell from the teeth of ever-hungry False God. Decay consumed the power of the god, making himself the Embodiment of Darkness, after which, he proceeded to devour remain of his fallen enemy.

After the war was over, Decay took place as the False God of Void, Hunger and Corruption. He proved to be one of the most vicious of the False Pantheon, draining and stealing all that he could from both mortals and gods. Sometimes, in the sign of true abhorrence, Decay would eat the remains of his foes just like he did with the God of Darkness.

[Monox D. I-Fly]

Are those worms supposed to be Devourers?