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Before the first being came to life.
Before the world was created in the first place.
Even before time itself had started to flow, there existed 6 spheres of pure energy.
These spheres existed in a place beyond existence, trapped in a single instant and forever motionless, as there was no space in which they could travel or time to flow.
But this instant, impossibly long and short, came to an end, which caused one of the spheres to crack and separate in two halves, called Chronos and Aetheric. From the mere presence of these entities space took a shape and time started to flow, which caused the other 5 spheres to also separate in halves.
The second sphere brought Lumiel and Shadow and from their presence light and darkness spread out in the newly created space, along all directions.
The third sphere divided into Pirofuze and Aquarius. Heat and cold came to be and spread without any order along the energies that were being created.
The fourth sphere contained Terra and Aries and from them a thick dust emerged, that moved freely everywhere.
The two halfs of the fifth sphere were Vital and Mortis. Around Vital everything seemed to move more vividly and the energies the other beings were emanating seemed to multiply themselves, while around Mortis the energies floating around seemed to turn static and slowly disappear.
From the last sphere came Massa and Discord and their presence imparted intricate and complex patterns in all of the newly created energies.
These 12 beings, older than existence itself are who we call gods and the manifestations of their powers are what we call elements. In order to give shape to the elements, first the four gods that are now know as the Material gods created all the places that exist in our world. Terra created the ground and the mountains from its dust, that settled and hardened when away from the influence of Aries. In turn, Aries created the clouds, wind and thunder to manifest its power, from the gentlest breeze to the mightiest hurricane. Aquarius filled the world with water and ice, creating the rivers, lakes and oceans of our world. Pirofuze created the deserts and volcanos that we know, as well as fire, which is the purest manifestation of its power.
After that, the four gods known as the Cardinal gods created the rules by which the newly created world would operate. Aetheric defined the distances between the different places and the limits of the world. Chronos regulated the days and the speed with which things would age, as well as creating four seasons from the sheer power the Material gods had imparted to the world. Terra's power was used for creating Autumn, Aries' for creating Spring, Aquarius' for creating Winter and Pirofuze's for creating Summer. Even though they had shape and rules to guide them, the material elements, fire, water, earth and air were still completely separated. Discord spread its influence over the world and this allowed for the elements to truly interact with each other for the first time. Discord also made sure that even though the world had rules, it could never be fully predictable. Finally Massa created the forces and the rules with which the material elements would interact, which gave shape to the mixtures that Discord had created: steam, rain, sandstorms, mud, smoke and much more all came to existence. Massa also made it so that everything would fall to ground and made things either heavy or light, sturdy or brittle.
Lastly, the remaining gods, known as the Spiritual ones, gave their contribution. Lumiel and Shadow created the Sun and the Moon, putting them in the sky. Lumiel made the day bright, while Shadow made the night dark. Lumiel made the open spaces and the fire bright and spread stars in the sky. Shadow made closed, hidden places dark, as well as the caves and the depths of the sea. Vital looked at the work the other gods had made and decided to create something completely different. It started to create plants and animals to populate the world, the first living beings. Vital made these beings such that they could never die, however Mortis didn't agreed that this was a good idea. Mortis felt that life should always be renovated and so removed the immortality granted by Vital to its creations and instead made it so that life would always create new life, forever rising back from its inevitable death, which Vital agreed with in the end.
Impressed with their own work and intrigued at this concept of life, the gods decided to make one final experiment. They left tiny pieces of their powers in the world, shaped as beings made of pure elements and animated them. They called these beings the elementals and decided to see what would happen if they stopped interfering for a while.
As time passed, some elementals got incredibly strong and some even dared to call themselves gods, forsaking their own creators. As a punishment for their blasphemy they were cursed with immortality and locked into caves where only the strongest elementals can enter. Once the proudest warriors of the land of elements, now they were known only as false gods, a constant reminder of their treachery against the creators of their world.
Since then, as aeons went by, the gods slowly faded from the memory of most elementals and became just a legend. We currently live a time of peace, but war looms over. In each of the 12 factions, devoted to one the elements, preparations take place. As a young elemental, you must make your choice. On which side will you fight, if any? Will you forsake these political intrigues and build a carrier in the arena, a gladiator to entertain the masses? Or would you dwell in the forbidden caves, searching for the arcane knowledge and power the false gods possess?
