Supreme Destiny: The Prologue
Translations from the Meer Mortis Scrolls by Karas Oth Ithil, Archivist Initiate of Order Illuminati
In the Beginning, after Heaven and Earth were created, the first Elder race called High Men communed with the Supreme Being. The Seraphim, angels acting as agents on behalf of the Supreme Being, were given the task of helping the High Men build the foundations of their civilization. These High Men were given the Continent to live freely where they choose and were constantly aided and guarded by the Seraphim against the dangers of the wilderness.
As their numbers grew, the High Men began to assemble in factions, which in time progressed into whole nations. With help of the Seraphs, these men studied and developed the intricate Arts and Sciences of the world, as well as the Arcane and Natural forms of magic. Theology and Technology went hand-in-hand. Peace, prosperity and wonders undreamed of were created. This was known as the Age of Glory. The High Men grew more in God’s favor and thus they were given more dominion over the lands.
But all was not well in Hekaloth, the Supreme Being’s Heavenly Abode.
Harden, one of the mightiest Seraphs in Hekaloth, grew jealous of the High Men and began to sow envy among his fellow angelic beings.
He saw High Men as lesser beings, weaklings incapable of independence and unworthy of God’s grace. Very soon this envy escalated to pure hatred, and gathering his angelic followers, Harden led a rebellion against God.
Thus, the Great Heavenly War began.
The war was unexpected and great destruction was wrought in Hekaloth. It was unclear whether God’s Angelic Hosts would be triumphant against the rebelling Seraphs. Many angels fell on both sides.
The tide finally turned to the favor of the Hosts loyal to the Supreme Being when Archangel Kafma, the Creator’s greatest warrior led the charge. Through his zeal he brought fear to the hearts of the rebels, and through his flaming sword, slew more than any other. The rebelling Seraphs, were vanquished, and banished from the abode of Hekhaloth. Before he could be captured, Harden fled before Kafma’s victorious but depleted Angelic Hosts and escaped to Earth.
As the war was being fought in the Heavens, its repercussions spread throughout the whole of creation. As the angels fought each other, the Men in the lands began to wonder about their very existence. Doubt began to grow in their hearts, and since there was no angel to seek counsel from, the Men turned to their limited reason and knowledge. They started to believe their own measly explanations about the universe, and Theology was highly neglected.
As the warring Angelic hosts battled each other, the essence of slain angels fell to the Earth, and the newborn during that dark time acquired the powers of the Seraphs. With no one to guide them, these Men endowed with new-found powers built a civilization based on this Magic . They grew in power and influenced the men to challenge the Supreme Being’s laws.
One such Man born with Seraph powers was Koren, a powerful magician from the great city of Neses. He allied himself with Harden, who had fled from the Great Heavenly War. They created a creature called Hyper-Monster, an artificial monster formed from the remains of the strongest creatures of creation. Together with their minions they attacked Armia, the center of God’s faithful on Earth, and proceeded to conquer the entire continent as well. The High Men and the few Angels faithful to the Supreme Being were no match against the magic and power of Harden and his Hyper-Monster.
The War finally came to Earth.
The Continent was overrun by vicious and violently evil beings. They slaughtered every living creature they came across and the last remnants of High Men were driven and purged from the Continent.
Only darkness separated the ground from the sky.
The Great Heavenly War depleted the Forces of the Supreme Being and this new war stretched their forces far too thin and so they retreated. And with a finality that echoed through the cosmos, the great Sephirotte, the bridge connecting Heaven to Earth, closed its gates.
With the Supreme Being’s forces in retreat, there was no one to contest Harden’s evil and brutal rule over the wasted Earth. He started to build a tower to reach the gates of Heaven and called it The Tower of Retaliation. These were truly dark and evil times and for four hundred years chaos reigned and Harden’s Tower neared completion.
But hope remains. Small groups of Men began to appear, claiming to hail from Armia. For some divine reason they were spared from the terrors of Harden, and are now ready to face the malevolent world. Each one had the same mission: restore Mankind back to the Age of Glory; and bring back peace upon the Earth. Each one also dreamt of achieving their ultimate fate, and master the very power that was endowed upon them.
And so the quest for one’s Supreme Destiny begins.
