Darkness
*written by Gale*
Disclaimer - I take no credit for the characters portrayed in the Ridley Scott film, Legend. I merely borrow, and give tribute with this bit of a fic I'm attempting to put together.
FORWARD - In the Beginning
In the beginning, there was nothing. Darkness makes claim to its origin here, for its abstract, the Lord Darkness himself, is a vain creature, much like his father. Abstracts of much greater age understood that in the beginning, there were not even names. The nothingness, contained within the unborn dreams of the Great Spirit that created all, gave way to its whims to create life. From its very being sprang the first bits of existence.
These were beings of power nearly as great as its own. Their unity would add up to its greatness, but they were flawed. They bore no distinction, and they were aware. They were not as their creator, for they still felt the need to be individual. But in order to give them what they desired, for the Great Spirit is a loving and understanding entity, more lives had to be created for them to govern. It stretched out its will and brought forth more life to the universe, from the void drawing out worlds, and all forms of life, called Mortals, sending more of itself to grow and learn.
These new lives, each great and small, were placed under the charge of the Great Spirit's two wisest children, for one to encompass these birthing Mortals, for the other, the wiser and stronger of the two, to guide in the transition between existences. In turn, as the populous of the universe grew stronger, wiser, and more diverse, these two began to take form, and were given the names of Life and Death. The principle which they, together, summed up, was that of Nature, and this is where each of the rest of the Great Spirit's children took up their identities. Night and Day followed as the great cycles by which all forms of life would converge. These were the last entities to take forms of unconditional symbols.
But just as the children Abstracts were selfish enough to desire identity, the Mortals were in turn selfish, but also unhappy with their own inherent uniqueness. In their discontent, another Abstract took his name. The most human of all the Abstracts in his egocentric ways, he formed himself to feed off of and benefit from Mortal unhappiness. He named himself Evil. From him came the concepts of Envy, Hate, and Dishonesty. He was merely part of a whole, however, for his brother, equally selfish but happy to bask in the happiness of Mortals, was given a name as well. He was Goodness, who gave way to the ideas of Truth, Love, and greatest of all, Innocence. As they mingled together, as they were bound to do, the inspiration of Lust and Ignorance came about as well.
The naming of these Abstracts drew two of the Unconditionals to their sides, Night and Day. Goodness marveled at the Day, pleased to pair with an entity who brought all things to bear. Evil felt drawn to the mystery of Night, where principles of deceit could linger unhindered by morality. The two pairs gave birth to creatures of element, who, while bearing their parents' prestige and the indebtitudes of Mortals, were also tainted by the self-serving ways of their fathers. These were Darkness, sovereign of the demons and goblins, and Light, personified in the form of the Unicorn.
Thus the Universe was stripped of its perfection that was, indeed, void. Life sprang forth, and the spirits of Mortals continued to live, die and be reborn. The Abstracts, children of the Great Spirit, were in turn content with their ways. The Great Spirit did not restrict them by any standards, allowing them to grow and live as they pleased, did not even demand their love adoration in return for its gifts to them. However, the Great Spirit laid down one single law, meant to bring order to what would surely be Chaos:
Never Upset the Balance.
TO BE CONTINUED…
