The almighty
Golgoroth was in an open space for an eternity. He had always been
and would always be. But the vast emptiness that was the Universe,
Abyssis, was empty and lonely. The creator wept silently in the great
open blackness. It was then that he made the world. He
stretched out his hand and took dark matter, the fiber of the
universe, and out of the blackness crafted a light. He called this
Fardris, the first star, and placed the star in the emptiness. It
floated and gave off a wonderful light, but the creator was still not
pleased. Next he took a piece of Fardris and from it made
land. He made the land grow and it became a flat adamant structure,
right under Fardris. The star's light shined down on it and it showed
the center of the world. Next Golgoroth took his hand and
touched the center of the huge celestial rock and from that spot grew
a mountain, rising a mile off the surface. This was Ilflas, the first
and holy mountain. Then with a word the creator shaped the
land, all radiating out from Ilflas, and there were mountains and
there were valleys, craters and hills. And vast pits. Golgoroth
filled these pits with water and called them the seas, and they were
the second most wonderful thing he made, almost as wonderful as
Fardris. And Golgoroth made out of dark matter as well Mahz,
the underlord. He was to keep watch over the world beneath the
surface of the celestial rock, which was now covered with grass and
trees and was named Interacus. He called this place ruled by Mahz the
Underworld, and it was the first unholy thing made by the
creator. Now Mahz somewhat resented Golgoroth, and they
bickered constantly. Mahz was created so that Golgoroth may have
other life with him, but Mahz hated living in the underworld. It was
then that the purpose of the underworld was made to be
known. Golgoroth took out his hand and made out of Ilflas a
man and a woman, and the creatures of the World. He told them to
increase in number and so they did. And to mankind Golgoroth gave
souls, both a gift and a curse. A gift in that the soul was
reincarnated in a new body until they had lived for a hundred
generations, and they went to be with Golgoroth in his heavenly home.
A curse in that to be reincarnated the people's souls had to journey
to the wretched underworld to be tortured. They could escape, or
perhaps Mahz would set them free. Now it was that Mahz had a
purpose. He actually enjoyed the pain of the souls, and it sickened
Golgoroth. It was then that there was an emnity between the two and
they rarely spoke. But Mahz continued in the torture of people's
souls, but he complained that they often escaped to the fountain of
life and returned to the surface of Interacus. And so
Golgoroth made for Mahz a weapon, Rashak, a horrifying sword ten feet
in length, and Mahz wielded it wildly but with skill. He used it
against the souls that tried to escape, but some still fought back
well enough to make it to the fountain of life. So the creator made
Demons, creatures in the image of Mahz but lesser in power and size,
to rule with Mahz over the underworld. mahz still complained of
escapees, but in secret Golgoroth was glad for the souls who escaped
and did nothing more to stop them from returning to life. Now
Golgoroth made other gods to rule over fire, water, wisdom, war, and
the sun. And he gave each of them the gift of immortality so that
mankind, the mortals, would be unable to kill them. But
mankind feared the gods and rebelled in vain, and Golgoroth was
angered. His creation had not turned out as he had planned, but still
he loved mankind, but was swift to anger with them and wields storms
to strike them. Also Golgoroth made the Erashim, heavenly
warriors, and assigned them to report to Kyriakos, god of war. They
each had heavenly eagle-like wings and carried beautiful ivory swords
that cut like lightning.
