It's funny isn't it? The whole idea of the word 'Destiny', the word that rules all tales. Whether it be divine stories of heroism, or a simple campfire story. Destiny has been given a sort of positive connotation for most, making it attractive in the sense that it is used to justify why or how things have happened. Much like picking up an object of the ground and letting go. If nothing is under or reacting against that object, it is destiny that it will fall. No questions asked, it will fall.
But, that is also known as a law, a scientific law. Now, compare the word destiny, and the idea of scientific law. You see it? It's both meant to happen, no questions asked. If someone is destined to die at a certain point in his life, he will die. Same as if you throw a ball into the vacuum of space, it will keep going until an opposite force reacts to it, effectively stopping it, or slowing it. Aren't they the same? Law and Destiny? But law isn't as attractive as destiny isn't it? But in reality, the idea of those two words, are the same. If something is meant to happen, it is bound to happen.
There is an age old question that many philosophers, ideologist, thinkers, authors and maybe man in general ask, are we controlled by fate? Or do we have the freedom to our own destiny? Is it possible that everything in this universe has their own destiny, that whoever or whatever must abide by? Is everyone going to do what they were MEANT to do? Or is everyone going to do what they MEAN to do? An impossible question to answer really, no surefire way to collect evidence to explain either argument.
Now let me explain to you a new word, the opposite of destiny. Freedom. Now people look at the idea of freedom relatively as a good thing, so does that mean destiny is bad? Of course not. But if beings in this universe have a destiny, freedom cannot exist. Think about it, if everything in the world is tied down to a certain destiny, are we free? No, we cannot choose what we want to happen. You are going to go from point A to point B. No if, ands or buts. Same concept if we lived in a world of freedom, the idea of 'Destiny' cannot exist. If we are absolutely free, we can choose what can happen. There is a point A, but we then create are own point to reach.
So take this as food for thought as I tell a story of two very different worlds, universes set apart by a dimensional plane created by Gods themselves. Yup, you heard me, Gods. The supernatural beings that were told as myths in stories you probably heard at school. Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Hindu and Chinese gods/immortals that many believed to be myths all exist... Just not in this dimension.
Long ago, in the early 21st century, humans began to further questioned their place in the universe and their origins. Delving deep into scientific theories like "The Big Bang" to explain the birth of time and space. But as humans understood more and more about the world, beliefs in the gods weakened. The more the human species progresses as a whole, the more religion faded into darkness. The Greek god Zeus was angered by this, slowly watching as the subjects he created lost sight of the ideals that gave them life in the first place. Religion was losing it's grip on society and as it did, the powers of the gods weakened. Although Gods are immortal and cannot die, they can fade into non-existence. This derives from the Gods greatest strength and their greatest weakness, their followers. If people worshiped a certain deity within a dominion, that deity would become stronger in their presence. Same concept if people begin to forget that particular deity, they would lose their strength and begin to fade. If they were completely forgotten... They wouldn't die, they just wouldn't have any power to be relevant anymore. With that being said, how are the ancient Greek gods still here and haven't faded to oblivion? They are still being remembered. Although remembrance isn't nearly as strong as worship, it still gives the gods enough power to have a small presence in the world.
With this thought in mind, in an act of self-preservation, the Greek Gods gave birth to another realm, just as they did to this one. They created dimensional portals between the two planes that allowed the gods to pass through. Each god took many of the descendants of their original demigods, people who were born from a god and a mortal, and brought them to this new realm. Not long after, other pantheons began to follow suite, bringing with them their culture and identity to the new realm until a total of 6 dominions were created in the new world. Of those dominions were: Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Hindu, Egyptian and Norse. Each pantheon terraformed the new realm, each creating their civilizations that surrounded a massive mountain, thousands of miles wide, and thousands of feet tall in the center of the 6 dominions. This gigantic landmass was called, Eon, created by the gods as a sort of sacred land that mortals can never reach. It stood as a reminder to keep fate and religion as a foundation to the new realm, and to never forget the gods themselves. It was the mountain that stood as a symbol of defiance against the idea progression and science.
Once the civilizations were built, and the lines were drawn, the gods gathered around the summit of Eon during the Summer Solstice to discuss the rules of this new realm. Many divine laws were created this day, among them the most important:
1. Gods and Immortals cannot interfere with the affairs of mortals in the act of war.
2. A God or Immortal of one pantheon cannot have a child with a mortal of another.
3. Any memory The Modern Realm will be wiped from all mortals, and will never be spoken of again.
4. Progression is to be only to the Gods discretion.
With these laws and more, the Gods and Immortals of the 6 Pantheons swore to abide by it, thus signaling the birth of The God Realm. But it did not come without a price. The two realms are positioned in the same time and space as one another, but on a different dimension. This causes major shifts in the balance of the universe, something the gods did not expect. It could be best explained as a paradox. Both universes living in the same space, same time, but cannot interact with each other. If interaction was to be made, it would begin to slowly merge the two dimensions with another. In other words, the apocalypse of both realms. Instead of merging as one, the realms will collide, breaking matter at it's core, giving birth to a black hole that would swallow the space and time in which both realms partake in.
In order to eliminate all contact with the other realm, the Gods severed the dimensional portals that connected the two planes, effectively cutting themselves off from The Modern Realm. Or... So they thought...