In the Beginning
"In the Beginning the Universe was created.
This made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."
-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The universe forms, and species evolve. Spiritual beings such as the Elohim (gods) come into being. Another race of beings called the Yuggoth, or Great Old Ones survived the destruction of the previous Universe and enter the new one. Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Dagon (worshipped by the Sea Devils), Hastur the Unspeakable (aka Fenric), Shub-Niggurath (who conquered and colonised Polymos with her offspring the Nestene Consciousness), Yog-Shothoth (the Intelligence), the Lloigor (the Animus), Azathoth, Gog and Magog, Malefescent, and Tor-Gasukk. The Gods of Raag, Nah, and Rok, Z'Gord and Gah Lak Tus were among those who endured into our universe. They were responsible for the demise of the previous universe, and amused themselves by creating the Land of Fiction - a realm where reality is fluid. A great meeting of Universal personifications occurred. Among the attendees were the spirits of all existent stars, as well as representatives of the Faerie Realms, the Yuggoth and the Elohim, and all the Endless with several others. Dream and Desire of the Endless had an argument that caused rift in their relationship after Dream's girlfriend Killala of the Glow left him for Sto-Oa, the spirit of the sun of her home planet.
The Big Bang
"When the universe was forged in the crucible of the Big Bang, our mighty race was already 17 years old."
-Ken, the Nibblonian
When the Big Bang occurred several races including the Alternians, the Nibblonians, The Jade Emperor and the entity Gah Lak Tus, already existed and witnessed it. The cause is unknown but it is believed that an evil being called the AntiMonitor attempted to destroy all life from the perceived beginning, leaving him with no opposition. Several time travellers were forcibly dragged by the coronal energy, imprisoning them for a time until they all, independently of each other discovered a way to escape by overloading their crafts with energy. The explosion of energy was the resulting Big Bang. Before the Earth formed there was a period known as the Dark Ages, a time of "Blood and magic", during which the Old Ones, Nestenes, Great Vampires, Racnoss, Weeping Angels, and Carrionites flourished. Eventually, the Time Lords, part of a confederacy known as the Fledgling Empires aided by the Elohim bring this era to a close after a long and bloody war. After these creatures were brought to near extinction, the Time Lords were sickened of violence and officially began their long period of non-interference. The Earth would form around this time.
Mankind is Born
Charlie Holloway: What we hoped to achieve was to meet our makers. To get answers. Why they even made us in the first place.
The Android David:Why do you think your people made me?
Charlie Holloway: We made you because we could.
The Android David: Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you to hear the same thing from your creator?
-Conversation aboard the disastrous Prometheus expedition
Human story is older than you may think. It is widely believed that many Gods had a hand in creating the patchwork that would become the Human race and its many diversities. Whatever the reason it is believed that the Various Gods created Mankind on Earth, possibly with the aide of a Race called the Engineers and perhaps others seeing as how a race called the Alternians has also claimed responsibility. Some gods collaborated to seed life on the planet, each performing techniques such as vomiting a Universe or some like the Chinese God Pangu sacrificed themselves, leading to debate as to what Deity should be given credit for creating what. Regardless Mankind was created on Earth, which was already inhabited by species such as the Silurians, the Sea Devils and visiting races such as the Flying Polyps, Great Race of Yith and Elder Things. The Creators kept their creations secluded from harm. Some like the Deity often simply referred to as "God" but bearing many names, created a Paradise for his creations, Adam and Lillith, before Lillith betrayed God. In an act of revenge she slept with as many Angels as she could and created the Demon race as well as the Vampires and then became a Demon Queen alongside Satan. God then created Eve, only for Satan to instill the desire of rebellion within her and Adam and motivate them to disobey their creator and be banished, then once again to drive Cain to murder his brother Abel, motivating the first Murderer to discover Immortality and ensuring that he would live on as a personification. Other Deities personally ruled over their creations to establish conquering empires such as the Jade Emperor.
Road to the Multiverse
"Green Lanterns have a legend, no one can see the beginning of time. It's a universal law."
-Green Lantern John Stewart
The Oan Scientist Krona, attempted to observe the Big Bang, something which was forbidden. He attempted the experiment and saw a hand holding the Universe before his machine exploded. Allegedly this created the Multiverse, including an Antimatter counterpart to our own Universe, known as the Mirror Universe. The resulting antimatter created evil entities such as the Anti-Monitor, and the Grand Witch Grandiene, both of whom would come to plague the Positive Matter Universe.
The Lost Civilizations
"Yeah. Yeah, and hey, I'm sure it'll all work out OK. After all, dinosaurs have been on this Earth for 150 million years. And, it's not like we're going to just...disappear."
-Unknown
The New Gods faced many foes in the early ages. As mentioned before there was another group of Deities. Inhuman creatures who had survived the destruction of the previous Universe and now found this one. They were called the Old Ones, in contrast to the more Human "New Gods", and while these Creatures and the creators went millennia before fighting, conflict seemed inevitable as both had worshippers on Old One worshippers were the Elder things, The Mi-Go, the Silurians and the Aquatic Deep Ones, while the Deities had the Human worshippers. There was another threat to the Universe. The Darkness which occupied Deities such as Odin, Ra, and Rama. While it was all but destroyed a surviving fragment fell to Earth crashing in what would become Japan. this coincided with the 5th planet from the sun being destroyed and becoming the Asteroid belt, forcing the native Sarmaks to search for new planets. The Silurians created Ark to protect the Native Dinosaurs while preserving themselves through underground hibernation, leaving behind the Scarlet Trapezohedron, which they used to communicate with the Old Ones. While the bombarding of Asteroids were devastating, some areas were unaffected. Intelligent Dinosaurs continued to live among animalistic humans and Apes and even formed their own society. However, a Business, WEYASO, destroyed a swamp to build a factory. In the progress leaving only one surviving member of the Bunch Beetle species, which died in two weeks, being unable to reproduce. The result was the massive overpopulation of plants which the now extinct Bunch Beetles consumed. Poison used on the plants killed other wildlife as well. In an attempt to scientifically solve the problem, specially made bombs were dropped into a Volcano to create clouds, but this backfired and created Snow, issuing in an unnatural Ice Age, which would result in the intelligent Dinosaur population mostly starving and freezing to death. Unintelligent Dinosaurs would survive in isolated areas such as Caspak, the Savage Land, Dinosaur Island, Pellucidar, and Dinotopia. Mankind would remain unintelligent Apes until a a tribe in Africa was confronted by a mysterious Black Monolith. Upon touching the strange object, the Tribe began to learn how use bones and tools and throughout the years used the Monolith as a source of knowledge for ages to come. Elsewhere War broke out between the New and Old Gods. The conflict was destructive but the New Gods were victorious and the Old Ones were banished or destroyed. It was a Pyrrhic victory for the Continent of Atlantis and its civilization as Great Magic was used to align the planets and imprison the Old One Cthulhu within the sunken Deep One city of R'yleh, but the toll was too great and Atlantis collapsed into the sea. The inhabitants survived by becoming like their rivals, the Deep Ones, aquatic beings. This only ensured the two factions would be at war for centuries to come to the extent the Deep One Kingdom was granted magic to conceal and transport itself. In the absence of Atlantis, the Muranian Empire ruled for some time but worshipped many dark gods and was enslaved by the sorcerer Sharaku before he was killed by a group of time travellers which included the robotic hero the Mighty Atom. The Empire of Mu anticipated a coming Ice Age and travelled underground to survive. The Ice Age was not natural but caused by the sorceress and evil Queen Juliana and her son, Nekron, sending forth a wave of glaciers, forcing humanity to retreat south towards the equator before they were slain by the warriors Larn and darkwold. Despite the deaths, the Strange weather continued and humanity was left to be easily conquered by the First Civilization, an alien race that impersonated the gods, the first of many extraterrestrials to do so to exploit humanity. The First Civilization based themselves off God's creations and created enchanted objects called the Pieces of Eden and cloned Adam and Eve, but they sensed the coming of a solar Flare that was causing strange weather. While many fled, others initiated a desperate plan to travel to the planet's core and save both races. The Flare struck but First Civilization technology created a Shield saving earth but destroying the advanced technology on the planet and nearly wiping out Humanity. Mankind had been liberated, but the expedition was not a complete success and the apocalyptic weather such as the Ice Ages continued.
The Age of Barbarism
"Brace Yourself. Winter is Coming"
-Westeros Era Motto
Supernatural forces once more threatened mankind with the rise of a undead army that would be beaten back. The new nations that formed were at a medieval technology level and were named Westeros and Essos among others. Another land, Valyria,the ancestors to the inhabitants of the Isle of Berk, were the first to tame Dragons but the Targaryen dynasty poorly handled them and they nearly became extinct for what would not be last time. This new land was chaotic and quickly became engulfed in War and violence. It was a time in which the immortal murderer Kane felt at home. While living in the city of Carsultyal, he met and killed the warrior Dragar, who was cursed into a reincarnation cycle, becoming Kill of Valusia, Conan the Cimmerian,Cormac Mac Art. Solomon Kane(Ironically), and Francis X. Gordon.
Middle Earth
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
-Ancient Scripture
The Deity God was among the first of the New Beings to awaken from the war with the Old Gods. He was disturbed with what he saw and, without the consultation of the other Deities, began to plot to reshape the Earth. God conspired with the Sumerian Gods such as Gozer and the Native American wizard Wisakejack to flood the planet and wash away all but only a select few, including Noah, his family and two of every animal. God told Noah to build an Ark to survive the coming flood. When the flood hit the surviving Dragons were scattered all over the world as were the human survivors. Some of which were the families God intended to destroy including the Starks and the Lannisters. The Submerged nation of Atlantis rose to power as did the Titans. The nations of Lemuria and Middle Earth were formed in the aftermath and could be considered a paradise when compared to Westeros. The Westeros period can be considered to have ended with the ceremonial burning of the Iron Throne. A throne of swords forged from Dragon Fire and a seat of power for so long was once more submitted to Dragon flame, signaling the new age. More Deities awoke and Arien and Tillion, the Maiar protectors of the sun and the moon, destroyed the semi-permanent cloud cover enshrouding Europe and the Meditteranean, ending the period of Ice Ages that had devastated the continent. The Deity Eru created several races including the Elves and another race of Men which were joined by other species such as the Dwarves,the Orcs and the Hobbits. This land was threatened by several Dark Lords, including Morgoth, and his offspring Sauron. After the fall of the land of Morder, the Wizard Gandalf,the Elves Elrond and Galadriel and the hobbits Frodo and Bilbo departed into the Undying Lands, the old name for the Blazing World, where they would live forever. Elrond and Galadriel would find a land for the Elves after the passing of Middle Earth, what name they chose would be forgotten as following a period of rule by the goddess Hylia, it would become known as Hyrule. Other lands outside of Middle Earth of note was the land of Lemuria, In which the warrior Thongor murdered the Vampire king that had ruled the city for thousands of years. This was possibly the first account of a human killing a Vampire. Middle Earth would face another final threat, the Dark Lord rose up to lead the Orcs to conquer the Nine Races inhabiting Middle Earth at the time and it seemed all would fall without the aid of wizards like Gandalf, but an Orc farmer named Jirak rose up against the Dark Lord and led the Nine Races to destroy the evil being, killing him. This did not end Orc Persecution, the very thing that led to the Orcs siding with the Dark Lord and Jirak used magic to lead his people to the alien world of Draenor. Other races followed and would form their own lands, the Elves mostly made Hyrule their home, evolving into another race, though a race of Hobbit and Elf hybrids continue to exist near the North Pole, following the current incarnation of the spirit of Joy, known as Tom Bombadil to the inhabitants of Middle Earth. The Dwarves retreated underground and were seldom seen by humans.
The Coming of the Hyborian Age
"Let us ride with the clan down the street, by the courtesy of Frehdd's two feet. When you are with the sharpened rocks, have an \untranslatable\ time, an \untranslatable\ time, we will have a happy old time"
- Inscription found near Mammoth Caves, ca. 12,000 BC
The world faced further cataclysms. The cause of which is unknown but can be believed to be from warring Deities, individual deities like Gozer, a race of Dragons which enters hibernation for thousands of years and rises again to burn the world, regardless the age of Middle Earth came to an end, perhaps gradually rather than slowly. There was a second wave of mass sinkings. Lemuria began to sink into the Pacific, sending refugees fleeing across the world. Many settled in Gondor and aided that land in repelling barbarian invaders and establishing itself as the second Empire of Atlantis. The Lemurians were joined by other refugees from a crash of a Barsoomian spaceship, including La, daughter of Tario. Hobbits eventually intermarried into mainstream Humanity and the Elf race such as the Lemurians and disappeared as their own distinct race. The second empire of Atlantis also sank and the survivors were driven north. One survivor, Kull of Atlantis, conquered his own Kingdom. In the East, Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto founded the first society in Japan. The first humans in the country lived alongside a race of Monsters. An incident occurred in which a human killed several monsters and grew in power with a dark energy which was dubbed "The Satsui No Hadou"(Literally "The Surge of Murderous Intent"). The dark energy imbued human was killed but the threat worried many. This event was covered up and a purge was instigated, ending with the Monster race being sealed beneath Japan's Mount Ebott. As if to replace them, a new race of Monsters would appear. These new monsters possessed amazing abilities and were friendly towards humans, and while they could harm, they did not seem to be able to permanently kill humans. They also demonstrated a desire to be trained and are close to most humans. They also arrived with their own deities, such as Arceus, and were not as easily imprisoned, as such their presence was tolerated.
The world was taking shape. And in what would become North America, a tribe inhabiting an area where unintelligent Dinosaurs had survived was encountered by two groups of Time travellers, one from an unknown point in the future, and one from the 1960s, who left behind a record of their native era. The tribe was inspired to imitate this future society, creating seeming anachronistic technology that would baffle Archeologists. There was only one recorded alien visitation at this time, a member of the Zetox race exiled from his planet for creating a device which the Tralfamadorians foresaw would have a hand in the destruction of the Universe by one of their pilots, accidentally pushing the button. Gazoo, the creator of this device was subsequently exiled to what was to him Prehistoric Earth. Several members of this bizarre tribe would have adventurers in time themselves. A time traveller named Alley Oop and his mate, a frozen early hominid revived in the 1970s that was primarily inspired by tales of Superheroes, and a neanderthal maned "Frehdd" who was thawed out, having survived being frozen and uncovered in the city of Endsville.
The Future Society Theory
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe... with tribes of humans... who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians... or the Toltecs... or the Mayans. Some believe there may yet be brothers of man... who even now fight to survive - somewhere beyond the heavens!"
-The Church of All Worlds
The Future Society Theory is a common theory among some scholars and members of the Church of All Worlds as to how Humanity came to be and while it is grounded in some reality, it is likely false. It revolves around the belief that a Futuristic society engineered a time travel experiment in order to establish humanity's place in the Galaxy much earlier than they had originally, allowing it to exist a long time Ago in a Distant Galaxy, interacting with various alien Species and discovering an ability allowing an individual to manipulate the world around them. With the discovery of this ability to manipulate the Galaxy and that is consisted of two contrasting light and Dark aspects, two factions formed representing and defending each. For untold millennia the Light and Dark dueled as the nature of the source of their abilities shifted like seasons. In the time of the Light, the dark was all but extinguished, left just enough to rebuild. In the time of the Dark, the defenders of justice would be equally nearly destroyed only to recover. Empires fell. Alliances were formed, but eventually, perhaps in final realization, it all ended. The two factions put their differences aside and worked to destroy the source of their power. while this would finally end the fighting to maintain balance, it also left a Galaxy that had for so long been reliant on gifted beings to fall prey to the rise of a Terran Empire. This new Human Empire in many ways echoed the eventual Federation and began a campaign of exploration in what was known as the Twelve Colonies. When a Standard model of Droid called a Cylon rebelled in massive numbers, the twelve Colonies and remaining humans took to legends of a 13th Colony called Earth and would make their way there. According to the theory, they would arrive and intermarry into the local Humanity along with an ark carrying a portion of the Humanoid Golgafrinchan race composed of all the middlemen of Golgafrincham, such as the telephone sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, insurance salesmen, personnel officers, security guards, public relations executives, and management consultants.
The Hyborian Age
"Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!"
-The Wizard Elbion
A tribe fled north, at this point at a technological level hardly above that of a neanderthal. They found an area inhabited by a race of white furred carnivorous apes. The stone age invaders engaged in a territorial war with them, and eventually drove them off. Their descendants declared themselves Hyboreans after the norse god Bori, in reality a great tribal chief of their past who had undergone deification. This age birthed not Heroes like the ages of Middle Earth and Westeros but Warriors including Red Sonja. It also saw the rise of the decadent Melnibonean Empire. The pale Albino Elric of Melnibone was possibly the first Eternal Champion, a warrior chosen to aid the forces of Order I their battle against Chaos. Other suck Champions included Odysseus, Roland, Jesus Christ, Jerry Cornelius, and the Doctor. The conflict would rage on and alter to the extent where the factions would instead choose teams of warriors. However a great warrior would fashion his legacy. Conan of Cimmeria was born on the battlefield and his path was set when as a young boy, alone after the death of both his parents, he ran into a tent with a shaman. Inside he found a mysterious hooded figure. The fortuneteller presented him with a vision of a Man as a slave in chains, then as a pirate, as a Gladiator, and finally as a soldier, then the man himself sitting upon a Throne with a troubled expression. The young Conan was confused, he asked why he was being shown this. How did this relate to him? The image of the King on his throne then shifted to...something almost identical. "Why show me this again?" he asked. The Shaman revealed that the man on the Throne is him, for he is the reincarnation of King Kull, and before Kull was a King he was a slave,pirate,outlaw, gladiator, and a soldier and Conan would follow this path as well. Conan looked back to the image. He saw a debate. Kull's old traveling companion and closest friend Brule the Spear-Slayer, a powerful warrior wished to marry his love. The laws of the kingdom written on stone tablets forbade gay marriage. Kull seemed troubled by this, then he rose up and picked up a weapon. "By this Axe I Rule!" he shouted and brought his weapon down, splitting the commandment in two. Conan smiled at this and he became determined, puffing out his chest, he ran out smiling. The Shaman transformed into Dream of the Endless and thought to himself. What he had not told Conan is like Kull, he would wear his Crown upon a troubled brow.
And so Conan's journeys began and Dream watched them unfold. He saw Conan in chains, before ehe broke them. He saw the ship Conan was on be attacked by Pirates. After a long battle the Pirate Queen Belit called for her men to stop fighting impressed. Belit offered Conan a spot on her crew. For more than one reason he smiled his acceptance. Then in the next instant he was slaughtering and reading ships alongside Belit. The two kissed passionately while covered in blood. A parchment floated in the wind with a Sketch of Conan's face. In the next instant Conan held the body of Belit in his arms. The next instances flew by, a gladiator, and a soldier and finally as a warrior, Conan stood chasing a screaming man upon the steps of a palace. His large hands grabbed and crushed his throat. The crown around the old man's head fell with a clang and his body went limp. Conan raised the crown above his head. There were cheers and Conan smiled was as wide as it had ever been. Slowly the cheering halted and the smile faded to a frown and the image of the Barbarian on the throne.
When I was a fighting-man, the kettle-drums they beat,
The people scattered gold-dust before my horse's feet;
But now I am a great king, the people hound my track
With poison in my wine-cup, and daggers at my back.
Dream thought about how he related to this human. He too was unhappy upon his own throne. He thought of Robert Baratheon's words. "Never was I more alive than when I fought to gain the Throne. And never was I more dead than when I had it."
But Conan then smiled a bit and rose up. He announced to the people the the would marry the Queen of another Kingdom. The people cheered. The wedding was a great event and soon she would have a son. Conan Jr. Then, now with grey hair announced that he would be going on another adventure and so he departed, leaving on a ship as his kingdom faded again.
In Conan's absence, the Nordic Frost Giant Ymir attacked Hyperborea. This was partly revenge. On his travels, Conan had me the famed men of Asgard. One day upon spotting a naked woman he gave chase and rounded a corner to see her smiling with her arms outstretched and two fierce large creatures approaching him. Conan fought them and they were slain. The woman responded in horror as Conan smiled and taunted her, approaching her with a sword. he got close and prepared to strike but she screamed for her father and vanished in a column of rainbow light. Conan learned from the men of Asgard the legend of the daughter of Ymir who would lure men to where her brothers would kill and consume them. Now Ymir brought his wrath down on the land that would become Scandinavia. However, a new Pantheon descended from on high to do battle. The men of Asgard, having ascended to a higher plane and some say Conan arrived with them. Together, led by Odin, the All father, the warriors fought back Ymir and the Frost Giants, though many including Thor's son and possibly Conan himself, were killed. This was followed by the Titanomachy in Greece in which the Olympians defeated the Titans. The War and the Titanomachy caused Giants to flee and even impacted tribes in Africa, perhaps leading Hadon of Opar to find the city of Kor, bringing with him an Axe sharpened from a meteorite believed to be made of Vibranium.
The Pantheons
"...I don't believe in Him, and if He does exist, I don't like Him. His type of gods aren't gods who echo how mortals behave. They're gods who are held up as example of perfection to be emulated. They're not gods of the people. They're remote and inaccessible, they demand blind, unthinking obedience from their followers. They're dictators. We Aesir and Vanir, by contrast, are mirrors. Other gods rule. We reflect and magnify. We are you, only more so. We share your flaws and foibles. We are as humanlike as we are divine, and I think we are all the better for that."
-Odin's thoughts on God.
Odin searched for a way to undo the deaths of his kin. While he was successful, the consequences of his actions resulted in the circular pattern of Ragnarok. As a result, the Norse Pantheon would suffer destruction and then rebirth several times throughout history. Odin, still grieving, adopted the Frost Giant Loki Laufeyson, son of the dead Frost Giant King, and would raise him alongside the resurrected Thor to the point where he became part of the cycle. Odin did this despite knowing that Loki would bring about the events of Ragnarok, perhaps willingly doing so because he wanted Thor and his people to return to him. Under the leadership of Odin and the Norse gods, The Paleo-Nordic culture grew to be almost the equal of the God Led Greece or Egypt, but little is known of its accomplishments today. In Greece, The Titanomachy, or War of the Titans occurred with the Olympians emerging victorious after Zeus freed the Cyclopes from their underground prison and they joined him. The Olympians then began to cement their power. Poseidon gave his son Atlas rule over the new Atlantean Empire. Possibly inspired by Odin and the Norse gods assuming control of Northern Europe, Rama and Ra also formed great Human Empires. The falcon-headed god Ra became the first ruler of the newly formed Egypt. Egypt had been largely leaderless as in 10,000 BC their Leader was assassinated by the Agahl and Bantu tribes. This was echoed in South America where after ages of fighting amongst themselves. Huitzilopochtli and Quetzacoatl worked together to rebuild what is now Mexico following the final cycle of destruction. The spirit of Joy, formerly known as Tom Bombadil was revived as Mitra, and a cult devoted to him appeared in what is now India and Iran.
And with the end of Hostilities and the war of the Gods that had destroyed so many Civilizations in the past. It was now time for the Modern World to take shape.