Hello everyone, Endleas here. This is my first ever fanfict, so I'm hoping you all enjoy it.

Please feel free to rate and comment, both negative and positive is welcome. Just try and make it constructive, please!

I do not own Severance: Blade of Darkness in any way, shape, or form. All credit goes to Codemasters and the (unfortunately) now-defunct Rebel Act Studios.

Prologue: Alone

The world was once paradise. Ahura Mazda had made the world and everything in it so he would not be lonely, and his children, the Gods, lived in their paradise home, free from want. Or, at least... They had thought.

The ruined paradise quivered as it felt the presence of darkness upon it. What few animals remained fled, the trees shuddered in terror and seemed to try and bend away. She could only sigh. She knew what that pervading darkness was. Her brother, her friend-her enemy.

"What right have you to do this?" His voice sounded like a snake, terribly beautiful and yet deadly. Yet she knew he would not harm his dear sister.

"I have every right." She answered quietly. "Father is gone. Your conflict has left him weary. You tempt our creations and turn them into darkness. How many have you pressed into service? How many beasts have you created?"

The presence remained quiet, but she could see the black flames surrounding her, slowly scorching the poor trees.

"That has nothing to do with your actions. You would expell your family? Your brothers and sisters? You would force them away from their home?"

She didn't turn to look. Kneeling in the center of the glade, she merely shook her head. "There is no home left for them here. There is nothing but darkness. This is your doing-do not try to shift blame upon me. It is my love for them-and what we have made-that has lead me to do this."

The black flames burned higher and more intense in his anger. "Very well. Do what you must. Know this, however-your actions will leave your beloved creations alone. There will be no one to guide them in the darkness without our light. And in that darkness they shall turn to me. In the midst of their horror, fighting against my creations, they shall become mine. Your actions are in vain. Do what you must; know well, however, that in doing so you doom the world and all that you have strived to protect."

The black flames of his rage quieted as the dark presence moved away. The trees around her were now wilted and dead. Yet she knew this was the only way to save them, to protect them. The ancient words of Creation flowed from between her beautiful lips as she completed the final words of her ages-long spell. There would be no more pause, no further delays.

"In the name of Ahura Mazda, Father of all, I command my words be heeded. No longer shall the Gods live amongst man. No longer shall we remain. I, Ianna, daughter of the Father, command it be so. Remove us from this place, and never again allow us to return."

The words met silence. For a moment, Ianna felt a tinge of fear-had the words of Creation lost their power? Alas-she soon felt it. An urge. An unspeakable, undeniable urge. It pulled upon her, as a hook pulled forth the fish, and it rent her essence with it's power. She did not resist-she let herself be pulled. Yet as Ianna, daughter of Ahura Mazda, began to leave the world with her family, she whispered only one thing.

"I love you... Be strong."

And then, she was gone. All was still. The moon shined brightly upon that forgotten glade. There was only silence-a horrible, dead silence where it seemed nothing could breathe or move.

Then a single wolf began to sing, a horrified, sorrowful note, joined in by thousands of creatures all over what remained of a once perfect paradise. There was nothing left now.

They were alone.