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The Earl of Millennium hadn't always been the Earl. He had other names too, once, in the days of his youth in the ages of world that are now forgotten. Then, he had once been a pious devotee of god, a preacher of the divine and the purveyor of the holy. In the spring of the world the Earl had once walked clad in glory among the bountiful trees in the vast gardens of Eden. There he had to wife a beautiful lady, who he loved dearly.

And so the human-Earl lived happily for years uncounted with his wife, for in that time the race of men had been forgiven for the grave mistake committed by Adam and Eve in the beginning of time. In Eden they flourished, deathless and ever-young. In the hallowed air of that land they dwelled, learning much, drinking deeply of lore and of wisdom. Yet in the Earl the inquisitiveness of his forefathers welled, and at long last he succumbed to the lure of the deceptive arts of darkness. In secrecy he practised, ever growing in power, but ever foundering deeper into dark fens of evil from which he would never again escape, not till he was destroyed.

The Earl was ever careful to leave behind no trace of his shadowy dealings with the darkness, yet he was still found out. Learning of the treachery of one child whom he had held dear, the god raged and would have killed him. But his quick wits saved him, and from Eden he escaped with his wife to earth. In the untamed world he plotted and grew in malice, thinking up plans for the world's end. And god would have left him alone, had he not meddled with the powers of nature and forged weapons of darkness in his sojourn here.

So with great anger god sent down a great flood that raged for days on end, a flood that destroyed much of what was. By that time though, the Earl had converted Noah and his family to his dark cause, and abroad their ship he went, safe from the watery depths that might have been his grave. Then god learnt of his designs, and being filled with a heavy wrath he killed the Earl's wife. So too did Noah lose his life.

In that dark hour, the Earl forsook his white robes. Picking up his dark mantle he declared himself the greatest sorcerer under the sun, learned master of evil lore. He named himself the Earl of Millennium, for he would rule time and bring about the world's destruction. He stood long over the cold bodies of his wife and Noah, and with hitherto-unheard dark words of terror and songs of wizardry he created from them the fourteen Noahs of the Noah clan, and them he bound to him with evil necromancy.

Thence came his first downfall in the age after the flood when the innocence that came with the flood defeated him for a time. Undaunted, his dark spirit arose again in later times, drawing his family together again. New akuma he made, feeding off the grief and misery of the mourning. That was, perhaps, the darkest of the vile deeds he committed, for the distortion of others' souls is ever punishable in the eyes of god.

The god though, did not step in to stop him, and for a time the Earl thought that the abominable god who slew his beloved had vanished.

*

"Kombawa."

The Earl smiled at the little boy before him. A sphere he now was, no longer the distinguished, learned preacher of old. Nor was he like to a devious sorcerer; his girth and mask recalled to mind a portly old Victorian gentleman.

"Let me help you recall your father from the abominable god who has abandoned this world."

And the little boy wiped his tears.

"Manaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" And his voice rang out in the clear night.

Unbeknownst to the Earl, the boy he had just visited had been blessed by that same abominable god. The Destroyer of Time he would become in the fullness of time, and lead the world away from the wanton destruction that made merry under the hands of the abominable Earl.

*

For the Earl still thirsted with burning revenge, and in his Noahs he often saw glimpses of the fair face of his beloved, snatched away too soon.

Blinded by hatred he could not see that the Millennium was on its way to a slow burning into the unknown darkness, never to return.

A/N: If you've noticed, this fic contains alot of words and phrases that tolkien used. I'm still obsessed with lotr hahaha. Hmm this fic is about the Earl and why he became what he was. It's pure imagination, and i was inspired by this fic i read some time ago about how the Earl and the Noahs came about. Can't remember its name though, heh. Ohhh well. This is probably the last fic i'm going to write for the next month or so; my exams are coming, sadly, and i'm going to wean myself off fanfic. Sighs. Okay, that's about it. Reviews are appreciated!~