Second Darkness

by Torlek

As Amara continued to be family again with Chuck, during the events of Back At The Bar, she stepped out of her comfort zone and learned how to create. She created not just any creation, but the most powerful created being in existence, with the intent of replacing Death. The new creation fulfills that mandate, but develops other ideas, as well. (AU follow-up to Season 11)

11. To Reap Pagan Deities

To Reap Pagan Deities

Sefira continued to contemplate the changes in realms that she was informed of telepathically. The Lesser Darkness also contemplated the details of her reaping of pagan pantheons, while resuming the discussion with her mother, the Darkness.

Understood, Mother. In the meantime, I will contemplate these changes after our discussion. Returning to the targeted pagan pantheons, you told me to reap them and cast them into the Bottomless Pit.

Indeed, my dear, and you must confront them alone.

May I ask: Why me alone?

As I mentioned earlier, these beings did not mass-feed upon humanity with desperate determination just before the aborted Apocalypse. If your Uncle, his angels, or even the demons were to move directly against them, they will countermove like a desperate kidnapper moving to murder his hostages. Your very own Reapers are a known quantity, as well.

And yourself, Mother?

I do not know how much of my reputation has preceded me, across Creation, during my quest for revenge. Speaking of personal reputation, your Uncle suggested that you research these pantheons and, where applicable, pose as each pantheon's pseudo-primordial chaos deity.

Can you, at least, give a brief generalization of these pseudo-deities before I research them?

Well, Sefira, they tend to precede the main deities of their respective pantheons, and they were vanquished by the main deities before the direct creation events of pagan myths. The latter made no attempts to reason with the former, and some of the former were not above attempting infanticide in order to preserve their authority.

Since these pseudo-deities of chaos were vanquished accordingly, they were in no position to demand or absorb human sacrifices as a means of obtaining greater power.

I know your line of thinking, but if you use these beings as drones, your targets will become too curious about you.

Very well. It is unfortunate that they will never experience being vanquished by a true chaos deity, let alone one mightier than, more powerful than, stronger than G-…

Your long-winded enthusiasm for me was unnecessary, my dear. As for these primitive pantheons, they have incompetently maintained no distinction between nothingness and the primordial basis of dark matter. Surely, the most powerful created being should more than suffice!

"Mother, your will be done across all Creation, as it is throughout all of existence," mumbled the Lesser Darkness within earshot of the Reapers.