Apotheosis

by BaronTeddy

Arthur (OC) is the child of a noble family bearing the holy blood of the Time Dragon. Charged with the defense of the world, Arthur leaves his homeland and joins the Shepherds. Caught in a kingdom on the brink of war and a world on the brink of doom, Arthur and the Shepherds must face the question that haunts them all: can the future be rewritten? Only time will tell.

1. Prologue: Genesis

In the beginning, there was only one - the Primordial Dragon.

The Primordial Dragon created the world, made existence from nothingness.

Looking upon the world, however, the Primordial Dragon lamented, for there was no change.

And so they gave birth to their first three children, the dragons of change: the Time Dragon, the Space Dragon, and the Chaos Dragon.

Now things moved in the world, but still the Primordial Dragon was not satisfied, for there was nothing meaningful in the world to move.

And so they gave birth to their second set of children, the elemental dragons: the Earth Dragon, Fire Dragon, Air Dragon, and Water Dragon.

The elemental dragons populated the world with their elements, creating land and sea and sky by combination of their powers.

Even still, the Primordial Dragon was not satisfied. The world was full, the world moved, but to what end?

And so the Primordial Dragon sank deep into thought, and emerged with the invention of a concept – good.

Thus they gave birth to their last two children.

The first was the Dawn Dragon, made to bring light and good to the world. Having thought deeply on the meaning of good, though, the Primordial Dragon knew good could not exist on its own.

And so they birthed their last child, the Dusk Dragon, to create evil and darkness by which good could exist in contrast.

With these pieces in place the Primordial Dragon rested, and the world began to truly take shape.

The Primordial Dragon's offspring began to have offspring of their own, tribes of dragons with fragments of the primordial power. The Dawn and Dusk Dragons, however, wanted more, a new species which could appreciate and exemplify the good and evil which they sought to bring into the world.

Thus they combined their power and created the first humans, creatures mixed of good and evil.

Humans spread rapidly across the newly built world, populating every continent. They met with every tribe of dragons, and from humans the tribes of dragons learned of good and evil.

There came with this knowledge a great tension, for humans were mortal and dragons were immortal, and it seemed to both humans and dragons that to be immortal was good, and to be mortal was evil.

Seeing the dragons as good and themselves as evil, humans elevated the dragons above themselves, worshiping them as gods. From this choice came many evils of the early world - and yet, this would not last.

For it is the fundamental nature of the world to change.