The Children of the Opposites, part 1
Note 0.3: Remember the mention of the Council of Elders still being a thing even though the Water Stars don’t exist? Well, here it is.
The Children of the Opposites, Unliving Paradoxes, or known collectively as the Flow, are so called first beings which were created by both the Dragon and the Phoenix. Their existence is debatable at best because they exist largely on conceptual level, but there is still enough proof to be found if one looks for it.
The Children can be placed into two groups: those created by either the Dragon or the Phoenix, or created by both of them. With there in mind:
Arcadia of the Flames, and Zaranne of the Shades
Thalassa, the Mermaid; Antares, the Centaur; Ra-Akash, the Owl
Arcadia of the Flames, and Zaranne of the Shades
The Dragon torn out a claw and then burned it away with its golden flames. What remained was then named, Arcadia of the Flames. Meanwhile, the Phoenix plucked a feather from a left wing and shrouded it with devouring darkness. And from it, Zaranne of the Shades crawled back. Both Arcadia and Zaranne are the aspects of magic, and the reason why mortal beings are able to use it. They both reformed it into a force easier to mold, feel, and use. And with the creation of usable magic, a new age began. During these times, the magic was wildly unstable and uncontrollable even though it was already diluted down. And at the same it, it was capable of so much more than it is now in the present.
But there was one fatal flaw, unlike the Dragon and the Phoenix, Arcadia and Zaranne were unable to exist in the same place, and if their paths crossed, all turned into ruin, before simply disappearing as if it didn’t exist in the first place.
So, when Arcadia and Zaranne fought one day with each other, from unity became many. From a single reality, countless dimensions were ushered into being. And their clash created a wound in reality which would never heal—a wound which opened the Dragon’s creation to the Void and beings which inhabit it.
“Imagine if you will, a wound in reality which spans across such dimensions that you could put every galaxy within said reality inside and it would still appear empty. Now, how hard is it then for something from the other side to come and take a look?”
The wound itself is an anomaly because nothing exists within, and therefore, it doesn’t exist as well. Anything that enters it, also ceases to exist, and to make matters worse, the wound cannot be perceived because it doesn’t exist, what a great place it is. And taken into account that the Dragon = reality, a part of the it forever ceased to exist.
While the Dragon was willing to forgive and forget, the Phoenix disagreed and punished both Arcadia and Zaranne. He stripped Arcadia of seven pairs of wings which would later bloom into the Ethereal Fairies of the Arcane. With each pair of wings gone, Arcadia lost a part of herself—be it mental, physical, or metaphysical, but she would still remain herself, just lesser. On the other hand, Zaranne received a worse punishment. Torn into three pieces under the fury of the Phoenix, and further exposed to its inherent darkness, the Ancestral Witches took her place. Meaning, Zaranne is dead as long as the Ancestral Witches remain separate, and the three of them don’t want to “die” for her to live again.
Ehm, because this itself is quite long already, the other three will get its own post later on. That one should be shorter because the only one currently having a coherent section of lore is Thalassa. Or, most likely, it will be posted later because I decide to actually make the relevant lore.
Note 0.4: Much, much later, the events described here would lead to the Dragon falling into a dormant state and the abandonment of its physical vessel on Domino. And in a similar fashion, the Phoenix would detach itself from “active existence” and only continue absorbing the Dragon’s energy.
Note 0.5: The Void are the imperfections and faults which the original perfection discarded, and left to rot and fester outside of its reach. Well, guess what, some problems may go away if you let them be, but some might just come back through the new, fancy hole in the wall. More on it later but currently no idea when (up until now the so called other place didn’t even have a name xD).
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