Xander's Academy is a passion project which I have been working on for many years now. I have had a lot of help and support over that time and I thank every single one of you who helped me, you know who you are
In the beginning there was a void, and from the void came El.
El was a lonely being. He was alone with the void from one eternity to the next. He decided he would attempt to create others to be with him, his kin. He created two of his kin to join him and be with him for this eternity.
One of them became known as Sophia, the other became known as Xander. They were a new breed, made to be the same as their maker, however they were unexplainably different. As time went on the two of them became curious about what they could do and began creating. Sophia created souls, a form of pure energy, and each source ever so slightly different from the last. Xander created magic, a very complicated system of rules and procedures that would result in extraordinary things to happen. The two together then attempted at creating another of their own, another to be their kin. Their attempt was a success and resulted in the fourth of their kind, Demitri. Again Demitri was a new breed; he was ever so slightly different to the rest.
The four of them would eventually become known as the Demiurge, the supreme beings.
Demitri saw the beauty in the things Xander and Sophia made and decided to make a container, a place for this beauty to exist. Demitri created the physical world. However they could not do this bare handed, so they created certain tools to help create a different aspect of the physical world. (Well, they could but they said it would have taken too long so cheated.) These tools later became known as the Deus.
Over the many quadrillion years after they created their world the Demiurge patiently watched and waited as they knew that big things were happening within the tinniest places of their creation. Most notably, an anomaly that began to occur on their favourite little blue planet. Multiple souls clustered together there, the more dense areas absorbing magic and matter, transforming them into giant creatures of immense power.
These creatures became known as the Colossi, the first ever form of life. They were very strange. Wherever they went, whatever they touched, souls would cluster in that area and forests would grow instantly, each tree containing a soul. And from there other forms of life came to be.
The Colossi being young, curious creatures, they watched the life forms that originated from them. Evolution caused these creatures to change, to become more and more unique over time. They watched as some creatures dominated while others went extinct. They watched as the evolution of sentient beings began. Over the years they realised a few things about themselves. They realised that even without them, life will go on. They realised that compared to every other living thing in existence they were TOO powerful, TOO smart, TOO large. They began to realise that they were an anomaly, that they are no longer needed now that life had begun. It was once they collectively reached this point of self-awareness that they collectively decided to sleep. And their realisation were right, even without them evolution continued, however the rate of it slowed with the advent of the first sentient life forms.
These new beings dominated the food chain; they were too strong, too fast, and too smart for every other being to deal with, however soon their race began to decline due to them wiping out their own food sources.
They devolved into three different groups; we know these three groups now as the angels, the demons, and the humans. The Angels were identified by their feathered wings, black horns, and naturally muscular bodies. The Demons were identified by their thin tales and their black horns and dark grey skin. The humans identified by having neither of the other traits. These three groups then began to call their progenitors the Wendigo’s, however the wendigo’s eventually died out.
After these three races came to be the rate of evolution dropped once more, with many creatures staying the same in a delicate equilibrium. However this did not mean evolution was halted completed. Some creatures have changed ever so slightly over time, the only major evolution being that of humans that happened to live atop the resting places of the Colossi. The humans who lived there evolved into what are now known as the Fae. There are three groups of Fae due to the big differences in physical appearance. The three groups of Fae are the Elven, the Zoi, and the Faeries. The elven changed the least from the human body, only having elongated pointed ears. The reason they changed the least was due to them living on the outskirts of the Colossi’s resting place. The Zoi are those who changed to be more like the creatures in the area around them, for example they would have ears resembling that of a feline or a canine and the tails to match. The Faeries are the ones who have the most physical change due to them living closest to colossi’s resting place. They have shrunk in size and grown wings resembling flower petals.
Due to the many physical differences between the 4 races there was a lot of discrimination between them. This discrimination was the cause of numerous wars, slavery, rebellions, uprisings, racial isolation, and even attempts of racial cleansing. Back then it was common place to see humans as inferior due to their lesser physical and magical strength, this is why they were the servants and slaves of angels and demons for ages. However the few human countries that existed thrived with new technologies and strategies that allowed them to win against the superior armies of the other races. The Fae kept to themselves, usually isolated within their place of origin being untouched due to them being undiscovered, and unsociable with the non-forest dwellers, killing all those who trespassed on their land. It is only relatively recently that the Fae have become an active part of international society.
As you could probably tell, back then wasn’t a very nice time to live in.
It was during this period when humans began to experiment with the biology of the races, in order to create super soldiers to fight wars. They eventually created a new race entirely, they created the vampires who were superior to humans in every way except for the fact that they required regular doses of blood in order to stay alive, relegating these beings from being super soldier, to being servants. These beings then became known as vampires.
At the worst point in history the tension between each race and country became so bad that the smallest disputes could end up with large scale battles that could last decades, so long that by the end of it no one remembered why they started fighting in the first place. However as things began to get even worse the Demiurge got fed up with all the death and violence and so for the first time decided to intervene. They decided that the people of this planet could not sensibly rule themselves, so they shall make rulers for them. The decided it would be best if they did not get personally involved yet, so they decided that what they should do is give life to the tools they used to create the world.
They gave life to the Deus.
In many ancient religious and historical texts it is stated that the Deus descended from the sky. There were 10 in total.
- Brigit
- Eurynome
- Freya
- Kali
- Odin
- Odzeez
- Soma
- Tyr
- Zeus
- Heimdall
They were given the task of ruling over the beings of the world in order to keep them in check and stop the constant battling. When they took over they were worshipped as all powerful beings. They led the people from a state of constant war into a sort of equilibrium revolving around their own ideals. Four of them took on entire territories and allowed the others to rule areas within them. These four were Zeus (who ruled Europe including all of Russia and most of North America), Eurynome (who ruled the whole of the African and Australian continents, as well as some of the islands of south eastern Asia), Odzeez (who rules the bottom of north America and all of south America) and Kali (who rules all of Asia except from some of the south east islands).
Zeus ruled his territory with an Aristocratic government, meaning that the few who are privileged enough to be on the council are those who rule over the land. However in the modern era this way of ruling has changed ever so slightly, in the sense that now the lower class collectively gets to choose a representative to allow their ideas to be put forwards. Eurynome ruled her territory with a Pure Democratic government, meaning that when decisions are made, they are approved by and voted on by the people. This way of ruling is very peculiar because even though it is seen as purely democratic the law enforcers have a certain degree of leeway which allows them to be exempt to some rules in order to enforce others as is the case in many places in the world. Odzeez ruled his territory with a stateless approach, meaning that it is the people who make rules for themselves, based on suggestions by the people and Odzeez himself. Kali ruled her territory with a Matriarchal government, meaning that the women of the nation, especially the mothers, are seen as being a higher authority that the men of the nation. In the past this government treated men much worse, with the men of her territory having many restriction due to both law and social convention of the time. However nowadays the treatment of men has become much better with no laws restricting their behaviour, however certain social conventions still exist which could be seen as sexist. The reason Kali adopted this way of ruling after she claimed her territory was due to her logic that the men were the ones who started the wars with no exception, and her primary task being to stop the wars, she believed that because the men started the wars if they actually couldn’t due to social standing then the amount of wars would decrease exponentially. (Now I won’t say that I agree with her policy but throughout her reign the amount of wars and fighting in Asia became practically zero, with minor civil wars and revolutions in a few of the smaller countries in her territory).
Other than these four Deus the other six were either wondering with their own separate duties or ruled smaller territories within the larger territories of the big four.
Overall the plan that the demiurge came up with work like a charm. The amount of major wars that occurred were few and far between. Even the more major battles lasted only a year or less with much fewer casualties. After many millennia of peace there came an event that shook the entire world. A great war involving the entire world.
The Devine war.
The Devine war, although it wasn’t the longest war in history (being only 50 years long), was the most devastating and innovating.
After 9 years of battle most of the troops couldn’t even remember why they were fighting or what they were fighting for. They were simply following their orders.
After the war was over the Demiurge placed the blame on the Deus, however it is not known whether or not this was due to them not preventing the war from happening or if was due to them being the direct cause of the war.
There were many technical and tactical advancements that occurred only due to the war happening.
For example the very first guns were created in this era. Using the black crystals known as “mana” that was crushed into powder which produced the propulsion of ammunition (Also just a side note since I’m not sure if I talked about this previously but “mana” is what demon and angel horns are made out of. It allows the use of magic). For that matter the black crystals known as “mana” were actually discovered in the forests of the Fae, near there centre, which allowed humans to finally be able to use and study magic on their own, a feat seen impossible for millennia. And this opportunity was not wasted. The humans created a multitude of weapons utilising their new resource. They made staffs that allowed the humans to use traditional magic after study, they made magic bullets that allowed anyone to use basic magic without a day of study, and even though they had the least amount of experience with magic they were the ones to have the most breakthroughs in the study of curses. They used these breakthroughs to invent the first form of automated travel, known now as the SPC system (self-propelled carriage); however that is a topic for another lesson.
During the war the first ever large scale explosives were created too, such as CME (cursed magic explosive, basically magic TNT) which was discovered by accident when an experiment involving curses went wrong.
However this war did not only bring weapons, death, and destruction, there were also many innovations and revelations within the medical fields too.
The most important discoveries that happened during the war was the discovery that hygiene actually mattered (*gasp* I know right! Hygiene!? Who would’ve thought it!?). This was discovered when a doctor decided to experiment and see the effects washing his hands before and after each patient would have on their condition. The outcome of the experiment is pretty obvious.
The second most important discovery were new herbs that were found within the forests of the Fae around the world, which surprisingly were left untouched for the most part of history. These herbs were the cause of many scientific and medical breakthroughs, such as the invention of pain killers and anaesthetics which allowed medics to do their jobs more easily and allowed their patients to have a less traumatizing experience. Some of these herbs even seemed to have supernatural properties, such as boosting a person’s healing factor for a short while, and there were even some performance enhancing drugs that were created from this herb which increased the physical strength of the soldiers. However all of this did not come without a price, for example the drug that increases physical strength also deteriorated the muscle tissue of the soldiers who used it, making them much weaker and frailer than the average person of their age after use.
These discoveries themselves led to massive changes in the art of war, as well as society as a whole. For example the fact that the forests of the Fae around the world were completely isolated until this moment, in which trade between the races began and their societies and cultures began to mix. This in-turn allowed more world wide diversity, with forests in which Fae live are in multiple locations in each territory.
This means that modern society has now become a blend originating from the multiple traditions of the past fusing with the modern views and technologies (as is true in real life). The major changes caused by the divine war had, by far, the largest effect on society and cultures around the world as a whole. For one thing this was the turning point of anti-human racism, which was very common before the war. Although racism isn’t completely obliterated, there are only a few ignorant people who didn’t realise that humans were equal to the other races, not through physical traits but through their intelligence and creativity, which were honed to be their main weapon because they had no superior physical attributes (with the rare exception, there are always exceptions). However because this is a history lesson we will end here without getting too detailed into different cultures and societies (I may cover this in another lesson sometime).
As stated in the previous lesson many new things were discovered and created. Some were used to heal, some were used to hurt. However one device came into existence during the war that changed everything. It changed the foundational beliefs of all who witnessed its use. This device became known as the Spiritual Incendiary Device (SID for short).
SID was a device created during the war by Odin as a commission for Zeus. The device Zeus asked for was a weapon more destructive than any other before it, he wanted something to decimate the enemy forces in a single swift blow. Odin’s weapon met that criteria, in fact, it vastly exceeded anyone’s expectations. The SID was a type of explosive that not only killed the target, but purged the soul itself. Odin made the weapon do this in order to prevent warmongers from coming back after they died (well, that’s what Zeus told him anyway). No one truly understood the power of this weapon until its first use, which destroyed a Caribbean island (Puerto Rico to be exact), killing millions of innocent lives and purging their chance of reincarnation.
All of the Deus, and Demiurge, knew at that instant that this weapon must never be used again. Odin stopped production of the weapon, leaving only three in existence. One used to destroy Puerto Rico, one remained with Zeus, and the last remained with Odin. However just because this weapon was used, and all of the Deus felt guilty over their actions, the war did not stop. Gradually Eurynome pulled ahead, pushing past Kali and Odzeez attempts at stopping the Eurynome and Zeus from meeting. Zeus was getting backed into a corner, something that he wasn’t used to at the time. He then decided to use his last resort. His last remaining SID.
This was the point when the Demiurge Xander decided enough was enough. It was time to put an end to this war. Xander stepped into the fray, as the SID was about to be used. He absorbed the blast, using his body as a container for the bombs blast. Those who witnessed Xander’s death all say the same thing.
“The bomb was about to drop and then a person appeared where it would’ve gone off. The bomb became one with his silhouette and a bubble of pure dark surrounded the area for a few seconds. When they looked for the person, they were gone. Almost immediately after this, three beings appeared where the person disappeared, they were silhouettes of pure light. One of them waved an “arm” and then them Zeus, Eurynome, Kali, Odzeez, Freya, Brigit, Tyr, and Odin appeared before the three lights. All the other soldiers were in shock and awestruck by the sight.”
However what was said to the Deus no one could hear, they just saw the Deus beg to the three lights, all of them on their knees some of them crying. They all disappeared together soon after. The war was still going on in certain places, in others it was put on hold. Stories of the three lights were passed from one soldier to the next. With the commanders missing no one knew what they were supposed to do. A week passed before the Deus returned, the three Demiurge with them. When they came back they made their soldiers return home and ended the conflict. Most complied with the order, however some kept battling for a few months more before stopping their feuds.
After all was said and done a meeting was held that was broadcast around the world. It involved all the world leaders, the Deus and the Demiurge. It was at this meeting where the demiurge first donned their physical forms, binding their essence to the bodies. El chose the form to look like a muscular human male, however with skin of a dazzling gold and hair a shimmering silver, his eyes were a shade of orange that burst from his pupils turning to blue on the edges of his iris. Sophia chose to have her vessel be that of a female human with almost translucent white coloured skin, and hair so dark it seemed to absorb all of the light around it, her iris’ were actually translucent however due to the blood in her eyeball they appeared red from the front. Demitri chose the body of a human child, who was at an age before gender could be distinguished just from looking. He had hair that was long and grey, like that of the elderly and skin soft and smooth like that of a child, his eyes white, almost glowing like the stars in the sky.
In this meeting they supported the creation of new government systems for each race, supporting and refining the ideas of the angel Michael, who went on to lead the first group in his new Archangel government system, the demon Satan who challenged social norms in his country with some others which eventually led to him creating the government system that became known as the Infernal system (the reason for the name was because of an ongoing joke between the practitioners of the system who always complained about how tiresome the work is), and the human Ibrahim who became known as the first legendary hero who gathered others to sit at his side as a ruling group. They then began to discuss reasonable reprimands for each nation, reasonable boundaries of control each Deus had within their territories, and they even proposed a way for the demiurge to stay within this realm. They devised a special education system in order to both teach the next generation of the flaws present within the previous so that history doesn’t repeat itself.
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