The Before / Star Truth of Crimson & Quiet Time

the stolen parts

sparks of eternity

Every Spark was worshipped, at some point, as a faux god among other primordial entities. In the division of the Vou'T'An, there exists two factions: the Zij'at (/χℇj'æt/ The Gape) and the Sams'ati (/sæms'ætiː/ The Grace). The Zij'at align themselves with the darkness, and the Sams'ati align themselves with the light, creating an eternal conflict that will never end; the vortex that sprouts life continues, endlessly, to create, even inside of the Vou'T'An, and so the sides are in constant boom and growth. Both sides worshipped, once, their own versions of gods in their own cosmology of the universe, until Su'en and Ado manifested and conquered the warring factions, just to try to bring peace. From this earliest war, the creation of reality, and humans, became manifest.

Each of these entities, once known as Sindar'i (/ˈsɪndˈɑː.ɹɪ/ Exalted), were originally meant to help harvest the energies of the universe. They were tasked with shaping the worlds, to try to give other creatures a chance to live on turbulent lands and harvest life with one another. Instead, they took to worship, and swallowed up faith from followers like rivers of power, hoping to one day steal the throne of true authority over all creation. No true Sindar'i exist any longer, though some have elevated to such level of power.

ARÁVIR (Pillars)

The Sams'ati believed that the world was held up by 12 Pillars of reality, and each Pillar was worshipped. These Arávir (/aˈɾavir/ Pillars) were considered the foundation of all reality, who cross-hatched and cooperated to uphold the very plane of existence that Vou'T'An persists upon. Untrue though this may be, it was believed enough by the Sams'ati that the Arávir were widepsread, often with many motifs and visages. The names listed below are the roughest translations of their true forms and essence, before their destruction by Ado'Brahm.

Those with popups feature the entity, what lingers of them, and a current status, form, or played-by. Those without were defeated and, seemingly, killed in the first war but have found ways to return, now and again.

ELENTÁRI (Tokens)

The Zij'at believed that localized points of energetic pressure were more important; 24 distinct Elentári (/ˈeːləntɑː.ɾi/ Tokens) existed, then, for each point of the pillars the Sims'ati worshipped. These Elentári were seen as guards of power, and to worship meant to take tutuleage under their guide, learning their spells and tricks and strengths in combat, conquest and consolation. Belief in them was widespread as well, and their names varied far more greatly than the Arávir once did. The names listed below are the roughest translations of their true forms and essence, before their destruction by Su'en.

Those with popups feature the entity, what lingers of them, and a current status, form, or played-by. Those without were defeated and, seemingly, killed in the first war but have found ways to return, now and again.

heavy is the crown

First, there was Darkness (nothing, emptiness, cold); then, there was Light (something, expression, warmth); this is as the story goes, time and time again through the mouths of man. The truth is only slightly different. The first thinking, feeling thing was Su'en Braahna Semir'Ballein; then there was Ado Braahm Sema'Dyvos. Self-named. Self-created. Two halves of one whole: the total of all existence, birthed into vessels that could navigate, and manage, the endless sky. Su'en would manage the void, the darkness. Ado? The light, the creation that was to come. This is as they knew it, from the first breath of their Aspirant (/'as'pī'rahnt/; covered in joy) existence.

But, life, even under the guidance of the original two, has its own way of being. Split apart, it did not stop the wheel of life (Zam'ak'kor /tsaːm;'ɒk'cor/ The Admonition) from forging new creatures in the endless space. New worlds. Planets, born and waiting; cold, barren, dead, but still there. Creatures who would live beyond it (Isna'osi /ˈisn͈a'o‧si /; born home). But only the Aspirant had thought. Only the two siblings had understanding.

Most of the most powerful erratic things of nature, of life itself, come from Kurizark (/ˈkurisaːrk/; Wildspace ; literally: exposed). In the Kurizark there are risen beasts born from necessity. They manifest from the nature of life — creatures who are born of Passion, or Love, the very concepts that interact with and build over the generation of life and its sustained presence. At first, these creatures were known as Sindar'i (/ˈsɪndˈɑː.ɹɪ/ Exalted) were powerful enough to try to shape life, but were eventually uplifted higher by the concept of worship. The nature of adoration, and passion, built on a power of faith and habit. This, this created the worst danger of all.

Er'ġelē (Faith) is the most powerful force besides the Aspirant themselves. As impossible to destroy as Love or Death. So long as there is existence, Faith will come to pass, as a matter of circumstance, virtue, or destruction. And destruction is its favorite thing: Faith corrupts, and is corruptible. The more that people begin to believe in something, the more true it can be, corrupting even manifestations of Ado or Su'en when people begin to collectively believe. Where Faith in oneself is the most powerful liberation, Faith in others can create true, and irredeemable, evil.

Even with the Sindar'i mostly defeated, Er'ġelē persists, and as long as it does, so, too, does the danger of having Ado and Su'en existing in a shared space. If they are separate, only one can be corrupted at a time, meaning that the other can reset creation and save themselves from falling apart. This is as it has been for all of time so far — a war not of Darkness versus Light, or Good versus Evil, but a search for balance against the idea that there must be none.