Once, only darkness filled the void where humanity once soon stay, where humanity would cattle and prod, where humanity would shed their own blood and those of others, where humanity would begin to explore this darkness with a brilliant light in hand. But in these moments there was truly nothing. Curled within the spire of the universe was Samshiel, a mask hanging limply on his face and his spear next to him, radiating with extreme power as it eclipsed the universe around him. Then without hesitation his mask shattered, revealing a face featureless and burnt to nothing by the rays of the sun. From it came Kokabiel of the Stars, Zaquiel the Pure, and Asbeel of Ruin. With the immense energy that swelled as they broke from the mask of Samshiel, a light flickered, and the universe was created and at the same time undone, destroying itself seconds before it had even began. It was known as the first great Cataclysm, and from it the godling Aramos was born. The universe began to take intended shape as Samshiel was burned once again, fleeing back to the annals of the universe unknown. Af of Anger was born from a burning star, bleeding, screaming in pain and rage, Rahab of the Deep rose from the sea of Terra, creating water as it was known, Suphlatus of Dust was born in the crust of an earth still forming, rising out to see huge gusts of sand blowing through the earth and shaping it, Satharleal the Deceptive became from the sin of human and spurred it along to crime and deadly lusts, Gadreel of War, formed of conflict to take blood and cause it to spill on the forming Terran landscape, Baraquiel of Electricity struck down Terra with huge bolts of crackling lightning and great roars of thunder, Tamiel the Unseen with a blindfold over her eyes walks the shadows and prods the terror of humanity at the unknown, Penume of the Written Word helped form civilization and literacy, made from scholarly knowledge, Sariel of the Waning Moon, born of Samshiel’s bleeding, made the conditions of the world so it could hold life, Chaziquel of Fog weaved the mysticism needed to sustain culture, created from the unknown, Turiel of Mountains, made of the royalty of men, raised the Dragonback Summits and cemented himself as the lord of his icecapade spinal range of treachery, Ananiel of Storm made nature’s wrath, conceived from storm clouds and crucified to a cliffside rock, Bezaliel of Shadow weaved dimensions, alternate realities and the Fracture, created from dark matter, Samyaza the Ruler was created of the pride of man, a ruler of the angels and a herald of truth, And Azazel with mighty wings, who made the sacrifice to create life, Then D’hanthik, who shepherded them to glory. To a future that expanded the bounds of what humanity thought was possible, a time fraught with greed, deceit, war, murder, disease and hardship; to the future of [b]EXALTED EARTH.[/b]