Mythos
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This section includes a literal transcription of the level caching screens.
This information is vital to understanding several facets of the game including
the Deity and Twin Serpent Statues.
1. The Book of Genesis - In the beginning, a great inconsistency flowed out
into the nothing; a nothing that was afraid of its own nothingness, a pure
terror without color, without sound and without smell. It formed the root of
all deification, and eventually it coalesced into the shape of the first Deity,
Gurdu. Gurdu gave birth to all elements and provided them with order and
function. In a remote area of space from where Gurdu provided order, there
existed the territory of chaos formed from elements without shape. This chaos,
which had been forgotten during the blessing of Gurdu, existed at first as only
an instinctual fear, but eventually the chaos begin to take shape and a
consciousness was formed within it.
At first this was just a small curious presence, but eventually grew and became
clearer. This marked the appearance of Hatred. The chaotic nature of Hatred
further evolved it, bringing it to the level of a Deity. Thus, the ancestor of
all Evil Deities, Vigoor, came into being, and the first conflict set into
motion.
2. The Book of Evil Deities - The ancestor of all Evil Deities, Vigoor, began
to devour the territory of Gurdu, beginning at its center. During endless
solar and lunar eclipses, the earth shook and split, the seas dried up only to
flood into existence again, and intense winds swept over everything, and fires
burned down all of existence ignoring even the concept of time itself.
Eventually Gurdu lost his strength, and the world once again plunged into the
chaos from which it had come.
Then a great change occurred. During the throes of unending destruction, the
body of Gurdu himself split into quarters. Each part became a Deity itself
controlling Sentiment, Wisdom, Creation and Immortality. Eventually, they
would come together to return shape to the world again, but in their
panic-stricken state after their birth, they still had little power.
3. The Book of Dragons - In this age of panic, the Serpent, Deity of Creation
was the only one of the Deities to keep some semblance of sanity. The Serpent
gave birth to a tiny presence, something that no other being would ever
notice... the seeds of life.
These seeds managed to take hold and grow in the storm of chaos and ever so
slightly began to evolve, eventually becoming the Thirteen Dragons, whose
destinies were to be found in battle. The Dragons waged an endless battle
against Vigoor who never ceased in his attempts to bring the world into a chaos
of Hatred. Eventually the Dragons were able to banish Vigoor to the very ends
of the world.
However, it was in this period that the youngest and lowliest in position of
the Dragons, the Dark Dragon, summoned the Hatred with its feelings of
inferiority. Due to this betrayal, Vigoor was able to keep from being
completely destroyed.
4. The Book of the Fiends - The Dark Dragon, now full of evil intent, joined
with Vigoor and his spawn of Evil Deities to further capture the territory of
Gurdu. This conflict continued throughout the eons of history and during its
struggle the first spark of human life appeared in the form of the Ancient
Tribes.
Of course, old conflicts never cease, and even in the age of the Ancient
Tribes, the Dragon Lineage and Evil Deities continued their battle for tens of
thousands of generations; a struggle that finally ended when members of the
Dragon Lineage were able to seal away the Evil Deities and their spawn.
However, in that age of chaos, all of the bloodlines of the Ancient Tribes were
mixed and the form and nature of the Ancients have been carried on by us, the
Fiends.
5. The Book of the Future - The land that the Evil Deity Vigoor once held as
his final territory has become this, the land of Vigoor. The treachery of the
Dark Dragon also occurred here, and this was where the Ancient Tribes lived.
That is why their descendants, us the Fiends, have taken over control of these
lands. With this land as a barrier, the power of Vigoor is limited only to
this Earth.
Vigoor is the Demon of Destruction and the Deity who creates history; when the
decadence of this world has piled up, he will return in a blaze of
all-destroying flame and recreate the world. Chaos, like the floods on the
banks of a great river, will fulfill this world once again, and we will be the
first recipients of this fulfillment. Evolution has and always will begin from
here, the land of Vigoor. It has been several hundred years, since the Supreme
Fiend Gogohn established what would eventually become the Vigoor Empire here on
these lands.
If a new warrior of the Dragon Lineage shall appear, the Holy Emperor shall be
infused with the power of the Evil Deities. After seven days, from the unity
of His Majesty with the Dark Dragon once again, we Fiends will be blessed with
an exquisite harmony.
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