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.