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In the beginning, Free Magic was the only thing that existed. Latent power swirled within it, chaotic, willing to

In the beginning, Free Magic was all. An infinite spiral of latent power, chaotic and malevolent, corroding all it touched that was not itself. But within the spiral existed small pockets of magic that was not chaotic, that was not malevolent. These small pieces of power were good, but scattered throughout Free Magic, unable to escape the spiral on there own. Free Magic paid them no heed, knowing that it would corrupt them in time.

But this other magic was strong. It lasted through the eons, and as Free Magic swirled about, its violent movements brought some of these pieces together...

Soon, enough of them had joined to break away from the Free Magic. This being called herself Dark, as it was her nature to shadow all things she touched, revealing and hiding others at once. Free Magic could not control her, or swallow her back into itself.

Free Magic could not stand the thought of another being of power existing outside itself, but it could not defeat Dark. All it could do was try to tempt her, and lure her back into itself. But Dark had just recently gained her freedom, and had no wish to return to the place she had been born.

So Free Magic turned to the pockets of other magic within itself, carefully selecting each one to bring together. The end result was Light, a being who was the opposite of Dark. By her nature, Light made Dark and her shadows flee at a simple touch. Free Magic hoped that by releasing Light, it would force Dark to come back to it.

Light wanted no part of the Free Magic now that she was away from the spiral. She immediately went to seek out her sister, in hopes of gaining the friendship of the only other being in the world. But as she drew near, Dark shrank back. Somewhat offended and unsure of why Dark was reacting this way, Light continued to draw near her.

Dark believed that Light had come to destroy her, for with a mere touch Light swept all her shadows away. At first Dark drew back, trying to avoid the conflict, but Light continued to approach. So Dark gathered all her strength and stepped forward to fight back.

Light was astounded when part of her was blotted out by Dark. She could not believe her sister would attack her. She had no choice now but to defend herself.

The battle stretched on in the timelessness of the world at its beginning. Neither Light nor Dark could remember how long they had been fighting, but in that time four more siblings had been born of the Free Magic: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire.

Light and Dark were both weakened by their constant struggle. Free Magic had gradually moved closer and closer to the warring pair, like a vulture hovering over a man in the desert. Now it was close enough that Light and Dark could clearly see its intentions. Wishing above all else not to return to its chaotic void, the two elements did the unthinkable: they called a truce.

They agreed that they must not fight each other directly, for if either of them weakened the other too much, one might succumb to Free Magic. They needed a place to carry out their struggle without the risk of being consumed by Free Magic. But try as they might, Light and Dark could not create one. Their combined efforts merely canceled one another out. So the two turned to their other siblings for help.

Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, wishing to stay on the good sides of both sisters, thought long and hard on the creation of a battlefield. What they truly wanted was peace between their sisters. They put their heads together, and finally came up with an idea. If they made a battlefield so beautiful, so alive, that neither sister would want to ruin it, then maybe the two would stop fighting. Thus, Gaia was born.

Light and Dark did not stop fighting. They could not; it was in their very natures to eternally struggle against one another. Their battle can still be seen today, in the interplay between sunlight and shadow, day and night, mage of light and mage of dark. It has gone on since before the birth of the world, and will continue even when the world is gone. So it is, and always will be.

Who's to say that Fenrir's version wasn't, say, what the Earth practioners think? It does seem fairly biased, and made Earth out to be more important than the others, so it sounds pretty reasonable that it'd be just one point of view. Yours seems to focus on only 2 of the elements plus Free Magic, so maybe that's either how Dark-users or Light-users see it. I don't think we'll ever be able to manage a completely non-biased PoV for the Creation.

And I kinda like that idea. smile

Yeah, but that would be boring. xp Besides, how many world religions do you know of who have the same creation story as one another, but switch the roles of God (or equivalent) and the devil (or equivalent)? That would be pretty screwy...

It's a good suggestion if we wanted to be lazy, but its just not as interesting.