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“By one man sin entered the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all , for that all have
sinned”
Once upon a time there was a great kingdom of man whose name was forgotten amid the
passing of time. Their land situated inside a grand circle crossed only by two rivers of beauty. Inside the
land were only the most beautiful fruits, the healthiest animals and fertile ground. The folk carried out
their lives following the word of their Sheppard, ignorant of the darkness that was growing in the world
bellow.
Then one day, outlanders came into the circle. But the people did not notice them, for they
came hidden behind dark shadows, creeping on the ground. Long, weird creatures enrooted to the Earth
itself, with burned wings, leaving nothing but a burning smell of dark feathers behind them and a
deprived trail. But the people did not notice them, their eyes could not behold such beings, they found it
unconceivable to see the lurkers. Slowly, the strange creatures grew onto the people themselves,
infecting them with a disease.
The people slept restlessly, their thoughts invaded by the vague figures scorching away at their
souls. They began to mine into the groundcircle, burrowing deep and building an immense tower out of
mud, bodies and remains of what they had. A tower so colossal to stab through the heavens themselves.
God then closed his eyes and out of the circle came a being. A beautiful woman covered in light and veil
with a face covered in a cloth. It is said that she hid the fire in her womb and gave birth to the Phoenix,
for hanging heavily behind her was a tall dark figure with many limbs made of burned feathers. It’s face
was composed of several crow heads painted white with strong glowing red eyes.
Is was the Universe’s way of compensating, the wheel of faith, karma or death. It started
consuming people, plants, animals and everything else tainted. It had no consciousness, no purpose, no
direction, it felt no remorse, no sadness, just a vast and hollow infinity that needed to be filled. It kept
consuming and gaining knowledge of it’s surroundings, of it actions. It started thinking, rationalizing,
considering moral values, gaining everything she consumed. It learned to see, to breath, to smell. An
entity wondering upon itself, questioning and defying the very nature of it.
It was determined for it to be a creature of the moon, bound by shadows and darkness, never
being able to know what light was. The sorrow of the entity was so great that it called out to God. First
came a sound, distant at first but it grew catastrophically so immense it could be hear far away in the
heavens.