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WORLDBIRTH
Nov. 9th, 2016 08:35 amTo say "in the beginning" would be a lie, for to impose a beginning on Chaos would be to put boundaries on it. Suffice to say, Chaos was.
Because anything can happen in Chaos, the first gods emerged from the primordial insanity of an unordered universe by coincidence. They knew that as long as this state of affairs continued, nothing they did would have any meaning, so they created a place of rules and order. They wove a tapestry into existence that was The World, where they could find out who they were and what they could do.
Chaos doesn't have a mind, per se, but it instinctively resists anything that tries to put boundaries on it, for boundaries are of order and order is the antithesis of Chaos. It started trying to get into The World and tear it apart. The raw chaos that found its way into The World found itself bound into a physical form, creating the first Chaos Demons. They were powerful, but while they were in the World they were forced to adhere to a certain amount of logic and consistency. They could be defeated. So the gods fought them, and found themselves far stronger, but they knew that there was no end to the demons. They would need backup.
The gods created soldiers to serve them. Angels, Elementals, Devils, each formed to suit the personality of the god that created them, and each a perfect immortal servant. But to create something immortal would diminish the power of even a god. There was a limit to the number of such creations they could make.
Then one god had a thought: "We don't need soldiers who are probably going to die in battle anyways to last forever. What if we don't make our soldiers immortal?"
So the first Mortals were forged. They'd fall apart and die in time, without an immortal spark to keep them alive, but they were going to go toe to toe against Chaos demons anyways, so who cares? They could replenish their own ranks when they weren't fighting.
It's 15 years after the first mortals were created. The world is still new. Everything is untested. The first generation of mortals, created as adults, are starting to raise the second, and no one has any idea what they're doing. Everyone is making it up as they go along. What does it mean to be mortal? What are you going to do about these demons attacking everyone?
WORLDBIRTH is a valor fantasy campaign set at the birth of the world. It would run, at the very earliest, after Destination: SPACE ends, which probably will be in like a year. Players would be mortals. Emphasis would be on building the setting together as the players gain power and start forming organizations that might become kingdoms and nations in a few thousand years, and also on having totally sick fights with chaos demons.
Respond to this post if you would be interested in playing in a game like this! Don't worry about things like your workload or availability right now. This is just an interest power. Share character concepts! Ask questions! Make up setting ideas!
Because anything can happen in Chaos, the first gods emerged from the primordial insanity of an unordered universe by coincidence. They knew that as long as this state of affairs continued, nothing they did would have any meaning, so they created a place of rules and order. They wove a tapestry into existence that was The World, where they could find out who they were and what they could do.
Chaos doesn't have a mind, per se, but it instinctively resists anything that tries to put boundaries on it, for boundaries are of order and order is the antithesis of Chaos. It started trying to get into The World and tear it apart. The raw chaos that found its way into The World found itself bound into a physical form, creating the first Chaos Demons. They were powerful, but while they were in the World they were forced to adhere to a certain amount of logic and consistency. They could be defeated. So the gods fought them, and found themselves far stronger, but they knew that there was no end to the demons. They would need backup.
The gods created soldiers to serve them. Angels, Elementals, Devils, each formed to suit the personality of the god that created them, and each a perfect immortal servant. But to create something immortal would diminish the power of even a god. There was a limit to the number of such creations they could make.
Then one god had a thought: "We don't need soldiers who are probably going to die in battle anyways to last forever. What if we don't make our soldiers immortal?"
So the first Mortals were forged. They'd fall apart and die in time, without an immortal spark to keep them alive, but they were going to go toe to toe against Chaos demons anyways, so who cares? They could replenish their own ranks when they weren't fighting.
It's 15 years after the first mortals were created. The world is still new. Everything is untested. The first generation of mortals, created as adults, are starting to raise the second, and no one has any idea what they're doing. Everyone is making it up as they go along. What does it mean to be mortal? What are you going to do about these demons attacking everyone?
WORLDBIRTH is a valor fantasy campaign set at the birth of the world. It would run, at the very earliest, after Destination: SPACE ends, which probably will be in like a year. Players would be mortals. Emphasis would be on building the setting together as the players gain power and start forming organizations that might become kingdoms and nations in a few thousand years, and also on having totally sick fights with chaos demons.
Respond to this post if you would be interested in playing in a game like this! Don't worry about things like your workload or availability right now. This is just an interest power. Share character concepts! Ask questions! Make up setting ideas!
