Thus spoke the All-Father Faal; I am Free Will and my reign shall blanket the cosmos!"
An Ancient passage from the Book of the All-Father.
All-Father Faal. Master of countless universes stood tall in his throne room in the middle of the city of gods Faal’Thyrie, named after himself and his wife. A tad pretentious his parents would say but what did they know? boring Gods of War those two. No, he was more He was something so pure, so primal the very cosmos sung his name as he sang back to it.
To live, to die, to do what one must to survive and then thrive. Faal represented all of that and more as he went on his conquest across the multiverse that had granted him life, of course, beings from the beyond and his fellow divines of multiple realities weren't happy with his conqueror ways but as they used to say. History is written by he who wins and so far Faal was winning by a landslide.
"You have yet to tell me why you blessed that Human Thyrie, I thought you only cared for your Dragons?" Faal asked his wife whose face twisted in mock anger only for a tiny smile to crack from beneath of it.
"That youngling of yours did Right by one of mine. It is only fair I gave her my aid" Thyrie spoke "Yes I know many a mortal have done the same over the eons and no, I won't tell you why I choose her over them"
"Something is bothering you, wife of mine. Speak so I might fix it" Faal spoke.
Thyrie sighed "The bloody girl was infested by that thrice-damned entity you failed to remove from the makeup of the planet. It Irked me but that's not all. There's something there that reeks of those from beyond. Our friends from the outer reaches might have tainted her"
Faal pondered and cast his eye towards the place where his wife fought with the girl. Indeed the boundary was thin enough there for something to leak over and taint the living "You think that will turn her against us?" He asked. His wife had fought those beings for eons now and no one bar his wayward son could read them better, he watched as Thyrie thought the issue over.
"The Blessing I gave will watch over her soul. If anything happens I will be aware of it But it might be just leaking from the thinner boundary" Thyrie took an apple and ate it whole "And If anything does happen I will be able to terminate her with but a snap of my fingers"
Faal nodded, trusting in his Wife's judgment "Then we can consider this issue fixed? Now I told you dear the Rage is good! It gives the mortals who are blessed with it a greater chance to evolve into demi-gods! Sure the entity itself hates me but now that its hosts have been destroyed we can use it for the war effort! Think about it a whole squadron of demi-gods could take half a planetary system in a matter of days!"
"Faal, We made a pact not 100 years ago. No talking about the Conquest while in our downtime! I swear for a non-God of War you sure care more than your parents about it!
Faal smiled, whenever Thyrie brought up his parents he knew it was time to just nod and smile, and thus he did as he and his wife kept talking about the goings of the many realms they ruled over.
Magi-Tech had finally borne fruit in their prime planet. Their seat of power now had access to more power that would be eventually used against Faal's many enemies! And it was the selfsame mortal who his wife had blessed!
Looking more deeply he noticed this mortal was ushering many a change to his planet. Ahh, how he loved watching the smart ones carve a place for themselves in history! their names would go down in history forever as beacons of progress and change and that made his heartbeat stronger and faster with excitement as his sphere of power grew stronger even if by an atom!
And yet said human was also turning her gears towards war. Faal watched as she weaved weaponry for her war effort and saw how much the designs reminded him of other worlds he had visited and conquered before.
"The Legacy of Terra poisons even my backyard" Faal smiled as his mind went back years back to his sojourn in that ball of dirt and blood; It was he together with the big players in the cosmos who decided to lock Terra away before their poison took root everywhere. The blockage wasn't enough and soon thanks to the outer entities the so-called "Legacy" was spread.
Few planets had taken it, but to think his very seat of power would be one of those was something of a cruel twist of irony and fate. Mayhaps he had angered a stray god or another? Something to look over as he summoned enough power to destroy a small sun and called an old frenemy of his.
The Star Scourge. Eater of Suns and Galaxy Burner screamed foul words for a solid minute before speaking "FOUL DEMON, ENOUGH WITH THESE MESSAGES!"
"A pleasure as always my greatest of foes. I have something for the council" Faal spoke with a smile on his face ah the council how he loved the idea of forming a body with his sworn enemies to stop the Terran gods from spreading. Something his parents would never be able to pull off, he had done it without spilling an ounce of divine ichor! Truly one of his greatest achievements.
"THE COUNCIL LISTENS, SPEAK FOUL DEMON" His old friend spoke in his guttural voice.
"The Legacy has infested one of my core planets. No entry point found in the cosmical lay lines and the barrier around Terra holds still" Faal said as the members of the council began talking over each other. A clap ringed and everyone fell silent, from that silence a female voice ringed inside of Faal's mind.
"I will seek my contacts there, All members of the council as per the rules we must check our core planets. Unless someone has anything else to say This meeting has come to its conclusion"
No one spoke, the meeting was over and Faal sat upon his throne with a smile on his lips. The future was looking bright for his world today and above all else, he was hunting for a grand old time now that the war effort had been paused!
"Finally some godsdamned good entertainment!" he spoke out loud.
A shadowy being moved across planes as it neared a door. Opening the door it found more shades around a table, the shades were dressed in black robes and their faces were obscured by divine means.
"They found it" The shade who had just arrived spoke in hushed whispers.
"Is he compromised?" Another shade asked.
"Nay, neither side knows about him. They think it's another leak in the barrier" The first shade answered back.
"Convenient, and the Terran gods?" Another shade asked.
The first shade moved to speak but it fell silent, the others honed into it and waited "The Terrans know something is foul. But the barrier still holds"
The shades nodded left without a word. Only the shade who had arrived and one who sat at the tail end of the table remained. "Thank you cousin" The shade spoke with warmth in his voice.
"Think nothing of it, with the lull in the war we all need something to do. Now let's go back before someone comes knocking" Both shades left, the wind carrying them far away.
A round table full of beings stood over the skies of Earth as they shouted and screamed at each other. The anger and bloodlust are clear to see in their eyes and words.
"One of mine was taken" a voice brimming with power spoke and the rest turned to it.
"Elaborate" a feminine voice spoke back.
"His soul isn't here, nor did it reach the underworld or my realm"
Silence then screams of rage and fury and fear, the divines of earth looked towards their enemy in the far reaches of the galaxy pounding at the "barrier" other gods had put them under after they were weakened by the enemy.
"Accursed outer beings! they make a mockery of us! WAR I SAY, WE TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM!" A masculine voice cried and many raised theirs to agree with him, only for them to be shushed by another powerful voice.
"Concern thyself with the war in Europe child, for we already lost the war against the outer menace" the voice spoke in the direction of the first voice "What is thy plan?"
"My weapon is sent to the one who was taken. When it is used we will know who did it" and thus the matter was concluded and the voices went back to screaming and snarling at each other, stuck in a perpetual state of war and chaos.
I wonder who the ones in charge of earth are, and what this legacy thing is?
Very good questions. All will be revealed in time :P