In the beginning there was ruin and stagnation.

The world was dying; its great civilizations brought low by forces of nature and their own creation.
Only three beings of great power remained.
The two born of the dead race had caused the great calamity that befell the world.
Each in their own way…

They manipulated the rulers of the world into war and strife, shifted the balance of nature to on a whim, all for their own gains.
Their meddling ended the world.
They are the Lords of Disharmony

The third being who we know by many names…
Faust, Origin, The Balance, but its true name is Harmony.
It was created by the very power the lords had unleashed into the world.

The Lords continued to fight over the ruins of the dead world.
Each trying to tip the balance of power in their own favor.

Their clashing powers created and destroyed countless new life.
Harmony could only watch, waiting for the day the two’s battle would end.

The war between the Lords went on for countless years until the final clash of Disharmony.
Their final battle raged on for but an instant.
Each throwing all their power into a final attack.
The great clash of energy lit up the world and when it was over one Lord stood tall.

The Lords energy flowed uncontrollably into the world, raising mountings and flattening them in an instant.
Ice and fire rained from the heavens.
Life was born from the chaos.

And the last Lord of Disharmony fell into the fire, ice and earth.
Buried under the weight of the world he had birthed though accident.
Only Harmony remained in the world now, though not untouched by the great clash of the Lords.

Harmony’s power was almost completely destroyed by the great torrent of power from the Lords’ final battle.
But it could still move to help the newly birthed world.
It nurtured the new creatures of the world so they may survive the harsh and chaotic world.
The very nature of the world helping to alter it, the new natural magic flowing unrestricted and free.

Birthing the Sun and Moon anew.
The sun so life may be warmed by its light.
The moon so the nights may be safe under its glowing gaze and painting the sky with stars so that the darkness may be beautiful.

In the end, Harmony knew that if it tried to guide every aspect of the life of this new world it would be no better than the Lords.
If life was to truly be harmonious they must be so by their own will.

So it split itself into six parts, instilling each segment of itself with the virtues and powers that would lead life to prosperity so that they may be used to fight the chaos if it ever returned.

And so time went on anew, the chaotic new world full of new life, birthed from ruin and stagnation…

Author's Note

Edited and proofread by RoboKitty