Tales of Arcania

Prologue

Before the beginning, there were three ponies. The first, a being of pure love and compassion, Legion. The second, a being of pure hate and insanity, Tyran. The third, a being that came from after the beginning, the Unbelonging.

Legion came first, he created everything and loved it, and all was well until the universe became unbalanced with far too much good. Legion didn't like the fact that he and his subjects could feel the universe’s imbalanced energy, so to rid himself of it he used a spell to restore the balance.

The spell birthed Tyran. Legion welcomed Tyran with open arms, not knowing Tyran was evil.

`Tyran used the opportunity to attack legion in an attempt to kill him, and he would have succeed if it hadn’t been for the arrival of the Unbelonging. Tyran fled at the sight of the Unbelonging, for he feared that the Unbelonging could have ended his short life.

The Unbelonging helped heal legion, and in doing so, they became friends.

The Unbelonging came up with a spell that would destroy Tyran, but Legion would have to die in order to perform it.

Legion would comply if the Unbelonging agreed to one condition. Legion tore a piece of himself away and sealed it with the same, foreign, magic that the Unbelonging was surrounded in.

The Unbelonging would have to raise this life force once it took form, alone it would die. The Unbelonging agreed.

It was a spell that took some time so legion used that spare time to steel himself for the end. And when It was finally the hour, Legion accepted his fate, but Tyran would try and fight.

Once legion used the spell, it destroyed himself and mortally wounded Tyran.

Feeling pity, The Unbelonging approached Tyran during Tyran's final breaths so that he wouldn't have to be alone.

Tyran stole some of the Unbelonging's magic and quickly transferred a piece of himself inside using the same spell Legion had used in order to preserve himself. The last of his life was given to perform the spell.

In the event of both of their deaths, the universe collapsed. Everyone and everything in it was destroyed, save for the Unbelonging and the pieces that were sealed away.

The great energy that collapsed the universe also set the next one into existence.

Upon the creation of this new universe the Unbelonging was finally home, the pieces of good and evil were released, and the center of the universe was created as a solid mass.

The planet at the center of everything was full of untamed and very powerful magic that usually couldn't be controlled. But it was none the less home to the piece of good, and the Unbelonging.

The Unbelonging decided to name the piece of good Purity in honor of Legion. The piece of evil, not having a caretaker, had died.

The Unbelonging raised Purity like his daughter.

She grew into a beautiful mare, but with only the presence of her father, she felt lonely. After some time, she took notice to her father creating machines and artificial life for the universe. She wanted to be like him, but she didn't like machines, she prefered how her and her father were flesh and blood.

So one day, Purity stumbled upon the very spot that Legion and Tyran had died, she knew this because of the great energy she felt in the area.

Using her raw power, and the great power of the past being's essences, she created her first children.

The first one she created, she named Retro; of all of her children she loved Retro the most.

She thought she had used all of Legion’s essence to create her son, but realized that all of the power into a single being was not something she had the power to do.

So using the last of the power, Purity created another life. This one, she named Blaze.

With The essence of Tyran, she decided to create four great beings she came to call the four ancients.

Unlike their siblings, Retro and Blaze, they weren't created to look like and be children. They were born powerful, wise, and seemed to be full of experience with their power.

The ancients loved their mother, they would do anything to please her, and they tried their best to do so.

The first ancient, Equinox, stabilized space and time to make it safe for creation to begin. She also created many dimensions and universes for her mother to explore.

The second ancient, Zexel, shaped the matter into the planets and stars everypony knows today.

The third ancient, Sere, created the cycle of life for these planets and some stars.

The fourth and final ancient, Ryet, created free will for these creatures, but also the power to judge and punish in case the will was misused.

Equinox and Zexel worked together to create matter and immaterial objects. Equinox laid out the canvas, and Zexel painted the masterpiece we call our universe.

Sere and Ryet worked together to create everything living. We owe the lives we live to them.

Finally the four of them decided to work together to create a "perfect world" for their mother’s, favorite children to live in. And once the project was completed, Retro and blaze, were placed in the world.

Retro, being Purity's favorite, got to choose the name of the world the four had created. But not wanting to be seen as the favorite of the children, Retro gave the honor to the ancients.

They thanked him and together, named the world Arcania.

Later, when Purity told the Unbelonging about the ancients, he was pleased to see what his “daughter” had created, and what potential they had.

But once the Unbelonging learned of Retro and Blaze’s existence he became furious with purity; that she would give such power to children.

In The Unbelonging's anger, he ordered Purity to bring them to him so that he may take their power.

That, is where the story begins.