Chapter 62: Chapter 62

To truly grasp the gravity of the concern surrounding Sokram's coming of age, one must journey back not only to the Curses of Lust and Blood but to the very foundation of existence, the Tale of Origin.

When a new universe is born, its Guardians are birthed alongside it.

Nhiria and Yish are two such primordial beings. Alongside Narak and Nyxtra, they compose the original four Grey Dragons.

Across the entire Multidimensional Plane of Existence, these four are the sole beings of their specific kind.

While other Draconic beings exist, the Gray Dragons are a unique race, born by the personification of Magi herself, Magnolia.

Yet, life would not simply prosper with the Guardians as the sole inhabitants of a nascent universe. Thus, the Absolute Being, known as The Maker, All-Father, and by countless other names, gifted each Guardian in every universe an eternal Seed of Creation.

Armed with this supreme power, the Guardians could birth the beings they were meant to guide along the Path of Evolution, with the ultimate promise that their children would aid them in reaching the Realm of the Kings. A plane where life truly transcended mortality.

The Genesis of Primordials:

In Sokram’s current galaxy, the four Grey Dragons decided to raise their children together, deferring to the eldest, Yish, whose leadership commanded the devotion of all her siblings.

Each of them, harnessing the immense power of their Seed of Creation, prepared to give birth to their primordial races.

Yish went first, her commitment absolute: she severed one of her own arms, fusing it completely with her Seed of Creation, birthing the twenty-one Primordial Races that would become her children. The sheer act of self-mutilation, though temporary, spoke volumes of her devotion to Evolution.

Narak, however, found the idea of living even temporarily without one of his arms intolerable.

He chose a less drastic measure, fusing only his blood with his Seed of Creation.

Similarly, Nyxtra, unwilling to sacrifice too much of herself, merely extracted a piece of her heart, a portion of her brain, and a measure of her blood to give life to her offspring.

But Nhiria held back, waiting with a detached curiosity to observe what her siblings’ children would ultimately become.

And what she saw did not please her heart.

Narak’s children, though inheriting the raw talent of their bloodline, appeared unsettling.

A grotesque blend of draconic and humanoid forms. They were twenty-one near-identical draconic variations of the same kind of being.

Nyxtra’s children, while also inheriting draconian traits, were blessed with super-intelligence and longevity.

Though more aesthetically pleasing than Narak's brood, they still failed to meet Nhiria's specific vision.

It was Yish’s children who truly captivated Nhiria.

They were like the Grey Dragons themselves, capable of shifting between their Humanoid and Draconic forms.

The variation among them was also far greater; some were purely humanoid, others showed no outward draconic features at all, yet all were remarkably pleasing to the eye.

Nhiria's Ultimate Sacrifice and the Age of Origins:

Still undecided on her own course of action, Nhiria sought counsel from her mother, Magnolia (the personification of Magi), and Magnolia’s sisters, the other five energies of creation.

After years of rigorous discussions and consideration, she presented an idea, one inspired by the youngest of the energies, Nova, the personification of Chaos and Order.

Before taking action, Nhiria then asked for their blessings.

After receiving their powerful blessings, Nhiria did not stop at a mere arm or a measure of blood.

She dedicated everything to her Seed of Creation.

She gave her blood, her flesh, and her bones.

She offered every single piece of her Physical and Astral being.

And with the Seed of Creation’s staggering power, she gave birth to seven Original Couples.

They were the only beings ever born by a Guardian that were not Primordial Beings, but Original Beings.

The confluence of power: the four Seeds of Creation, Nhiria’s monumental sacrifice, and the blessings of the six energies, used in such close proximity, had an unforeseen consequence.

This cosmic event gave birth to a singular being: Natura, an existence half-guardian and half-mortal, eternally stuck between two realms.

She was the personification of the Grey Dragon’s collective will to evolve alongside their children, formed into a single Aethereal Being.

This era, bathed in abundance and peace, was named the Age of Origins. In that time, the curses of creation did not yet exist, the resources of every world were limitless, and the very concept of planetary expansion was nonexistent.

The Seven Original Couples - Architects of Their Own Ruin:

Nhiria’s firstborn Original Couple were Magnus and Magni.

They were the closest to Nhiria, the Grey Dragons, and Magnolia in nature.

Born with such profound control over Magi that they could wield it before they could even walk or talk, they possessed an intelligence so vast that no mystery remained a secret in their eyes.

Next came the Aefhery: Aefhtus and Naefhtis.

They were gifted with a deep understanding of Aether, Light, Shadow, and Nature.

Due to their peaceful nature and generosity, they were adored and blessed by Natura herself.

Then arrived the Andros: Ebano and Andromeda.

These were beings of great intelligence and an insurmountable learning ability, capable of adapting to any environment or situation and quickly finding solutions to any predicament.

They possessed the unique ability to touch and learn to control virtually any type of energy.

Following them were the Ferals: Felon and Canis.

The original Ferals were also greatly loved by Natura, for they were the most in tune with the "voice of nature" that spoke within every being, which is called instinct.

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Critically, they were intelligent enough to wield Magi, Aura, and Vitha simultaneously without being consumed by Chaos.

The fifth of the Original Couples was the Faeries: Fen and Fae.

They were gifted with an understanding of nature, though less profound than the Aefhery’s, and a great understanding of Magi.

They were also the first to even touch upon and control Vitha.

The sixth couple was the Nethrians: Nefastus and Noctis.

They were likewise extremely intelligent and talented with Magi, but were uniquely gifted with an understanding of Nether Energy.

The last couple, the Brutus: Orki and Titania, were significantly less similar to Nhiria, having inherited from her only her monumental strength. Although they initially seemed the least talented among her children, Nhiria soon realized that their gifts were not related to Magi or Vitha, but to Aura.

This served as a consolation for their lack of super-intelligence.

It took close to a millennium for Nhiria to recover her physical form after she sacrificed it to give life to her children.

But she felt the immense price had been worthwhile.

No other Guardian had possessed the insight to utilize the Seeds of Creation in the way the Grey Dragons had, much less with Nhiria's level of sacrifice and creativity.

Because of this unique act of creation, they were envied by many of the other Guardians.

But that insight cost Nhiria much more than she could ever have imagined.

The Fall from Origin - Chaos and the First Curse:

After all, this chain of events was guided by Fate, but also inspired by Nova, the personification of Chaos.

While Nhiria rested in isolation to recover her form, her children, for the first time, stumbled into a trap of Fate.

As Fate had willed it, peace could not, and would not, last.

Chaos was the necessary catalyst for change, and only upon Order's inevitable return would Evolution be pushed forward.

The agent of this necessary Chaos, albeit innocently, was Natura herself, as she too had been touched by Nova’s blessing.

The seven couples came of age, and with maturity came a carnal interest in their respective counterparts.

The first couple to birth a Primordial child was Magni and Magnus, who created the first Dragons.

Natura, still young and brimming with curiosity, found the process of new life forming from their union utterly fascinating.

Taking possession of the body of one of the newly born female Dragons, she seduced Magnus.

Together, they gave birth to the second and third Primordial Races: The Elementals and The Mystics.

Overtaken by a fierce jealousy, Magni sought retribution.

She seduced the Aefhery couple, Aefhtus and Naefhtis, aiding them in birthing the Solar Aefhery or Sun Elves.

A possessive fury consumed Magnus’s heart, and as the subtle voice of Chaos whispered its suggestions, he cast the very first curse in their history, the infamous Curse of Magnus.

He decreed that if Aefhtus ever lay with someone other than his partner, he would become just like her.

Naefhtis, driven by the disgust of what he would become, would then be compelled to leave his partner, becoming Magnus’s own consort forever.

This act of dark magic was the moment Blood and Curse Magic were created.

Aefhtus, the Aefhery male, never truly grasped the gravity of the curse, nor did he believe it could ever happen.

Still, for a few years, he remained unadventurous.

The cycle of betrayals, subtly guided by Natura’s endless curiosity, continued to sow chaos.

Noctis seduced Ebano, resulting in the birth of the Vampires.

In turn, Andromeda, driven by her own jealousy, seduced Fen and gave birth to the Aerys.

Yet, Ebano and Andromeda attempted to forgive one another, and their successful union gave birth to their own child: the Hominis, known in the current age as the High-Humans.

The Curse Fulfilled and the Birth of New Races:

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Together, they birthed another primordial race, the Lunar Aefhery. However, Natura’s relentless curiosity knew no bounds, and she continued to subtly push Aefhtus to seduce more of the other Original Females.

She did this both to see what new being would be born of such a union and to satisfy her curiosity about the outcome of Magnus’s Curse.

The Brutus couple, who had already given birth to the Titans, invited Aefhtus into their bed.

The female Brutus, Titania, subsequently gave birth to the Primordial Giants.

The moment that birth occurred, the curse Magnus had cast upon Aefhtus triggered.

Aefhtus became completely emasculated and intensely feminine, not only in body but also in mind and spirit.

His transformation was complete when he fell deeply in love with Orki.

Disgusted by Aefhtus’s transformation and subsequent betrayal, both Naefhtis and Titania fled into Magnus’s waiting arms.

His harem increased once more, and Titania gave birth to the Primordial Medusae. While Naefhtis gave birth to the Primordial Forest Dryad.

Natura fell so deeply in love with this new Dryad race that she went so far as to take over the body of one of the Dryads for herself, locking its true soul away forever.

This act transformed Natura, granting her the power to create life.

Born from the will of four Grey Dragons, the blessing of the six energies, and four Seeds of Creation, it was a natural evolution for her to gain such creative powers.

Using her newfound power and alluring new form, she forced the Evolution of a feline being, thereby birthing the first Evolved Species, which she named the Lynx-kin.

Possessing that being, Natura seduced the Feral male, Felon, giving birth to the Primordial Sabretooth Ligers.

Seeing the distraught Canis, Magnus took her from Felon and claimed her as his third partner.

Noting that she had not borne any children from Felon, he gifted her two children.

Though he gave his bloodline to only one of them: the Primordial Tailed Foxes and the Primordial Gray Lycans.

It was at this point that Natura and Magnus began plotting together.

She would continue to create chaotic situations to motivate him to claim the remaining original females for himself. While she would continue to experiment with the other Original Males.

Natura’s next target was the Faeries.

Under Natura's subtle influence, Fae seduced Ebano, giving birth to the Primordial High-Dwarves.

Simultaneously, Fen seduced Andromeda once more, resulting in the birth of the Primordial Gnomes.

When Fen discovered that his own partner, Fae, had done the same, despite their own lack of children, he was enraged and, out of a raw, desperate jealousy, sent Fae away.

Magnus was waiting there for her with open arms, just as he and Natura had meticulously plotted.

Their union gave birth to the Primordial Faries.

The Andros couple never truly healed from the hurt they had inflicted upon each other.

Their separation became an inevitable conclusion.

Seizing the opportunity, Natura pushed Andromeda toward Magnus, and she joined his growing harem, giving birth to the Primordial Mermaids.

Seeing this, Magni, once again filled with raging jealousy over Magnus’s proximity to Natura, seduced Nefastus.

Nefastus, however, tragically fell in love with Magni while she was merely using him to spite Magnus.

She got what she wanted, Magnus’s rage, but she ignited a shared desire for revenge in Noctis as well.

Magnus and Noctis, sharing the same fury, forced both Magni and Nefastus to watch as they joined to give birth to the Primordial Succubus.

Annihilation and the End of the Originals:

That moment marked the first death.

Magni, in a final act of complicated spite and desire, decided to join Magnus and Noctis's bed, and they allowed it.

Nefastus, realizing he had been a mere tool, was overcome by a fit of uncontrollable rage and mortally wounded Magnus.

He failed to kill him, however, as Magni and Noctis, who had fallen in love with Magnus, joined forces to kill Nefastus.

Overtaken by a crushing fear of dying, Magnus then systematically killed all the other original males.

The only exceptions were Orki and Aefhtus, who were now under the irreversible power of his curse, and Ebano.

Ebano, having already lost Andromeda, had become obsessively infatuated with the Aerys.

His obsession was so deep that he went as far as killing every male of their race and cursing their wombs so that no other male would ever be born among them.

He believed that only their beauty compared to Nhiria’s, and he demanded them all for himself.

Once Nhiria recovered her physical form, she returned to find a scene of utter destruction and depravity.

Grief-stricken by the children she had lost, revolted by the spectacle Magnus had made of Aefhtus, and horrified by what Ebano had done to the children of Andromeda.

She also saw Natura, wearing the Dryad’s body with the original soul locked away inside.

A profound wrath spurred in her heart, and in a devastating flash, she annihilated all the Originals, leaving only their Primordial Children behind.

She then cursed Natura, wrenching her from the Dryad's body and sealing her spiritual form into a tree.

Natura was condemned to live forever as the bringer of life, yet fated only to watch her children serve as food for Nhiria’s children.

Many millennia later, after learning to read the complex current of Fate, Nhiria discovered that Fate and Nova were the true culprits for the devastation.

Yet, all Fate offered as explanation was this cold decree: "That is the natural course of life in the Path of Evolution: to be pushed by Chaos so Order would push back, and Evolution be pushed forward."

It was also then that Nhiria learned a final, bitter lesson: never to leave her children unsupervised.

This is the Tale of Origin, from which came the twenty-one Primordial Races under Nhiria's care:

The Magni: Dragons, Elementals, and Mystics.

The Aefhery: Sun Elven, Moon Elven, and Forest Dryads.

The Andros: High-Humans, Aerys, and Mermaids.

The Feral: Sabretooth Ligers, Gray Lycans, and Tailed Foxes.

The Faerie: High-Dwarves, Gnomes, and Faries.

The Nethrians: Nocturnals, Vampires, and Succubus.

The Brutus: The Titans, the Giants, and the Medusae.

A final revelation came after the Curses of Blood and Lust were cast.

Although each of the seven Nymphic Races belonged to a distinct racial group, they were all ultimately affected by the Dragons, as the Dragons were the closest in blood to Magnus.