《Apollyon, The God of Chaos.》Prologue.
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In the beginning, there were 3 Gods. Leon, the God of Nature, creator of the Earth and all of its inhabitants; Victoria, the Goddess of Wisdom, creator of the Mirror Land and all of its inhabitants; Finally, there was Apollyon, the God of Chaos, the inhabitant of the Void. Leon was the first to create his own planet, earth, and his own form of life, being the Elves. They were soon followed by Beastkin, Dwarves and Humans. He then made stable animal food sources for his residents to feast on, followed by plant life for food and shelter.
These creations of Leon's worshipped him and he grew in strength. Being the weakest of the three Gods he relished in this new found power. Being jealous, Victoria created her own world called Mirror Land which was a mirror image of Earth. Within the land, Victoria created Demons, Golems, Giants and Dragons. A portal connected the two lands, letting anyone pass through as they wish. The thing that parted the Mirror World from Earth was that the Mirror World's residents could use magic, something that only the God's could use originally.
The only way Victoria's creations could use magic is if Leon would get Victoria the Magi's Articulium. There was one flaw in this plan though. That flaw is that the Magi's Articulium is Apollyon's only known creation and Apollyon treasured it. Apollyon created magic to begin with. He is the one who figured out how to tap into his own powers and he taught the other two how to use some magic, but that was only because he made the Magi's Articulium. The Magi's Articulium stores all information on how to use any type of magic. This book has every single type of magic known by the God's stored in it and is constantly expanding, but Apollyon only shared few spells with his Brother and Sister. Apollyon grew stronger and stronger as he discovered more and more magic and the other two seemed to be falling behind Apollyon.
Thinking that this is now the time to surpass Apollyon, Leon steals the book while Apollyon is testing a new spell and reads every single page in it, making him just as strong as Apollyon. Leon gives the book to Victoria on top of the promise that she will not give her creations the ability to conquer Earth. She agreed to this and she too reads it page by page. After this, Victoria gave certain magic abilities to her Creations and they prospered with this new found power. With his newest spells finally being done, Apollyon goes back to his space, known as the Void since it is nearly infinite emptiness, and finds that his only finished creation is missing.
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Apollyon goes and looks down into the Mirror Land and sees the Demon's using magic. In a fury, Apollyon goes to destroy the Mirror Land but is stopped by Victoria. Seeing as she has the book, Apollyon realized what has happened. Having all of the magic in the Magi's Articulium and also the power from being worshipped, Apollyon saw that he was outmatched and has been betrayed by his God siblings. Victoria does give the book back and asks for peace once again, which Apollyon is forced to accept but he plans on getting revenge.
Seeing as he can't do anything directly, he decides to bring in his own source of power. He is going to cause mass chaos inside of the Mirror Land and Earth, using Leon's and Victoria's creations against them. Apollyon fell to the Mirror Land and shrunk his form to fit the world around him, for God's are as big as galaxies in their original forms. Having a Ram's Skull as a head and having a black cloak wrap the rest of his body, Apollyon made his way to the Demon Capital. There, Apollyon met with their Lord and taught him the ability to use several different types of dangerous magic. The Demon Lord thought he was learning magic to save people from illness but when he received the ability to use Blood Magic, he became corrupt with power. Apollyon stood in the shadows as the Demon Lord realized his powers and used it to conquer the rest of the Mirror Land. Victoria watched in horror as she tried to find a way to take away the Demon Lords magic but nothing seemed to work. She refused to kill her own creation.
The Demon Lord is consumed by greed and decides that he wants to rule Earth as well. As the armies from the Mirror Land marched through Earth, killing millions and taking the Earthlings land, Leon became enraged. He confronted Victoria to ask why she broke the promise but she explains everything to him. Discovering that Apollyon is the problem, the two Gods decide that they need to stop him in some way, but by the time they figure a way out, Apollyon caused much more chaos. He gave the Dragons intense raw power and their ability to breathe fire, ice, poison, lightning and wind. Tired of being ruled by the Demons, the Dragons used this power well and caused an inner turmoil in the Mirror Land. While this was happening, Apollyon went to Earth and decided it is time to make his own creations. Several beasts bloodthirsty for Earthlings were created and roamed Earth. Millions of Earthlings have perished from both the Demons and the beasts and they were going nearly extinct. Seeing his opportunity, Apollyon gave each race their own types of powers. The Beastkin could use insane physical powers while the Elves could tame the beasts Apollyon made. Dwarves could now make weapons of mass destruction with materials found under the ground and they harnessed the ability to use lightning. The Human's received the ability to enchant weapons with different types of abilities.
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With newfound powers, Earth fought the Demons back to the Mirror Land and was able to defend themselves from the beasts Apollyon created, but one thing was different now. Apollyon planted a seed into each of the races and these seeds were dangerous emotions. The Elves became proud and territorial, killing all out of their race who entered their land. Beastkins were given a short temper that caused them to go feral when pushed too far. The Humans were planted with an intense feeling of greed. This greed caused civil wars and the Human's to take lands from the other races. The Dwarves were given the sickness of alcoholism, causing them to drink their lives away. The alcoholism caused them to make stupid choices and also gave them several ailments, causing a Dwarve's lifespan to shorten.
With all the chaos flowing within the worlds, Apollyon became filled with massive amounts of power before the other two God's found him, but now that they have, Apollyon will have to face the consequences. The 2 Gods teamed up on Apollyon and fought him in his own home, the Void. As the fighting between the Gods raged on, the chaos on the world continued to accumulate and Apollyon never stopped growing in strength throughout the whole fight but there is something he didn't account for. The creations faith to their creators was strong and everyone prayed to one of the two Gods every day, making Leon and Victoria grow in strength as well.
Apollyon is finally defeated after 1,000 years of constant war and carnage. Both Earth and the Mirror Land were completely devastated and their Gods very weak. With their remaining power, the two Gods stripped Apollyon of his God Hood and locked him away in the Void. With no power and being a shell of his former greatness, Apollyon became dormant and went into a long slumber. A wave of peace and prosperity flowed over Earth and the Mirror Land while Apollyon laid dormant in the Void, waiting to get his revenge and his time will soon come. Peace would last for another thousand years as every race abandoned their strongest powers and their new emotions, but one day that is all ruined.
The King of the Human's on Earth is killed by a Demon while visiting the capital of the Demons. This sparks a war between Earth and Mirror Land, causing Chaos to once flow throughout the world and back into Apollyon's body, making him stronger. If he is to get enough Chaos then he can get his God Hood back but something is wrong. Both sides have lost their knowledge of the weapons of mass destruction and can barely kill very many people. The war is soon turned into just all of the leaders arguing in a small room but this shouting between highly regarded figures is enough to seep a little chaos inside of Apollyon's body, awakening him and giving him the power to escape the Void. Escaped, he is now on a mission to get revenge and destroy his Brother and Sister, one step at a time.
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