GODS

Chapter 1 - Genesis

Once upon a time, thousands of years ago. From nothing, two beings rise, into an almost empty however enormous, and beautiful world. They wander around with curiosity, finding humans across their path and learning about themselves and their purpose on this planet.

The two beings had emerged at the same time, but even so, they were different in appearance and personality. The taller one called himself Death, he didn't know how, but he just knew that it fit him, and this name was the right one for him.

Death was calm, he had a pure naivety on him, the curiosity and fascination of a child. Death was absolutely mesmerized by the simplest things of human life, humans were generally scared of him, due to his abnormal size. He discovered the hard way that his touch could be fatal to mortal lives. But still, Death always had this fascination for humans, especially children, he thought that the genuine kindness in a child's heart was the most beautiful thing in the universe. But asides from humans, with which Death had the caution to interact, he really liked animals, the way they lived free and moved by pure instinct intrigued him, and he spent a lot of time in the woods with all of the animals.

Death sure was a sweetheart of a being, but unlike him, the shorter brother didn't have a very good reputation. Power, as he named himself, was cold and indifferent, he always felt pity for humans, he viewed them as inferior, as "less than". He never understood Death's fascination and love for humans, they were weak, full of disease, and incapable of fully protecting themselves. Power spent most of his time alone on the top of a hill, thinking by himself.

One day, after years and years of Death and Power's arrival, Death, while wandering around the woods, as he did every day, found a creature he had never seen before, a creature similar to him in a way, it was similar to a human, but it was pale, almost as white as the moon, just like himself, but there was one thing that was different, it had horns on his head. When Death found him, he was asleep. Death had discovered during those years, that he could change his form temporarily, so he did, that creature wasn't as small as a human, actually, it was closer to Death's size than any other creature, so he became the size of the creature, as not to scare it away.

After some minutes, the creature woke up, looking confused and scared at first, it didn't make a noise, it looked at Death curious as it was the first time it saw someone similar to itself. After months passed, the creature seemed to begin getting a grasp on who they were, one could say it was almost as if it was gaining conscience, the creature who now named himself Justice was quiet, responsible, and acted as a judge for the humans, it took him a while to get used to them and vice versa, Justice also got used to Death's natural size, which was about 3 meters tall. At the same time, Power found a creature in the midst of a pile of flowers, it was as pale as him, but not as pale as his brother, it looked like what you'd expect an angel to look like, except it had this bright, purple hair, that camouflaged itself among the colorful flowers, Power felt immediately that it was different from the other beings that lived there, that it was similar to him and his brother, still inferior, but not as much as humans and animals who lacked the human conscience. He guided it as a mentor while it was gaining conscience, later, that creature named herself Control, she had a cold and logical personality, and she somehow had the ability to command creatures as she wanted to, it was less effective on humans but still helped when dismantling conflicts and fights. Power was fascinated by that, and decided to keep her by his side.

After years and years of living along with humans, they began to worship these powerful beings as gods, and as gods, they became known, and they became part of the local culture and religion. People gave them offerings and gifts to show gratitude.

Death was able to see when people would die and see when spirits manifested themselves, he was responsible for taking souls to The Land of Spirits, so they could rest and not torment the living. Death also had the ability to make things decay If he touched them, at first, he couldn't quite control it, but with time he learned how to, the same with his ability to revive the dead, but Death didn't really like this ability, in particular, he thought that living beings had to have their life cycles, to be born, grow, and die. Being able to live twice or even to live forever, made people not value life as much.

Power had very strong psychic abilities and super strength, he could lift entire villages with the move of a finger. He was more powerful than Justice and Control, but not more than Death. Power was also very charming, even though he was cold and logical, he was very skilled at charming people and making them believe him, making him a great but dangerous leader. Still, people were grateful for Power's protection.

Justice had the power to control the powerful creatures of The Land of Spirits, known as "The Guardians", they lived in the midst of the woods, they looked like humans, but with skin pale and silver-toned. Some of them had bright white eyes that shined like a firefly in the night, and some of them had deep black eyes, that almost looked like holes in their faces. Some had black wavy hair that seemed to absorb the little light that entered the woods, and others had this straight white hair, a bright white that almost glowed in the dark of The Land of Spirits. Justice was able to see, listen, and speak through The Guardians, almost as if they were his voodoo dolls. Justice could also control them as puppets, but one at a time. The Guardians were wild, and some would even say aggressive, creatures, they were easily startled and became hostile easily when feeling threatened, most of them couldn't talk or understand things like a human, they were more like animals in this aspect, but some who lived closer to villages, could say a few sentences and even understand how human society worked, even though they were like animals in the wild, they were quite quick at learning things, which Justice found impressive. Justice always felt bad for how the humans on The Land of Sun treated The Guardians, they treated them as monsters, without feelings or a capacity to learn, but Justice always knew they weren't like that.

Control was the right hand of Power, and under his supervision, she grew to be very strong, logical, and powerful, just like Power. She was responsible for keeping the villages peaceful alongside Justice, however, Justice's role was mostly talking problems out between the humans, Control's role was actually to maintain the peace by fighting off criminals and protecting humans from wild animals. She got the humans' respect by showing her strength and mind-control powers. Control was able to control people and animals like puppets, and it worked not only on humans and animals but on Justice as well, though it was less effective. She could order them to do things, say things, and even mess with people's minds. Power always looked proud of Control, and one could say they were almost like father and daughter.

Time passes, and the culture of adoration for the "gods" grows stronger and stronger, humans even decided upon building a palace for them, Death refused at first, he felt like it was way too much praise for them, however, Power agreed strongly with the idea. Death helped the humans to build the palace, it was a huge palace built on top of the mountain where Power used to spend most of his time. The palace was white with little details in the colors of the "gods"' eyes, black, red, blue, and purple.

One day, in the middle of a village, a mysterious group of yellow dandelions began to grow and grow, and from there, arose what looked like a girl and a boy, they looked so alike that one could say they were twins, both had pale skin, like Control's, but their hair was a bright yellow, just like the dandelions. They both looked confused and the villagers quickly warned the "gods" about what happened. At this point, Death and Power already knew what was going on and happily welcomed the twins to the palace. The twins in a few years became known as Intellect, the girl, and Luck, they worked together to help villages prosper. Luck and Intellect helped villages by teaching them and helping them with farming, fishing, and other things. They were one of the most beloved among these "gods", who became known as the pillars of this world. And now, after several years, it's where our story really begins.