Cosmodia

The Book of Oza

        When exploring the curiosities of existence, we may ask ourselves whether it was the gryphon or the egg that came first. What is true is that neither the gryphon nor the egg would exist for thousands of years, we must begin long before that. Our story begins in an expansive void of emptiness far beyond comprehension, an infinite and desolate space dead with silence known as The Realm Eternal. At the time of this writing, many ages have past, even so, no one knows how from the nullity of the void, a sentience known to us as Oza, the creator, was formed. This being was a supreme consciousness spawned by unfathomable means who ushered in the very beginning of time as we know it. As with the query of its inception, we are ignorant as to whether it manifested with a purpose, or if it conceived one for it's self. Nevertheless, The Realm Eternal would serve as the stage upon which The Creator would conduct it's grand performance. Like an artist living within their own canvas, Oza began filling the void with beauty and light. These lights spread across the boundless abyss, bright shimmering spheres engulfed in flames that we've come to know as stars.

        After creating the stars, Oza's sentience grew more complex and it began to feel. These feelings were not of physical or emotional nature, but were instead a divine knowing that the newly lit void was cold... too cold. The Creator did not spare any time, it knew what this new universe needed next and so it created another star, giant in comparison to the others, this star burned with a great heat that could be felt by Oza it's self. The creator then casted its conscious essence unto this superior star, causing an explosion from its surface that lit up the whole expanse of space with a flash. This burst of light lasted for eons, when it finally subsided the void black space between the stars was now filled with swirls and waves of emerald, teal, and magenta. This event gave the giant star a similar sentience to Oza and would become known to us as Ultavo, the sun. After the sun was created, Oza spent even more unknown amounts of time expanding this newly painted universe, spreading more and more stars across The Real Eternal. The more work that was done resulted in Oza's sentience becoming even more developed. The creator realized that to merely create was not enough, for what kind of existence could worth experiencing if experienced alone and never witnessed by another. Oza did not only make the universe more beautiful, but now it was not alone and for the first time felt the love a parent has for their child.

        Knowing that after it's purpose is done it would be far removed from its creation, it did not want it's child Ultavo to feel the loneliness it once felt and so Oza gathered a myriad of stars and pressed them together with such great force they became one large pale rock. Reflecting the rays of the glorious sun, the pale rock was veiled in a brilliant radiance and in time, would become known to us as Vaila, the moon. Akin to Ultavo, Oza swiftly bestowed sentience upon Vaila and in an instant loved it equally. Eventually with their new given consciousness Vaila and Ultavo eventually began to feel love for one another, a more intimate feeling unlike the love Oza felt for them. By Oza's design the sun and moon became eternal lovers, forever dancing together in space.

        When a being exists forever, it is in no rush to accomplish anything, for that reason Oza rested for a long time. During this time of rest Ultavo and Vaila consummated, when the two briefly collided, Vaila was almost destroyed completely. As a result, a great portion of the moon broke off and floated away as a scorched piece of rubble. Oza would not let it's child die, so it collected an abundance of stars to make Vaila whole again. Now, after it's already long existence, Oza knew loneliness and love, but also knew that these feelings must not hinder it's work in progress and for the first time felt anger. Oza felt as though it's creations were all for naught if they were to destroy themselves in an act of love. Despite it's displeasure with Ultavo and Vaila for acting upon a feeling they hardly understood, Oza forgave the sun and moon. In place of punishment, The Creator took the burnt piece of floating rubble produced from the collision and molded it to mimic the shape of the two lovers. Then, Oza proceeded to remove the scorch from it thus rendering it a rocklike sphere and in doing so created Aetherius, the first of many planets to come. Fueled by it's intention to create these other planets, fused with the knowledge that it's creations should occupy a space of their own within The Realm Eternal, Oza created a domain to house them. This new space which encompassed the sun, moon, Aetherius, as well as the rest of Oza creations is now known as The Aether.

        The creator breathed into this new planet, creating the winds and the sky, then spit on it, creating the seas which were vast and consumed most of the it. The lands that remained above the waters varied, some parts like waves of tall grass, some saturated in water and mud, others were made of arid dunes, in opposite reach lied frozen planes, and what remained was covered in immensely thick forests. Finally, Oza reached into the planet and pulled gargantuan spires of stone and rock to form mountains so tall the peaks met the clouds. Long flowing rivers, shimmering lakes and crushing waterfalls were all scattered across this new world along with many different forms of flora. The creator then emitted its life giving essence across this lively planet, like glowing astral seeds spread across a garden. From these seeds of life spawned masses of fauna formed of the natural elements of Aetherius. These new life forms varied in nature, many occupied the skies, others found home in the depths of the sea, and the rest walked amongst the land as well as within it. Then Oza left Aetherius to float in accordance with the sun and moon for an unknown span of time, during which the two lovers developed an affinity for the fledgling planet as well as the budding life upon it. The creator wanted the pair of celestial beings to understand the futility in attachment when destined to exist forever and the necessity of sacrifice. Therefore, Oza promptly commanded Ultavo and Vaila to shine their light upon Aetherius separately, with one ruling the night while the other would rule the day. How long after Oza had conceptualized us did it finally create us? We will never know. Of course, Oza was determined to complete it's grand design, so it did what any artist or architect would do and continued to shape it's destined work. Expending more of its power, Oza constructed five more spheres of rock, like crude impressions of Aetherius, to further take up space in the Aether. Then, it conjured together the various cosmic elements of the Aether using them to transform the giant unimpressive rocks into new planets. These planets differed from each other in design, some more than others, and we would eventually dub them Organta, Plythos, Mythron, Iridion, and Quasar.

        After leaving Aetherius to develop under the watch of the Sun and Moon, Oza finally returned from creating the rest of The Aether. It was now time for Ultavo and Vaila, who faithfully nurtured the new planet in Oza's absence, to behold the new sentient creatures to be fashioned in their favor. The all powerful Oza drew from within it's self along with the essence of Ultavo and Aetherius, using this concoction of energy to form the race of Man. The first generation of Humans were placed on the lands during mid-day, when the sun shines the most brilliantly, so that Ultavo could bare witness to their birth and they the warming embrace of the sun's hearth. On a distant part of the lands Oza waited until the peak of night when Vaila was in full form and it's pale light glowed with the utmost radiance. Once more the creator drew from it's self and Aetherius, this time combined with the pith of the moon, thus creating the Elves. Ultavo and Vaila were both unfathomably content with these new beings and found fulfillment in knowing they would watch over these creations until the end of time. Oza wasted no time warning the sun and moon that they mustn't falter nor stray from their path around Aetherius, for all life upon it would depend on their everlasting presence.

        As I had proposed earlier in this scripture, we may ask ourself if the gryphon came before the egg. In this instance, Oza was the gryphon from which the egg of existence was spawned. In it's infinite knowledge Oza was aware it was reaching the end of it's existence as all of it's work was coming close to completion. The creator also knew that the more it manifested, the harder it would become to hold its very being intact. Seeing as though this unraveling of it's self would come soon and what would come from it would be unknown to Oza, it decided to create a universal safeguard. This safeguard came in the form of a powerful entity, the most made up of Oza's pure essence and most powerful of it's creations, The Keeper of time. This omnipotent entity was charged with the task of watching the Aether as well as the rest of the known universe while maintaining the flow of the time continuum. At this moment in time, following the creation of the Keeper, Oza's energy had been exhausted as a result of forming The Aether and the creator could no longer hold its form as one singular being. In it's final moment's Oza recognized it's work was ultimately complete and found solace in finally resting while comforted by the continued existence it created. Within a moment that may have been an instant or a near eternity, Oza's essence and form discharged in a great plume of consciousness and energy. At last the creator faded into it's creation, existing no longer as it's self but rather a part of everything for the rest of eternity.