Great Wyrm Chronicles: Giganton

Chapter 1: Ataxia

TW: Self-harm, Abusive/Neglective Parent, mentions of blood and gore

Chaos. Chaos is a Giganton that is invincible to all forms of death. Chaos is the pure incarnate of all that is and will be evil. Chaos created everything, the Gods, the Monsters, and the other Gigantons. Chaos is the tyrannical ruler over the land known as Chaoctin. Chaos commands and controls every Monster, Giganton, and God. No one dares defy his rule, for if they did, a terrible punishment would be brought upon them. For millions of years, no one has tried to stop his terrifying rule.

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Ataxia was one of two sons of Chaos. The two shared a body. The upper half was Ataxia, and where Ataxia's legs would be was another person's upper half, the two torsos connecting. Ataxia's lower half was his brother, Fury. They had been connected at birth, unable to be separated.

When Chaos saw the two's hideous body at birth he wanted to keep the secret of them being conjoined twins. So, before his minions saw his horrifying children, he created a cloud at their waists to conceal their physical connection. The cloud allowed the two to take to the skies and watch over the Humans and Gods from a distance.

Fury had no eyes or mouth on his face. His face was a blank slate; his facial features resided on his palms, his singular eye on his right palm, and his mouth on his left palm.

Fury's features had abilities that no other Giganton had. Using his eye he could fire a beam of power, able to turn Humans and Monsters to stone in an instant. With his mouth, he could create a ball of fire and rock, which he used to destroy those who dared oppose Chaos. Ataxia was different, and he was less special in his Father's eyes. Ataxia had uncontrollable power. Chaos saw this and worried that Ataxia had the potential to overthrow his reign, so he locked away his power using crossed Arcane chains that covered his eyes and confined Ataxia's maximum potential.

The twins' birth was nearly sixteen years ago, and now the two of them worked in Chaos' feared army. However, all was not well in Chaos' family, for he neglected Ataxia, despite him being conjoined with Fury. After almost sixteen years of neglect from his father, Ataxia finally broke. He could no longer stand his brother and father talking as if he was invisible. He was sick of it all.

One morning Ataxia and Fury were looking out to the fields where Chaos put the Monsters, Gods, and Humans. Chaos made them work day and night gathering resources to help him build his next ego-fueling project. Meanwhile, he lounged around.

"Do you ever think Chaos will love you?" Fury asked smugly. "Or will he dismiss you and keep complimenting me, his favorite son?"

"Chaos only sees you as a tool, Fury, an investment," Ataxia said, looking out in front of him. "When you've used up all of your worth, he'll throw you out, just like he did the Humans and the Gods," Ataxia said, trying to warn Fury.

"You're just jealous," Fury said, disregarding what his brother said. The two went on from the cliff back to their duties of keeping Humans in their place, but soon came the night, and they returned to his Father's palace. Ataxia was sickened by the palace his Father had chosen to live in. The palace was an eyesore, gems of varying color were plastered all over the platinum walls. Each room in the palace was massive, bigger than the tents Chaos put the Gods and Humans in. The palace was a labyrinth to walk through; when hallways didn't lead to dead ends, they led back to where they started.

All of the people in Chaos' family were invincible, including himself and the Gigantons. So no matter what he did to Fury, death would never come upon him. Then Ataxia thought of a brilliant plan, one he could use to get away and pain his father. He knew that one of the few things that Chaos cared for was his son Fury.

Under the cover of night, he initiated his plan. He took a bone saw from his Father's torture chambers and sawed off his brother. He then carried his brother's separated and unconscious body across the desert and dropped him into the faraway canyon. Then using his cloud, he left the sleeping palace and headed into the starless night, unsure of where he was going to go.

Ataxia knew his father would look for him and his brother in the morning. However, Chaos would not find him, not until the Mortals and Gods managed to rebel against the King of Evil himself, Chaos.