The Titan King

The Circle of Life

The following events take place millions of years ago, in a world much unlike our own. These events, however, have shaped the world and its ecosystem to the point that the effects of these events are still felt currently. This is the world where Titans are the dominant species on the planet, and all other creatures live in harmony with them...a world before humans became widespread.

The hot orange sun slowly peeked its head from behind the tree line, illuminating the sky with a bright red hue from behind the blackened clouds. Nighttime soon turned into day, and the stars that peppered the sky with iridescent sparkles soon hid behind the light. Creatures, big and small, began to wake from their slumber, starting to scurry left and right as they carried out their morning duties. Among them, the titans rose, shaking the ground with each step they took while being careful not to crush any innocent creatures. Today was a day of unison...a day that would certainly go down in history.

From that day we arrived on the planet
And blinking, stepped into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done

All the creatures, some using Titans like the Methuselah to ride, began the journey across land and sea. Something compelled them to converge on this specific area, perhaps it was instinct, or a force that simply edged one and all to join as one and witness a great event unfurl before their eyes. The smaller creatures that rode on various Titans could see the formation of a massive mountain in the distance, and they could feel the shiver the closer and closer they edged towards the rock formation.

There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

Proudly between the great peaks stood King Dagon, his eyes narrowed as he looked upwards towards the sun. Today was the day, and while he was the king, he still felt a shiver of fear deep within his stomach. His nostrils flared, and he huffed loudly, attempting to shake the butterflies in his stomach, as his major Domo, an elderly Rodan named Caelus, landed by his side in a cloud of dust. A warm smile across his beak, he bowed to Dagon, folding his wings together elegantly. Dagon responded with a smile of his own, and a slight nod, as he turned to see his Queen lying on the ground behind him.

It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
'Til we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life

He approached Queen Eos, curled tightly around a nest the two of them made in the ground. Due to their massive size, she had to lay flat on her stomach, keeping her tail curled around herself tightly with her backplates pointed towards the sky. Dagon gave a low rumble from deep within his throat, leaning down and nuzzling their muzzles together slowly, until they both looked up at the sound of footsteps behind them.

Along came the Behemoth Elder Coeus, who slowly approached through the massive gathering of both wildlife and titan. He slowly lowered himself on one knee in front of the king and queen, making sure his massive, moss covered tusks were lowered in submission at the royal family. Both responded with a smile, with Eos pulling her tail back slowly to reveal the royal prince. A sparkle lit up in the baby's orange eyes as the small reptilian creature slowly turned up from under his mother's side and looked up at the mammoth like creature. Coeus, with a warm smile, scooped a tuft of red clay from the Earth with the tip of his massive claw, and slowly spread it across the young creature's head. Of course, he sneezed from the dust, shifting his nostrils left and right to clear his face of the red debris.

Dagon slowly stepped out of the path of Coeus, who, with the grace of a gentle bluebird, slowly clutched the baby within one of his palms from Eos's side. He slowly turned, slowly trotting back to the crowd of Titans and animals that eagerly awaited the reveal of the royal baby. With a triumphant and thunderous hoot, Coeus reared back on his hind legs, and held the baby up high for all to see...the clouds dividing so a ray of light could split through and onto the child. Both Titan and animal, big and small, gave out in overwhelming applause, as their eyes met that of the new king of the ecosystem.