Primordial Connection

efore the 16 Pillars of Uspen, four beings emerged from the first primordial spark. Formed by endlessly colliding energy, they had a single purpose: to shape chaos into something greater. They refined primordial force into mana-the simplest, purest energy-marked by two opposing qualities: the organic and the inorganic. Using these polar traits, the four shaped the barren world of Uspen and created four moons as symbols of their influence.

Uspen remained empty for ages, for the four feared creating a living system that might collapse as earlier star-forges had. Inorganic matter endured but deformed; organic matter lived but decayed, always returning to its base state. Their breakthrough came when the first of them realized the truth of their own existence: they were neither decaying nor dependent. They had absorbed a rare, distilled form of primordial mana-an intelligent, self-determining energy containing not only organic and inorganic qualities but concepts like life and death.

With this revelation, they finally understood how to build a world that could grow on its own. They wove organic and inorganic mana into vast ethereal veins around Uspen, then infused it with primordial mana. Uspen awakened as the fifth being in the universe.

Seeing it take its first steps, the four knew they could not leave it alone. Though they intended Uspen to be their final creation before withdrawing into their moons, its emerging consciousness reminded them of the companionship they had unknowingly shared across millennia. To ensure Uspen would not face existence in solitude, they created sixteen caretakers-beings who would later be worshiped as the 16 Pillars.

Weaker individually but strong together, the Pillars each embodied one aspect of the System and were charged with guiding Uspen as it continued to evolve.