The Primordial Chaos
Primordials are beings that have been alive for millions of years, before the even formation of Amaanturis. But for very long, humans thought this was a unique feature to the material plane, the only place they believed had life. With the discovery of the Divine planes, they realized it wasn't the case, and eventually, when they found The Chaos, they realized Primordials also existed there. Some of the Primordials have existed from even before the creation of the Cosmic Reality by Ovor Avantuuris, and have simply decided to reside in one of the planes of reality. Such is the case of the Primordial Chaos. As far as mythology goes back, it was always an opposite force to the Order brought by the creator, and it is believed that when he released the Immaterial Eternity to create the universe, the opposition of the Primordial Chaos created the Chaos, as an antithesis to the creation. Although technically it is the progenitor of all Demons, and to the Lords of Chaos, they see it as an incredibly powerful entity worthy of respect and sometimes worship, but one so far from them and so ancient they would never be capable of understanding it. Fortunately for them, the Primodial Chaos isn't much interested in the affairs of mortals: at its core, it desires the extermination of the Order of the universe, the end of all that represents it, and absolute Chaos everywhere. This led it to hunt the Major Gods of Emrelnnen themselves, to some success. In multiple occasions, it almost killed Mariniai Staax and Miran Abarukis, the Blue Flame, until Ovor intervened from beyond the fabric of reality to lock its access to the Cosmic Reality.
The Primordial Chaos
The Primordial has many shapes and appears in many different way, but its favorite is a somewhat humanoid appearance with a horribly difformed face, slit by multiple unhinged jaws full of extremely sharp teeth, as if it was making a mockery of one of Ovor's favorite creations, humans.
Another appearance of the Primordial
Sometimes chosing to take on a more humanoid appearance, the Primordial Chaos enjoys to hunt down its prey, and kill them in the most grotesque and terrifying parody of what one would call a human, simply to enjoy the chaotic situation.
Now locked out of the Cosmic Reality alltogether, it is known to roam the tight space that exists just outside it, so close it can be felt and can somewhat influence the border lands, giving horrendous nightmares and visions of death to its chosen prey. If it cannot fully defeat the power of Ovor that locked it out of reality, it could eventually do so if the conflict between Manaa The Dreamer and Vastissa, Queen of Chaos for the control of the Immaterial Eternity went in the Demon's favor, potentially weakening or undoing the hold of the creator on his own power. Only then could the Primordial return, free to unleash its chaotic destruction on the world, hunting down the Divines and their descendants, and leading the whole universe to a terrifyingly dark era.
Who knows if even the Lords of Chaos could reign in its bloodthirst, or if they would end up another of its numerous victims.
Theories have been made that the only reason Ovor had to create this universe, was because the previous one was fully destroyed and consumed by the Primordial Chaos, and that it is how it grew so powerful, forcing the Divine to reset the universe. Even though those are just theories, the only other beings old enough to statute on it are either far beyond humanity's grasp, or as terrifying as the Primordial Chaos is.
Theories have been made that the only reason Ovor had to create this universe, was because the previous one was fully destroyed and consumed by the Primordial Chaos, and that it is how it grew so powerful, forcing the Divine to reset the universe. Even though those are just theories, the only other beings old enough to statute on it are either far beyond humanity's grasp, or as terrifying as the Primordial Chaos is.
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