Dark LegacyStory of creation (part 2).
Soon though, primitive species that had a small sense of consciousness were born. A minor civilization grew up, and quickly this culture formed its unique set of deities and rituals. The prayers of these creatures finally caught the attention of the two deities, and a new era began in the war.
At first, one might think that Mitrill would seek to snuff out all life, since it is not ordered or uniform in any sort of way. But instead, Mitrill turned to the task of making it ordered. Soon, life that barely existed flourished, as Mitrill made and balanced the ecosystem. A more advanced civilization formed, with laws and rules of conduct. But Balthildis was not idly sitting by. Soon disputes and corruption became apparent in this early civilization. Its leaders became greedy, its poor became angry, and the small culture barely held together.
At this time, another change in the universe occurred. Fueled by the beliefs of all life forms, new deities, weaker than the first two but tied to them, were born. Love, hate, peace and war. Freedom, oppression, truth and dishonesty. The eight children deities fed off the major facets of emotion and civilization. They quickly sided with their respective parents, and the war continued on as always, but with higher stakes.
The explosion of religion in the civilization on Alora escalated the culture's problems. The deities had more power than ever, and in their war used the mortals as pawns. Soon, it was over. The civilization collapsed in a great war, and the race all but disappeared. This sudden disappearance of their followers greatly weakened all of the deities, and they began to lessen their meddling in the universe. This first race was that of the Phasians. Though they have survived this war, they have lost nearly all of their glory, with the remains of their once great empire seen as relics of the past, forever lost.
In time, the cycle of life began again, and new races were born. All of the deities waited, ready to renew their war, but not eager to lose the power mortals' beliefs gave them.