Paradigm-8 (Architect Paradigm)

Paradigm-8 is the eighth universe created by the Architects in their quest to make a perfect universe.

Origins
After the failure of the first seven paradigms, the Architects moved onto the eighth. As they had with all the previous paradigms, they adjusted the Creator Coding in another attempt to spawn life. Ten billion years into Paradigm-8's existence, the Creator Coding was activated and this time was a success. Life began on all the planets marked by the Architects, and began to evolve.

Evolution of the Architects
In the new universe, many of the Architects took physical forms, hiding amongst the races that were in the process of evolving across the universe. Many of them forgot they were Architects, and lost their connection to their god-like powers, ending up with a lifespan the same as the organism they were mimicking. As a result, the number of Architects decreased majorly.

Some of the Architects who took physical form chose not to mimic organisms, and designed their own bodies. Some of these went down the same path as the Mimics, and forgot their origins, and therefore their connection to their powers. The others embraced their nature, and used their forms not to live normal lives, but to take a more hands-on approach to guiding the universe, taking advantage of their physical forms and their Architect abilities, coming to call themselves the Alterants.