Uxas (Neo Earth)

"You believe me to be a god? Ha! I am no angel; no demon! I do not appear in your story books. I am not mentioned in your history. My name dare not roll off your tongue, less my wrath rain down upon you. I am your creator; your master. The things I've seen, the things I have done? They can not be compared to the likes of mortals. Everything you are, everything you are to become. Remember: it is the will of Darkseid."

- The Lord of Creation "Never has a being existed like Darkseid. He inspires hatred and malevolence in the hearts of mortals. He is the embodiment of fear and anger; the child of Chaos and Night. He is the oldest son, yet the most damned and scorned. His life is shrouded in hell. But to despise him is to despise oneselves; Darkseid is the master of creation, the ruler of the Earth. We would be nothing without him. He brought about the Day of Reckoning, and he will bring about the Day of Retribution. Darkseid is neither man, nor god; he is all."

- - Augustus Watt, author of Sybillus Asterium: A History of the Universe

The Begginning of Time
In the beginning of time there was Chaos. Chaos had many names, to which he would come to be known. He was known as the Void, while some referred to him as the Darkness. He was the father of nothing, yet the father of everything. From Chaos came the first female: Night. Night was everything that sprang from the nothingness of Chaos, representing the vast Beyond. Her body was a bearer of stars and shadows, and from her came the First Child: Uxas. Uxas was the first of the Primordials, the beings that would soon come to represent the Universe itself. Uxas, being the first born, was treated as such. He was created as the essence of self-righteousness, and was the ruler of fire. From his black fires of creation sprang the first object: the Rock.

Uxas, a young Primordia, was reckless and carefree, and spent his time constructing. Using his silver Rocks, he spent his time tossing them into the Nothingness, never understanding where they might land. Not long after his birth, Chaos and Night gave birth two their second child: Sciron. Sciron was a child of excellency, and represented the first aspect of light. From the darkness of his mother, and the void of his father, Sciron broke free of the shadows and created the first sun, known as Genness. The sun frightened Uxas; in his mind it was a threat to everything their lineage stood for. To counteract Gennes, Uxas crafted the first moon, which he named Lunum. Together, Uxas and Sciron created the cycles of day and night.

Chaos and Night continued to produce children. From her eternal body came Jaia, who represented the beginning of the true elements. Jaia brought into existence the first element: gas. From her body spewed poisonous vapors, fruitful scents, and wispy gusts of wind. Jaia was the mother of the winds and push and pull of momentum, and at her birth she was adorned with a single jewel on her forehead; a special tool to help her keep track of the winds.

The next Primordial being was Vertrea, a being so powerful that was impossible to ignore her. Vertrea represented the first attributes of attraction. She represented desire and greed, and implanted these in her brothers and her sisters. Vertrea was a contagious being, and soon was the creator of many diseases and atrocities. To her kin, however, she was beautiful. Along with Sciron, they fathered a single child: the first God known as Love.

Preet, the creator of earth, and everything that represented metal, who was amongst the most vicious - second to Uxas - of the Primordials, was born to be the beginning of all things. Night molded and crafted her child inside of her stomach, determined to make her the essence of creation. Chaos, however, was a gluttonous void of greed, and was intent on staying at the head of creation for the rest of eternity. As she left the womb, Chaos sapped the power of creation from her bones, and let it seep like blood into Uxas. Uxas, who at the time was busy creating more and more astral bodies, would not know of his abilities for quite some time.

Night became angry with Chaos, and refused to birth him more children. To punish him, she mated with her youngest son, Sciron, and bore her last child: the young Half-Blood known as Ranos. Ranos was the final child of Night, and was the most powerful of all his kin. He created the first drop of water, which spread through the universe, creating an invisible river that linked Life to Death (this river would later be known as The Akirian). He was the master of the waves and of water, and was the reciever of the very first weapon: the Trident (which who was crafted by Uxas). From this trident sprang the demands of a king. Ranos represented leadership, command, and order, and at his mother's request became the king of all that was; including his own kin.

The Binding of the King
Uxas despised Ranos. He was a young and reckless (much as he had been), and in his eyes, was not suited for the title of King. But, under his mother's orders, he did not disobey Ranos.

As the new King of the Universe, Ranos was instructed by his mother to destroy Chaos. "Such a feat is impossible," Ranos stated, and to him, Night suggested the Chains of Apokolips; a long forgotten being that had sprung from the Void along with Night and the stars. Ranos did not disagree with Night, and ventured into the heart of his father. He retrieved the Chains, though they burned his skin and broke his bones. Ranos convinced his father, Sciron that he needed to help slay his grandfather, Chaos. The two traveled to Uxas, who now lived on Lunum, and requested that he craft them weapons powerful enough to subdue Chaos. Uxas, who refused to betray their father, crafted a set of poorly made gauntlets (for Sciron) and a badly designed new Trident (for Ranos). Uxas, who consulted with his father after their departure, warned him of the two's oncoming betrayal.

This warning gave Chaos the advantage over the two, and when they arrived he easily defeated them. The two were sucked into the Void, and were spit out as merely the objects of their creation: Sciron was transformed into light, and Ranos the water. As punishment for his blasphemy, Chaos permanently trapped Ranos's soul within the Rains of Sorrow, a storm so horrific that it would only show it's face every one million years. And so was the wrath of the true king.

The New King
Chaos rewarded Uxas for his loyalty, and from the Chains that were intended to bind him, created Apokolips, the first planet. Chaos inhabited Apokolips with the first of the Spirits: the Shades, the Fates, and the Omegas. Uxas was given control over these spirits, and from his throne, he ruled over Apokolips. This was no enough however. Uxas was corrupt and greedy, and needed more to feed his hunger for power. He ventured onward, and consumed his sisters, spitting them back out just as his father had. When they returned from his stomach, they were nothing but merely their representations: air, desire, and earth.

Night was furious with her son, and warned Chaos that he was becoming uncontrollable. The Void, however, did not listen. Instead, he watched as his son began a new era: the Era of Creation. Uxas, having discovered his hidden abilities, absorbed the essences of his brothers and sisters, and expelled them across the universe. In a large wave of explosions known as the Pythilium (pie-thill-ee-um), the Universe was finally inhabited.

The First of Life
The Pythilium gave way to a burst of life across the Universe. Chaos was impressed, but did not deny that he was somewhat cautious of Uxas's growing power. Planets sprung from what was once Chaos; all under the control of Uxas. He crafted each planet with precision and fragility, non of them alike. From his first planet, known as Sphycus, came the first living, breathing species: The Guardians.

The Guardians - small grey creatures with a complex physiology, that could not live forever - inhabited Maltus, populating it's water covered surface, and floating amongst the clouds (the clouds were the children of Ranos and Jaia). They were a peaceful species, and represented the good-hearted nature of Uxas.

Chaos, however, thought otherwise.

As the father of Darkness, he created the first demons: the Parasites. The Parasites erupted onto the surface of Maltus with no warning, and began slaughtering the Guardians. To save his only species, Uxas crafted a special set of White Rings, giving them to each of the Nine Guardians. They bore these rings into battle, crafting larger-than-life constructs of light to destroy the Parasites. After the battle, Uxas requested the White Rings back. Driven mad by the god like power that the Rings distributed, however, the Guardians committed suicide, and the Rings disappeared into the Universe, searching in separate directions for new wearers. (Eventually, the rings would come to associate themselves with the blue Guardians of the planet Maltus, and after the opening of Pandora's Box (See below), the White Rings would become colored with emotion, save one).

The Gods
Not counting Love, the Gods were a product of the Era of Creation. First came Heliopolis, who came to inhabit all of the suns, along with his sister, Sem, who embodied the brightest of the moons. Next to them, were born the twins, Brius and Braccus, who represented war and evil. Uxas, determined to be the definite ruler of the Universe, used the Scythe of Atria, and cut the twins into pieces. Distributing them throughout the galaxies, this would be the creation of human evil and the "mortal imperfection". These four children were all children of Vertrea and Sciron, who mated even in their primitive states.

Jaia bore children as well, mating with both Sciron and Ranos. Her first child, the Clouds, were the multiple personalities of the one goddess, '''Vahporia. '''They came to contain not only water and air, but many different vapors as well. Next, she gave birth to Ballia and Mallus, the god and goddess of plants and animals. Mallus, however, was powerless and managed only to create a few animals, before being absorbed by Uxas to gain his power.

Preet, the youngest daughter of Night and Chaos, chose to stay a virgin, and gave birth using her mind. From her brain she gave birth to Trikus, Solus, Barchdian, Sipher, Som, Deg, Ramiduor, Lakinof, Romigund, and Dormund. They each, in their own right, represented (in order) the sands, volcanoes, lava, the dark of the ocean, death (the aspect, not the actual act of dying), insanity, hunting, lightning, and giving. Preet bore the most children of an Primordial, and for this, was favorited by Uxas and allowed to return to her waking state; so long as she never rebel.

As the creation of the Gods came to an end, however, the creation of another species was just beginning...

The creation of humanity.