Countless years ago, the god of dreams, Kekoru, created a new world separate from our own. And when this world was finished, he split it in two, making an opposite duplicate that overlapped the original; one world shining with light, and another of total darkness. These lands were filled with a bounty of life, but instead of imposing his own control over the inhabitants, Kekoru instead created two lesser deities to govern each, Lumina the eagle and Hayn the serpent. Thus the worlds and the people prospered with the blessing and benevolent rule of its gods. Its creator, having accomplished his objective, fell into a deep slumber.
In time, however, a seed of jealousy weaseled its way into paradise; Hayn had become displeased with the state of life in the land of darkness, where the dark atmosphere had corrupted its own inhabitants to the point of destroying each other, leaving plains of ruins and twisted vegetation populated solely by monstrous abominations that knew no happiness. On the other side of the veil, the creatures of light lived in their glimmering cities completely unaware that there could be any sort of suffering anywhere in either world. So Hayn proposed a challenge to Lumina; he would hold an egg in his hand, and she wouldn't be able to take it from him no matter how hard she tried. Now, normally the light goddess would never fall for such obvious bait, but the folly of Hayn's suggestion was so outrageous that she couldn't resist proving him wrong. She accepted, but only under the condition that he would come to the world of light for his trial. Exactly as he had expected her to do.
The day came when light and dark converged in an empty and surprisingly sunny field. The contrast between the two deities was inconceivably great; Lumina strode forth with pride, the golden glow of her aura filling the space around her, to meet with the hunched, cloaked form of Hayn, in a space the landscape's color seemed to just drain away into shades of gray. As he had said, the serpent extended a scaly hand which held out one of the strangest eggs anyone would ever see, an ovular sphere stained pitch black with swirls of sky blue. Not even a second later, the egg was gone and reappeared in Lumina's clenched fist as a victorious smirk adorned her face. Unfortunately, she didn't quite expect the egg to suddenly crack open, and a mass of hideous dark figures to spill out.
The shadows spread out across the plain consuming everything in their path, which included a very surprised Lumina. As the light drained away, so too did the power of its ruler, and it all flowed into Hayn's open arms. While he laughed, the dark matter continued to grow into a great pillar that stretched up until it stained across the sky. In the other world, the structure descended from the heavens and impacted against the ground. The realms were stitched together, and two halves finally joined into one, the world of spirits.
Wielding the power of both radiance and shadow, Hayn became Aeos the absolute, with complete dominion over all aspects of the new land. Although the presence of two elements in balance made this world far more prosperous, Aeos' pride quickly drowned in his own power, and he pushed the full extent of his might upon anyone who dared to defy him. No one had the strength to defeat Aeos, let alone fight against him, and the despair of innocents filled the air. That is, until the roars of pain reached outside the borders of this world and extended into the subspace where Kekoru had slept for centuries. Having awoken, the god was enraged to see that Aeos had not only laid waste to his world, but had eliminated the distinction between its two halves, corrupting each beyond recognition. Kekoru knew, however, that a battle between the two of them would destroy everything, and instead banished the false lord to the underworld, a void from which all souls come and, ultimately, return to, for the rest of eternity.
A millennium later, Aeos, having absorbed the spirit energy that constantly drains into the underworld, began to stir once more. Kekoru had been sensing the shift of power being drained away for a long while, but he wasn't able to take counter-measures as the underworld was outside his domain of control, and by the time Aeos managed to escape he would be far too strong. Since there was no one in the spirit world with the kind of power needed, Kekoru instead looked to other worlds for assistance. Particularly one rather average-sized planet, covered with bountiful greens and blues; a place he had once called home...
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What the hell's going on here, anyway? This is the latest attempt I've made to create a successful RP (what's it been, a year?). The basic plot here is that the god Kekoru has come to Earth to find people strong enough to defeat his nemesis Aeos. Well, there's actually a little more to it than that, but the rest will be revealed later. As you can see, the plot is already far into development, but there are still a few minor technicalities that have to be ironed out before I can start (send me a message if you have some ideas).
So...what do you guys think?