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Creation
I Udna
At first, there was nothing, except spirit. A vast void and just one dot of spirit floating in the
abyss. Time and space did not exist, as both are created by the relative motion of objects around
other objects. So it therefore came to be that after around no time and all the time, I, the spirit,
decided to move. But I could not simply move, as I had no other relative object to which I
could move; therefore, any motion I attempted would ultimately leave me in the same dark void.
At length, I decided to split myself in half, leaving half behind as I moved away from it, thus
creating time and space in the same moment. It is here that my story begins.
Next, I decided there must be light, and more relative space, so I shattered the half of the
spirit into many millions of shards sent far off and close by: stars. I had created self-perpetuating
light, and vast distances, and the first elements. One star in particular I chose to be my center,
and around it I drew up materials from the void, materials that needed only a little manifesting to
procure. I rose up dust, all aroundlight-years and light-years of it across the vast void. I began
to form this dust into the first exo-planets when I found a new wrinkle I hadnt intended. The
planets seemed to form by themselves. It was the beauty of gravity that I observed watching
fields of interstellar dust collecting itself to make spheres (and I could really observe such a slow
process take place, as time as you perceive it was far from the way I perceived it then). It was
therefore that I created the first few planets, while the rest formed themselves.
But on these planets, I found nothing but desolation. Rocks, dirt, and gravel formed itself,
but nothing that lived, that breathed, that felt like I did. And so I set out to create Life. But I
could not be so hastyfirst I needed to create a proper environment. So I began by raising the
skies. The atmosphere I upheld, and I began to create an atmosphere on each of the nearby
planets, although some eventually fell to ruin because of the intense sunlight or lack thereof. It
was around this time that I noticed another beauty of my creation: the planets began to revolve
around the Sun, and the moons around the planets. Day and night were created, as were the
seasons, because of gravityit was gravity that propelled the universe into motion, and so I
stepped back and watched.
Although I only rested for a short while. Then, I returned to one of the planets, the fourth
one from the sun. It had two moons, and I named it Lisu, for it was not too hot, nor too cold. It
was here that I took up residence in my creation. I raised a mountain, higher than ever seen
before, or ever will be seen. This mountain I created tall and large, so that none but I and those I
permitted may have access to the top. Its slope was not steep, but it was a giant shield on the
fourth planet. Some ancient cultures still remember this mountain in vague tales of the past. The
Dwelling of the Gods, they called it, or Mount Olympus. It was here that I would rest in the
first days of creation, and here that four others would dwell as well. We eventually built a city
here, as the top of the mountain was flat as the ground.
I soon found that raising mountains and felling valleys was far more difficult than I had
expected, and so I split my spirit once again, this time into five partsone for myself and one for
four others. But my spirit was still not affected, as it grows onto infinity, and any division from it

results in the same amount.

These four other divisions I called The Aill, but I soon found that they called themselves
by individual names. I learned that they had all come out of a separate part of myself, and thus
were created with entirely different personalities. Their names were Ulmua, Anyu, Aazen, and
Lyna, but they have been called many names throughout time. With them, I created the first
environment suitable for the Gift of Life. It was Ulmua who helped me with caves, ravines,
mountains, stones, and all things of the land and ground. He raised giant halls of stone for
himself on my mountain, which came to be called Hailu, and inside them he stood tall and proud.
When he did not dwell here, he lived southeast on three large mountains in the land Gza. But
Anyu looked upon the structures that Ulmua and I had created and still saw ruin, so she decided
to fill the planet with a new form: water.
Our valleys became ponds and lakes; our cracks and ravines became rivers and streams;
and then she created oceans, seas, waterfalls, and all things that ran smooth and flowing. Ulmua
was very impressed, and created valleys and holes in the ground for her. It was not long before
clouds began to form, and rain, thunder, hail fog, and all of the other weather, including snow
which was common on the mountains, where Anyu lived by a lake flowing down Hailu.
At this time, Aazen began to create as well. It was he that created fire, and all things hot
and bright. He made volcanoes from mountains and could burn anything with a thought. But he
did not often dwell on the fourth planet, for he would look towards the skies and go out to
furnish new light in stars far away, and he would create more stars all the while and give light to
that which sat in the darkness. He was not remembered as often, but always recalled fondly.
It was Lyna who at first sat idle. She watched all that took place around her, but saw
nothing good. Nothing lived yet, and she waited eagerly for the day that I would create life
when the planet was ready. Her time would come, as I told her. But she was not at all
unimportant, for out of boredom she conceived a notion that would change the fate of the
universe. Out of herself, she created two others that came to be called Liza and Lga. They were
similar to her in mind, but possessed certain differences. It was thus that Lyna first created the
Visilou, a group of beings below the four Aill in power and wisdom but above the life that was
to be created. The others followed suit and Ulmua created four Visilou, Anyu created seven, and
Aazen created three. Some of these, with the same abilities and motives as their creators, left to
other nearby planets to create a similar environment, and soon the third and second planets from
the Sun were began. Any Visilou or their offspring were welcome to live on Hailu.
Soon, Lisu was ready for Life. It was Lyna who I allowed to plant the first seed. She
scattered many small organisms on the fourth planet, and some on the third and second planets.
The Aill and the Visilou then went back to work, further readying the planet for these creatures,
which now dwelt mostly in the seas of Anyu. But it was a short while before Seza, one of the
Visilou of Ulmua, found a single green leaf sprouting from the ground: the first complex
organisms had been created. Lyna then used this small sprout to raise forests, jungles, and woods.
She planted grass wherever she could and soon many species of trees and other plants had
evolved in brilliant shades of green and brown. But the first flower had not yet come.
While plants began to evolve, so did the first animals. Fish they started out as, but Anyu

and Ulmua raised them out of the water and gave them legs so that they could become land
animals. These animals soon grew and evolved even quicker than the planets, giving many
varieties of animals, with some soon even taking to the skies. They entered the greenness of the
world, and soon flowers began to appear to appeal to the animals, and so the second period of
history begins. The first took place between the first movement in the void and up to the first
flowering, while the second took place between the first flowerings up until the appearance of
humankind. The first period was later called Udna, while the second was called Eden.
II Eden
Fruits and flowers appeared on almost every plant, and none were poisonous or inedible. It was
more than enough for any animal to eat, and the animals began to spread rapidly all around the
planets that could support them. It was in this way that Eden passed, for the most part always the
same. Animal Kingdoms rose and fell and by the end of Eden, ape-like creatures would appear
on the third and fourth planets.
Those living on Hailu did not sit idle, however. They continued to provide a suitable
environment for life on the three living planets, with the Aill and myself living on the fourth
planet and most of the Visilou living elsewhere, although their population began to grow. Many
others left to go to distant places to set up the stars or shape other planets, and some were never
heard from again.
Eden was a period of pristine tranquility. Little occurred in this time, and it was only at
the dawn of mankind that history begins again, in new intensity and wonder. This period, from
the first humans to the first corruption of the humans, was called Donhudlu.
III Donhudlu
The first humans appeared on the fourth planet, and a few thousand years later on the third planet
(it was not by chance that mankind evolved similarly on both planets; Lga, one of the Visilou of
Lyna, took the first ape creatures from the fourth planet to the third). Humans would never
appear on the second planet, as the Sun began to wear at its atmosphere by the beginning of
Donhudlu and life would soon become difficult there, eventually becoming completely nonexistent.
The first humans spoke freely with Lyna and soon she became a Goddess to them. Only
she and her Visilou could speak to animals, and humans were not yet capable of advanced
language. But soon, Ayne, one of the Visilou of Anyu and good friend of Lyna, urged Lyna to
teach the humans a language. Lyna spoke to me and I urged her to do the same so that we may all
be able to speak to these creatures, although I asked her to teach them a language other than the
one used by the Aill. She did just this, and it was thus that the first human spoke in the second
language in existence:
Who are you? one human asked me as I approached to speak to him. I was surprised
and glad all at once, as these creatures were curious and confident. I explained to him that I was
creator the universe and those that create. I was soon known as Life-Giver when I began to
visit groups of humans, which translated to Ezos in their tongue. After some time, humans
began to settle down into permanent civilizations. They learned domestication, agriculture, the
arts, social structures, economic systems, and law. Most of these ideas came from the Visilou,

who walked among humans often in the form of taller and more fair humans (as we usually
appeared to them), but the Aill and I were more distant from them, staying at the top of our
mountain on which the humans looked with wonder and worship. Some would imitate the shape
of the mountain and built large ziggurats or pyramids, although this was more common amongst
the later humans of the third planet.
The humans never ceased to surprise us; they always created more and more out of their
environment and lived in harmony with the animals and plants. After their civilizations had
become more established, some humans, the rulers of large groups of them, would be invited to
Hailu. There they would dine and speak with us, staying for short periods of time, receiving our
wisdom and knowledge. Later on, the civilizations became more advanced and humans started to
produce more literature, art, and music. Philosophy also became well-respected at this time, as
did governmental and judicial systems. Humans gave many gifts to those that lived on Hailu, and
we returned the favor by aiding them in advancing in their civilization. Every human lived for
hundreds of years and population soon started to grow. As this happened, larger and more
thought-out civilizations formed and the golden age of humanity began.
At one point, near the middle of this period, King Donhudlous of the Eastern land of
Tholrian grieved over the death of his daughter, Lyviln, and begged the Aill to let her return to
Lisu. The gods long thought on Hailu, and finally they decided that they would not allow
humans to be immortal, nor would they allow them to be brought back from death, but instead of
allowing the human souls to scatter across the universe to do what they please, they would each
be reassigned to a new body with little memory of their previous lives. And so, reincarnation was
created, although the King Donhudlous never again saw his daughter in the flesh.
For some humans, ascension was possible into higher dimensions created at the same
moment as the lower ones. The gods and Visilou inhabited all dimensions at once unless they
chose to retreat from some, yet mortal humans could only inhabit three or four at one time. These
higher dimensions were weaved into lower dimensions, and may now be observed, not
physically, but in a nebulous way through the actions of other dimensions. It is into the
dimension directly above the third, sometimes known as the Dark Dimension (for light need not
exist there), that some could enter, and here it is thought that Donhudlous Lyviln may now
dwell, escaping her fate to be born once again.
This period ended with the Great Winter, in the start of a period known as Dlu.
IV Dlu
Pure evil does not truly exist, but it was evil that came to possess the minds of humans. Not all of
them, though, although most humans split away from those that still remained faithful to the
Aill.
The burning evil of the humans had multiple components: first, the wood was created
when humans were designed to desire. They desired basic necessities, like food and sleep, but
they soon began to desire more and more as they became rich. Their environment only doused
this firewood with oil, as they had plenty of what they needed and more than they could want,
but they still desired more. They soon refused to learn humility or gratitude. Then, the spark
finally came. In the Great Winter, thousands of years since the appearance of humans on the
fourth planet, there was a food shortage that led many to die and dwindle. The length and
intensity of the winter had not been seen before and has not been seen since. Many trees were

felled, many animals killed, and many mouths were fed, but in the end, the winter continued and
still the humans could not make ends meet. It was then that King Dlous of the lands east of the
mountain in Tholrian came to march up to Hailu, demanding that the winter be ended and
accusing the Aill of sheltering and feeding those that lived north and west of Hailu in Cyriatum
(those that remained faithful that lived by the ocean). We had no food either, nor did we need any
to survive, and we tried to explain to the King of Tholrian that we did not control the course of
the seasons, but he had brought with him as much of his military as he could muster, and with
them he marched up the mountain. But the mountain had been designed specifically to keep such
intruders out, and they gave up after climbing nearly half of the mountain in five weeks, losing
many. Instead, they decided to siege us at the foot of the mountain, but they were only besieging
themselves, which made them all the more angry at us, and those that lived in Cyriatum. It was
thus that the war of Dlous began.
Once Dlous had attempted to siege mount Hailu for almost a month, he decided to attack
Cyriatum in the north, in a desperate rage for food and vengeance. It was Ulmua who came down
the mountain to warn the Cyriatians of this attack and provide defense. He raised tall mountains
between the military of Dlous and the land of Cyriatum that would prove to be difficult to cross,
and long to go around. The Aill then chose to shorten the lives of men and women in the
Kingdom of Tholrian to an average of eighty years, from hundreds of years. However, the people
living north, south, and west of Hailu were not yet affected, as they had no rash desires for war.
But soon every human became plagued by this curse, having given in to hate and war.
The King Dlous was angry, but not unwise. He chose to retreat back to his homeland,
returning with many fewer than those that had come, and build up strength, never forgetting his
intentions. The winter continued for almost one more month, until the first flowering. It was then
that Dlous began to make plans for his people, but he had aged rapidly and was growing ever
older. He had three sons that could have inherited his throne: the eldest, Ligan, was faithful to all
of those that dwelled on mount Hailu and would make peace rather that war. The second eldest,
Thol, was most like his father: angry and spirited. He had been named after the founder of
Tholrian in the period of Donhudlu. The third and youngest, Uyl, was like Ligan, and would
follow his example. It is well known among the people of Tholrian that, in his last days, Dlous
banished Ligan from Tholrian, forcing him into the wild lands far from the Kingdom, where
Uly would forever follow in search of his brother. It is thus that the songs of Uly came about,
and rumors that said he could still be heard calling his brothers name over the fields far East.
Thol came to inherit his fathers throne when Dlous died, and the war continued. After
two short months, Thol had mobilized his still-famished military and set out to attack Cyriatum.
He was wiser than his father and would not attempt to attack Hailu itself, but rather the GodLovers, as they would call them. There they thought they might find many Visilou or one of the
Four Aill.
Thol went all the way around Hailu in the south to pass the mountains that Ulmua had
raised in defense of Cyriatum, and he even gathered some ten thousand people to join him while
passing through lands far away from his home. It was after this pass that he at last came to
Cyriatum, where they were waiting for him in peace or in war. It was at the outskirts of
Cyriatum, in the fields of Miae that the Tholrians were apprehended. The people of Cyriatum
requested Thol to come to their land where Thol could speak to their leader and have peace, but

Thol would not listen, and instead led his entire military onto the people of Cyriatum. This
legendary battle came to be known as the Battle of Mra, and here is how it was won:
The Tholrians were weary, but powerful and motivated. They had almost 80,000 men, all
well-equipped and disciplined. They marched in neat, rectangular groups and were said to be
fearless. The people of Cyriatum were armed well, and well-trained, but they only had about
25,000 men: 10,000 foot-soldiers from their homeland, 7,500 fierce spearmen from the west, and
7,500 skilled riders from the south. One advantage that the Tholrians didnt have was the military
genius of Haldn of Cyriatum, which was mimicked many times throughout history. He
organized his men in such a way: the foot-soldiers stood ready in a wide, slightly-curved line,
facing the Tholrians. The spearmen waited facing almost inward on either side of the line, but
looked out to the fields. They were at forty-five degree angles from both ends of the line of footsoldiers, and after them stood the skilled rides, so that they made a crescent moon facing the
Tholrians. It was then that I appeared on this field, and spoke to Thol of the dangers of his
choice, but he would not listen, and cast a spear in my direction. None could reckon with the
anger of Thol.
He then ordered his men to attack. They marched in three large rectangular formations
into the crescent circle to meet the foot-soldiers, and many Cyriatians died from that attack. But
it was then that the spearmen came riding forth to meet the Tholrians at the sides, and soon
afterwards the horsemen had arrived at the end of the three formations. The people of Thol had
been trapped, and were quickly being picked off at the edges while those that remained desperate
in the middle could not move. The Cyriatians soon closed in onto the Tholrians, and none
escaped from that vicious trap, not even Thol himself. It was therefore that the Battle of Mra was
won and the empire of Thol began to fall. Few that had originally set out returned home, and
Thols only child was a toddler. It was therefore that the nephew of Dlous came to the throne,
and the latter part of Dlu had come into motion. The mountains that Ulmua had raised in
defense were lowered, and Cyriatum expanded into that land.
The humans had been scarred by the evil of themselves and others, and peace had finally
been broken. The people split into the two large empires: Cyriatum in the North and West, and
Tolnas in the South and Southeast. The third empire, Tholrian, wavered and fell to civil war
while the other empires rose, the last people of Tholrian escaping to the land of Tolnas. The
people of Tolnas were more like those of Tholrain than those of Cyriatum, and would be wary of
the gods on Hailu, but would never openly attack them, and would at times make deals with
them. They were for the most part neutral. Those of Cyriatum, however, would trade with the
gods commonly and made friendship with as many as they could. Their most-respected were
Anyu and Ulmua, from whom their capitals in the West and Northeast were named. The people
of Cyriatum became the best builders and even better wonderers. It was then that I predicted that
they would be the first people to travel to the third planet from the sun, and I was correct. This
happened at the beginning of the period known as Peretzi, but first, Yvennia took place, in which
the Cyriatians began to understand machinery and technology, helped by the wisdom of the gods.
V Yvennia
This period initially saw almost as much peace as Donhudlu, but the people had been shaken up
terribly by the war and the Great Winter. However, these hard times allowed better leaders and
creators to emerge and thus the resulting period, Yvennia, was much more prosperous. It was a

young woman by the name of Raulyn that discovered the way atoms interact in electrical ways,
and was able to harness energy for the first time using metals and materials she had been given
by the Aill.
This knowledge became widespread within a few decades and soon the people saw
themselves as the creators. They built stronger cities, faster vehicles, and machines that would
not err. This ability spread to all of the peoples around Hailu, yet it was mostly centered in
Cyriatum. There the sun never set, and the people never slept but to stop and dream up more
creations. Some of those that dwelt on Hailu became concerned that the people would attempt to
use this technology four foul purposes, or to take control of the mountain, but most praised
Cyriatum for its advancements.
The empire Tolnas, however, did not fare as well. It received little aid from the gods and
was plagued by poor rulers who upheld deceit and injustice. It then came to be that many would
flout this power, and soon pockets rebellions formed in Tolnas, though few took direct action.
Many left to live in the bustling and busy Cyriatum, although most were too stubborn, hating the
gods and the empire that lived so closely to them.
At the resolution of this period, Queen Yvenna came to power in the great Cyriatian
Empire. The entire focus of these people was on advancement on all fronts, and some rumored
that they would raise another mountain like Hailu. But it is at this time that a great fall in
humankind also occurred in the Empire of Tolnas: the first modern weapons of war were created.
Seventeen men and women worked together, supported by the empire, to create a weapon
that would fire with greater force than they believed the gods could oppose. It was a great debate
what to do with such a weapon: some wanted to deconstruct it, others wanted to march onto
Hailu, others wanted to take over the rule of Tolnas for themselves, or even Cyriatum. All of this
talk and rumor eventually was the inspiration for an infamous revolt in Tolnas. Two men who
had originally built this weapon stole it and brought it to the gates of the grand steel and stone
castle in which the king dwelt. He at once sent the best of his men out to fight, yet the walls were
quickly toppled down with the might of this energetic weapon. Many had joined the two rebels,
and now the fight became fiery and long-lived. The castle had been attacked from all fronts, and
its defenses were quickly reduced to rubble, yet its offense was powerful, leaving many killed in
the initial stalemate. It was thus how the first three days of the battle took place. On the fourth
day, the weapon was destroyed by a party of unknown attackers, and on the fifth the king had
been taken, although the two original men who had sparked the conflict had been killed.
The forces of the king surrendered and the king was exiled, leaving none to rule Tolnas.
War continued among the people, and many fled or were killed in this time. It was this that began
the hate of machine and technology by the gods, and few that lived on Hailu would afford
sympathy to those of Tolnas. Meanwhile, in Cyriatum, the people and the queen Yvenna had
taken the example of the empire of Tolnas and created weapons of war lest there be any attack on
Cyriatum. It was thus that the period of Yvennia ended: after hundreds of years of peace, Tolnas
erupted into civil war of rebel against rebel while Cyriatum stood in vigilance, and those of Hailu
were all the while displeased.
VI Peretzi
The Cyriatians at last developed the technology to abandon Lisu, and in the chaos of the fourth
planet flew off towards the third, where they found further disorder. There lived humans, the

seed that had been planted long ago across the solar system, and their civilization was primitive
and war-like. The Cyriatians soon came back to this planet, making many trips in the period
Peretzi. They taught the people there language, agriculture, the many uses of fire, and
domestication. They taught them, most of all, how to create, and taught them of the gods and
their supreme example. It was thus that tales of Mount Olympus came to surface, with many
gods, although soon religion became focused on just one or the other. The ancient people of the
third planet, which was named Celsian, erected large structures to remember our names, often
built in threes to remember the three Aill while Aazen had gone out to other lands. They built
pyramids and ziggurats all over Celsian from north to south, east to west, to imitate Hailu as the
Cyriatians had taught them. The people of Celsian evolved and pleased the Cyriatians, soon
becoming as advanced as many had been on Lisu in Donhudlu. But a great tragedy was taking
place on the fourth planet, and so the Cyriatians abandoned those on the third planet to look
homewards, leaving many memories and some creations behind.
In the early years of Peretzi, one leader had finally arisen in the land of Tolnas, a
descendant of those of Tholrian and some said of Thol himself. He was the mighty Gru, and his
charisma and physical might had led many to follow him. Himself he called Rightful Leader of
the people, yet he was wary to utter king or ruler, lest the people see his true intentions. The
chaos and civil war had come to an end in Tolnas, but this was only because Tolnas was united
under one goal: destroy Hailu.
Gru had twisted and persuaded the people to believe that the gods had been the pure
source of all that had happened to Tolnas, and now Tolnas was preparing to burn and kill all that
looked upon Hailu with any other emotion than disgust. Although the gods had been growing
distant from Cyriatum due to their technology that the gods so fervently distrusted, the people of
Tolnas planned to begin with Cyriatum like Thol before them, to see who would join them and
who would cower under their presence. The king of Cyriatum at this time, King Celsa, was
primarily focused on the life and existence on the third planet, where he was regarded as a
supreme saint. It was therefore that Cyriatum did not perceive the might of Gru and Tolnas,
which now became known as Gelzian, until the end.
It was the bloodiest war of history. The Cyriatians had superior technology, but the
Gelzians had the will and motivation. Not one Cyriatian would escape any Gelzian unless the
Gelzian had been killed. The Gelzians had made a long journey around Hailu and entered in the
south of Cyriatum. It was not long before they took the south-most end, which was relatively
weak in comparison to its west capital, Anyu, while its northeast capital Ulmua was not as
strong. The Gelzians began to circle around the sides of Cyriatum and made their main offense
from the west, where they fought into Cyriatum and isolated a large portion of the south of that
land, which was promptly taken, all of its inhabitant shown a sliver of mercy and taken as
prisoners rather than killed at once. During this event, the gods sat on Hailu, daring not interfere
again, although some Visilou fought along with the Cyriatians.
This occurred in the initial few months of the desperate attack, and Celsa soon became
overwhelmed. He did his best to unify his people, but many were distraught and grief-stricken
with the loss of much of their homeland in a sudden jump into war. Some fled to the third planet
on massive ships, although they were few and not many are thought to have survived. Celsa
ordered his entire military towards the southern front, where they were able to push back against

the Gelzians with a new-found strength, but Gru flanked them on the west and Cyriatum was
again reduced. Most of Grus army crept up the westward borders and encircled the west
capital while just enough were left behind to fight the weary Cyriatians in the south. It was then
that the city Raun was invaded and taken captive, a turning point in the war.
All hope for the Cyriatians had been lost, as the major city Raun stood as the last defense
against the Gelzians from the capital Anyu, which was not far away. The capital Ulmua in the
northeast was of little concern to Gru, and would fall soon enough after Anyu in the west. Many
territories nearby Raun had fallen as well, and much of Celsas military was relieved from their
duty in the south to defend the capital. Much of the land in the south was willingly given up as
Cyriatians made their last stand at the borders of the capital, yet many surrendered in despair.
The great empire of Cyriatum had collapsed, and after a five-week siege of the capital Anyu, all
was lost. It was thus that the gods uttered the words that would bring Gru to his knees:
enough.
In the ensuing few months after the Geltien War, as it became known, Gru rested in the
devastated lands of Cyriatum while his military healed and became again ready for the final
battlefield: Hailu. But the gods themselves would not wait for this time, and became completely
disgusted by their evil creations. It was in the following period, known as Echlu, that the gods
decided to arrest the pursuits of the humans and wipe them from Lisu, with the last hope for
mankind resting on the shoulders of those that ruled the planet Celsian.
VII Echlu
As the Gelzians prepared to march on Hailu, a council was held on the top of this mountain.
Although many, like Lyna, were opposed to such a destruction, the decision was eventually made
to bring Lifes existence on the fourth planet to an end. The ground was hallowed, the oceans and
seas dried up, the plants withered, and the atmosphere collapsed, leaving humans to die off in
mere instants. The glory or the power was not with them. Earthquakes and dust storms ravaged
the landscape and deteriorated all human creations that had not been buried deep underground.
The gods left the solar system into higher dimensions of matter and energy not yet understood by
humans, and the mountain Hailu was hallowed by Aazen to create a dreadful volcano, larger than
any ever seen. The only life now rumored to exist on the fourth planet is known by those on
Celsain. They tell tales of aliens, grayed by the lack of sunlight underground and with large black
eyes to see in near darkness, with only the remains of an advanced technology and vast intellect.
What became of anything else that once existed on Lisu, I do not know, and I had abandoned
Celsian as well, fearing that the same would happen there.
As I later came to learn, empires and governments rose and fell on that planet as well,
and humans soon advanced further, though their morals progressively disappeared into the
modern age. They were relatively haughty and conceited, yet less driven than those of Lisu.
Whatever periods they have drawn for themselves I cannot recount here, but I did return to this
planet once, in the Celsian year 2015 A.D. I was the only one to ever return to lower dimensions,
yet I was not overly satisfied with what I observed, and decided to leave once again, perhaps to
return far in the future. I recall now my final memory of contact with humans. I had presented
myself as a homeless old man and sat wearily at a bus stop in a crowded city. Three men and two
women sat or stood nearby, huddled in the rain. The man sitting to my left turned to me and
asked, Sir, do you believe in God?

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No, and yes, I said, I believe we are all a part of one consciousness, which we
experience subjectively throughout lower dimensions in space and time.
You really believe that is true?
There is no belief, only knowledge. I know that is true, but you may know something
different.
What are you saying? he asked, puzzled.
Your reality is subjective, like much else in this world. What is truth, as you know it, but
an arbitrary judgment founded on faulty sensations?
He seemed to think over this for a good four or five minutes. I looked at my watch, it was
getting late in this dimension already. The bus would be soon arriving, however.
Then what is reality, truly?
Truly? I answered, Truly, it is a dream. A grand illusion. Many people live and die,
believing that they are separate entities in a separate journey to a separate place, but it is all one.
It ends relatively quickly, then commences again, and however much you may put faith into the
extent of what is real, you will always be disillusioned upon awakening. Dreaming is the
creation of a worldwhich is what you have here: a subjective existence; an individual, shared
realm. Reality is simply what one makes of it, whether it be large or small, grand or dull.
The rain fell heavily now, and the cars sped by in front of me.
Where are you headed to? he again spoke up.
Home. And you?
Church, where I may pray to an absent God who I have hardly met.
The bus pulled up. God bless you, I muttered, stepped on the bus, and awakened.