Chapter 1
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In the beginning there was a light, a seed that glowed brightly in the never ending void. The seed and void work in harmony as they have been for the last, well who knows. Anyways that was then, but that's not the story we are thinking of telling you. We are here to tell the story of the first children of creation. The beginning 6, the first of their kind that light and void created. To be honest we aren’t even here to learn their story. More specifically to learn about the life of Second or Balance as his siblings call him. Well I suppose we should start somewhere so how about the beginning.
As it begins, light begins to uncork itself pulsating with power and beauty, pushing its way into the dark…
From the pulsing bulb comes 6 figures.. Well not figures really more like pulsing blobs of light that can’t seem to decide on a form.
Who are we?
What are we?
A warmth grows as the light feeds us energy and the void holds us so we do not fall. A power flowing through us becomes one with us, filling us with purpose and strength. They whisper to us as we gain our wits. We see, we understand, we shall help all of us who are formed move as one, to the light giving it shape and rhythm, to the dark grabbing the shadows and shaping it. All too soon a magnificent tree grows huge and starts to hold new young worlds within its branches and leaves and at the center in the trunk of the tree seems to be a world for us. As a gift from the great tree and grand void it seems. As we enter we take a chosen physical form we gain more of a humanoid with bright lights within our chest. My chosen name is Guardian, My hair grows long, pitch black hair with ice blue eyes, I am the first of my people to form. The second is Balance, his hair is a deep brown with golden eyes. Then comes a set of twins Life and Death, Life has short black hair and honey eyes, Death has long white hair and green eyes. After them is Fate she has blond hair and sky blue eyes. The next to form merely seconds after her is Change her hair is red and has hazel eyes. We are the first to form, as we wait for the rest of our kind we KNOW we are not the only to be blessed with a physical form. We begin to shape our world for the needs of our people. I build homes and create oceans and a capital for our world. Soon a magnificent city is powered by strong waves, Life busy themselves by creating animals both magical and normal, Death makes a place for all shadows creatures, making routes for those who have passed into the afterlife and passages between the realms, fate makes library’s fill them with her knowledge and beautiful parks. Change gives the world color, making sure to add patterns to the sky and the earth, and Balance, Balance creates our home filling it with love, hope and peace, but also hate, envy and suffering. He filled the night sky with stars so we could see and help all who were still forming learn their strengths and powers teaching them control. After what seemed like a millenia all of our people were formed and settled in their homes to rest. We then after all was done and everyone was sleeping went to our home. It was then Balance showed us what he called his greatest creation “The Sphere” . It showed the other world, so we can see them growing. The Great Tree whispers to us once again giving us their names, closest to us was Milgaurd, a world of mortals who crave knowledge and understanding.
Then Jotunheim the coldest tundras in any realm with frozen giants roaming the land.
Asgard is the home of the Gods, believing that power comes from physical strength.
Niflheim is a beautiful land covered in mist and darkness.
Muspelheim the land of flames and fire.
Vanaheim, home of the Vinar, whose people use magic to see and watch the future.
Alfheim is the home of the light elfs, whose beauty is often used to cause mischief.
Svartalfheim the home of the skilled dwarves and their mighty creations.
Helheim is home of the spirits of those who cannot or will not enter Valhalla.
We were at the center of them all, and we will watch what the young worlds will become. We listen as the Tree and Void tell us the history and path these worlds will take . How in the future our people will join them to guide and protect them. Honored by the task given to us we fall to our knees and vow to do so when the time comes.
Eons later
Going about our days knowing nothing but joy as we work with the youngest of our kind to control their abilities. From the first days of our world we realized that we needed leaders. Leaders that will listen to the people and be willing to put in the time to fix any problem. The people of Steorra hold a vote and it is decided that as the eldest and most powerful the first 6 shall lead. As time goes on, newborn steorra are born and it was decided that each of the 6 will hold “classes” to categorize our people by powers and abilities. Change will teach those that show powers of “bending” rules and space, the people who will define what is written in stone. Fate will take and mentor those whose abilities revolve around time, knowledge, and stagiesty. Death will take the “dimmer” stars who thrive in the shadows and darkness and teach them to become guilds to the dead. Life will take the creators and beings that shine in the light. Balance will take only the few whose powers walk the thin line between what is seen as good and evil the ones who see the infinite world of grey. I shall take the watcher, protectors and helpers. Together we will learn to teach our people of the magics held but both our and other realms. Balance also in his free time begins working on his “stones” . We really don’t know what they are yet. However, he claims they will help with the explanation of the worlds. He states how each stone will represent the essential parts of creation. Much of his time goes into making these and after they are done he sends them out into the realms claiming that they will be an essential part of the future.
Time always seems to pass too quickly as the first of these people are called to make waves and keep things as peaceful as possible. The first to go is Lóður and his father Lāufeyto Jotunheim to improve the living of the frost giants. At first things were going as planned but what we were not expecting is the bloodlust Odin would gain as he crusades around the other 8 realms he can reach. The greed he would show as he tore through Jotunheim taking the Winter Casket crippling the giants of Jotunheim society and reversing all the progress that Lāufey made. He then steals Lóður and brings him back to Asgard renaming him Loki, claiming him as a son. Because of this tragedy we begin to make plans to fix the course of time. Us the big six would go to Milgard and begin work there. Some other Elders of our kind will head to other realms.
As we take our mortal form, hiding the stars we hold in our chest and giving ourselves names that match the world we will soon join. We give farewells to our people reminding them if there is any need for us we can be reached through dreams. I claim the name Crystal, balance Anthony, followed by Leo and Dean, with Faith and Charlie making our group complete. The stars we hold vanish and our unearthly glow is gone….we are ready.