Creation

Drifting through endless space a lone god searches for a place to reside in its exile from the core of the universe. It casts its consciousness about, probing the tiny particles that litter the bitter cold darkness for any hint of a suitable mass for its unfathomable bulk. Its extremities tingle in anticipation when it senses an unoccupied solar system nearby, with all the necessities for it to create a paradise in exile.1

Turning its massive being towards the single star of the system, it increased its speed and virtually slammed into one of the circling planets. Slowly, ponderously, the god studied each planet from its post on the tiniest of them all, farthest from the star and frozen solid. It considered each planet in turn, weighing the position and size with every other before deciding on the most promising one.2

The god gathered its being and leapt from its temporary camp to where it had decided to create its home, on the third planet from the star.3

Arriving, it found nothing but bare and cold rock to greet it. The god knew it had its work cut out for it if it wished to create a world that could rival that which resided in the heart of the universe. It first filled this empty wasteland with life-giving water, seeking to wash this planet clean of any grime which may interfere with what it had planned. The god then sought to bring about solid land again, causing this land to spring from beneath the waters. It shaped the land in a way which pleased it and then moved to its next self-appointed task. The land was still a barren rocky wasteland, simply divided by vast amounts of water, and so the god formed a hand from his being and brought forth grass, trees and other vegetation to make the planet seem a green paradise. To better govern these living, though inanimate, beings the god set its world to time, creating days and months, seasons and years, for the plants to thrive and grow in.4

Seeing that with nothing to hold these plants in check they formed an immense, untamed jungle the god decided he must create a sort of balance for them. In order to balance the plants, the god formed innumerable creatures to inhabit his eden. It created animals to reside both on the solid land and within the waters. It created creatures which would feed upon the plants, and creatures which would feed upon others. There were ones who thrived in the daytime when the sun shone high in the sky, and other who came out only in the light of the moon.5

The god allowed its paradise to survive as it was for many, many years, not deigning to add anything to what it perceived as perfection. Countless years after its exile began, the god had contact with another of its kind. This other god looked upon the planet and saw what the exile had not seen, it saw what was missing in the paradise.6

“You haven’t a creature which follows its own will. There is no chance or randomness in this planet, it cannot be a paradise without.”7

The god looked upon its planet and realized that this was the truth, there was no creature which instilled an element of chance within the world. “Help me to create what I need,” it begged the visiting god, “Show me how to create a consciousness as capable as our own.”8

The visiting god nodded its consent and the two set to work to create the conscious creature. They cast the body in the form which the two often favored when in assemblies at the heart of the universe and with great difficulty the two put a piece of their own consciousness into both sexes of the new creature.9

With the task completed, the visiting god left, though first it gave the exile another small piece of advice, “Introduce this creature slowly. Choose one creature already upon your world and in stages bring that creature to resemble the one we have just now completed. Once the change is close enough then you shall set this new creature of ours upon your planet and let time and chance take whatever course it may.”10

The exiled god nodded its agreement and began upon its task as its friend and assistant departed for good.11

It was a good many years before the god could introduce its new creature to the planet, and all the while it eagerly awaited that time, for then its paradise would be complete. Finally the time came when the two creatures were close enough that it could set the other down upon its world.12

The new creature, which the god decided to name ‘Human’ grew and reproduced on the planet, creating for itself a society. The god, at first, helped the humans along in their growth, aiding them when it felt it necessary. The humans soon became used to the presence of the god and would speak to it, asking the god for favors and for aid in various tasks. Though nearly as often as he dispensed aid, the god punished his creation for whatever he deemed to be wrong.13

The population of the humans slowly grew and they spread across the land, creating separate societies. The god still aided them when it could, providing aid even to both sides of warring tribes. The different groups of humans began to call the god by different names, some even divided the essence of the god into many smaller gods, giving each a name, a personality, an element or emotion which they would rule.14

As time went on, the god slowly drew back its aid and punishment, allowing the humans, who now had a firm foothold in the world, to grow and prosper as they would. Soon, it did not interfere with the happenings of the humans at all, allowing chance only to guide them.15

Not long after the god had withdrawn his aid did another god show up in the solar system. This god bore the news that no longer was the god an exile, for those ruling in the core of the universe had talked long and deeply concerning the new world which the god had created and whether this creation of a random life was worthy of return from exile. In the end, after years of debate and distant observation, the council had decided that this action was more than worthy.16

With only a small tinge of sadness, the god departed from its paradise, looking once more upon it and smiling to see the progress which his humans had made, their creation of government, of large bustling cities and of technology greater than simply fire or stone tools. With no more hesitation the god left its paradise behind to happily rejoin the utopia which it had been exiled from.17