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The Creator
History
Before Creation
Creator – or rather the entity he was formed from – began as an Omnipotency Capsule aimlessly roaming through Transcendentem without a care in Existence. He did as all Omnipotency Capsules did, consuming God Cells at the edges of Beyond bubbles. One metaday, the Omnipotency Capsule made the mistake of approaching a certain Beyond bubble. The next thing he knew, he was abducted by a barely-comprehensible force, which he perceived as an intense spring-colored light. After being restrained by the force, the Omnipotency Capsule was teleported inside the Beyond Bubble it had approached, being trapped within a new space. The Capsule had been placed in a type of specialized monocosm, although he did not yet know what purpose it served. At that metamoment, a second, orange-colored light appeared. The orange light gave no indication of a negative demeanor, but it always seemed to “speak” as if it were angry. The spring light informed the orange light that it had “procured another template”, to which the orange light grunted that the spring light had done good work. The spring light almost seemed to purr with ecstasy in response, but the Omnipotency Capsule was not entirely sure. The orange light barked an order for the spring light to start getting to work, to which the spring light eagerly agreed. The last thing the Omnipotency Capsule felt was his form being cut apart by the spring light before losing consciousness.
With his surgical tools, Peralitus broke the shell of the Omnipotency Capsule, extracting the Alomic being from it. He proceeded to remove the being's entire mind, before realizing that he had forgotten to first euthanize the creature and had given it a traumatic and painful death – oh well, too late to fix that now. Peralitus used a portion of raw Alom to form it into a completely new mind, programming it with certain attributes which would compel the being to create – as well as maintain those creations. After inserting the new mind into the being's husk, his exterior was sculpted by Peralitus with the use of more raw Alom to fortify its structure. With his work finished, Peralitus proudly admired it. He believed it was the perfect monocosmic god for the equally-perfect Omniverse that he had recently created. With that, he proudly presented his "greatest creation" (not the first or last one of these) to the rest of the Supergod Council, who all reacted with very little actual care besides Xenixel, who growled that Peralitus had done good work on his craftsmanship. Pleased with himself, Peralitus proceeded to place the dormant being into a monocosm called The Barrel which housed his omniverse, before activating him.
Birth of Creator
The being became conscious, greeted by the yawning void in which he was suspended. What he knew for certain was that he was Creator, and that he “was”. He knew not of how he came to be, only that the bright spring-colored light which glared upon him from beyond the void was somehow responsible. The spring light telepathically beamed information into Creator, which were essentially a set of instructions. They entailed that the purpose for his existence was to build upon the blank template of the Omniverse which he shared vacancy with in this monocosm, and do everything within his capability to ensure that these creations would remain existent no matter what circumstances came upon them. Creator did not question why he was supposed to do this, as it had been predetermined by his design to have an instinctive directive to create things. With that, the spring light departed, leaving Creator alone in the void.
Creator turned his attention to the blank, lifeless Omniverse residing at the center of the void. He perceived it as a masterfully designed template, but like a blank canvas it was useless without being filled. As a being who solely existed to create things, he had no desire to destroy anything. It was an action that he could never willingly bring himself to perform. There could simply be no “do-overs”. Therefore, whatever it was that he would create, it would eternally remain no matter its properties if he could help it. Due to this, Creator knew that if he were to create any sort of thing, it should have great care put into it, especially for his first creation, and everything had to be something which he was 100% certain of wanting to bring into existence.
Creator contemplated his creation for a period that no form or measurement of conventional time could quantify. However, in metatime, he really only spent a few metaseconds. He mapped out a blueprint of every single aspect and layer of his creation. He devised the concepts of “space”, “time”, "pseudotime" and others as devices to facilitate the function of his creation. He invented the physics within his creation, assigning different laws to different aspects of it. At the end of this pondering, he ensured that all of the creation would perfectly function as intended in a vacuum-tight seal, without any form of gmiscalculation. Finally, with the entire blueprint fully mentally mapped, Creator set about realizing it. He started with channeling his intention into the materialization of a particle, a singularity which would serve as the Core of the Omniverse. Then, he manually imprinted the mental blueprint of his creation into the particle, ensuring a perfect 1:1 replication of his design in the transition of concept to material. Creator willed this singularity to take its place at the center of the Omniverse, inserting itself. In an instant, like the seed of a plant, from the core bloomed all of creation into a magnificent explosion of life and existence. There was chaos at first, but it was all part of The Omniverse’s development as the chaos eventually settled.
For a period, Creator was satisfied with what he had brought into existence. However, as metatime passed, he began to grow restless. He already knew each and every layer of his creation, to the point that a symbiotic relationship had formed between them. A refreshing change of “scenery” was needed, and so Creator set about his next project. Through the same method he performed when creating the Omniverse, Creator created a personal realm known as a Godverse to serve as a base of operations for him to inhabit. From within his Godverse, Creator could still remotely perceive all the ongoings of the Omniverse. Although this satisfied him for a portion of metatime, Creator soon became restless again. At this point, his will to create was more than a desire – it was an uncontrollable impulse.
This behavior and mentality was anomalous for a monocosmic god. Creator himself had no idea why he behaved this way, but the explanation lay in the manner he had been created. The method of creating monocosmic gods, as invented by Xenixel and followed by himself and Peralitus, is cruel to the Omnipotency Capsules that are subjected to it. It creates new beings from the very same process that kills others. Although Creator and the Omnipotency Capsule which served as his basis were not the same being, they shared the same form. And to that extant, they shared the same trauma. This residual trauma influenced Creator’s obsessive creating as a form of an instinctive defense mechanism, in an attempt to protect himself from any harm by retreating within his creations. To satisfy his impulses, Creator began to create even more, constructing additions to The Omniverse and building more on top of it. This had the potential to destabilize The Omniverse and add more unknown variables into previously-guaranteed certainties, but fear is a powerful rationalizer. Creator simply desired to just keep creating, and creating, and creating, and creating…
Meanwhile, from outside The Barrel, Peralitus and Abstractil had been watching these events, which had only occurred over the course of a few metaminutes after Creator was activated. While Abstractil was concerned, Peralitus found nothing wrong with what was happening, claiming that since Xenixel approved of it, it must be okay. Abstractil, not one to typically lose patience, finally snapped at Peralitus and chose to intervene, arguing that even though it was Peralitus’ Omniverse and Creator, it was inside her monocosm. With that, she convinced Xenxel to allow her to employ a second monocosmic god of her own in The Barrel, an experimental one that she had already been planning for some metatime and now had an opportunity to create it. The second god was intended to act as quality control for The Barrel’s contents and keep Creator in check. Reluctantly, Xenixel agreed, believing that any chance possibly leading towards a more stable cohort would be one worth taking. With permission granted, Abstractil set to work in creating the monocosmic god. Unbeknownst to Xenixel or Peralitus, this one was not created from the same method that Creator had been, as Abstractil found it cruel. In fact, none of the Supergods besides Xenixel and Peralitus actually followed the “real” method when creating the gods. Abstractil believed that since the monocosmic god wouldn’t be born from the painful experience of another creature, it would be more mentally stable in its function.
Creator was surprised as a bright purple light manifested itself from beyond The Barrel. It announced that Creator was to be joined by a "co-worker" – which he misinterpreted as "Qo-worker"– to work alongside him. Upon declaring this, a being appeared before Creator. It was like him, but…not like him either. The purple light said nothing else, disappearing seemingly without even briefing the other being. Creator questioned the being, asking what it was. The being replied with nothing. Creator remembered the purple light telling him that it was his "Qo-Worker", but since he had no idea what that was, he took to simply calling it "Qo". Creator did not expect Qo to suddenly start pruning away pieces of his Omniverse, especially not so soon after first entering. This caused Creator to disproportionately panic in a manner similar to a mortal watching their child be murdered. He practically begged Qo to stop pruning the Omniverse, but it did not listen. Creator knew he could not force Qo into submission through any physical means, as he could only create. So instead, he tried to replace everything that Qo had cut away, recreating it exactly as it was. Qo, ever-determined to uphold its duties just as much as Creator, simply pruned it away again. Creator subsequently replaced it, and this back-and-forth took place for a long metatime. Eventually, Creator began creating things at a faster rate, in an attempt to outmatch the rate of Qo's pruning. Qo started speeding its pruning in response. As his Creation was torn down, Creator felt as if protective walls were being destroyed. Anxiety closed in, as Creator started creating random things just to have something exist and not be pruned. He created against Qo's pruning, like two magnets repelling each-other. Creator built up a megastructure as a wall in front of himself, increasing its size and height as Qo bore into it. However, neither anticipated what happened next. The combination of Qo trying to penetrate the wall as well as the wall itself growing, led to it crumbling in an avalanche, crushing and burying Qo beneath the debris of existence. After clearing the pieces of the fallen megastructure structure away, Creator was horrified to find Qo dead. He had killed it. He felt horrible for what he haddone, and was wracked with guilt.
With Qo deemed a failure by the Supergod Council, its remains were subsequently withdrawn from The Barrel and disposed of in Oblivion.
Creator and the Great Occult War
Creator was once again alone within The Barrel. After enough metatime, he had repaired all the damage caused by his conflict with Qo. However, Qo would not be Creator’s last companion.
Peralitus, placing the blame for the prior disaster on Abstractil, claimed that she did not know his Creator the way he himself did, as he was the one who actually made him. Abstractil found this argument to be complete metabullshit, especially considering they were both Omniscient^2. Still, Abstractil chose to indulge Peralitus, just to see if he would actually end up being right for once. He claimed that only another perfect monocosmic god could work alongside his perfect monocosmic god to regulate his perfect Omniverse. Upon Peralitus’ request, Xenixel sanctioned Peralitus to have his turn in designing the next Monocosmic god, as Abstractil had failed the previous one. With that, Peralitus introduced a new model, which he called Qota. Abstractil and Empiroxus were very critical of this creation, while Xenixel was all over it. With that, Peralitus employed Qota in The Barrel.
As Creator resided within The Barrel, overlooking all of Creation, he felt the presence of another monocosmic god as Qota was teleported into The Barrel. Specific details of what transpired following this are currently obscured, but it would suffice to assuje that they likely did not agree either, as Creator was soon once again ruling The Barrel on his own.
Abstractil, satisfied by Peralitus having failed and been proven wrong, then introduced a new monocosmic god design she had been secretly working on in anticipation of Peralitus' failure. This design was called Destroyer. Superficially, it seemed to Peralitus and Xenixel as well as even other Supergods that Destroyer would be an instant failure. This god was the polar opposite to Creator, which the Supergods assumed would incite the most conflict. However, Abstractil believed that extreme polarity was the missing key to establish stability; the intention was for inertia to form between the two gods and create a stalemate that would balance each-other. Abstractil hoped she would be right as Destroyer was deployed in The Barrel.
After having experienced so much, Creator's first instinctive reaction to sensing the presence of another monocosmic god in The Barrel was instant dread. He hoped this one would finally be normal, but deep down he knew that was wishful thinking. Somehow despite this, he still was surprised when the first thing Destroyer did upon entering was start wrecking his omniverse before even introducing himself. Creator instinctively began replacing all the destroyed things in response. However, he did not immediately choose to be confrontational this metatime, at least not yet. He felt that perhaps a more civil approach could resolve matters, and then he could go back to creating without worry, and having total control over The Barrel without opposition. Obviously this was not the outcome, as Destroyer kept destroying things. What caught Creator off guard, however, was when Destroyer himself seemed just as upset by having his destroyed things be replaced as Creator would have been when his created things were destroyed. Unlike with Qo, Creator realized that this monocosmic god had needs and desires just as much as he did. Because of this, he was more hesitant to be confrontational. As much as Creator couldn't stand Destroyer, he did not wish harm upon him and he did not want to have the death of another god on his conscience. He attempted to reach a compromise with Destroyer, stating that Destroyer would be allowed to Destroy whatever it was that Creator himself would allow. These such things were random meaningless segments of matter that Creator half-heartedly willed into existence, not caring much for it. Even still, Creator cringed as he watched Destroyer perform his "work" on it. Destroyer still was not satisfied, however. He wanted to destroy things that had actual meaning to them, as that was what gave him fulfillment. Because of this, he would sometatimes tend to overstep his boundaries and destroy things Creator actually cared about. The most egregious example was when he saw Creator's godverse and decided he wanted his own. The dilemma was, his programming drove him to only want to destroy things and not willingly create things. So instead, he ripped out a significant portion of The Omniverse – about an entire third of it – and further destroyed it into a chaotic realm befitting of himself, his own godverse. Upon discovering this, Creator was livid. However, he held it in so as to not escalate anything. Even as he replaced the missing chunk of The Omniverse, he could sense frustration and resentment building.
Despite the tension between the two gods, Destroyer had technically been the most successful monocosmic god so far in terms of compatibility with Creator. Thus, Destroyer's design was adopted by the Supergod Council to all of Beyond, with Destroyers being deployed throughout all other monocosms.
As for The Barrel's Creator and Destroyer, their building frustration came to its climax when Destroyer decided to destroy a portion of Creator's Godverse "just for fun". Creator released his suppressed rage, grilling Destroyer in a drawn-out rant about how insufferable he was. Destroyer replied that Creator was a uptight anysyshole, and this set off an entire back-and-forth spat. Amidst their argument, the two failed to notice the Stage II Seed of the External Hazard which had entered The Barrel. From where the seed had originated was unknown, but it was clear to Creator that it was a malicious force which presented a danger to The Barrel. However, before anything could have been done to stop it, the Seed smashed into Creator and Destroyer, injuring them both. The severity of these injuries rendered Creator and Destroyer incapacitated. Creator watched as the Stage II seed finally came to a stop as it collided and merged with an odd shrine in a random Gigaverse. Due to being crippled by their injuries, neither Creator nor Destroyer could intervene in any of The Omniverse’s matters anymore. They watched as The Fracture's birth set in motion a chain of events that culminated in a cataclysmic conflict known as The Great Occult War. The destruction and carnage transpired at a scale which horrified Creator. To him, the feeling was comparable to being trapped in a nightmare and not being able to move. Even Destroyer, to an extent, was unsettled by the level of destruction – mostly because he was not the one performing it.
Suddenly, just as the war reached its climax…
Creator and The Divine Ground
With heavy damage having been sustained to The Barrel as a result of the events that had transpired within it, the Supergod Council decided it was metatime to start anew.
During the brief instance between the Barrel existing in the state of not being Restructured and it being Restructured, Peralitus and Abstractil removed Creator and Destroyer. Peralitus was disgruntled that events transpired in the way they did, and was determined to do things the right way this metatime. Abstractil stopped him before he could even finish this thought however, stating that most of this mess was his fault because he made a flawed Creator that had gotten messed up during his creation. Abstractil insisted that they instead swap positions, with her designing Creator and Peralitus designing Destroyer. While Peralitus was disgusted by the concept, he at least relished the opportunity to create a Destroyer better than the one Abstractil had made, which in turn may have convinced Xenixel to delegate the entire task of creating monocosmic gods solely to him. After swapping each-other’s monocosmic gods, Abstractil and Peralitus reformatted their memories. Then, with the use of Alom, they healed their injuries, and redesigned and reprogrammed their forms and minds, before once again deploying the two in The Barrel and activating them.
The Creator came to be within an infinite unknown field of glimmers that comprised the void. All around him, glimmering particles left over from the previous Barrel's contents spun and swam erratically, like dust in the air. It was within this primordial potential that the Creator first encountered his arch-antithesis: the Destroyer. The two gods spent a long period of metatime in which they created and destroyed many structures against each-other's wills in the field of glimmers. There was no emotion or personal motives driving this conflict. It was merely two opposing wills finding their rightful place in existence through their clashing. Neither perceived the other as evil, only as an entity serving a necessary function required for the wellbeing of existence. However, although Creator recognized the need for destruction by Destroyer, he could not allow it to be to his own detriment. It was soon decided that it was metatime for the two gods to form their own personal realms. They formed their respective realms known as "Godverse", where they formulated their own plans. However, Destroyer sought to not only destroy Creator's Godverse, but to cause unbalanced chaos within even The Outside. Destroyer sought to battle with Creator and determine who shall rule the Monocosm. The two beings clashed, breaking Alom off each-other which compounded the primordial chaos raging all around them amidst the battle. The result of this battle inadvertently formed an enormous, infinite singularity of existence: the Omniverse. The newly formed Omniverse heavily favored Creator's influence, preventing most opportunities for large-scale interference from Destroyer. Furthermore, as a result of sustaining heavy damage during the Divine Ground, Destroyer had been depowered to nigh-omnipotence. His influence over The Barrel had been limited, leaving Creator as the dominant force. Still, there were many things that Creator would lose to Destroyer, things that were valuable in his perception. Over metatime, this destruction seemed to become increasingly personal, as Destroyer began destroying things closer to Creator's coreverse. It was as if Destroyer had been harboring resentment towards him.
During this period, Creator discovered the existence of a strange blue flame within the Outside. As he shared a link with all that he created, Creator knew that this flame did not belong to him. It had originated somewhere beyond The Barrel, and somehow ended up here. He captured the flame in an attempt to study it, but accidentally caused the flame to fall into the Omniverse. Like dropping a match into a vat of oil, Creator a large plume of the blue fire intensely erupted from The Omniverse in a flare. Creator was worried at first that he permanently burned or even destroyed it, but the flames had dissipated after a fleeting metamoment. However, embers of it persisted all throughout The Omniverse. Later, Creator encountered spiritual beings enveloped in this flame rising out of The Omniverse like balloons. As he captured them, Creator found that through manipulation of the flame he could transform these kotospirits into entirely new beings, ones who would willingly enact his will as servants. These beings, Djinni, were placed in his Godverse as servants. Creator programmed them to hold no memories of their prior lives, as well as be predetermined to want to willingly serve him so as to prevent any rebellion.
Creator And Hyperman
Eventually, Creator was alerted to a large disturbance within the Omniverse. Remotely viewing it with his Omniscience, Creator found strands of Demon Thread possessing many beings, and leading those beings to in turn possess others. At a larger scale, the thread was entangling entire regions of top-level archverses, literally choking the life out of them. The first thing Creator did upon discovering this was demand from Destroyer whether he was responsible for this – to which Destroyer passive-aggressively replied by telling Creator to just use his own Omniscience to figure it out for himself.
As he continued remotely searching the Omniverse, Creator discovered that Destroyer was indeed not behind the spreading of the thread. Rather, he was surprised to discover, it was in fact two mortals. They were brothers, clashing amongst themselves over a matter which was far too mundane for an omniverse-transcending being such as Creator to sympathize with or care about. Their battle also was causing additional damage added on to the spreading of the Demon Thread. Creator chose to directly intervene in the conflict, manifesting himself before the two brothers. He determined the Demon Thread to be the root cause of the issue, and belived that without it, all related conflicts would likely cease and resolve themselves. Therefore, Creator banished Demon Thread from the Omniverse entirely, willing all Demon Thread in the Omniverse to instead reside in the Outside. However, since one of the brothers – a being named Ultraman – was so innately connected to the Demon Thread that it was a literal part of him, he too was banished into the Outside. Despite the potential effects of being trapped in the Outside such as becoming a Devil, Creator did not consider Ultraman to be able to pose any real threat.
Creator then turned his attention to Hyperman, the other brother. He was fascinated with the being, intrigued by his nature. Creator did not personally know any of The Omniverse's inhabitants, but his omniscience sensed a certain ambition within Hyperman, one that made him stand out from many others. Creator's analysis was interrupted when Hyperman was suddenly strangled by a cord wrapped around him. Somehow, the Demon Thread had returned to the Omniverse only mere metamoments after being banished from it. Creator attempted to sever the thread from Hyperman, but found himself unable to do so. The thread had somehow become indestructible to him, now existing in an enhanced variant. It was too far beyond his influence to destroy. It was then that a realization dawned upon Creator. He knew that only one being could be behind the return of the Demon Thread, and it was Destroyer. After gaining knowledge of Demon Thread, and realizing that it caused distress for Creator, Destroyer would have likely wanted to utilize it. It was clear that after all the calculated and destruction that Destroyer had been causing that he had been scheming against Creator for some metatime, and now he was finally emboldened enough to strike. Creator intended to retaliate against this, but he also knew of the devastation that could be caused if he directly fought Destroyer in a full-on battle. However, he looked down upon Hyperman, and realized that Hyperman could do his work for him as a proxy. Knowing Ultraman had been rescued by Destroyer and turned into his champion, Creator enlisted Hyperman’s assistance in combating Ultraman, using Hyperman as his own champion. Hyperman accepted, and Creator teleported him into Destroyer's Godverse, freeing him from the Demon Thread.
Shortly thereafter, Hyperman returned victorious, having defeated Ultraman. Destroyer appeared before Creator and Hyperman, angered by his loss. Creator, feeling bold from foiling Destroyer’s plans, smugly replied that Destroyer should have been happy with the damage to his godverse; destruction was his purpose after all. Destroyer was about to retaliate and attack, but Hyperman stopped him at the last metasecond, blocking it. Hyperman, a mortal, being able to stop an attack by Destroyer, was an action that left all three beings shocked.
Creator And Oblivious
With the reveal of Hyperman’s true power, attention had been partially diverted from the conflict between Creator and Destroyer. The three beings attempted to understand what implications there could have been for Hyperman's existence. Despite surviving only a single attack from Destroyer, it was still concerning to both of the Gods that a mortal could be so resilient. Destroyer was the most radical in his concern, fearing opposition from Hyperman or potentially any other mortal that could amass similar levels of power. Because of this, he wished to kill Hyperman right then and there, but Creator held him back. He argued that Hyperman was more valuable kept alive for the sake of study, and for use as a tool. While Hyperman did not the idea of being viewed as a “tool”, he much preferred it over being dead.
In the meanmetatime a certain kotospirit, one which had seemingly not come from The Barrel, entered from beyond it, rocketing in a blaze like a shooting star. Whether this kotospirit had originated from the same place that the flame did, Creator was unsure. He djinnified the kotospirit before placing him in his Godverese, ensuring to pay especially close attention to him in particular.
As it turned out, Hyperman was indeed useful in many situations, though not as one may think. Often, he helped to resolve disputes between Creator and Destroyer, helping to diffuse conflicts and establish better communication between the two. As metatime passed, Creator and Destroyer slowly became more civil towards one another, and Hyperman unofficially grew into the role of a mediator. Still, despite forming a healthier relationship with Creator, Destroyer continued to greatly dislike Hyperman, partially because he felt patronized but most so because Hyperman was still mortal for all intents and purposes. Creator attempted to convince Destroyer that mortals mattered just as much as the two of them, but it seemed to be a fruitless endeavor.
Amidst this, the three beings were completely caught off guard by a disturbance from beyond The Barrel, one of such a great magnitude that it was felt all throughout The Barrel by all its inhabitants to some degree. Creator and Destroyer themselves were briefly knocked off balance. Creator could not determine what the cause of this rupture had been, but it clearly had not resulted from anything within The Barrel. Creator’s attention was subsequently drawn to one of his Djinni – specifically the one he had been closely monitoring – who was trying to take advantage of his distraction and escape from his Godverse to free himself from servitude. Just as Creator was about to contain this however, a new threat had entered the fray.
Like a flash flood, it arrived quickly and unexpectedly, and it came in the same proportional force of one. It was a monocosmic god – or at least supposed to be – more powerful than Creator. This being was formed from an infinite collection of pieces of all Monocosmic gods in Beyond, past and present in metatime, as well as other alomic lifeforms. All of their minds were united, or rather forced together, in a macabre mosaic that vaguely resembled a living being. Its mind and form were not supposed to be able to hold itself together, yet it did in defiance against all that was natural and made sense. The being – Oblivious, had arrived in The Barrel as a targeted monocosm in its spree of chaos. Creator, having mistaken Oblivious to have been the cause behind the rupture earlier, feared Oblivious to a greater extent. Still, The Barrel was Creator’s home, and the source of his creations from which he took great pride and joy, and so he was determined to defend it and stop Oblivious at all costs. He fought against Oblivious without holding back. Unlike with his previous conflicts, Creator did not attempt to peacefully resolve it, recognizing the urgency of the situation. He instead outright attacked Oblivious with the intent to harm and even destroy them, overriding his adversity to such methods for the sake of what he believed to be the greater good. Although Creator had released all his self-imposed limitations, Oblivious still was a challenging foe to combat.