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Verse and Dimensions: Stories
Any chance of Creator’s victory were completely diminished when he suddenly hesitated amidst the battle. Creator sensed something in Oblivious, something which resonated with him specifically. Among the many consciousnesses that comprised Oblivious was that of an Omnipotency Capsule, specifically the one which Creator had been originally created from. Creator did not yet know this, and he psychically reached out in an attempt to make mental contact with it. Upon the connection forming, Creator experienced everything which the Omnipotency Capsule had experienced up until being killed by Peralitus. This in turn then unlocked all the dormant memories within Creator himself, forming a complete picture of who he was as a being. This was not a beneficial discovery, however. Creator was horrified by all that he had done and had been done to him, feeling heavy guilt and resentment. Stunned by the realization, Creator was vulnerable to Oblivious, who crippled him with a devastating attack.
Creator remained trapped in his Godverse, effectively bedverse-ridden by his wounds. Oblivious was then killed by the combined efforts of Destroyer and Hyperman, which Creator was pleased to learn. However, at the same metatime he felt a strange sense of sympathy and grief for Oblivious’ death, since part of him had been part of Oblivious, and therefore a part of Creator had also died with them. Oblivious’ remains left much Alom in The Omniverse, which resulted in an massive Omniversal conflict known as The Alom Wars. As metahistory repeated itself, Creator had again been injured by a sudden invader from beyond The Barrel, and again was left unable to intervene in a devastating war that transpired in his absence. Creator could only look on and watch in horror from his Godverse as the war unfolded. During this, Creator spent much metatime in contemplation and introspection. He realized that throughout his existence, so many beings had been killed or otherwise suffered because of his actions, and yet he still remained. Creator felt a sense of survivor's guilt, as well as responsibility for the suffering he caused. He wondered how as a being who existed for the purpose of creation, he could cause such destruction. He even began to question whether he was even worthy of surviving through his injuries. Part of him believed that perhaps The Barrel would be better off without him. Part of him considered letting go completely, allowing himself to fade away and dissipate into formless Alom. He figured that Hyperman could absorb it all and ascend to Omnipotence^1, using this power to put an end to the war and take over as the ruler of the Barrel, as well as continue to keep Destroyer in check.
Just as Creator began to seriously consider this option, he realized that the war seemed to had come to an abrupt stop. Hyperman ascended to Nigh-Omnipotence, and systematically destroyed many of the involved factions and forced the rest to willingly retreat. Then, six bright colorful lights, much like those Creator had encountered prior, suddenly appeared within The Barrel. With all his past experiences re-remembered, Creator concentrated on these lights, and they began to take on more familiar forms. As their full forms – or at least Creator’s greatest understanding of them – finally appeared, Creator realized that they were not as grandiose as he was originally led to believe. They seemed like beings much similar to himself, with the only difference between him and the six entities being the level of power. The beings pettily arguing amongst themselves as they tried to dispose of Oblivious’ remains further reinforced this belief. Once Oblivious had been taken care of, the six beings used their power to instantly heal Creator, restoring his strength before they departed.
Creator and The Present
This experience led to a complete paradigm shift in Creator. He realized that if those who created him were not perfect beings, despite all their power, then he did not have to be either. He could only do his best, and for him that was enough. Creator’s self-belief and self-worth was restored and strengthened, and he fully dedicated himself to creation and the maintenance of his creations. He also gave Hyperman his blessings as the honorary third monocosmic god of The Barrel, a title which Hyperman was flattered by.
Currently, Creator continues to watch over The Barrel and protect it. If – or when – another threat arises against it, Creator will be determined to stop it.
The Destroyer
Destroyer is a Monocosmic god who is the bringer of all destruction in The Barrel, standing as the opposing force to Creator.
The Supergod Council has created every Creator and Destroyer in Beyond throughout metatime, shaping them from Alom and placing pairs of them within assigned their monocosms, for the purpose of monitoring, influencing and regulating the contents therein. Creators typically fulfill this role by creating contents within the monocosm, while Destroyers serve to destroy some of those created structures in order to balance the monocosm and ensure that it does not become unstable.
The Destroyer within The Barrel is no different from others in regards to serving his role, although he does put greater passion into it. It is not that he feels it is his responsibility to destroy things, so much as it rather is something he derives pleasure from. Just as Creator sees his creations as perfect art, so too does Destroyer see his destruction as such. The Creator and Destroyer within The Barrel are locked in an eternal rivalry, and have even come close to waging full-fledged wars against each-other. To put it into perspective, an unrestrained battle between Creator and Destroyer could potentially take out the Omniverse and the Godverses within The Barrel, scaling from the events from which The Divine Ground took place. This heated rivalry has only recently been somewhat de-escalated after the ascension of Hyperman, who serves as a mediator between the two gods and helps to diffuse their disputes. Destroyer, however, is not the most fond of Hyperman, finding it especially unfair that a mortal is able to have as much power as him.
History
Destroyer and Creator
The Destroyers was invented by Abstractil originally as a means of balancing The Barrel's Creator, who was unstable. After two previous failures of other monocosmic god designs, there was little enthusiasm for Destroyer's success by the other Supergods.
Destroyer, to his own knowledge, came to be within the yawning void in which he was suspended upon first gaiing consciousness. What he knew for certain was that he was Destroyer, and that he “was”. He knew not of how he came to be, only that the bright purple-colored light which glared upon him from beyond the void was somehow responsible. The Purple light telepathically beamed information into Destroyer, which were essentially a set of instructions. They entailed that the purpose for his existence was to destroy the structures created by another being like himself, named "Creator". With that, the purple light departed, leaving Destroyer alone in the void.
Destroyer eventually found the being that he knew could have only been Creator, and with his programmed instructions in mind, he instantly began destroying things without even first introducing himself. Creator instinctively began replacing all the destroyed things in response. However, he did not immediately choose to be confrontational. Creator tried a civil approach, but Destroyer, finding this weird and unnecessary, kept destroying things. Howeer, Creator wouldn't seem to stand for it as he began replacing the things that Destroyer had just destroyed. This upset Destroyer, who found his purpose for existing being constantly undermined whenever his "hard work" was undone. Creator eventually 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. 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. An 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. Destroyer half-heartedly apologized, but even so, he could feel 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 supressed 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 Destroyer that it presented a danger to him. 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. Destroyer 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 unsettled Destroyer to an extent – mostly because he was not the one performing it.
Suddenly, just as the war reached its climax…
Destroyer 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 Destroyer 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 Destroyer first encountered his arch-antithesis: the Creator. 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 Destroyer recognized the need for creation by Creator, 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. Destroyer harboring resentment for what had been done to him, started destroying things that were valuable to Creator . Over metatime, this destruction became increasingly personal, as Destroyer began destroying things closer to Creator's coreverse.
Destroyer And Ultraman
Eventually, Destroyer was approached by an apparently distraught Creator, who demanded to know whether he was responsible for the spreading of a material called Demon Thread throughout The Omniverse. Destroyer, annoyed by Creator passive-aggressively replied by telling Creator to just use his own Omniscience to figure it out for himself.
Later, Destroyer found large strands of Demon Thread floating about in The Outside, as well as a devilized mortal. A plan began forming. Destroyer rescued the being – named Ultraman – and used the Demon Thread to repair and enhance him. He offered to make Ultraman his "champion", intending to use him as a proxy to advance his goals of destroying The Omniverse. Ultraman agreed, and he used the enhanced Demon Thread to ensnare his brother Hyperman and provoke Creator. This worked, and Creator responded by sending Hyperman into Destroyer's godverse as his own champion. The two beings fought, but eventually Ultraman was defeated. Destroyer, ashamed of Ultraman's failure, refused to save him and damned him to a state of eternal recession. Destroyer than approached Hyperman and Creator, 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.
Destroyer and Oblivious
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.
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 he refused to change his view on the matter.
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. Destroyer could not determine what the cause of this rupture had been, but it clearly had not resulted from anything within The Barrel. That was when a new threat 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.
Oblivious first battled Creator, but made quick work of him and deafeated him, causing severe injuries. Destroyer and Hyperman were the last remaining beings in the entire Barrel who stood an inkling of a chance against Oblivious. Although these two entities did not like each-other by any means, they ultimately chose to set aside their differences to work together towards the common goal of defeating Oblivious. Hyperman and Destroyer proceeded to engage in a fierce battle against Oblivious – with Destroyer doing most of the “physical” fighting while Hyperman coordinated specific attacks. When Oblivious was led directly into the orbital path of an oncoming Godverse, Destroyer shoved them directly into it. Oblivious’ head was smashed by the Godverse, and they fell dead. As Oblivious was killed, a collection of Oblivious Entities that made up their form were able to disassociate themselves and split away just before the moment of death, managing to escape in metatime. Those who did not separate also died with Oblivious as well. Additionally, several large non-sentient chunks of Alom were separated from Oblivious' body and scattered all throughout Time and Space within The Omniverse, transporting themselves back through time as well as short distances into the future throughout many -Verses.
A massive Omniversal conflict known as the Alom Wars transpired as a result of this. It caused much chaos and destruction throughout The Omniverse. Of course, Destroyer, a being who thrived off destruction, chose to do nothing and simply sat while watching the fireworks. Eventually, the war came to an end and after the intervention of The Supergod Council, everything was largely returned to its status quo.
Destroyer and The Present
Currently, Destroyer's relationship with Creator has somewhat approved, although they still come into conflict over many matters. Although he does not like the idea of Hyperman having become the unofficial third monocosmic god after ascending to nigh-omnipotence, the situation is at least tolerable since he gained a professional respect for the being after fighting alongside him against Oblivious.
Powers
Typically, all Creators and Destroyers have Omnipotence^1 so that they can have equal levels of influence over their monocosms. However, the power level of The Barrel's Destroyer is weaker than Omnipotence^1, making him only near-equal in power to Creator. Destroyer instead possesses a high-level form of Nigh-Omnipotence. But despite this, Destroyer is still able to manipulate and influence much of the Omniverse. Archverses and structures, even the strongest Ultraversal-tier entities can be annihilated in their entirety at the hands of Destroyer.
Destroyer is limited, however, by Creator undoing much of the damage caused by Destroyer, and recreating/replacing the things which were destroyed (if Creator sees it to be necessary).