In the beginning, the world was vast.
The day sky shining upon it was the realm of Sun God. The night sky shrouding it in darkness was the realm of Storm God. The pale moon moving across the sky was the eye of Beast God, and it illuminated the mortal realms below.
The mortal realms sprawled far and wide, populated by all manner of beasts and creatures — as well as men. Below the red dust of the mortal world lay the peaceful darkness of Shadow God's domain.
The realm of Heart God, meanwhile, existed in the souls of living things.
And in the heart of it all, imprisoned, was the Void.
…The world was vast, but the shadow was small.
And since the world was full of horrors, the shadow was afraid.
It crawled out of the water, hid in a dark place, and trembled, feeling the ground around it quake and groan under the heavy footsteps of history.
