//------------------------------// // Stories in Stone Timeline. The First Era. // Story: Tales in Stone // by TDR //------------------------------// Stories in Stone Tales In Stone By TDR Stories in Stone Timeline. The First Era. The unknown time before time. ¹ At first there was nothing and then there were the Spirits. Next to nothing is known about these creatures save that they are immensely powerful and are also referred to as Gardeners, depending on whom is asked.² These beings created the world of Equss and it was thought that they made countless other worlds before and after this creation, though the how and why is know only to them. Once there was Equss the decided to fill it with life. Countless plants and creatures were placed in the world of all manner shape and form. Some did not survive the new world, others thrived or some how managed to simply exist, being neither successful or not. The Spirits took note of this and created a new type of creature with witch to warden and watch over the others. They made this creature smarter and adapt at aiding the wilds, yet still hearty and swift enough to flee if their charges were less than agreeable. This race was called the Caretakers and were later known as the Zebra. With the wilds tended the spirits realized that this idea was good and decided to make others to aid in places the Caretakers could not go easily, or even at all. The second species was given gills and fins so it might move among the sea life and see to the roaring waves and currents that most circles of life began from. These creatures were called the Mer, and they are now known as Seaponies. In the ageless times these creatures evolved splitting into three types. The swift Dolphin occupied the shallows, treading into the rivers and lakes where the others would not. The Deep ones, Who preferred the cold darkness of the bottom of the world, relaying on the Dolphins to bring them tales of the places touched by the light. And the strange Thid. The first of the races to discover the wonders of magic itself. Again the Spirits noted this and realized this was good. The third race created were more adapt to the crushing depths of the land, tunneling easily through even the hardest rock able to ease the tensions on the new worlds core to turn a turbulent fault line into little more than a quite collection of rock. These dwellers of the Deep were called Loup, and they became what is now known as Diamond Dogs. The fourth race were created to hold sway over the very air, the new world was rife with wild weather and untamed winds that caused harm and pain to those living on the world. This race was given wings and the ability to shape the weather as they saw fit. They were the first to feed on the others as the energy for flight required more than simply plants could provide. New species were created for this race to feed on. These were the denizen of the air, a dominion larger than all others to tend to ensure that the other creatures of the world would be safe. These creatures were called the Gryph, and became what is known today as the Griffons. The Spirits noticed that things were not perfect. There were places that even the races created could not go, things between what they could do that needed tending. And so the fifth race was created. A race that bore traits of the others as well as the skills. Like the Mer they were based on this race had three types, though unlike the Mer these types did not evolve out of necessity but simply due to the Spirits will. Their bodies resembled the Caretakers, though in far more vibrant colors as it was thought that the Spirit creating them had more of an artistic flair. The first of this race was called Earth, for it would be the very soil and earth that they tilled following the Caretakers in tending the plant life, and the Loup in tending the surface of the world. The second were the Avarials who aided the Gryph with the weather, though their forms were built more for speed than the staying power of the Gryph, so they might be the first to any issue and be able to hold it until the Gryph showed to fix the problem. Their smaller size and speed allowed them to avoid needing the energy that meat provided, though they were allowed to partake if need be. The third was based on the Thid. Though the Spirits let the cycle of life and death continue, the souls of those passed on would oft get lost in their way to return to the world, or the life the Spirits had made beyond it. Thus the Magi were mad and given access to the world of the arcane as well as the divide between the worlds so they may aid those who could not continue on their own. Thus the fifth race was created, the race of Equss. It was with the creation of the Magi that the Spirits must have noticed something amiss. As they created a sixth race. A race of strength, great size, and armored flesh. A race of tooth and claw and violence and rage. A race whose very breath could set the world aflame. A race that could survive any where on this new world and thrive no matter the place they chose. A race that needed to feed on nothing but rocks to survive, rocks that were plentiful and made to nearly every flavor that could exist despite having the markings of a alpha predator. The final race was that of the Dragon, and they were made to care for and watch over all the other races of the new world and protect them. The Spirits looked on their work and decided they had done well. It was then, that one of them took note of something. The races created oft looked to the Spirits for answers to things, becoming far to reliant upon them for what they desired. This Spirit realized that it could not be left like this. The answer it chose was to create something new. It took the Equss, being as they were the most questioning and fashioned a creature that blended all the parts they three types were made of. It was granted breath by the Spirit itself and a portion of their power. It would never age, never die and it would act as the voice of the Spirit, tending to the Equss as they tended to the world. It's coat would be a blinding white that contained all the colors of the Equss. This was the first God, the first Alicorn. A stallion who was named Zacherle. The other Spirits saw this creation and sought to make ones of their own for each of the races. The God of the Dragon - Troph The God of the Mer- Munificence The God of the Caretakers - Grace The God of the Loup- Forthe The God of the Gryph - Mirth The Spirit who created Zacherle took note of these others and realized there was an unbalance, so another Alicorn was made, a balance to the first. A Mare whose coat seemed to absorb the light one of unrivaled beauty that was beloved of the Spirit. The second Alicorn. Bonnie. Seeing that the balance was now set the Spirits gave a last look over their creation and departed. There are no answers to why or even how, but it is likely they went to craft another world as they had likely done countless times before and countless times since. ³ ¹ Not many historians actually believe this era even existed, though recent contact by Princess Twilight Sparkle with entities who existed during this time has lead to it being added in most history tomes. ² Troph, Bonnie, and Grace claim Gardeners, Munificence, and Forthe say Spirits. Mirth says 'Party Wizards' but most ignore her. ³ An experiment was done and added to these notes by Princess Twilight Sparkle, and Dragon Lord Spike Sparkle. A single tome was drawn by Lord Spike's power that should have the answers to what the Spirits were. The book was blank save for one image of a rabbit like creature, hunched over a desk with a odd glowing square before it. This was widely considered a failure as it made little sense and the book was returned to whence it came.]