In the beginning, there was nothing. The universe was but a swirling mass of primordial chaos and darkness, unending and everlasting. From this void, a light arose from the deep and moved upon the face of chaos, and this light was Harmony. Harmony said, "Let there be order!", and there was order, and the swirling mass immediately ceased to move.
Harmony had calmed the endless void of chaos, and She had made the void bow before Her, and saw that it was good. She called out to the void, saying unto the darkness, "Come out, and witness my creation!" And so, another light rose from the darkness and soared to face Harmony. And Harmony said unto her, "Thou shalt rule and have dominion over the highest of heavens, and be first and greatest among my children." And so this second light was named Aether, and split into many, making the stars and planets in the skies, and Harmony saw that it was good.
Next, Harmony made the oceans and seas of the world, and so divided the darkness from the heavens. Another light soared up from the waters, and Harmony said unto her, "Thou shalt rule and have dominion over the expanse of the waters, and bring light and life to the oceans." And so this third light was named Okeanos, and gave life to the waters, and Harmony saw that it was good.
Next, Harmony brought forth earth from below the waters, and called it land. Another light soared up from the land, and Harmony said unto her, "Thou shalt rule and have dominion over the land, and bring light and life to the Earth." And so this fourth light was named Gaia, and gave life and growth to the land, and Harmony saw that it was good.
Next, Harmony made the winds to soar over the land and the oceans, unhindered and free. Another light soared up from the winds, and Harmony said unto him, "Thou shalt rule and have dominion over the air, and bring life and light to the winds." And so this fifth light was named Aeolus, and gave life and energy to the winds, and Harmony saw that it was good.
Next Harmony made a ball of fire above the Earth so it may orbit freely, and called it the Sun. Another light soared up from the Sun, and Harmony said unto him, "Thou shalt rule and have dominion over the Sun, and fly above the Earth in the lower domains of Aether, and sustain the realms of your kin below you." And this sixth light was named Helios, and brought day to the Earth, and Harmony saw that it was good.
When Harmony gazed upon her creation, She smiled, for all was good. She spread Herself across the land and the oceans and the winds and the domain of Aether, and magic was brought to the world, and the power of Creation brought to her children.
Over time, Aether grew envious of the realms of her lesser siblings. She felt that, as its first and greatest child, Creation should be hers by right. She bellowed out towards the Earth, that jewel of Creation, "Beware, ye lesser children of Harmony, for ye shall not reign forever!" And so Aether brought forth war to the realms below heaven, and with her army of stars conquered them, binding Gaia, Okeanos, and Aeolus in mighty chains atop of Mount Aris, for as they were divided, they could not oppose her. And so it was that Aether held Creation in her hands, along with her race of Primevals, those beings formed from that primeval chaos. They were giants in those days, with the bodies of ponies and the heads of beasts. The were as grey as a storm cloud with red, bullish faces and forms tall enough to snatch the clouds from the sky.
When Helios saw what had befallen his kin, he set out to Mount Aris, riding upon his chariot of light. He confronted the giant Adiron, the mightiest of the Primevals and sentinel of the chained gods on the mountain, and said unto him "Stand down, oh mighty one, for I do not wish to fight thee. I only wish to free my siblings bound on the mountaintop."
Adiron replied, "Thou art a fool, king of sunlight, if thou thinkest me to stand down! I answer to our queen Aether, ruler of Creation, and no other."
"Very well!" answered Helios, and with his fiery blade Iliakos, he cut Adiron into pieces and cast his flesh into the ocean. He also broke the chains of his kin where they could not and set them free once more.
And so Gaia, Okeanos, and Aeolus, led by Helios, laid waste to Aether's army of stars, driving them back into the heavens, and confronted her atop the Mountain Kyriarchos, the highest point on the Earth. Helios said unto her, "Hear me, Aether, for this is a battle thou canst not win! Stand down and restore the order of Creation as Harmony intended, or be cast out into the darkness!"
Aether replied, "I shall not bow to lesser beings! Perhaps I should cast thee into the darkness for thy insolence, thou traitorous rogue!"
And so the battle raged for seven days and seven nights, and shook Creation to its core. Because the gods were united, and Aether, for all her might, was alone, they prevailed, and so the gods cast Aether down from Mount Kyriarchos into the darkness below the Earth, and there she became known as Tartarus, and became progenitor of all evil and darkness in Creation. As she fell, she cursed Helios' name and the names of all the gods, swearing to have her revenge at the end of time.
It was at that time a wave of terror rushed over the Primevals and their metropolis of Synkomedes especially, for they knew what had just transpired, and feared the wrath of the new rulers of Creation. And so it was that Melekos, king of Synkomedes, knelt before Mount Kyriarchos and wept, "O, what fools we have been, transgressing against the order of Harmony! Have mercy upon us, and do not cast us into the darkness!"
Helios appeared before the king Melekos and said unto him, "For thy peaceful surrender, thy people shall not die, but simply be exiled to the grand ocean in the south. There you shall have an entire continent unto yourselves, hidden within the mists, and be separate from the rest of Creation.
Most of the Primevals rejoiced at this mercy that they had been granted, and left for their new lands. Some, however, still cursed the gods, and for this they were made short, never again to tower above the Earth like the giants they had once been, and made to wander the shadows in between Earth and the darkness until the end of time.
And so Helios said unto his kin, "Let this be a new era for the realms of Creation, and may peace and benevolence reign eternally!" And the gods saw that it was good.