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// Of Creation 
// Story: Humans 
// by unclefester84 
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Of Creation


Before the beginning

There are the Humans, the Six.
They are presences of unlimited will and might, like mountains of power towering over an ocean of emptiness, and they interacted with one another, debating ceaselessly their own nature and thoughts, and by these debates their characters evolved and increased in complexity, majesty and glory.
Details and differences among them became more defined as new thoughts began to form in their minds, new shapes and concepts were born, and with them also grew the desire to continue their own evolution.
Yet they perceived that not much more could be gained by simply interacting between themselves, and that their majesty would stop increasing as soon as their debating ran out of arguments.
And so they realized that the only way for their evolution to continue, was if new things were to happen, but that was a vain hope, for nothing aside from themselves could change in the void.
Indeed the emptiness in which they resided was also without time, and reality was forever locked in a permanent now, unknowing of the concepts of past or future.
But new hope was kindled when, in their last debate, the Humans created in themselves a way to put forth the thoughts of their minds, and give them existence.
This power is what one day would be known as the Voice.
When the Voice of the Six was first used in the void, its unchecked power rattled the emptiness, its patterns and waves became visible to sight, and its immeasurable potential became clear.
With this newly created power a decision was made. To give existence to many of the new things and concepts that the Humans created with their thoughts and, by them, increase their own glory. (1)


First Eon (2)


Dawn of the Universe


The three Laws

The Humans debated long on how to proceed with the creation of the Universe, but the first and most fundamental prerequisite was clear: they needed some form of constants that would allow their creation to change and evolve, to have memories of what had been, and hopes for what will be.
Then the six put together their will and, with labor shared equally among them, they created the Three Great Laws.

First among them was the Law of Time.
None but the Humans have ever seen Time in its true form, but it is said that if a mind could comprehend it, it would appear like a colossal clockwork, its levers and cogs working with an absolute precision. On its face there are innumerable hands, the smallest of which spins with an impossible speed, counting the length of every moment, and the subsequent ones growing in size and slowing in speed, counting days, years, ages and more, until they arrive to the largest and slowest of all, which has yet to complete its first and only turn, and counts the existence of the universe.
Of all the things that were made by the Humans, Time is the only one that they decreed would always be absolute, and never to be tampered with.
They themselves choose to abide by this rule, even though they are not bound by it. Indeed not only they see through all of its length, but can also traverse and manipulate it at will, still they choose not to, unless only to prevent a premature end to Creation.
They decided to do this because one of their chief desires was to experience things that are new, much like someone reading a book would rather follow its story page by page, rather than skip to the end.
Yet because of their very nature the Humans still know all that has come to pass, and much of what is yet to be (3).
Mortals can also interact with Time, beyond traversing it with their natural lives, and travel through it is possible, even if only by powerful means. Observation the past or obtaining glimpses of the future do not break the Decree of Time, and even interactions that lead to a predestination paradox are tolerated to a certain extent, but any interference that could cause permanent alteration of the timeline would meet the opposition of the very will of the clockwork and, in realigning itself back to its original form, it would remove any and all obstacle that could cause any alterations (4).

Once the ticking of Time was established, the Humans proceeded with the creation of another constant, the Second Great Law, which, in opposition to the clockwork, is instead meant to allow mortals to impose their will on the very fabric of reality around them.
And so in their second shared labor, the six created the Weave, the source of all magic.
Just like Time, the Weave cannot be fully comprehended by mortal mind and, reflecting its more chaotical nature, it might appear fundamentally different to any mortal who tries to delve in its study.
Contrary to Time, Magic is very malleable and inviting of change, and during its creation it was influenced from parts of the temper and personality of each of the Humans, and it is said that it was from these differences that the many schools of magic were born.
However despite its fundamental role, the arcane also has severe limits to its capabilities, and while many of its rules have been known since the first magicians discovered the Art, many agree that its full potential has yet to be discovered (5).

The third and final work that the Human shared in its fullness during the creation of the Universe, was the establishment of the Third Great Law: the rules of Nature.
Of the great three Works this was perhaps the most subtle, the most detailed, and in its folds could be found ways for interacting with the whole of the Universe, even in part with the other two Great Laws.
The rules and the laws of all sciences were detailed from the colossal and cosmological, to the most minuscole and invisible, and from them came most of the structure of the physical Universe.
Many among the wisest scholars believe that in creating this Law, the six took an approach that was somewhere between the unchanging constancy of Time and the chaotical variability of Magic. Indeed while the Laws of Nature themselves are absolute, it is often possible to find a workaround or a loophole among them to achieve otherwise impossible results (6).

With the creation of the three Great Laws the Humans then perceived that the main structure of the Universe was completed, and the forging of the world itself could commence.






Annotations
(1)Very difficult part to translate, many concept are in words that do not exist in modern language, but in other terms: the Humans have always been, they have no beginning and no end, yet as they interacted together they “evolved” so to speak, but they have always been evolved and they will always have been what they will become in the future. They have also always been boundless and their desire for “more” feels like an ‘infinity plus one’ argument.
Contrarily our Universe had a very conceivable beginning, yet by existing in a void without time can we say that it had always been?
A similar confusion arises from the concept of distance, since the primordial void is the total absence of anything, including time and space, how could anything, including the Human’s voice, move through or even exist within it?
It frankly hurts my brain just trying to understand it.

(2)For reference, Eon is the longest measure of time, which contains Eras, which in turn contain Ages.

(3)This concept seems to conflict with the idea of ‘free will’ that is said to be assigned to all thinking creatures, while it is far above my paygrade to discuss this, the fact the Humans wanted to experience “new” things, and they know “most” and not “all” of what is yet to happen, tells me that at least in part our lives are not wholly preordained.

(4)This explains some stories about Princess Twilight and some of her adventures, which apparently include at least one predestination paradox, and several alternate timelines (which luckily didn’t stick around long enough to get Time angry).

(5)Contrary to popular belief, magic (or the ‘Art’ with capital ‘A’) is not only what is manipulated actively by spells, potions and such, but also all the passive effects that every creature exert, like a dragon’s fire, earth ponies ties with the earth, and so on.

(6)This is extremely fascinating. It was common belief that Time and Magic belong inside the laws of Nature, but apparently they are different things altogether.