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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 5146402" data-attributes="member: 12460">The Universal WillsDoug, I fear you flatter me too much. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Below is a part of the creation myth of Geora. This was written a very long time ago, but I have added a little bit to it and corrected some spelling and grammar. Clearly this bit was partly inspired by the D&D alignment system, but I think it is a fresh take.It is said that there was once a time when the whole of existence consisted solely of pure concentrations of the four primal elements. Water, earth, fire, and air existed as a swirling maelstrom in a great nether long before Geora itself ever came to be, always brushing up against each other but never interacting. Then, in a single instant, the elements collided to form the matter which would make up the fantastic world of Geora. Though the elements themselves were lifeless, the sheer amount of energy generated from the collision of the four primal elements caused the Universal Wills to be. For the four primal elements to interact, there had to be a governor for their interaction. This governance was provided by the Universal Wills.The first will was Order. Order desired that all of existence be governed by rules, structure, and conformity. The second will was Chaos. Chaos was the opposite of Order, a champion of the spirit of individuality and freedom. Chaos sought to mold the world in it's own image, all things being separate and different from each other. The third will was Good. Good favored harmony and promoted morality, seeking to create rather than destroy and support equality rather than tyranny. The final will was Evil. Evil embodied all that was selfish and ambitious. Before Evil, there had been no death, no anguish, no sadness. Evil exulted in these things, causing fear and terror throughout all existence.The Universal Wills shaped the primordial elements in their own image, clashing with each other, making and breaking alliances, though Order never cooperated with Chaos and Good never sided with Evil. Each Will sought to preserve that which it had created and remove that which had been created by its antithesis from all existence. The conflict continued to escalate until soon the Universal Wills realized that if they were to continue, the very threads of the universe would unravel and all would become but a confluence of the four primordial elements again. So the Universal Wills made a collective agreement. They formed a fifth Universal Will, Magic, and the original four Universal Wills each imbued Magic with a small portion of its power so that Magic could preserve what so far been accomplished. Magic was a neutral party to the conflict of the Universal Wills, and its primary purpose was to act as a conduit through which the original Wills could continue their rivalries without threatening existence itself. The Will of Magic simultaneously aided the original four Wills in their conflict and resisted their attempts to completely destroy each other, ultimately safeguarding creation.</blockquote>

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