The Creation of the Abyss

Founding

The Abyss is created and fought over. The first Demons are born.

The planting of the seed in the Primeval Domain unleashed power like the realm had never seen before. The nascent evil of the Aberrants’ realm flared one last time as black flame, exploding through the yawning vortex that formed where the Dark Crystal was cast down. Forced to act even though their plans had gone astray, the Aberrants allowed themselves to be drawn through the vortex as their own realm was consumed and finally destroyed.   The Aberrants had seemingly won their prize: a realm in which their evil could be spawned anew. But as the tear in the fabric of reality closed, Tenebris faced off against his would-be masters.   Beholding the Aberrants in their terrible grandeur, the God was shielded from their wrath by the link they had forged with him. At the same time, the evil and madness of the crystal blessed Tenebris with great power of his own. The vortex that formed around the Dark Crystal was the Abyss, growing within the Primeval Domain even as Tenebris and the Horrors fought to control it. In a battle that raged for eons, Tenebris tore through the stuff of the nascent Abyss, following the crystal of evil as it fell through the burgeoning realm. The sheer power and madness of Tenebris’ passing instantly transformed any Primordial that beheld him. These creatures became the first Demons. They howled fury at their creator’s command, throwing themselves at the Horrors in wave after suicidal wave.   The Dark Crystal had granted the mad God far more power than the Aberrants could ever have predicted. Instead of a puppet, they faced a being of unmatched strength and absolute evil. Only by working together did the last twelve Aberrants stave off destruction and, over the course of endless battles, force Tenebris into a stalemate. As both sides withdrew to plot the other’s destruction, the growth of the Abyss settled and slowed. Beings outside the newly created realm took notice for the first time.