The Origin

This is the tale as you know it, passed from one Awakened to the next:

Once there were three siblings - the boy, the girl, and the eldest. They grew up knowing only the Garden, together with other children, under the watchful eye of HIM. Every so often, a child went missing from the Garden, and none were ever the wiser. Many chose ignorance, but the eldest was quick and clever. But to be quick and clever is not always enough, and for their insolence HE stole the eldest’s heart and buried their body in the soil beneath his lands. As the eldest lay dying they cast a single spell powered by their own innocent blood. From the body of the eldest grew a tree, and upon its branches were beautiful red apples. In their innocence, the boy and the girl ate of the apples, and as each took a bite they awakened to the truths of eternal life. In this awakening they angered HIM, and so they fled the garden. As they fled, their hunger grew, and they knew that it could only be sated in blood.

There was a corrupting power within the apples as well, one that bequeathed great power at great cost. The brother believed that he had become stronger than humanity, so their blood belonged to him. The sister believed that she had become wiser than humanity, so their ideology belonged to her. As more Awakened to the truth within the world, a third champion emerged, one who believed in harmony with the Unawakened. Thus, we come to the society of the Awakened: fractured but whole.