#the first-force

So what's the problem? Why are the Ancients struggling so desperately?

The First-Force is a force that cannot be bargained with or reasoned with; it is evolution, the cosmos, energy itself. It created the First Gods, allowing them to create with unlimited power. However, the constant creation and destruction, the 'sandbox fights' among the Gods, led to their power beginning to threaten the very state of 'existence.'

The First-Force made the most logical decision, from the perspective of a mindless entity, that it could: it locked the Ancient Gods in Limbo — a space that draws energy from human souls to return it to the common 'bank' of existence and breaks down the souls themselves to create new ones from them.

Trapped in Limbo, the First Gods tried to prolong their existence as best they could: they latched onto the lives of people trapped in the rings of Limbo, appropriated their histories to claw out a little more time, and thus gradually began to lose their true forms, responding only to the emotions they were attached to. Very few managed to cheat the fate of being imprisoned.

The First-Force, learning from past mistakes, stripped the Gods of part of their power, dividing them into Chaos and Order. The main task of Chaos was to introduce movement into worlds and life, so that Order would not lead to stagnation; and the task of Order was to ensure that Chaos did not exceed reasonable limits, to organize everything. Moreover, now even ordinary people, demigods, and other beings could become Gods — this was decided through ascension.