Dearden came into existence after creation had already began, incredibly weak and malnourished. He was a small unsightly beast at the time, no larger then a mouse and he drifted through space for what seemed like an eternity. 

The pull. He could feel something calling to him, pulling him to its place within the universe. He arrived to see his siblings, beyond comprehension to him, working on something that they stood over in the blackness. Whatever it was called to him and as he got closer, he saw its innate beauty and knew that it could be so much more. Then one of his siblings threw something at it, and he watched in horror as its beauty became clouded with darkness.

This would not do.

He quickly arrived on the surface with renewed strength and a sense of purpose that was his very being. He changed then, into the form of a large elk and began to call out into the world. It was haunting and lonesome but as it went on, the dust began to clear and the rays of sunlight flooded down again on the planet as creatures began to answer his call. Every step he took, the land changed into something greater and wondrous. Small dirty puddles became pristine lakes, fields of dead trees became a large forests as tall as the sky and a plains of dead grass became prairies and Savannah that stretched without limit.

Those animals that had survived the calamity came to him and added to his song and they became better. Small ugly beasts became kin to him and pranced off into the tall grass while grey birds became colorful and full of life. They sang their own songs as they flew off into the forests to live and grow. All these beasts that he began to influence were incredibly smart and knew enough to know that he was their god and all was good.

Out of respect for those he now knew as his siblings, he did not alter any of their creations at the time, as he walked on the planet.