The Archons. A race of people who embodied the powers of various elements throughout the multiverse. They were an ancient people born before even time itself began to flow. They molded and created the entirety of the multiverse, creating new life and new worlds. When their work was completed, they surrendered their powers to the strongest of the elements and took on physical forms so that they could inhabit the worlds with sentient life. Each Archon took on a form of their choosing and so began the various races and species of sentient life.
The most powerful Archons of each element inherited the powers of the masses, making them stronger than ever before. But with this power came the responsibility to protect the multiverse from itself and those that reside within it. The new Archons ruled for centuries. They watched races fail and die off. They watched wars and battles rage within universes, but nothing was on a large enough scale to merit their attention.
After centuries of this peace, the Archons, once considered gods among mortals, were all but forgotten. Their legacy diminished and their names were only spoken in old wives’ tales. A meeting was held between The Great Beings to determine the future of their influence over the multiverse. In a unanimous decision, the choice was made to solidify their power outside of themselves in the form of crystals then settle in the mortal world until their power was needed again.
The only Archon that retained power was the Archon of death, Thanatos. It was agreed upon that he would keep watch over the multiverse and call upon the others if they were ever needed. Thanatos watched as the other Archons lived and loved as mortals, building relationships and having children. Over time he grew to hate the others for leaving him alone. He began to crave the attention of others and it slowly drove him mad. One by one he hunted down each of his brothers and sisters, slaughtering them and their spouses, only to leave their children alive. “You shall know the loneliness that I have known. And one day when the multiverse praises me as a god, you shall rise next to me as a part of the next pantheon,” he told each child after the death of their parents.
As the children grew they never forgot about the deaths of their parents, but the circumstances of their deaths faded and many of the children forgot about Thanatos’s promise. Only one remembered, and that was the son of the Archon of light. The boy swore vengeance for his father and trained most of his life to avenge his dead father. He went as far as to assemble the other offspring of the Archons to aid him in his revenge, but in the end they failed and were slain by the powerful Archon of death. The Archon of Time was able to resurrect them three times before they were finally slain. The power of each Archon retreated back into a physical form that resembled a crystal, and, with the last of their power, the crystals slipped into the multiverse, scattering from each other to keep their power hidden from Thanatos. Only the Archon of Light did not escape in this way. He held off Thanatos long enough for the others to make the jump before his power was absorbed by Thanatos.
With Thanatos more powerful than ever, holding the power over light and death, and the other Archons nearly drained of power, the universe fell into a dark age where the name of Thanatos was known by all. 1000 years later, the other Archons had recovered enough of their strength to search for new hosts and attempt another resistance against the tyrant god of the multiverse. Thanatos has had all of history to develop his power over death and 1000 years to master this new control of light. Thanatos, in his radiant glory with both Archon powers combined, is truly worthy of his nickname: The Angel of Death.
The most powerful Archons of each element inherited the powers of the masses, making them stronger than ever before. But with this power came the responsibility to protect the multiverse from itself and those that reside within it. The new Archons ruled for centuries. They watched races fail and die off. They watched wars and battles rage within universes, but nothing was on a large enough scale to merit their attention.
After centuries of this peace, the Archons, once considered gods among mortals, were all but forgotten. Their legacy diminished and their names were only spoken in old wives’ tales. A meeting was held between The Great Beings to determine the future of their influence over the multiverse. In a unanimous decision, the choice was made to solidify their power outside of themselves in the form of crystals then settle in the mortal world until their power was needed again.
The only Archon that retained power was the Archon of death, Thanatos. It was agreed upon that he would keep watch over the multiverse and call upon the others if they were ever needed. Thanatos watched as the other Archons lived and loved as mortals, building relationships and having children. Over time he grew to hate the others for leaving him alone. He began to crave the attention of others and it slowly drove him mad. One by one he hunted down each of his brothers and sisters, slaughtering them and their spouses, only to leave their children alive. “You shall know the loneliness that I have known. And one day when the multiverse praises me as a god, you shall rise next to me as a part of the next pantheon,” he told each child after the death of their parents.
As the children grew they never forgot about the deaths of their parents, but the circumstances of their deaths faded and many of the children forgot about Thanatos’s promise. Only one remembered, and that was the son of the Archon of light. The boy swore vengeance for his father and trained most of his life to avenge his dead father. He went as far as to assemble the other offspring of the Archons to aid him in his revenge, but in the end they failed and were slain by the powerful Archon of death. The Archon of Time was able to resurrect them three times before they were finally slain. The power of each Archon retreated back into a physical form that resembled a crystal, and, with the last of their power, the crystals slipped into the multiverse, scattering from each other to keep their power hidden from Thanatos. Only the Archon of Light did not escape in this way. He held off Thanatos long enough for the others to make the jump before his power was absorbed by Thanatos.
With Thanatos more powerful than ever, holding the power over light and death, and the other Archons nearly drained of power, the universe fell into a dark age where the name of Thanatos was known by all. 1000 years later, the other Archons had recovered enough of their strength to search for new hosts and attempt another resistance against the tyrant god of the multiverse. Thanatos has had all of history to develop his power over death and 1000 years to master this new control of light. Thanatos, in his radiant glory with both Archon powers combined, is truly worthy of his nickname: The Angel of Death.
