History
The Beginning
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Celestials were born with the big bang. The first of the ancients, called Cosmics, formed from magic that exploded into existence with the creation of the universe. They began as beings of pure energy with no true sense of self. Drifting endlessly across the cosmos in a cluster of light and magic that fed off the radiation and energy given off by stars and the universe itself. Without a purpose.
Together as a mass of energy, over millions of years, slowly they began to form a proper consciousness while coming into contact with more stars, planets and other celestial bodies. As they began to know their place in the universe they began to form a language consisting of clicks, grunts and various other sounds while projecting what they were feeling into the consciousness of the others around them. This soon led to the ability to see and hear properly. This ability to survey and take in more information led to more conversations and more complex thought. Communication grew and with it grew a desire to see more, do more. And with that feeling of desire they formed physical bodies like all the wonders they were running into.
The process was slow, taking nearly 2 million years to complete due to the energy needed and the committee formed to make a decision on their features. They gathered as much energy and stray magic as they could. Manipulating it into a physical body that was most desirable to them. A form that is now known as the Cosmic Body Plan. There was not much in the way of practicality in mind when they created their bodies. They were simply formed because they liked how these bodies looked. They had no need for practical form while drifting through space.
They spent many millennia traveling the cosmos together in these new bodies. Seeing what they could find in the vacuum of space. Though eventually they grew tired of one another and ventured off on their own. Striking out across the cosmos in the thousands. Searching for purpose, the reason they came to be or to simply find something fun to do. Some settled in solar systems they found interesting, others studied the fabric of reality as they knew it. Endlessly venturing to find their answers.
New Iterations
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After splitting apart from each other, a few individuals discovered planets with life upon them. All at various stages in their development with different beings and creatures roaming them. Upon seeing this, these Cosmics got an idea. What if they figured out how to make new Celestials? So they did just that.
A small collective got together and began studying the planets with life that they found. Learning how these beings formed, how they grew and how they died. Such a concept was foreign to them as immortal beings but they studied it anyway. Soaking up the information as if they were ravenously hungry. In time they were ready and the first Starborn was created.
One of the Cosmics, Vivitas, plucked a piece of her soul from her body, exerting an incredible amount of power and magic in the process. With some focus, she was able to convince the fragment to become a being of its own. At first just a tiny soul. Insignificant and flickering like starlight. But it soon grew in power, giving it the ability to begin forming a body of it's own as well.
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The little soul of the new Celestial, with time, became the very first Chaos iteration. She began her new life as a tiny, grey, black and purple noodle of a creature. Four little arms and a long snaky body with a scrawny head decorated by a crown of tiny blunt horns. Over time as she grew in power her body grew larger, more refined. A pair of hind legs sprouted while her horns grew long and sharp. Despite being full grown, she was still but a speck compared to her mother.
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After her creation, the Death Iteration came next. Created much in the same way though when Vivitas created her version, something interesting happened. The soul fragment she plucked suddenly split in two, creating two beings. One, was a dragon winged, split tailed Death Iteration and the other was something new. One they dubbed, the Life Iteration.
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This little accidental creation sported a long furry crest down to the end of the tail along with a pair of feathery wings. The two little beings, despite having separate souls, were intrinsically linked together. Their power would spiral out of control on a planet's surface if they were to step upon it without their sibling. Because of this link, they shared a pocket dimension within them. Something not seen before or since.
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The Cosmics were intrigued by the forms their little Starborn were taking. So they continued trying to make more. Creating hundreds of little Starborn to populate their known universe. But they found they were not taking on any new forms. Only the three Iterations were forming. Despite their best efforts, they could create no new Iterations so in defeat, they disbanded once again. Vivitas taking her three with her while all the others scattered about the universe to find a purpose of their own.
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To be continued....
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