Millions of years ago, God appeared and brought light to the earth, which was previously filled with darkness.
From this light, God created all the animals that roam the earth today. To assist in his grand design, he formed seven demigods: Arathes, Zalas, Herma, Collern, Atha, Quinn, and Marteh. Each was endowed with a gift unlike any other.
Arathes carried the power of creation, the ability to breathe life into form. Zalas was gifted with strength and dominion over shadows. Herma could bend the minds of the living. While Collern shaped the earth itself, raising mountains and carving rivers with a thought. Atha wove the fabric of time. Quinn commanded the winds and tides, and Marteh held mastery over fire and the unseen forces between worlds.
Together, they worked in harmony, ensuring that creation remained balanced and orderly.
They designed the sky, stretching it high above the earth and adorning it with stars that twinkled like precious gems. They molded the cosmos into its current form, aligning the planets and giving structure to time and space. Under their guidance, the universe flourished.
After completing their work, Arathes felt a lingering emptiness in the earth. With God's permission, he created two beings in the image of the demigods and named them humans. These new creatures roamed the earth, bringing life and diversity to God's creation.
Impressed by Arathes's creations, God decided to reward him. He created a companion for Arathes named Mirel, who possessed powers almost equal to those of the demigods and was blessed with immortality, allowing her to be with Arathes forever.
Mirel was compassionate, and her presence strengthened Arathes. He rejoiced and praised God for his generosity, believing he had been given a gift beyond measure.
However, not all the demigods were pleased.
Zalas, in particular, envied the attention and respect Arathes received. Though he had contributed greatly to the formation of the universe, his efforts seemed overshadowed by humanity's existence.
Over time, his envy deepened. He began to resent not only Arathes but also the humans who brought him such honor.
His jealousy clouded his judgement, and he began to contemplate ways to ruin Arathes without openly defying God.
Determined to fulfill his desires, Zalas retreated to the darkest corner of creation, where God's light barely reached. There, consumed by bitterness, he secretly created creatures in the image of humans, naming them vampires.
He poured his resentment into their very bones, making beings that mirrored his corruption.
Unable to grant them life himself, he tricked a weaker angel and transferred its life force to his creations. Doing this created an insatiable hunger within the vampires. And the vampires gained the ability to drain the lives of humans to sustain their existence.
Chaos soon followed, and Arathes pleaded that God erase the vampires. However, God refused to intervene directly as he could not take life.
Arathes discovered that the vampires' venomous fangs could turn humans into vampires, allowing them to multiply since their females couldn't give birth.
To counter this threat, Arathes cursed the sun, causing its rays to burn vampires to ashes.
In retaliation, Zalas blessed his vampires with super speed, heightened senses, incredible strength, and beauty that far surpassed that of humans.
To combat the growing vampire menace, Arathes created superhumans, later named vampire hunters by Mirel to protect the humans. These warriors were endowed with powers similar to those of angels and fairies.
The battle between vampires and vampire hunters spread across generations, causing havoc not only on earth but also in heaven.
The balance of creation was broken, and God's displeasure was clear.
Meanwhile, Zalas's obsession with Mirel grew darker. He deceived her into meeting him under false pretences, and raped her.
Mirel, overcome with shame and fear, and terrified of what the truth might cost her, kept it a secret, carrying the wound of it alone while Arathes, and the other Demigods tried to manage the chaos on earth.
Zalas then went on a quest to make his vampires immortal but after repeated failure, he became frustrated and sloppy, which exposed his actions to all.
God's wrath was severe.
Zalas was subjected to intense, unimaginable pain before being banished. His soul was cast into hell for eternity, stripped of his former glory.
Despite Zalas's punishment, peace did not return.
Mirel became pregnant with Zalas's child, causing an uproar in heaven. Arathes, torn by grief and anger, wanted to kill the child, but Mirel pleaded for its life. The child, she argued, had not chosen what it was. It deserved the chance to be more.
The child was born a vampire, and God cursed the vampires with the same agonizing pain Zalas had experienced, ensuring they would forever carry a remainder of their origin.
Mirel, unable to bear the guilt and humiliation, transferred her immortality to a heavenly flower she had created and took her own life.
Arathes was devastated by Mirel's death.
A fairy, witnessing his sorrow, cursed the child to experience the same depth of love and loss that Arathes had endured with Mirel.
Unable to bear the sight of the child, Arathes sent him to Earth.
A prophecy soon surfaced.
It spoke of a savior, a divine hunter sent by God to restore balance and heal the world. The prophecy was ancient and had been passed through a dozen civilizations, each one adding its own interpretation, hope and fear.
Yet, there was no savior.
Humanity waited.
Hunters prayed.
The answer remained hidden, waiting for the moment when destiny would finally reveal itself.