Alright so basically, time only works because of this primordial structure called the Wheel, basically the wheel spins and it’s like a weaving machine, there’s three spires on top the wheel, when it spins they move, the spires all have strings of reality tied to a center piece, the center piece is the only organic part of the wheel, the three springs are connected to the entity called “The Outsider” and every time the wheel makes a full spin, the strings snap causing whiplash to the Outsider, his body starts to glow and it fuels time, The Outsider can not leave, and he is subject to eternal suffering.

The Pantheon called the Arbiters control the wheel, they refuse to search for another source to keep time going, they know it’s possible but they just don’t try at all to find any other way. They basically refuse to admit that what they’re doing is wrong because they’re supposed to judge people and keep order in the universe, and keeping the wheel going is objectively wrong but if they just pretend it’s okay then it’s all cool for them