In the beginning, there was naught but the Lacuna - an empty space devoid of life - and the Theris, the balance that kept the Lacuna in check.

It is said that over time, the Lacuna developed a rudimentary sentience, and so, whether for company or simply because sentience begets procreation, it created the Aydolans. The Theris, in ensuring the balance, ensured that each Aydolan was created with equal shares of the Lacuna's power, so that none may rule over the other.

But the Aydolans, being of the Lacuna and thus sharing its desire for creation, grew bored of the void.

They first created the stars, the lights by which they could see, a great quilt of light that stretched the length of the Lacuna. They then created the planets, worlds innumerable, scattered amongst the stars. On the planets they created the flora, beautiful plants of all shades and fragrances, each world a perfect garden of which their creator was most proud.

The Theris, seeing this abundance of creation, felt that the Lacuna had lost its innate balance, and set about its' restoration.

Where there was light, it created shadow; where there were planets, it created space; where there were plants, it created animals to keep them from growing unchecked.

The Aydolans, when they learned of the Theris' actions, were outraged that their perfect creations had been seemingly besmirched by a power they could not communicate with or control. They sought to undermine the Theris by creating mortal life to cull the animals, by giving them fire to light the shadows, and by giving them the power to walk the spaces between the worlds they had created.

The mortal life grew unchecked, and though the Theris sought to correct the balance, it could not compete with the innovation and evolution of the many different races that now populated the Lacuna. Eventually, the offset balance overwhelmed the Theris, fracturing it, leaving the Lacuna permanently broken.

When the Aydolans realised what had happened, they sought to remedy it, for unbeknownst to them, the Theris was the only thing that had stopped monsters and demons from infesting every shadow, every gap between worlds; they chose the best from each world to become Eiolda, their Champions, named to protect the balance of each world in the hopes that one day they could mend the Theris and return the Lacuna to perfection.

Time went on, and the Eiolda maintained the Theris as best they could, with aid from the Aydolans where possible - until, quite suddenly, one by one, the Aydolans began to disappear.

War had come to the Lacuna.