In the cosmic hierarchy, Stars are the true Gods. They hold the power to formulate life and bless the worlds below. Ten thousand years ago, a spiritual star fell from the heavens and struck the Earth. This was Zaunq Steve, the Godfather.
Cast out from the heavens, Zaunq Steve hit the earth like a spiritual meteor 10,000 years ago. Though the stars called him "low," his power was still too vast for the mortal plane to contain. He was a paradox: a human who was not human, a god without a throne. His very presence caused the mountains to tremble and the seas to boil. Realizing that his concentrated energy would eventually shatter the world, the Godfather made a world-altering sacrifice. He chose to split his singular, extreme power into distinct fragments, distributing his divine essence across the land to create a system of balance.
The Birth of the Natue Hiq From the shattered spirit of Zaunq Steve, seven distinct lineages emerged to control the natural forces of the earth. These were the Hyper Groups, collectively known as the Natue Hiq. Each group was a manifestation of a specific part of the Godfather's soul:
• The Blazeborn (Fire): Keepers of the Eternal Flame, responsible for the warmth of the sun and the fire of the forge.
• The Skyweavers (Wind): Architects of the Wind, who controlled the currents of the air and the breath of life.
• The Tidecallers (Water): Sovereigns of the Water, ruling the tides and the hidden depths of the oceans.
• The Frost Sages (Snow): Guardians of the Snow, maintaining the balance of the frozen peaks and the silence of winter.
• The Vitalis (Medicine): Masters of Medicine and Life-force, the healers who ensured the Natue Hiq never truly faded.
• The Aura Regals (Raw Power): Vessels of Raw Power, holding the pure, unrefined energy that fueled the magical structures of their world.
• The Soul Harvesters (Death): The Stewards of Death, tasked with the most sacred and somber duty of all.
For a time, there was harmony. Under the wise leadership of Zovan Ser, the Great Master of the Vitalis, the Natue Hiq established a civilization that transcended human understanding. They were the bridge between the mundane and the divine. Zovan Ser decreed a sacred law: since the Natue Hiq were born of the Star-God, their spirits could not be allowed to wither in the dirt of the earth.
Thus, the Shadows Heart was established. Deep within a cavern that pulsed with the heartbeat of the world, the Soul Harvesters were commanded to extract the spiritual essence of every fallen member of the Hyper Groups. For 9,000 years, this cave became the greatest treasury of power in existence, a reservoir of nine millennia of wisdom, strength, and elemental fury.
The Great Schism and the Dark Group However, power of that magnitude eventually breeds rot. The Soul Harvesters, who spent their lives in the presence of the dead and the concentrated spirits of the Shadows Heart, began to change. They grew weary of being mere "collectors." They began to wonder: Why wait for death to take power?
The forbidden thought turned into a bloody practice. The Soul Harvesters began to experiment with the "Extraction" of living spirits. They discovered that by forcefully ripping the power from a living being, they could consume it themselves, achieving a level of strength that even Zovan Ser could not match. They aimed to strip the world of its natural order and turn every human into a hollow shell while they ruled as dark gods.
When Sovia Loz, the current Great Leader of the Natue Hiq, uncovered their horrific crimes—the piles of "Normal Humans" who had once been powerful masters before being drained—she acted with iron resolve. She officially dethroned the Soul Harvesters, stripping them of their titles and exiling them into the wasteland. But the damage was done. The exiles rebranded themselves as the Dark Group, and they had already tasted the addictive fruit of stolen power.
The Forging of the Two Weapons The war that followed was devastating. The Dark Group, fueled by their extracted spirits, launched a surprise assault that decimated the Skyweavers and the Frost Sages. With two of the Hyper Groups nearly extinct and their powers absorbed by the enemy, the Natue Hiq faced total annihilation.
In a desperate council at the Grand Arborium, the remaining legends decided to use the 9,000 years of spirit stored in the Shadows Heart. They would create a weapon that could end the Dark Group forever. After months of ritualistic forging, they produced the Obsidian Heart.
The Obsidian Heart was a masterpiece of golden metal, glowing with a light that rivaled the Godfather's original star-form. It held the collective power of 10,000 years of spiritual history. But as soon as it was forged, the masters realized their mistake. The metal was sentient. It was too powerful. It was a chaotic force of destruction that lacked an emotional anchor. If used in its raw state, the Obsidian Heart would not only destroy the Dark Group—it would consume the host and the entire Natue Hiq along with it.
To save their creation and the world, the Vitalis and the other masters made one final sacrifice. They gave up half of their own life-essences to forge a second metal: The Aegis Flux.
Forged into the shape of a Diamond Sword, the Aegis Flux was the "shield" to the Obsidian's "spear." It was adaptive, protective, and calm. Its only purpose was to bind itself to the Obsidian Heart, to absorb the destructive overflow, and to protect the host at any cost—even if the Diamond Sword had to shatter itself to keep the Golden Metal whole.
The Great Hiding Despite having these weapons, Sovia Loz and the legends knew the time was not right. The Dark Group was too close, their hunger too sharp. If the Dark Group managed to extract the spirits of the Obsidian Heart and the Aegis Flux, they would become truly invincible.
Furthermore, the metals were still "young" in their spiritual evolution. They needed time to mature, to harmonize with the human world, and to prepare for the final confrontation. The council calculated that it would take at least a century—or perhaps many more—before the vessels could truly control the power within.
With a heavy heart, the masters performed the ultimate concealment ritual. They didn't just hide the metals in a box; they hid them in the flow of time itself. They forged the spirits of the Obsidian Heart and the Aegis Flux into the cycle of life, binding them to move through five different living vessels over the coming centuries.
The legends of the Natue Hiq faded into history, their names becoming myths and their groups becoming secret societies. The Dark Group retreated into the shadows of the Sunderlands, waiting, hunting, and watching the lineages of the world. They knew that one day, the 9,000-year-old spirits would resurface.
The metals were hidden, the war was paused, and the world began to forget. But the pull of the Star-God's blood is magnetic. No matter where they were hidden, the Obsidian Heart and the Aegis Flux were destined to find each other again.