BXBX NOVEL Chapter 75 - The Nine Rulers Of Existence
* Far Out - Overdrive *
***
"Hey, you\'re making me and everyone else feel awkward, please stand up or sit down, and explain. Oh, and call me Raven... am I just getting a deja vu or have I already told you this?"
"Yes, your- Raven," Joey said with a quick bow as he started to explain, "Let me start with the general information everyone on Erembourc, the planet of Soul Weavers, knows. It\'s about the nine rulers of existence."
"Or rather the seven Absolute Keepers also known as the seven Primordials, and Two Supreme Sovereigns, also known as the two Primals..." he corrected.
"It is believed that at the beginning of time, there were nine rulers that started life as we now know it."
"You mean gods?" Camilla cut Joey off as she was getting restless, she didn\'t stand the idea of a single entity having so much power, let alone nine with as much power, \'rulers of my a*s!\' she thought to herself.
"Some call hem that, yes. Others call them Supreme Beings, Sovereigns, Hope, Death...
"However, from the stories shared on Erembourc, they were mostly known as the Supreme Dragons, as in fact, most incidents or any mention of them across our history was of them taking the forms of dragons.
"Dragons enormous enough to make a whole planet look small in comparison to one of their ireses.
"It\'s argued that the simple act of emitting their aura could end life as we know it."
"It\'s just rumours though right?" Camilla asked with a frown.
"I don\'t know for sure, as I said, it\'s just stories that-"
"Can you continue please, I\'d like to know why you were so surprised when I mentioned my blessing." Raven urged him to continue.
"Ok," Joey said taking a deep breath, "so out of the nine rulers, two were of a higher existence, and usually referred to as the Primals, or the Supreme Sovereigns.
"The seven others are called the Primordials, or the Absolute Keepers, since they\'re the ones keeping the order of the universe.
"The seven are called as follows:
"First, the Primordial Dragon of Light, the ruler of Light and Flames. The keeper of the Brilliant Primordial Radiance and the Inextinguishable Blaze. The governor of hope and destruction.
"Second, the Primordial Dragon of Darkness, the ruler of Darkness and Shadows. The keeper of the Dreadful Primordial Chaos and the Unrelenting Entropy inherent in all that exists. The governor of insanity and abnormality.
"Third, the Primordial Dragon of Stars, the ruler of the Stars and Energy. The keeper of the Primordial Dazzling Celestials and the Vigorous Energy empowering all that lives. The governor of mana and charm.
"Fourth, the Primordial Dragon of Life, the ruler of the Primordial Elements of Life. The keeper of nature, water, air, and all that of which life can arise from. The governor of happiness and the first half of the order of the universe.
"Fifth, the Primordial Dragon of Death, the ruler of the Primordial Anti-life Elements. The keeper of the souls and all that\'s supernatural. The governor of sadness and the second half of the order of the universe.
"Sixth, the Primordial Dragon of Space. And Seventh, the Primordial Dragon of Time."
The room was so quiet after he\'d finished that you could hear everyone\'s silent breathing.
"The last two keepers, Space and Time I mean," he continued, "are known to be so close to eachother, but not even our elders knew if they were two or only one existence."
"And so you think I have connections to the first one, the primordial light thingy?" Raven asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Err, from the name of that skill and blessing you have, and the second sun you created... I\'d say yes?" Joey said in a questioning tone rather than giving a straight answer.
Remembering back to the trial in the cave, and the blinding light in that place she was sent to when she was unconscious after fighting that monster.
\'Maybe it\'s partially true?\' she questioned herself, since everything seemed to match.
[But the question is why would such a being be interested in you. And was that his trial you had to pass when you changed forms after the real Kayla... \'faded away\'? And what sense does that make?]
Kayla had so many questions, and so did Raven, but Joey had already said he didn\'t know much. It\'s what little he heard from the soul weaver\'s elders and rumours circling Erembourc.
"Anyhow, what about the last two? The Primals you called them?" Raven asked after giving up on her case. \'I can just ask that white dude when I see him again, I guess.\'
"Well, I don\'t know if the elders know about them or not, but I\'ve never heard their names or much about them for that matter.
"All I know is that the first Primal controls everything. And the second Primal controls nothing."
"Eh?" Camilla couldn\'t help have a frown on her face. "When you say controls everything, and the other controls nothing, do you mean nothing nothing, or like... the Nothingness?"
"I don\'t know, I\'ve literally quoted the elder that used to talk to me about that. One controls everything and the other controls nothing."
\'Hmm, it could be that the first one is the king or Queen and so he or she or whatever controls all of the other primordials. And the last Primal is either so powerful that he or sh- or whatever, can order the first around.
\'Maybe like a safeguard in case the first goes dark all of a sudden and decides to erase the universe?
\'Well, or that he actually controls nothingness, is that a thing though?\' thinking to herself, Raven cupped her face in her hands as to force herself out if her trance.
"Anyhow, thanks for sharing some history with us, but I don\'t think any of us care enough to discuss that." She said out loud.
"But what if the Primordial Dragon of Light has an eye on you?" Joey asked sincerely.