60. The Devil's Due | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

60. The Devil's Due

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

My Acolytes, rather than another story or important figure, I will leave you with a message of hope. One that has been reiterated throughout: Sevaasi is doomed.

A time will come when he is confined to Kurisstac with the likes of Grubass, Soragna and her child, the Chiliad and, of course, the former arbiter, Diohlatas. He will stay there for a thousand years. He will leave. He will gather an army and mount one last rebellion, and he will be sent to Pla'dali for all eternity. 

He will suffer the one fate he has eluded for millennia, his sins burning him; his children, the Martians whom he condemned, tearing him apart while leaving just enough to never stop.

59. The Champion | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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59. The Champion

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Sevaasi did not relent. He sent wave after wave of Paadlan to Morcadia. Though the Titaness, Fari Hasira, whom we called Ta'ani, drove most back, some would still get past her and down to the planet's surface, threatening the already delicate balance of the five-point star, but more than that, the very planet itself.

For all the flaws of my people, most of us share our creator's unrelenting hatred for all demon kind, even- no, especially in ignorance. As a result, we also share her trademark hubris in such matters. Believing we could face them hand-to-hand. 

Fortunately, the elders at the time, with whom she had fellowshipped, called Wanufa (Lords), were forewarned to fight back with their faith, calling upon the name of Da Vaada, when the Paadlan came for them and their congregations. 

"It is not enough!" claimed Yenaak, a leader amongst the Wanufa, who one night had climbed the tallest peak in all the land, Be'emot, to speak to her, "Our people are of weak mind and brittle faith. We need a champion for them to rally!"

58. Still Got It | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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58. Still Got It

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Now, Sevaasi would come to learn of Fari Hasira's rebirth and the birth of Morcadia. And as he endeavoured to do to all would-be Jarwa, he sent his Paadlan to sabotage her. 

Oh, how he despised her so. This "abomination", this "perversion" that was allowed to enter the halls of Udamu from which he was removed and fight alongside the Hosts he once commanded. And now? She had a world of her own, full of life, while his own world of Mars was barren. Never mind that he had finally gotten what he always wanted, that being Teyra, as the humans had chosen him, knowingly or unknowingly. Again, not judging, and you're going to learn why... later.

57. Cold War | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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57. Cold War

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Throughout the vast cosmos, there is but one universal constant. We, beings of higher intelligence and deeper feeling, have a tendency to overinflate ourselves and rebel against higher authority. The latter can be good in matters of genuine injustice and incompetence, but can and will more often be from ignorance and impudence. To put it bluntly, my Acolytes, we are, all of us, truly, very, very stupid.

And when you combine that with a species, my species, with so deeply ingrained a propensity for violence and societies developing around raw strength and the subjugation of those deemed lacking, a level of arrogance and pride forms. The kind that leads to one believing they can challenge, even usurp, their creator. Especially when said creator is an active and visible presence in their lives. A reminder of their own lack. The results, as you know by now, can be catastrophic.