The Dark God died before the Fire Bearer, just as the Fire Bearer died by its hand, but its blood still lives in the veins of its brothers... its children now!
And as its ichor flowed through their veins, the echo of its presence resonated among them, granting them strength, desire and the glory to conquer the stars.
That's why it called itself the Dark God, even when its life was cut short its consciousness still existed somewhere, waiting for its glorious awakening... and with it the One from Beyond the End would return above them to reclaim what remained its own.
Even over the past hundreds of years, it never stopped supplying its people with power, because it knew that just as it hadn't died, neither had the Fire Bearer.
That soul which received the grace of wishes didn't perish, it shattered and scattered among its own kind, reborn across the centuries and dying young each time.
Why?
Because every wish carries a price.
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Black.
