The First (Crossgen)

The First were a group of deities from the Crossgen Universe.

History

The First were a race of Gods that came into existence on the world of Elysia. Solusandra also created seven weapons of power, which were made exclusively for him. After being explained the reasons for his existence, Solusandra created an entire race of beings so that Altwaal would not be bored. These beings named themselves the First because Solusandra left their home planet of Elysia almost immediately after they were created. This gave the First the impression that they had created themselves, and as such, were the true gods of the universe. Altwaal allowed them to believe this, for he felt they needed to grow and mature naturally to really be of value to the universe. Because Altwaal was the first of The First he was by far, the most powerful. There were however, six members of the First who held more power than all others, but less than Altwaal. These six First were; Ingra, Trenin, Gannish, Pyrem, Orium, and Yala. Soon after their creation, however, the Age of Wars occurred, but was eventually stopped by Altwaal. The First then lead a peaceful existence until some members became dissatisfied with their way of life and wished for Altwaal to step down as leader in order for a council to rule instead. Those who wished this to happen thought a council would be better able to represent all of their race. The First often debated this subject for hours at a time until an assassination attempt was made on Altwaal himself, by the Goddess known as Tulity. However, the bolt that was meant for Altwaal struck and killed his only confirmed lover, Raamia. Stricken with grief, Altwaal defied the law of nature to bring Raamia back to life, which outraged many members of the First, and ultimately lead to their second civil war. During their war, the First not only damaged their home planet of Elysia, but they also managed to destroy an entire world when they took their war across the universe. This outraged Altwaal and he ultimately ended the war by forcing the members of the First into two different camps which were based on their ancient alliances. He then forced them to choose to either stay where they had been placed, or switch sides before he ultimately created the Eidolon Rift which divided Elysia into two houses, House Sinister, whose members place themselves before all others, and House Dexter, whose members place all others before themselves. Altwaal then decided to place himself in a self-imposed exile, hoping that the First would grow without him, and ultimately realise that they were stronger when together. However, before he left, Altwaal cursed Orium with true sight for not being able to see the end result of his revolt against actions. This caused Orium to see the truth in all of his visions, which ultimately drove him insane. Altwaal then gave Persha, Ingra's newborn child the gift of fire, and then gave Seahn, the newborn child of Tulity, the gift of earth. He did this in hopes of giving them extra power so that one of them may reunite their people. He then permanently left Elysia in order to hide as Ayden on the planet Quin. Although all members of the First believed him to be dead, only Pyrem and Raamia knew the truth. It seems that Pyrem was his most trusted ally and the only First with access to Altwaals armory, while Raamia, his one true love, was visited by Altwaal from time to time.

Originally, they were a single united group, led by a god named Altwaal on their home world. War broke out when some of the First decided Altwaal no longer deserved leadership. Altwaal's love, Raamia, was killed in an assassination attempt, and he brought her back to life. Some of the First furiously stated that Altwaal violated the natural order of things; the remaining First saw an act of selfless love and praised Altwaal. Altwaal ended the war long afterward by splitting the First into two Houses. The more selfless gods became House Dexter; the gods showing more selfish attributes became House Sinister. To keep the peace between the First, and to keep them separated until they could one day agree to be united, Altwaal created the Eidolon Rift, a vast chasm nearly uncrossable even by the gods. To reach the other side one would be completely drained of power, left in a weakened state and at the mercy of their opposing brethren. These gods settled into the lands they were matched with; House Sinister to the left of the Eidolon Rift, ruled by Ingra; House Dexter to the right, ruled by Pyrem. Peace and boredom settled on Elysia. Some of The First went off to live as gods on other worlds while others were exiled. On at least one world, one of The First was imprisoned by a group of powerful but mortal wizards.

Overview

However, they could kill each other so they were not immortal. They could create force fields and seem to have no need to eat or breathe. They could teleport vast distances in an instant if they knew where they were going. They could change their shape and costume seemingly at will. They appear as gods on other worlds and they could transfer a bit of their own power to one ordinary mortals, making the affected mortal nearly god-like.

They and their children known as the Secundae were very powerful as well as near immortal beings that based themselves on a single Human emotion.

The First could use their powers to construct powerful technology of their own making them hard to defeat.

Groups amongst the gods included:

• House Sinister :

Members

• Altwaal : the initial member of the God-like beings known as the First to be created by the transitioned Atlantean named Solusandra.
• Animora :
• Antem :
• Ardia :
• Bernd Rechts :
• Braag :
• Cahesse :
• Celyn :
• Darrow :
• Empher :
• Ingra :

Notes

• The First were created by Barbara Kesel and Bart Sears where they featured in the setting of the Crossgen universe.

Appearances

• The First v1: (2000)

External Link

• Comicvine Entry

This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it.