Origin of the Flame
In the beginning, was the Plane.
... extending in all directions, undisturbed, calm and uniform, and was a blended balance of life and non life energies.
Perhaps it was proximity to another plane, with different energies , so we suspect, that caused ripples within the endless field of our Plane. This disturbance changed the uniformity of the life energy and thus, the ancient Gods were formed when ripples caused life energy waves to collide. From that moment on, the Plane was changed, out of balance. The very fabric of the Plane was stretched as the Gods came to awareness. All that they did, sent ever more ripples and disturbances within the Plane... until the younger Gods were formed... Laanx and Talad Their emotions and pains, creations and movements, kept the ripples moving upon the face of the Plane, until the Gods Xiosia and Dakkru arose from the colliding life energy. Again the fabric was stretched, but this time... beyond limit.
It was not a tear so much as a fold, or a shift, like a defect in the plane that first formed, and no one noticed, but then, the plane shift became so extended that it connected with another plane as it bent out of its normal place, and the energies of the second plane arced in great bolts of energy, and so... it was created... the Plane shift that almost destroyed all that was.
No one could have known that the new energy was actually the exact balance of all the life energy that had been so condensed by creation the Gods. It burned with a flame that did not radiate light.. but darkness... it was not the energy of creation, but un-creation, it was not the energy of Gods. but UnGodly... it was chaos to the new order... and it was alive, not in the physical, but in the spiritual.
Laanx and Talad quickly reacted to stop the disasterous fire and the deadly energy that radiated from it, so they formed 13 sentinals to surround the breach, and to endlessly control the Black Flame and limit the intrusion... for it was far too late to undo it.
All was well, and time went on... but the Black Flame was alive and as all life, .... desires and needs. The thirteen centinals were slowly seduced by it, to become protectors of the breach and to serve its desires. The will of the Flame was able to move the souls of the protectors and travel into the Plane of the Gods as dark, unseen spirits and through those spirits, it began to seek ways to live in the physical. These dark souls searched for the weak. Thus began the first possessions of the persons of The Dome.
Those affected or possessed by the spirits of the Dark Flame often showed un-tempered desire and lust for life.. to the point of great greed, hatred, anger, desire, lust, insanity, passion, pain, and ancient wisdom used for selfish intent... yet their secret alliance and dedication led back to the source... the consuming fire of an ungodly mind.
