The Book of Aster

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Class: Philosophy & Religion
Lc: 435

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Aut: Early Omneuttians/Aster
Dt: B.T.
Ogn: N/A

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• Aster
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• Omneutta

Chapter One

1: There was a time in which the known
universe was naught but a sphere
of singularity. At once, 
the one became many; matter 
poured from the sphere into timeless 
expanse of space surrounding. Time 
was a construct not yet in ex- 
istance. There were no beings around 
to hear the sounds of creation. 

10: Matter now traveled out in all 
directions from the center of 
Omneutia. Collisions between 
matter were abundant during 
this immeasurable amount 
of time. Matter kept growing in 
size as it gathered more mass from 
collisions. After passing time, the 
matter began to form around 
the singularity, which in 
turn drew more matter towards it 
as a gravitational pull 
developed. Time continued to 
pass unmonitored as matter 
coalesced around this point of 
singularity. Matter flew 
into each other often as 
it released from the origin. 

28: What remained was pulled inward by 
the growing gravity of the 
center of the universe. These 
collisions at first created 
more pure matter, but soon these forces 
procured an entirely new 
form of matter: the thought. Initial 
thoughts congregated around the 
point, neither attracted nor pushed 
from the other forms of matter. 
Initial thoughts were few, until 
they were plentiful, numbering 
in the millions. When higher than 
any known number, they became 
a new entity of matter. 

43:  This entity which grew outside 
the singularity grew both 
outwards and in towards itself. 
In time, the singularity, 
the mass outside this point would merge 
into a new existence of 
form. The matter which had since formed 
a sphere around the entity 
began forming a body then 
sprouting limbs and a head. This form 
too, grew outward and limbs stretched and 
found that the point at which matter 
came into the universe could 
be moved through each limb. This was 
surprising. Surprising? Yes. The 
entity remembered, it had 
been formed by thoughts. It could have them. 

60: It thought at first, where am I? Then,
what am I? These questions were not
to be answered. It had no sense 
of touch, sight, or hearing; these were 
fixed as soon as they were thought. The 
entity's head split open down 
through its neck and stars emptied from 
the cavity to present what 
appeared as a head. Hands and feet 
had grown, giving the body a 
basic shape -- it could now see that with 
its eyes. It held up one of its 
arms and opened a palm; matter 
appeared from the hand as it willed. 
Whatever shapes it thought of, the 
matter would form into the thought. 

76: But, who am I? A question that 
could still not find an answer. The 
universe was empty aside 
from this entity, as far as 
could be seen. It wanted to see 
the edges of the universe; 
before it could think another 
thought it grew so large that it could 
touch the far edges of the known 
universe, not pushing them the 
same as the entity grew. I 
am a father, a creator. 
Of this. The entity returned 
to his original size. He 
desired to see himself now 
that he knew who and what he was. 
What he wanted was answered. Once 
he thought of seeing himself, a 
reflective surface appeared in 
front of him. When he desired 
to see other sides, more mirrors 
appeared around the entity. 

98: I thought of this and it appeared.
I am ... creating these things. Yes.
Creation. Once he had knowledge 
of his physique, he took stock of 
everything that he had figured 
out so far. He was created 
along with the universe, but 
was also the creator. Edges 
of the universe could be sensed, 
touched, pulled; the universe could be 
shaped to his liking. He was sure 
that he knew more, but could not quite 
place ideas into any 
definitive thoughts. Awareness 
that he knew. Yes, I am Aster; 
father and creator of the 
universe. In my dominion. 

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Chapter Two

1:  
And so it was. Aster: father. 
Omneutta was, is his. From now, 
he could create as he saw fit, 
he was a king of Omneutta. 
No, he was more than just a king 
who ruled an empire only 
as far as one could see. Aster was 
a deity, capable of 
building an empire as far 
as existed. Everything in 
sight, sound, and thought would be his. Is 
this want he wanted, rule over 
everything? I will be a just
ruler. But why would he need to 
rule Omneutta? He was born with 
the universe and would create 
anything to be ruled. Was it 
not enough for me to create 
Omneutta? Why can I not be 
a deity satisfied with
 the act of creation? Aster 
resigned and looked inward to the 
singularity still inside 
of him. The universe flowed through the 
singularity, and through him. 
I will take care of Omneutta 
as I create, and I will let 
living creatures exist in peace. 

29: His first action after making 
his decision was thus: to make 
a homestead, an abode. Even a 
Deity needed something to 
be definitively his, not 
to be shared with any life he 
would later create. It would not 
be too small or large for him, and 
must be in a location where 
he could find this home, easily. 

39: Aster reached in all directions 
among the sprawling masses of 
the universe until he could 
reach no further. Positioned in 
Omneutta centrally, he coaxed 
a small fire from within the 
singularity inside him 
and the fire grew so large that it 
would enveloped around itself. 

48: He had to make a home on this 
fire, this star but first he would 
need to make land for his home. The 
star would keep him warm among the 
cold expanse of Omneutta, but 
the home would give him shelter when 
he desired. He pictured a 
long stretch of land and it appeared, 
rocky and barren. He bent it 
around the star where it lay in 
orbit for eternity. He 
moved to the continent, feeling 
the heat of the star at his back 
as he stood on the edge. He strode 
in to the land and created 
as he saw fit, leaving nature 
and hills behind. Once satisfied 
with the land, he chose a spot to 
build his home. This would become a 
grand place, fit for a Deity. 
Towering columns of white rock 
rose from the ground at his command. 
Piece by piece, he constructed his 
grand palace, this was now his home. 

72:  After a time, Aster became 
disinterested of what he 
found occupying his time and 
returned to Omneutta. It was 
expansive in each and every 
direction; so surely I will 
not become disinterested 
in the act of creation. As 
he went on, day by day, and year 
by year he would make plenty of 
mistakes. Aster felt the landscapes 
he was making were not quite right, 
especially when he tried to 
create too many things at once. 
He still had not yet mastered his 
ability to create and 
became frustrated with his 
growing number of mistakes. Stars 
and their surrounding landmasses 
were too big for him to destroy 
once he became unsatisfied 
with them. He tried to figure out 
whether he would ultimately 
find a finished product worthy, 
but this effort was not fruitful. 

97: He had to create something to 
fix his mistakes, somehow. Despite 
his efforts, he could not create 
something that destroyed. Frustrated 
with this too, he traveled back home. 
Perhaps a nap would help calm my 
agitation on the matter.

104: When he awoke, he found himself 
facing himself. Except, this was 
not Aster. It could not be me; 
he was not staring at a 
reflective surface. “Who are you?” 
Aster spoke. “I am Extiru, 
you created me to destroy your 
imperfect creations.” Aster 
was satisfied with this response, 
as though some part of him knew this 
to be true. The two would travel 
together for the longest time 
measured yet, and when Aster was 
unhappy with his creations, 
Extiru would break it into 
innumerable pieces. Gone. 

120: After he created living 
creatures, Aster became annoyed 
at their existence, pleasantly. 
They add beauty to Omneutta, 
more than just landscape. Creatures had 
been given the ability 
to reproduce without need for 
Aster’s consent so that land could 
be filled with these small creatures, but 
within time this ability 
led to overpopulation. 
Aster decided that at some 
point, creatures must die, must have a 
span of life. It would be long enough 
to reproduce and enjoy the 
landscapes he had created, but 
short enough to prevent the strain 
of overpopulation. The 
concept of death had been begat. 
Soon, he was overwhelmed with death 
in Omneutta as well as life. 

141: Aster was thus determined he 
would create another version 
of himself, a third deity. 
He held images of himself 
and Extiru within his mind, 
trying to focus on what was 
similar between shapes of the 
two Deities. A Deity 
called into existence, a third 
came from the singularity 
and appeared within an instant. 
He called himself Davoto and 
would oversee death for Aster. 
He would keep track of all living 
creatures and when their life had run 
short, he would make sure they met death. 
But in time, a sole deity 
devoted to death was not enough. 

159: Davoto requested a fourth 
Deity to aid in dealing 
with the complications of Death. 
Davoto had found that many 
creatures were unaware of their 
own impending death and had not 
passed on knowledge to those who should 
receive it, and some simply had 
not reproduced by the time of 
their death. With Davoto’s input, 
Haket sprang forward from within 
Aster. Haket could converse with 
those who had passed on, enabling 
the two to handle death dually. 
Davoto dealt with each aspect 
leading up to death, and Haket 
with matters after creatures’ death. 

176: Years passed while the four Deities 
took care of Omneutta and all 
was peaceful. Creatures continued 
in their cycles of life and death, 
as Omneutta grew in mass as 
Aster created more stars and 
land further out from Omneutta. The 
four Deities realized at once 
that they required someone to 
make sense of all they created 
and allowed to flourish. Aster 
wanted a Deity with more 
intelligence to make sense of 
creation. Extiru wanted 
curiosity to ask why 
some of Omneutta was saved and 
other parts destroyed. Davoto 
wanted fire to be spread, to 
raze ecosystems that at once 
expired. Haket wished for a 
penchant of organization. 
Holding all of these ideas 
within him, Aster crafted a 
fifth Deity in his image— 
Porrair: first female in power. 

201: Porrair possessed a red hot thirst 
for discovery and knowledge. 
She wielded fire seeking to 
purify the different known 
elements of Omneutta. In 
her experiments, she often 
became so focused that she would 
travel between stars and land in 
the process of experiments, 
leaving flames behind in her wake. 
The other Deities quickly 
grew tired of tending to her 
mistakes, and within a year’s time, 
Aster knew that he would create 
another Deity to keep 
up with Porrair’s constant missteps. 

218: Needing a Deity who thought 
with their heart and not their head, he 
crafted a sister for Porrair 
who knew the nature that she was 
inadvertently destroying. 
She would have plenty of patience 
and love within her. Quarrnyl could 
be called a druid, someone who 
knew the woods and grasses. Quarrnyl 
could easily keep up with all 
of Porrair’s quests and understood all the 
intricacies of ecosystems to 
restore them properly in the 
aftermath of Porrair’s many 
experiments and their results. 

233:  Yet something was missing. Aster 
felt an imbalance throughout the 
universe, that there was something 
he was overlooking. One more, 
he deduced, one more deity 
would be able to keep up with 
the loose ends that the six of us 
cannot fathom. He would task this 
last deity with a varied 
list of tasks, so they needed to 
be able to work on many 
different methods and forms of 
work. Extiru had recently 
discovered how to destroy rock 
over time through space by sending 
it hurtling through Omneutta. 
One of these sped by Aster’s home 
with a bright trail flowing behind. 
Distracted for only seconds, 
Aster looked back to his chamber 
of creation expecting a 
new Deity but instead found 
two. They looked similar, but one 
was male, and one female. They were 
twins, but not identical. 

258: He would come to call one Taruthe 
and the other Sham’ayn. She was 
a handful, even for Aster 
after what had been years of gained 
wisdom and power. The two were 
mischievous and young; together 
with their varied abilities 
Aster found them often out of 
his control. When their antics got 
out of hand, Taruthe appeared to 
Aster with enough patience and 
honesty to explain every 
situation. He was honest 
to Aster whether the blame fell 
on himself or his sister, though 
usually the trouble was caused 
by the actions of the later. 

275: Sham’ayn soon realized that her own 
abilities afforded her 
opportunity to cast spells 
and curses on the creatures of 
Omneutta, along with living 
elements of the worlds, like plants 
and crustaceans. Aster became 
aware of Sham’ayn’s antics and 
promptly took her ability 
to remove the effects of her 
magic, leaving her able to 
only place these curses. Aster 
hoped that one day she would mature 
and be his Deity of just, 
fair punishment in Omneutta. 

290: Taruthe however was never 
far behind his sister, cleaning 
up her messes in whatever 
capacity he could as well 
as reporting the truth of their 
situations to Aster. Due 
to his perseverance, Aster 
decided to gift Taruthe with 
the ability to truly 
perform magic. He was burdened 
with alleviating victims of 
her curses, but he could also 
now use small portions of other 
Deities’ powers. He would not 
be able to master any 
of the seven magics he was 
granted; the magics were not his. 

307: Counting himself, there were eight of 
the Deities. Surely, this would
suffice. All was at peace within 
Omneutta, with each of the Eight 
watching their respective tasks and 
portions of space, stars, land, and life. 
Omneutta expanded further 
with time, as each ecosystem 
renewed and adjusted to the 
growth. This is perfect the way it 
is. Aster was pleased with his own 
creations, in addition to 
what those in his image had done. 

320: And this O Children, is what I
leave to you, my word forever.