Editing Paragon

'''Paragon'''

 "In the Dawn of Time, in the fullness of folly, by the foes of entropy, in the darkest depth of the stuff of Chaos, was created the Paragon, to stand, and to fall, in the forces of fire."

''Swayvil I''

The first brush of law to assault the realm of chaos, fallen. Paragon was a single plain, a vast flat rock, filled with lands, realms, and wonders. One hundred thousand miles on all 9 sides, it was a gigantic reality. But it was flawed.

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'''Hariswiee the Broken'''

The creation of Paragon is steeped in mystery. Long before a squealing babe left his mothers belly to be named Dworkin, in the reign of High Lord Vargest, long before the first Swayvil breathed air, the blood of a primal beast was willingly spread upon the Rock Paras. The inscription was slowly drawn as a ritual of great power but with no suspicion from the observers what effect it would have. As it was inscribed the Lord of Chaos basked gloriously in the mighty waves of power emanating from the new thing. 

Hariswiee the Just, master of the Forces of Sway, feared the beast Entropy, growing in the far reaches of Chaos, devouring all behind it and leaving naught to be known behind it. While most lords cared not, seeing it as merely one more distraction and creation in Chaos, Hariswiee knew it was a devouring beast and all chaos would fall against it, unless some creation was created to stand against it. 

The lords considered it quite an exciting event, this act of creation, right up until the moment of its completion. Then the reality of it tore at their power, forever reducing the powers of the Lords of Chaos, taking from each a portion of their passion and power. 

To detail the wars of Paragon is the effort of centuries. For millenniums in chaos war raged on the construct, eventually even Entropy came against it, cutting a swath of non-existence across Chaos. In a mighty battle three things occurred. 

The first was that a young and powerful sorcerer caused a creation of permanence, a contradiction of Law and Chaos, to manifest with the aide of the Primal Creature known as the Serpent. The Logrus manifested and Entropy reeled away against it, throwing his full might against Paragon in reflex. 

Second was Entropy taking a bite out of the edge of paragon, severing the inscription causing the permanence of Paragon. The Breaking of Paragon caused Hariswiee to go mad for a time, from which he never fully recovered. It also stunned Entropy so horribly that he was unable to defend himself.

Lastly sorcerer lords of chaos threw all of their might into a construct to multiply the power of a Artifact of Creation, a tomb. The vast swath of non-existence was drawn within the tomb, encased by the powers of creation and the death curses of a million sorcerer lords of Chaos. The wickedest Lords, who eventually became the Abysmal Lords, surrounded it. Entropy was moved within the tomb and sealed, hopefully for all time.

Paragon began to unravel. Though it took ten thousand years, pieces of the edge of Paragon were broken off by wars against it, adventurers, treasure seekers and deathwalkers. Hariswiee fought valiantly but when only 100,000 miles of the inscription remained in tact, when only one of the 9 sides still held, the last corner was broken. Then the final 100,000 miles crumbled away to shards in a day. Hariswiee went into a coma, swept away by followers to a long convalescence. 

The fall of Paragon is part of the ancient origins of chaos. Not often talked about or studied. But Hariswiee lives, and heals, and becomes less mad.

 

Artifacts of Paragon

Shards of Paragon:

These are fragments of the actual inscription of Paragon. They are graded in power by segments of 2%. No fragment was smaller than 4 cubic feet. The inherent power of the construct made smaller portions impossible to maintain. Sections that broke smaller than 4 cubic feet disintegrated into molecular sizes of no power. These items were sought by adventurers, sorcerers, and other collectors. 

They are scattered throughout chaos and form little pockets of reality, fragile, temporary, even if long termed. They shards are frequently sought