User blog:CrimsonPyre/The Great Sundering

Overview
This is how Ethermateria was split into two... Don't have much more than that.

Story
A man with snow-white hair sat atop a tree, watching as a tribe of men went to war with an elven town. His crimson eyes looked bored and unamused as the two forces slaughtered each other. Finally being bored, Kairos waved his hand and both armies were reduced to dust. He stood and vanished in a swirl of black mist, reappearing on the battlefield. He noticed a lone survivor. A human. He was filthy, covered in mud and held his spear out to him.

"W- Who are you!?" the man yelled.

"Do you not recognize me, mortal?" Kairos asked.

"N- no!" he said. Kairos's eyes drifted down to a pendant around the man's neck and growled. That pendant contained the symbol of the Diamond Rune. A symbol that symbolized his faith to his sister.

"I see. I am Kairos, the brother of the God you worship," he said.

"B- brother? Oh, dear Corona! Lord Kairos!" the soldier bowed in fear. "Please forgive my insolence Chaos Bringer!"

"No need to beg. I was simply in the area," he said. "Tell me. Why were your people at war with them?" Kairos asked, despite knowing the answer. He wanted to hear the man's reasons.

"Because those filthy elves dared to make a mockery of our faith! Lady Corona has protected our kind for centuries. She is the one who stands at the pinnacle of the Runes! Even you must know this as you are her brother right, Lord Kairos?" the soldier told him.

Kairos turned away from the soldier. His eyebrow twitched in annoyance. It was like this everywhere they went. Corona this. Corona that. She took the credit for everything, even things that he did. The other Runes didn't mind as they were worshipped by their own respective groups but him? He had nothing. His only role was to be Corona's hand servant and assistant despite the fact that he was older than she was. What did she have that he didn't? He protected them from him of all beings. He helped them fight their wars and granted them boons. Yet, they turned to her! She did nothing to help them. They should be worshipping him just as much as they did her!

"Go back to your town, human," Kairos said lowly. The man nodded and ran as quickly as he could from the Dark God. Kairos sensed a presence appear behind him. A woman with white-blonde hair and perfectly flawless skin wearing white and gold robes stood in the middle of the field.

"I had it covered," she said.

"Of course you did, Corona. You would have just watched and then swoop in at the last moment to stop it," he said bitterly.

"What's gotten into you? You've been like this for the past several decades?" she asked.

"Oh, the Great Corona wants to know what's wrong with her lowly brother!? Is that it!?" Kairos yelled, causing her to flinch.

"Brother, I cannot read your thoughts. Just tell me what's wrong and we can fix it together," Corona said.

"Tch! It's the mortals! They love you more than they do me! What is it that you have that I don't!?" he asked her. Corona looked down. It was no secret that among her and her siblings that she was the most beloved out of them all. While her other siblings had their own sects dedicated to them, Kairos had none. He was deemed too dark, too chaotic. Something even she had to admit was true, despite never saying it to his face. She loved him too much for that so she shared her sect with him.

"I don't know," she whispered, feeling very small under his gaze. Kairos narrowed his eyes before turning around and began to walk away. She looked up, alarmed by his sudden movement.

"Where are you going?" Corona asked, worry present in her eyes.

"Away. Just for a little. I need to clear my head," he said.

"W- Wait!" Corona tried to reach out to him but he vanished before she could do so. Corona stood there amid the ruined battlefield, her thoughts racing at immeasurable speeds. "Brother," she said sadly.

It would be hundreds of years before Corona would see him again. The centuries had worn her down as her worry grew to immense levels. For the first time since Omega, she had felt afraid. Kairos had been the one constant in her life since their creation. Everything they had they shared, despite being opposing concepts. She sat atop the Rune Obelisk, a massive crystalline structure that she and her siblings created with their power to act as a barrier to keep Omega and his Horsemen out. The obelisk was where she resided and watched over Ethermateria.

As she flipped through the various screens in front of her, one caught her attention. These people were ragged. Emaciated. They looked as though they haven't eaten for days. A child, frail and weak, was being carried by his parents to what seemed to be an... altar?

"Dear Radia..." Corona said as she watched several people gathered around the family. A man in dark robes stepped out from the crowd. He brandished a large stone from his sleeve.

"Lord Kairos! Please! We offer you this child. Grant us food. Water. Protection," the man said. Corona watched the scene with growing horror as her brother materialized above them, seated on a pure black throne. She couldn't watch anymore of this and went to the location.

Kairos looked over the crowd with slight satisfaction. He had come across them a while into his journey and saved them. They had begun to praise him as their savior and when he revealed himself to be a God, they bowed before him. The feeling was euphoric. A flash of light caught his eye as he saw Corona appear next to the man. The crowd gasped and bowed to her before moving away from her.

"Ah, sister! Come to greet me and my sect?" he asked.

"Brother, cease this at once! Can you not see these people are suffering!?" she said.

"They suffer because they have committed a grave offense. This boy defaced one of my shrines so I allowed this to happen. The famine. The conflict. Everything," Kairos said.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because I can. Is that not what we do? Pass judgment upon the wicked?" Kairos asked.

"Yes, it is! But this! This is petty! Free these people this instant! We have agreed to protect them all together!" Corona said.

"An agreement which I know see was in your favor. So now the day comes that mortals come to pray at my feet and before your own and you see fit to lay your judgment on me, Sister," he spat.

"That agreement did not favor anyone of us. It was a pact we made as brother and sister!" she said.

"You are blind to see the truth. That pact we forged was made to serve only you. The world only remembers you!" Kairos yelled. A dark miasma was pouring out of him and began to cover the sky in darkness.

"I am sorry you feel that way Brother but we can fix this! Just please, stop making these people suffer!" Corona pleaded.

"So you would offer yourself in that boy's place?" Kairos asked. Corona's eyes grew wide at his words. He wanted her to die? Tears began to flow from her eyes. She shook her head, refusing to believe her own brother wanted her dead. Did he not love her?

"Brother... you want me to die?" she asked.

"You said that you would protect them. Does that not mean you would offer yourself for their protection?" Kairos replied.

"But, you want me to die in his place by your hands. Brother, do you not love me?" Corona said.

"...," Kairos went silent at her question. He stared into her golden eyes, seeing the longing in them. As he made to speak his decision to spare her, whispers entered his head.

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"A trick..." he muttered. Kairos kept his crimson eyes on her golden ones and spoke two words that shattered Corona's heart.

"I don't."

"W- what?" she rasped out.

"You are attempting to deceive me! You do not care for me! You care only for yourself and your place among the mortals! How can I possibly love someone who seeks to shove me into their shadow!?" Kairos yelled.

Corona's eyes widened at each accusation. Where did he get these notions from? Her eyes noticed a small black line forming on the left portion of his face. A familiar power rested in that line. Him!?

"Kairos, snap out of it! You're being controlled! He's controlling you!" Corona yelled, trying to get him to see his actions weren't his.

"On the contrary, I've never felt more in control my entire life!" Kairos said, standing from his throne. He held his left hand out and a large dark scythe materialized in his grasp. "I see now that the only way this world will turn to me is by eliminating you," Kairos leveled the Scythe in her direction.

"Kairos...," she said. Corona steeled herself and summoned her weapons. "If you insist on doing this, I will be forced to defend myself," Corona said, though her voice held hesitation. Kairos, without warning, launched himself at her. Corona snapped her finger, sending all the villagers away from their battle. She raised her sword, blocking his scythe. The shockwave that was expelled from the force of the blow leveled the entire area. Mountains, rivers, forests, and valleys were all scattered to the wind. A large dust cloud could be seen for hundreds of miles. Two streaks of light flew from the cloud and began to clash in mid-air.

Their clash tore the Heavens apart as star after star began to fade away. Corona waved her hand, sending Kairos hurtling through several planets. She grabbed him by the arm and engulfed both of them in white light.

Kairos looked at his surroundings. Infinite and iridescent yet it was nothing. He turned and saw Ethermateria and the other infinite number of universes around them. The Void. She had brought them to the Void.

"I see. You want to protect that world," Kairos said. "It doesn't matter. Here or there. I will rip you apart," Kairos said, flaring his power.

The void shook as all the universes began to be swept in the wave of power that was coming from him. Corona looked at him and began to raise her own.

The two charged and traded blows. Kairos waved his scythe, sending out a wave of energy. Corona deftly evaded the attack. Behind her, several universes were ripped apart by Kairos's chaos. She turned and saw Kairos tackle her, sending them into one of the worlds that floated.

The two crashed into an ocean. Kairos had his hand around her throat, choking the life out of her. Corona tried to pry his hands off her throat but couldn't. Her golden eyes began to glow and she fired a massive beam of light from her eyes.

The ocean churned for a few minutes before vaporizing. Kairos flew through the sky and crashed into the moon. He looked up and saw Corona bring her foot down. He rolled out of the way and Corona's kick shattered the celestial body. Debris rained from the sky, impacting the planet below.

Corona frantically looked for her brother, until a gauntlet covered fist sent her flying across space. Kairos appeared above her and swung his scythe. Corona's sword appeared in her hand and she raised it, meeting with the scythe's blade.

The two were caught in a deadlock as their power began to warp and break down the foundations of the universe. Reality and Time began to break apart like glass as Corona watched the reality around her fade away. She grit her teeth and unleashed a wave of power. Kairos was blown back through the crumbling spacetime as the entire reality finally shattered. The two floated in the void and charged at each other once more.

Their battle continued across all of Creation, leaving countless universes broken and shattered. The shockwaves of their battle were felt back on Ethermateria by their siblings, who began to prepare for the worst. Eventually, after a few thousand years, the two returned back to Ethermateria, their battle still raging on.

“Brother… stop this,” Corona begged, staring sadly at her brother.

“Stop? Why stop? For too long, you have been out on top of everything. The adoration of mortals goes to you. Perhaps, maybe, just maybe, if I snuff out your Light, they will turn to me,” he said as a demented look graced his face.

He lifted his Scythe and charged at the woman. Steeling her resolve, Corona charged at her brother. Their weapons met, creating a large shockwave that destroyed everything around them. The mountains shattered, the oceans split. And the remaining woodland was leveled.

The two gods fought in the air for supremacy as the Heavens and the Earth were torn asunder during their battle. Kairos thrust his hand forward and asteroids rained down from the sky to Corona.

Corona retaliated by swinging her sword, creating a massive arc of pure white energy that destroyed all the meteors.

Kairos swiftly evaded the energy wave as it traveled into space. A flash of brilliant light ignited the sky as the energy wave exploded several million miles destroying several planets in the process.

The two charged at each other one last time, this time creating a larger wave of energy. The world began to warp and distort. Reality folded in on itself as cracks began to appear in the sky. A brilliant flash of white and violet light burst outward from where the two beings clashed, engulfing everything in a large explosion.

The entirety of Ethermateria shook under the force of such power. The cracks began to move across the entirety of the realm. Reality, space, and time were being torn apart at the seams as it threatened to collapse in on itself. Corona seeing that Ethermateria was about to be destroyed sent out a wave of her power. Kairos was blasted back and sent hurtling across Creation by the power wave.

Corona held both arms out as she stabilized Ethermateria. But she could not restore it. The damage had been done and she was weakened from her fight with Kairos. She grasped the realm as it split into two, however, Corona forced her power, joining the two where she and Kairos had split it.

Reality stabilized as Corona collapsed to her knees, her power was returning to her slowly. She had managed to save the realm but at a cost. Ethermateria was now split into two shards of its former self. But she had no time to try and fix everything. Corona stood up and prepared for their continued fight as she felt Kairos's presence engulf the newly shattered plane.