Editing Chaos (section)

== Description ==
During this period, the universe was extremely chaotic, but that chaos was relatively unchanging. Pre-sapient [[angels]] worked to create the universe from nothing, each a theme spelling things out on the broadest scales.<ref name="Faysal">Once, he had built.  He had been a ''theme'', spelling out a thousand narratives simply by ''being'', like so many pens touched to an endless scroll of paper.  He inked out paths and behaviors on the broadest scale.<br />When ''man'' had come about, he had been reflected in man’s thoughts and behavior.  As man became intelligent, so had the angel.  He had guided man and been guided in turn, a symbiotic relationship.<br />Man, however, created its own demons.  Some were obvious, while others stirred in the midst of the noise and chaos and took ''form.''  Sentiments became figures, fears took form, and in some cases, man abandoned his kind to join the storm of thoughts and ideas.  To become the monster.<br />The creating ended, and man took the center stage, bringing change to that steady, stable creation.  Born from chaos and noise like anything else, a chance configuration of molecules, man carried that change and chance with him.  Each movement brought change, like a stirring of dust swelling and spreading out from underfoot.

As man’s power waxed, the creators’ power waned. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2015/01/03 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 14|14.x (Histories: Faysal)]]</ref>

In time, the Chaos settled into rough "layers".<ref name="8.1e1" /> Animal life - including [[human]]<nowiki/>s - naturally arose from chance combinations of molecules. However, the universe remained extremely chaotic and undefined.<ref name="8.1e1" /> Sky, sea, and land mingled freely,<ref name="Faysal" /> as did the different species of plants and animals at first.<ref>[Durocher] taps into primeval spirits, things so old they predate human language, or even the pre-human conception of animals having categories.  Beasts arguably older and more raw than any gods.  No form or boundaries. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/29 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.4]]</ref><ref>They're a big fucking bear/wolf/bird/bramble, and they're always mad. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/fgdmn6/_/fk4n8yt comment by Wildbow] on Reddit</ref> The world was small points of light in boundless night, with intelligent primates easy prey for the beasts that would become the [[Primeval|Primevals]]. <ref name=":0" />

Humans, born of chaos and random chance, brought with them change and ultimately the end of this age. They also brought intelligence, and the oldest sapient [[Others]] were born from them or began to reflect them.<ref name="Faysal" /> 

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