Creation Mythology

In the beginning, the universe was devoid of all feature—an endless tapestry of woven threads having no color, texture, or warmth. The tapestry simply existed, asleep in its own stillness. An eternity may have passed in this slumber, or perhaps time did not yet exist.

Then from unknown origin a meteor, equally colorless, hurtled through the void and struck the tapestry. Its impact split the weave, punching a ragged hole in the featureless fabric of reality, and exposing loose threads to the emptiness beyond.

The First Colors

When the meteor struck, it caused an explosion of sparks. Most of these sparks disappeared, burnt up as quickly as they appeared. Still, many flew off in various directions. One potent spark took on a life of its own: it became Blue.

In that same moment, by contrast, the absence of color took shape as Black, and black spread out in every direction, filling the infinite void.

In places where sparks fell back upon the tapestry, the threads began to burn and fray, and that burning became Yellow.

The Shaping of the World

Black's chill was enough to cool Blue, but Yellow was far too hot. To save the tapestry, Blue reached out and soothed Yellow. When they first touched, steam billowed and became the sky and clouds. Droplets fell away from Yellow and Blue, and as they fell further away and cooled they solidified. Some of the first to fall away became Gold and Cobalt.

One large droplet fell and took longer to cool, its angry, fiery heat glowed and became Red. As red cooled it became heavy and fell in on itself, becoming denser and harder, though still trapping heat inside. Red became so heavy, it began to pull the tapestry down toward itself. Blue and Yellow tried to hold the tapestry up. But, Yellow was still too hot and large swathes of burning fabric tore free and wrapped around Red, giving it texture and form. Blue reached down to cool the burning surface, and parts of Blue rained down on this new form and became the seas.

Blue and Yellow implored Black to help, and perhaps reluctantly, black chased after all of the sparks, cooling the path behind them. When Black returned, distant sparks could still be seen, but for now at least, the tapestry appeared to be safe from further harm.