

This era, known as the Cruel Age, brought about advancements not seen since the forgotten ages, with the dark fumes rising from the pipes of modern cities as a direct consequence. People cherished hardship and drew inspiration from it, learning and growing from the difficulties they faced. Fear motivated people while hunger kept them moving forward.

She was the embodiment of fear and hunger, without even a glimmer of hope.ĭespite the suffering and stagnation that mankind had endured up to that point, progress came at a price. Although Nilvan had hoped that her daughter would bring light to mankind, true darkness does not breed light: The God of Fear and Hunger was a pure child, a blank slate birthed from the darkest pits of human creation.

In that day, the God of Fear and Hunger took root and began to grow her influence on the surface world. When this place was reached, she began her ascension, and proceeded to fight the player. Nilvan, wishing to fulfil her dream of humanity ascending beyond their mortal limits, tasked the player character (should they accept it) to take the girl, her daughter, to the heart of darkness - the Altar of Darkness within the body of the God of the Depths. It was this soul that would allow her to ascend to godhood. The soul rested in the body of a little girl, and had been been lying dormant within her since she was born. The Ancient One is a soul created by the mating of Nilvan, a new god, and Le'garde, a prophecised man. The results of such unholy union are unfamiliar to us." - The New Gods when asked about the Ancient One. The mother of the Ancient One is the Endless One and the father is the Man from the Prophecies. The soul has formed itself inside the body of a little girl. "A soul that radiates the light of an older god.
