(Orientation for the New Manas)
Hello there.
I am Vilhelm Blaire Hawthorne, but you may call me The Archivist. Welcome to THE ARCHIVE, a vast and undisturbed universe created in the loins of Lord Dominion, acting as a guide to lost souls such as yourself and reflecting the generosity of our loving god, Lord Dominion.
Praise be his name.
You are a mana harvested by Lord Dominion from a different world. That's right! Our very amazing and totally cool god has divine authority great enough to traverse the multiverse and harvest the untapped power from distant galaxies. If I read my instructions correctly, you are a mana harvested by Lord Dominion from Universe 3156, otherwise known as Earth. In your universe, as much as it is hard for me to accept it myself, Lord Dominion is nothing but a fictional character in a book appropriately titled Dead Gardens. I cannot imagine how that might feel on your side, but I am deeply sympathetic to how ignorant you are of the brilliance of our Lord Dominion.
Going back to the topic, the novel "Dead Gardens," uploaded in a mystical realm that your kind call "The Internet," is Lord Dominion's way of harvesting mana from your world. The more people read it, the greater Lord Dominion's power will grow. The greater his power, the closer he will get from beheading those heathen gods who dare overthrow our sovereign god!
So, now, you must be confused and asking yourself...
"WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING HERE!?"
To answer your burning inquiry, The Archive chapters are meant as guidelines that Lord Dominion had happily given to us as ways of reviewing Lord Dominion's System, understanding its rules, and accustoming ourselves to the world of Dead Gardens. To begin this archive, we shall examine the knowledge we've learned in the last few chapters about the basics of Lord Dominion's System.
First, let's talk about Command #1: HARVEST.
HARVEST is a convenient instrument Lord Dominion had created five centuries ago to easily obtain raw materials and mana without the need for pesky mortal tools. To use this command, he would simply point his hand on a raw material he wishes to have, utter the "HARVEST" command, and it would instantly be stored inside the endless void situated in Lord Dominion's ass. Our sovereign god can then use these harvested raw materials and mana to construct magnificent creations using the "CREATE'' command to aid his goal of mutilating the gods.
Unfortunately, this tool has limitations. It cannot collect subjects with a main-classification of "Entity" and "Animal" unless they're already classified as "Dead." This is because of the inherent sacredness of the soul. Gods cannot collect souls without their consent; however, if their body dies, their soul would disappear, leaving their body and the mana left within susceptible to be collected by the gods. Let it be known that there's an exception to this rule. But let's talk about that and where departed souls go in another day.
Command #2: CREATE.
CREATE is yet another convenient part of Lord Dominion's System. Lord Dominion can construct any weapons, armors, buildings, potions, etc., with the right raw materials, as long as he has the appropriate raw materials and blueprints for it. Unfortunately, raw materials alone are not enough for something to be created; even an omnipotent being like our sovereign god Lord Dominion needs energy as compensation to make something tangible. For that purpose, he would need mana in return for the objects he wishes to construct through the "CREATE" command. Luckily for us, anything and everything in the world contains mana, including raw materials.
To make it easier for Lord Dominion, whenever the CREATE command had been uttered, the System would show all of the blueprints Lord Dominion could create and the raw materials needed to make it. Let's use our handy Wooden Sword as an example.
Wooden Sword: Need 3 logs, 1 mana (stats vary on Raw Material used)
As long as Lord Dominion has three logs and a drop of mana, the System would show the Wooden Sword as a craftable object. Without the needed raw materials, the System would not show the Wooden Sword.
But just like the HARVEST command, there are things beyond the capabilities of CREATE. Lord Dominion may not use his System to create raw materials and souls. But let's talk about the reasons why our sovereign god is prohibited from doing so on another day.
All you need to know is that our sovereign god can create almost anything in this world if he's given the right blueprints and raw materials for it, but he would need a few drops of mana before he could finalize the creation process. But he can just use his HARVEST command among others to gather mana. Thus, whenever Lord Dominion shoves a raw material up his ass, a twinge of mana is harvested with it to lube up his ever gaping hole.
...What?
...What do you mean it sounds weird? There's nothing weird about it. In fact, these raw materials should feel privileged for having the opportunity of being inside Lord Dominion's hole.
Let's move on, shall we? The next thing we'll talk about is Command #3: ANALYZE.