"They barged into Earth like they owned the place, searching for me." The progenitor grinned.
"I destroyed them of course. I've had a thousand years to experiment and refine. I was much more powerful than I'd been when I left."
"However, I am now a much more mature man. I knew that those below me should not have to pay for my sins. So, I knew what I had to do."
"I would take the fight to my enemies and settle things once and for all." The progenitor stood, walking to the window taking up one wall. A window that had not been there before.
He crossed his arms behind his back, gazing at the view of a vast desert with a red sun shining over it.
"While I was gone, I needed someone to guard the door to the Abyss. And I chose Shadrach."