Somewhere in the dark wastelands, far from the influence of any beings, rested a shard of light abandoned and forgotten by this world. Left in a place where the dark essence raged like a storm. The shard gathered strength, and evolved until it became the womb from which finally, Vessel of Light was born.
Body designed to function in this dark place. The process of creating the Vessel was spectacular. Thousands of shining threads spewed from the shard of light, forming a shimmering solid skeleton that served as the foundation of the Vessel.
Then, around the bones, veins were formed through which power of light flowed straight from the shard, placed in the center, which became the core of the Vessel. Along with distributing the power by stabilizing the bones, the excess power formed muscles that strengthened every bone
In the center of the body, where the core is located, the organs needed to function in the void were created, also thanks to them, the core became more secure.
The creation process was almost complete.
Three pairs of horns sprouted from the skull, resembling a crown. Matte, gently glowing skin, gives the impression of being impenetrable. Long, muscular arms, made for hunting. Slender, strong hands with claws that could easily tear apart anything in their path. A solid and muscular torso, resembling an unbreakable shield, and powerful, proportional to the rest of the body, agile legs.
When the power of the Light leaking out from the core calmed down, the last part began. The brain was formed in the empty skull. Along with the brain, consciousness was formed, after which came fear and pain.
It took a few moments before the body began to get used to all the various sources of information. The environment around the Vessel was not supportive in the adaptation of consciousness with the body. The dense essence of darkness made the process very difficult, cutting into the Vessel, trying to feed on the power of light.
The body, in order to protect itself, began to shine brighter, releasing more power from the core to repel the essence's attack. In the veins, flow of power increased, the skeleton strengthened and the core of Vessel was producing the power of light at top speed, and when it reached the head and the horns, body and consciousness became one for a moment.
From consciousness and body, life was created. A being without a name or destiny. A Vessel of the shard of Light.
Eyes of the Vessel lit up for the first time. The horns picked up the hollow sound of the wasteland where new life was created. The skin all over his body was burning, due to the dark essence attacking his body. The stench of the essence stirred in consciousness.
The first thought that passed through the nameless boy's consciousness.
"What's going on?"
The thought didn't sound like that, but it had such meaning. Suddenly gaining consciousness began with trying to understand the situation and acting by instinct.
Suddenly he jumped violently off the ground, clutching all his muscles, doing a spin in the air, falling on his stomach and face.
The sound of this impact echoed through the area.
His body was not used to moving and responding to signals of consciousness.
Nameless was confused, unable to coordinate his thoughts with body movements, made him wiggle on the ground making random movements with his limbs.
It didn't take long before he began to get tired. Eventually he stopped moving and instinctively focused on understanding his body. Instead of immediately using all his strength and energy to move his muscles, he tried to gently move specific parts of his body.
Gravity in the void works specifically. Streams of collapse, stretching into infinite swirls, attract matter to itself, shaping the void in process. The way the stream stretches depends on the density of the dark essence.
In the place where the Vessel is located, Pull of the stream is stronger than in most places in the void.
Even if he stands up, his muscles are not developed enough to keep his balance under such a weight of gravity.
He was beginning to understand how his body worked, from head to toe. The flow of light in his body was beginning to stabilize.
Lying on his stomach, he propped himself up with his hands, lifting himself slightly. He pulled his knee under his belly to focus his body weight on his right leg. Quickly the other leg joined in and the Vessel was in a kneeling position.
His hands and head seemed very heavy for him.
He looked around with difficulty.
Void.
There was nothing around, an endless abyss staring straight into the soul of the newborn. Such a huge empty space greatly overwhelmed the Vessel.
The unsettling silence made him anxious and sharp scent of the essence, dulled all his senses.
Nameless felt what a tiny being he was. Anxiety took over the body. Muscles throughout his body tensed up, paralyzing him.
After a long moment of wandering thoughts, another, more complex one formed.
" What is this? "
The question referred to this place, the mind of a barely born creature could not understand all these unpleasant feelings. Instinct along with the body felt that this place was dangerous but consciousness did not understand it.
Behind this question was more than just fear.
A desire to understand.
He tried to find a solution using every sense. Fear grew in strength, slowly evolving into panic.
At one point, the feeling of fear completely disappeared, as if it had never been there. Nameless' body began to heat up, but he didn't pay attention to it.
As he was kneeling like this and resisting gravity, he started to understand how it worked, his muscles were getting used to the weight of it.
Finally, he decided to move again.
He leaned forward, placing his hands on the ground. He was in a very stable position. Only his head was terribly heavy.
Every movement made him feel uncomfortable, but instinct told him it was unsafe to stay here.
In this position his hands were getting terribly tired, after all, they are not made for walking.
His arms didn't last too long and bent. He fell on his face again. He needed to rest.
Boy was not going to give up. He started doing something with his legs, one forward and a push off, the other forward and a push off.
He began to slowly move his body forward, grinding himself from the chest upward, but this was the most effective way at the moment.
Nameless was glad, this was the first success, finally he could do what his instincts told him.
He moved a few meters and suddenly felt his leg muscles strengthen. He began to wonder why.
He decided to see if his hands would also get stronger if he used them.
And so they did. When he used his muscles, tiring them, and then gave them a while to rest, they grew stronger. This happened so quickly, thanks to the power of Light, which the core generated and distributed throughout the body.
The more a being has the power of Light in it, the more powerful it is. This is one of the main principles of the Void.
After repeating these steps for a while, Nameless was strong enough to get up on his feet for the first time. When he held his balance like this, he decided to take a chance and leaned forward.
Nameless took his first step.
He wobbled, but quickly caught his balance. Finally he understood how moving all his limbs worked.
He began, very clumsily, to walk forward in the direction towards him.
Slowly, step by step he walked ahead. Each step made a sound that echoed across the open space.
Nameless did not understand that all this time, his body is being attacked by the dark essence, although he felt it, but he did not know that this is the cause. Darkn essence in this place is not visible to the naked eye.
At one point, a shudder went through the Vessel, it began to pulse which caused a lot of pain.
The regular pulsing distributed a huge amount of light power through the body, this is the defense reaction of the core, to the dark essence.
Nameless did not control this flow of power, so the sudden pulsing pain going through the whole body, was terrifying.
Intensity of the flow increased constantly until the flesh of the vessel began to shatter.
Pain and shock from the disintegration of body made Vessel once again fall to the ground.
" I don't understand! "
Skin was tearing forming scars on his body, all the bones began to vibrate which caused the flesh to pull away. Fingers twisted in an unnatural way. Minor discharges of light power in body created holes. Nameless felt all the muscle fibers slowly tearing and twisting.
Power of Light gushed from the Vessel.
Throughout the process, Nameless was conscious, it could not lose consciousness for some reason.
A terrifying, desperate scream rang out and dissolved into space. Nameless did not understand what was happening, he was helpless.
There was nothing he could do to make it stop.
It lasted a few minutes, the Power of Light repelled the attack of the dark essence, but it could not fit inside the body of the Vessel, so it looked for every opportunity to get out.
The core caused a huge and loud discharge of Light Power, severely damaging the Vessel in the process, while saving it from the dark essence.
When the purification process of body was over, screeching in his head increased with each passing second.
" ... up... "
Nameless heard a sound in the noise. He wasn't sure if he thought it or if something actually made a sound.
" Ge...up... "
Once again, this time more clearly. He realized that indeed something had made a sound. He tried to calm down and focus to catch where the sound was coming from.
" Get up! "
This time it was heard very loud and clear. The sound seemed to be coming from all directions, which was very disorienting because nothing could be seen except the void, which now seemed scarier than before.
Nameless did not understand why he was hearing the voice. But it wasn't important to him at this point.
Despite the fact that he was born literally a few moments ago, without any knowledge, he managed to understand the meaning of the words.
" I have to get up.... "
He just didn't know why he had to get up, everything hurt so much, any attempt to move was associated with immense suffering.
" If you don't find shelter right away, they will kill you! "
The discharge of Light's Power that happened a moment ago awakened something that should not have been awakened.
The concept of death was foreign to him, so he didn't realize how much danger he was in.
In the same way, he is unaware that there are other beings near him.
" Run away! "
Nameless found himself in grave danger.