Theós tis Dimiourgías (God of Creation)

The universe had been dull. Empty. Non-existent. It lasted for generations before my father created a single star and told me, "Do whatever you like with this single star. You have the power to generate anything you can imagine. You were born with the most treasured gift of all the gods."

With the birth of that tiny star, I had finally found a light in the darkness. Something to create and explore. And eventually, more stars formed in the bleakness. Stars which connected together and created new worlds and images in a black sky. These special stars were so entrancing, that darkness almost struck again immediately when my twin brother tried to take them.

My brother was my opposite. He took when I gave. He hated the light, and I the dark. He wanted to steal the new worlds for himself, a tyrant to the new realms. He brought chaos to my creation. While it saddened me, I was given no other choice but to condemn my brother to the world formed from his own hatred. The underworld.

While my calamitous brother was locked away, I practiced my gift, creating new textures, new sights, and scents for the world. I then practiced giving life to advanced figures known as animals. I set them free in the world and provided them with environments and resource to live and grow. Then onto my next challenge, to construct entities like no other.

I spent eternities perfecting humanity. There had been many failures, including the Cyclops, born with one eye, and the Giant, born much too tall not to destroy their surroundings. However, I could not dispose of them without a heavy heart, so they were sent to inhabit a different world, away from the world I was still constructing.

Finally, humanity was born. Each new person looked the same, yet my imagination would gift them different features from slender fingers to thick legs. The males often had more muscular bodies than the females, a fair distinction of dominance that my father had told me about. The females, however, were given more wisdom from my own mind than the males were. However, both were mortal. At last, my children roamed the new earth, giving plenty of refuge and resource, building their civilizations and discovering what they can accomplish, so long as they did not destroy their home.

I was finally at peace, joyous of the result, that I was capable of making such life. And I knew it all must be protected. So, I sent down guardians for the animals and humans alike. Gods and Goddesses who would watch over the welfare of all life, each with specific tasks. And for many generations, the world glowed with tranquility.

Little had I known what my brother was up to. Every new day he gained a dark power, his wish to have everything I did growing stronger. Once he had learned of humanity, he desired to take it for himself, and to change the living hearts of my children. While we rejoiced, he taught himself to create evil that could not be avoided. He created demons, shadows of people, born with the same darkness as his own heart and gifted them with dark tasks. He named them the Seven Deadly Sins, the seven of the most horrific behaviors and habits of the mortal. Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Envy, Pride, Sloth, and Wrath. The brought discord and destruction in their wake, compelling the entire human race. My brother also reigned as leader to the Giants and Cyclops, convincing them that I was evil for locking them away from the peaceful realms forever, like he had been. The war was uneven.

With the life of the humans resting in my hands, I birthed angels to help the guardians fight off the Sins and restore the world from the everlasting darkness. These angels I named the Seven Virtues, born to cure victims of possessing the Sins in their hearts. Kindness, Temperance, Charity, Chastity, Humility, Diligence, and Patience. With the Virtues and the guardians, the war was now fair. While we fought, I entrusted special nymphs to hide and guard the animals and humans from danger for a short time. The war, however, was long and cold.

All our lives were hanging by a thread by the time both sides grew tired. The earth which I had formed was chipping away, piece by piece. With the last of my strength, I finished it all with a blinding explosion which knocked my brother and his minions back to the underworld, where I placed chains that would last for eternity to keep them trapped. The Sins were placed in a cursed box and hidden far from ever being discovered. At last, life could come out of hiding.

The Virtues and I inhabited the skies above. I watched from afar to keep them safe, and the Virtues watched for any sign of the Sins' return. The guardians were charged to keep watch of the world and its people by living closer to them.

And so, as the world advances each day with new discoveries and technology, I am always there to watch, to protect. To keep the darkness locked away and let the integrity and unity of all men, women, and children grow strong and spread across the good earth.