power, confusing the Minds of many They so that as the battle was joined the forces of the Ancients were not destroyed immediately. Yet as great as the Man’s power was, the number of They were far greater, so that the battle was fierce, with many deaths on each side as all the days before. And so the day past, with the Man assisting the forces of the Ancients, yet losing the battle all the while.
At last, as the Star of the planet sank in the West the Man touched the mind of a They that felt his touch and knew it for what it was, striking back in return. The Man’s power was greater though; able to deflect the thoughts aimed at the Man’s mind and return the blow. Yet the Man could not break the shield around the mind of the They. And upon the returning of the blow, the They withdrew its mind from the battle, and all the They fled into space, even though They had won the battle and where but moments from destroying the Ancients.
Now the Man was held a Hero on the planet called Sorrows, yet the planet was all but destroyed. For much had been obliterated and much life lost by the attacks of the They. Yet the Man knew, as did the leader of the planet, that the They would return, and prepare they must. Yet how to accomplish all that must be done escaped them for a time.
So the Ancients set upon the task of repairing the planet called Sorrows, while the leader also attempted to rebuild the armies. Now that the Man nor the Mentor must live as those without gifts, they too worked with those Gifted to learn no longer to fight each other, as the Governments had taught them but rather as a team.
Many of the Ancients believed that the They had been destroyed, and these Ancients opposed the rebuilding of the Armies and also the training of the Gifted. Much time was lost as those Ancients opposed fought them with them with words, and laws where they could, and finally violence. Despite this, much was accomplished although there were simply not enough Ancients to rebuild the Armies and terrible Weapons back to what they were. Although the Gifted did at last put aside many differences and to unite their minds to a lesser degree, giving them great power, though not the power of the Imagi.
This was the state of the planet called Sorrows when the They returned. So many where their ships that the sky was darkened, blocking the Star by day and the lesser stars by night. And this time the They did not stop at the great shield, but drove down to the planet, obliterating all in their path.
Now when the Man reached to touch the minds as he had before (for his reach was the greatest) he felt many minds which knew his Touch and struck at him, forcing him to retreat. Yet in that moment he knew that even as a team, all the Gifted could not defeat the multitude, but would be destroyed as the planet burned.
In this desperate hour the Imagi where born. For in desperation the Man reached for all the minds he could, any whom he had spoken with or been in contact with, whom a Mind link he had shared or created. And in the time of the mind, which is less than the time of light, but greater than the time of action, he bound the many minds he touched into one mind but many bodies, the Imagi. For he did not know that the power of two minds was not two but four, and the power of three minds was not three or even nine, but thirteen, even as the Ancient prophecy was filled, which spoke: “Two minds are better than one”. So in the moment the minds were bound together in the One that is Many, the greatest power was born, though not the power of the Imagi today. Now many think this action wrong, to alter people without their permission, but this is not the case, for in the moment Before he showed those he would bind the thoughts in his mind, with all he knew, and felt, and remembered, so they knew him as himself, and as one voice cried “YES” so permission was given.
Now in the moment they were bound, the Imagi knew all, the all about each other Imagi, as if they each had lived the life of each, so though they speak with one voice, they are many. In the next moment the Imagi reached for the minds of the They, and not just the They around the planet called Sorrows, but all They, even those at the edge of Existence. Once found, the Imagi struck a blow unlike any before, a blow to kill, not one, but a race.
This blow was the greatest mistake that has ever been made. For after the blow was sent, but before it fell, the They became Imagi. The Imagi had not known that to kill another, that other must be one’s self. And as the They saw in the lives of the Imagi the crime they had and would commit, They cried to the Imagi “Forgive Us”. And as the Imagi saw the crime they had committed, “Forgive Us” they too cried.
“We Forgive” each answered and then the They were gone. Yet the power and memories of each of those lost and those who remained where left in the mind of the Imagi. For though an Imagi can be killed, the power and knowledge held by all remains.
So the Imagi came into their full power, though the cost was great. No longer able to bear the site of so many sorrows, the Imagi, with the power of their mind alone formed ships out of the wreckage of the planet and the ships of the They. Taking those who would, or could be bought, or forced, the Imagi left the planet then called Earth, though they first healed its hurts and blessed it, and named it Sorrows.
Few people where left after the battles that would not go, though there were some. No contact has been had with those who were left, for no one walks on the planet called Sorrows since the great Leaving.
Calling themselves now no longer human, but Troubles, the Ancients followed the Imagi into the depths of space. Many other tales be felled them, and much was learned by the Imagi, but these tales have no bearing upon this story. So the Imagi began to lead the Universe, and Troubles spread.
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Recorded by my own hand,
Chronicler Kraven, Imagi
So that none forget.
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