AO - The father of gods

Commonly acknowledged by many as fact is the belief that AO is father to the gods. Beyond this little is known about him, although there is much speculation and many theories about his origins, few claim to know anything for certain.

Perhaps the most popular theory is that he was the first. Before everything there was AO and his was the only existance. Out of his consciousness there became the recognition of self and the concept of un-self and this concept he explored through an eternity.

At the conclusion of his thoughts, AO created form to illustrate the concept. And with the creation of form he created space; the space not inhabited by the form and the space between forms. And thus AO came upon the concept of movement, from the placing of one form as it changed in its relation to another. With movement came the illustration of the eternities that passed, each marked by the differences in relations between the forms that moved together and apart.

And from out of the awareness of the movement of forms over time came the birth of Chron, the watcher, the measurement of eternity. AO became aware of this other, this second consciousness and he sought a way to distinguish it from himself and thus Chron came to be embodied by the will of AO.

Time immeasurable passed and AO explored the possibilities inherant within his creations, the boundaries of his discovery. In time AO became curious and observing the limits of the reality he had realised, he desired to study others within its bounds. Thus is was that AO came to bring forth from creation his offspring; Rokoon, Tharandil and Bhaal.

Another theory, held to be heretical by many, is that the ancestors of the gods are the much feared Old Ones. According to this theory AO is the offspring of the being many fear even to name, whose face is no face, but a mass of tentacles, whose breath carries the perfume of death: the Lord of the Past and of the Future, of all that lies beyond Death.

AO took on the mantle of Lord of the Present and rose to become more powerful than his ancestors. His pride in his hideous appearance chose others, similarly mutilated by fate with whom to mate. The offspring of these copulations were his children; Rokoon, Tharandil and Bhaal.

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