Zetheon is a planet in the Skorak galaxy, some 1 million lightyears from the Milky Way. It is inhabited by humans who came from Earth before it’s demise, sentient computer programs who either live in a digital construct called Glitchworld or inside droid bodies, and a race of creatures composed of pure energy called Skorans. The humans, programs, and skorans all live within the political systems of the planet, each nation mostly confined to the continent they physically inhabit.

The story takes place 1,017,000 years in the future. Humans arrived on the generation ship Dark Star. The ship traveled at almost-luminal speeds for 1000 years, the time dilation resulting in almost 1,000,000 years passing. After arriving to Zetheon, the planet needed to be terraformed, but the extra time spent on board Dark Star after arrival caused controversy due to it’s unforeseen implications for the generation that was ‘supposed to land.’ A war began among the 6 million residents, one that killed almost 1 million people. 2 million of the survivors decided to risk life or death on the surface and abandoned Dark star to the remaining survivors. At last, Zetheon had been touched by humanity.

To skip the long, boring details, Zetheon was eventually settled by the remainders of Dark Star, and along with the work of the first settlers, a new world was slowly being built.

Then humans discovered Thaumite, and things kinda got crazy.

Thaumite was the answer to all of human’s questions about matter and energy. It is special in the cosmos so far that anyone has ever seen, as it is only found on Zetheon and it’s largest moon, Zagarillo (later renamed Zag 2 Prison World). Thaumite is composed of a high concentration of alpha particles called Azerons, the particles that are the base of all matter and energy, and usually occurs in two different forms: crytal thaumite and hard metal thaumite. They can be manipulated with electromagnetism, and with it humans can practically do anything.

After a long series of discovers and tests, scientists eventually want to see if they can create a self-contained star using Thaumite as the controller. They do it, but it explodes in their faces, and through what is considered a diving miracle, the Skorans appear on the continent Mekia through a giant energetic breech in space. They have no interest in Thaumite or anything else made of matter, as they seem to be more interested in learning about the world they have come to exist in and how it connects to their previous existence. After a short lived war that ended by the Skorans demonstrating that they were invincible, they began helping humans.

The heart of the story lies in the year 6,000 AL (After Landing). The creation of Glitchworld in 5897, facilitated by the first sentient program SOM, sparked an entire race of sentient programs who are almost fully consider alive by humans. Their simulated reality includes both humans and programs (skorans have no interest in programs, thinking them artificial) and has become the most complex system that humanity has ever divined.

Again, I will skip the boring details.

The story follows a series of characters as they must face powers from both the planet and outside of it, existing in the form of humans, corporations, cosmic beings, planetary scourges, reality-shaping monsters, and ultimately the creator of the universe. Some characters are allowed to see across the wide avenues of parallel time-lines, others into the very nature of their own purpose.

The main characters are Zandriel Scott (The Crimson River), Liander MorDoza, Cariel ‘Starmaker’ U’Goa, Chromus Teagan ,Sarsana Rhemothian-Nock, Joheim the Traveler, Korra Prax, and other various humans, skorans, programs, and beings.

Working together and against each other, the characters move as pieces in a game to large deities that have existed before the beginning of time. Some move willingly, others fight the influence and change the game, and one decides that he has had enough being a piece and that he wants to play as well.

 

 

 

 

 

The story will be split into various parts, they are currently titled as follows:

Mask of the Taul

Prime Motions of Zetheon
– Glitch
– Crusade
– Wanderers

Legacy of Zetheon
– The Fight For Light
– Genesis of Peace

Age of Unification

All chapters I post will have the appropriate part title before it. This project is very much a WORK IN PROGRESS and will have massive edits.

Enjoy!