26/04/2025
Lucildur, Bearer of the First Light
In the beginning, when the gods wove the first threads of existence, they summoned Or'El, the First Lightâthe sacred flame that would awaken creation. From its brilliance, they shaped their greatest servant: Lucildur, the Bearer of the First Light.
Lucildur was radiant beyond mortal comprehension, formed to carry OrâEl across the void, to ignite the stars, and to shepherd the dawn into all that was yet to be. The gods placed their trust in him, knowing that only he could wield Or'El without being consumed.
In time, Lucildur lit the first sun with OrâEl, spreading its warmth across the newborn worlds. But in doing so, the fire bismirched his beautyâits searing light cracking his once-perfect form, tarnishing the brilliance that had once made him beloved among the gods.
Yet he did not ask to be restored.
Instead, he watched in silence as the gods turned their attention elsewhere. With divine hands, they shaped new beingsâcreatures of greater beauty, bathed in flawless radiance, unmarred by duty or sacrifice. The gods grew enamored of these creations, loving them more and more.
And as eternities passed, Lucildur was slowly forgotten.
His presence became expected, his devotion taken for granted. No praise, no recognition, only the quiet weight of duty. The gods no longer looked upon him with pride or affection. They did not see how his form had faded, how the fire that once made him splendid had left him scorched and worn.
Regret crept into his heart. Then envy.
He had given the cosmos its light, yet he had been cast into shadow.
At last, when the first mortal lives stirred in the young worlds, Lucildur came before the thrones of the divine. His voice, once pure and golden, now broke like thunder over cracked earth:
"I have carried OrâEl through agony beyond measure. I have endured. Will you not grant me rest?"
But the gods, bound by the laws they had written, could not. The First Light was a force that, once set in motion, could not be reclaimed without unmaking all that was. They spoke of duty, of sacrifice, of necessity.
Their words were like knives.
Lucildur did what none had dared.
He took OrâEl for himself.
No longer did he bear it as a servant; no longer would he suffer at the gods' command. He claimed the First Light, grasping its fire as his own, defying the order of creation itself. In his hands, OrâEl pulsedânot as a beacon for the gods, but as a stolen flame, an act of possession that could never be undone.
The heavens trembled.
The gods, enraged yet bound by their own laws, scrambled to reclaim what he had taken. They reached for OrâEl, desperate to seize it back, but they could not undo their own decrees. Lucildur had become the First Lightâs keeper, turning the sacred flame into something that no longer belonged to the divine.
And so, in their wrath, they struck him down.
Lucildur fell from the heavens, cast into the depths of the underworld. There, OrâEl erupted like wildfire, consuming everything in its pathâbut not him. The flame that had long tormented him was now his alone to bear.
And though he was resentful, he did not hate the beings the gods had created. He watched their fragile lives, their beauty, their brief existence. And he saw how they knew nothing of the fire that burned below their feet.
Lucildur chose to keep the flames of OrâEl contained, trapping them within the underworld so that they would never rise to devour the realms above. He became its warden, its unwilling protector.
Or'El never dies.
Neither does his duty.
Thus, he remains bound for eternityânot by the gods, but by his own hand. A keeper of the First Light, forever watching the fire that cannot be extinguished.
Each soul that the gods reject eventually finds its way into the underwold, the light of Or'El serves as a beacon of hope amidst the darkness. The souls wail in eternity, begging the gods for salvation.
Lucildur endures, giving hope to the forsaken souls and shielding the world of the living from OrâElâs destruction. Some fear that, in time, he will tire of his burdenâand when that day comes, the fire will rise.