The Atherflow

Before the Atherflow, there was no death. Not because things did not die—they did—but because there was nowhere for the dead to go. When the Perfectly Evil Guardians were killed, they became immortal Daemons, feeding on fear and chaos because their energy had no place to disperse.

The dimension was drowning in unprocessed power. Every death created another immortal horror. Every battle made the enemy stronger.

Lumina saw this and understood: chaos could not be destroyed. It could only be redirected.

So she sacrificed her soul's magic to create the Atherflow—an ocean of energy at the core of Nexus where all magic pools. From this ocean flow rivers and streams, connecting every realm, every universe, every galaxy. Magic flows in. Magic flows out. Nothing is created. Nothing is destroyed. Everything simply changes form.

The River of Souls became the most important branch—where consciousness returns after death, stripped of identity but preserved as potential. Beings are recycled. Power is redistributed. The cycle continues.

Lumina's sacrifice gave the dimension something it had never known: balance through transformation. Death became part of the system instead of its enemy.

But the cost was profound. By giving up her soul's magic to create the Atherflow, Lumina could no longer maintain the absolute order she once commanded. She weakened herself to save the dimension.

Some say this was her greatest act of heroism. Others whisper it was the beginning of her decline—that a goddess who sacrifices her power for others has already lost the war.

The Atherflow flows still, indifferent to such debates. It accepts all magic equally: chaos and order, light and dark, creation and destruction. It does not judge. It does not choose sides. It simply flows.