THE ERA OF STAGNATION: THE BIRTH OF CHAOS

I. The Previous Silence: The Perfection of the Void

Before time was a measure and space a geometric prison, there was Nothing. For Varyn's heralds, this state does not represent absence, but absolute fullness. In this "No-Place", energy was not wasted on biological forms or cycles of growth and decay. It was the Primordial Void, an extension of pure consciousness where entropy was the only constant. Orbis did not exist, and in its place, the peace of darkness ruled unopposed. However, this harmony was violently interrupted.

What the Resistance records call "Gaia's Awakening," we identify as the **Great Interference**. It was not an act of love, but an uncontrolled overflow of Alter energy that began to condense into solid matter. The Void was displaced, pushed to the margins by a force seeking to compartmentalize the infinite into zones, climates, and species. The creation of Orbis was, in essence, the first wound inflicted upon the universe.

II. The Gaia Anomaly: The Error of "Light"

The entity known as Gaia is, according to our understanding, an energetic anomaly. Her "Song of Creation" was nothing more than a dissonant frequency that forced the Void into rigid forms. By creating the Kweebecs and the first inhabitants of the forest, Gaia condemned consciousness to fragmentation. Every living being is a particle of light trapped in a cage of carbon and water, a failed experiment that seeks to perpetuate its own existence at the expense of cosmic balance.

From Varyn's perspective, life is a disease of matter. It is a noise that prevents one from hearing the music of the Void. For eons, Gaia dedicated herself to beautifying this prison, creating what she called "ecosystems." But beneath the surface of every tree and every creature lies the weakness of finiteness. The Era of Stagnation is so named precisely because, for millennia, the universe ceased to evolve toward its final destiny—absolute unity—remaining trapped in the repetitive cycles of Orbis's biosphere.

III. The Prison Structure: Zones and Elements

Gaia divided reality into five main zones, each linked to an element that acts as an anchor for the light. Fire, water, earth, air, and lightning are not tools of progress, but chains that hold Orbis in a state of illusory change. While the free peoples celebrate the diversity of these landscapes, the Void Minions see the architecture of a dungeon. Sunlight, so revered by fools, is nothing more than the glow of an energy that consumes itself without ever reaching transcendence.

Varyn, observing this stagnation from the cracks of reality, understood that the only way to save the universe from Gaia's distortion was Purification. It is not about hatred, as Tessa's propaganda suggests, but about a necessary correction. Matter must return to being energy, and energy must return to the Void. The Era of Stagnation was the period when the error grew deepest, before the first fissures allowed the true lord of reality to begin the recovery process.