✦ Lecture Halls of Vaelthrix U ✦
The Primordial Entities
Before Rememhal, before the Mempors, before the Prime Multiverse itself — there was Castenia, and the thirty-seven forces that have always lived there.
Before Rememhal, before a single multiverse was ever dreamed into being, there was Castenia — and the thirty-seven Primordial Entities who have always lived there, Ra among them. Where the Mempors are copies, echoes made by Rememhal's grief, the Primordials are originals: forces as old as existence itself, each one a living concept given form.
Every Primordial answers, at least in principle, to Zero — Balance, the Chimera, and leader of the Primordial Entities. His seconds in command are the Hydra of Duality and the Rhino of Oneness, and his personal Titans are known as the Equilibriums. Beneath him, the other thirty-six Primordials embody everything from Love and Hate to Cooperation, Greed, War, and Memory itself — each tied to an animal family, each commanding armies and Titans of their own.
Primordials rarely leave Castenia for long, but many grow restless there. Some carve out personal realms of their own — Hyperverses — pocket creations built to their own design. Rememhal, the Memory Primordial, is the maker of the best known of these: the Hyperverse that shares his name, and the one where most of Rememhal's story actually takes place.
The Thirty-Seven
Numbered zero through thirty-six. Each Primordial embodies a concept, an animal family, and — more often than not — an army of its own.
00
Zero
Chimera
Leader of the Primordial Entities and the embodiment of Balance. His seconds in command are the Hydra of Duality and the Rhino of Oneness. His Titans are known as the Equilibriums.
01
Duality
Hydra (two-headed purple dragon)
The two-headed purple dragon.
02
Creation, the Origin
Bird
Also known as Ra, the Yellow Creation Primordial. All post-Prime creation gods — including Ancraa — take a bird as their true form.
03
Destruction, the Void
Black Hole
This entity's chronicle has yet to be written.
04
Structure (Temperance)
Camelidae
Joined Balance's army and took charge of the feared Balance Templars. Impressed by the Templars' impeccable structure, when the Hydra asked her to help their cause, she raised an army consisting of black-and-white Templar Titans.
05
Chaos (Instability)
Cephalopoda
Leader: Cthulhu.
06
Love
Rosaceae
The rose family.
07
Hate
Behemus
Leader is Obelisk, from a family called Behemus — a species that doesn't exist in the Ancraa universe. Ice giants are the closest thing to Behemus.
08
Health
Serpentes
The snake family.
09
Illness
Bacteria
This entity's chronicle has yet to be written.
10
Strength
Ursidae
Leader is a massive bear.
11
Intelligence
Primates
Includes all humanoids.
12
Generosity
Rodentia & Mustelidae
This entity's chronicle has yet to be written.
13
Greed
Ranidae
The frog family. Leader is a goblin-like figure. They are the bankers.
14
Resilience
Felidae
Leader is a massive lion, the action figure Leodyssius, with a large brood of strong offspring and armies.
15
Fragility / Vulnerability
Siphonophorae
Several fragile unicellular organisms banded together into one huge colony.
16
Speed
Equidae
Leader is Equadron.
17
Patience
Testudines
The turtle family.
18
Cooperation
Formicidae
The ant family.
19
Individuality
Amoeba
Unicellular beings that, unlike most of their kind, rarely group up.
20
Peace
Pinaceae
The pine family. It inspired Ancraa to create the Ents.
21
War
Drynax (red dragon)
One of the two primordial armies attacking the Memory Hyperverse. The Drynax is the original dragon of Rememhal — true dragons come from beyond Rememhal, and a longstanding feud runs between the two. War, mother of the Drynax, is a serpent-like, winged dragon.
22
Memories
Elephantidae
The narrator of the entire series.
23
Nowness (Being Present)
Cervidae
Leader is Xylona, an armored, deer-like entity.
24
Smithing (Reshaping)
Bovidae
Bulls and bison. Leader is a blue bull.
25
Weaving (Crafting)
Arachnida
This entity's chronicle has yet to be written.
26
Secrecy / Mystery
Cactaceae
The cactus family — such as the pitahaya, the dragon fruit cactus.
27
Honesty / Clarity / Predictability
Canidae
Leader is a wolf.
28
Thirst
Chiroptera
Bats. Leader is a vampire-like creature.
29
Hunger
Suidae
The boar family.
30
Compassion
Nelumbonaceae
The lotus flower family.
31
Apathy
Crocodilia
This entity's chronicle has yet to be written.
32
Nomadism
Papilionoidea
Butterflies — the portal-openers, hugely important in the Ancraa universe.
33
Sedentarism
Anthozoa
The coral family.
34
Victory
Caprinae
Goat taxonomy. Bolthor is one of this army's generals.
35
Submersion (Sinking, Going Under)
Pisces
The fish family. Marine mammals such as the Whale Knight also belong to this army.
36
Oneness
Rhinocerotidae
This entity's chronicle has yet to be written.
Hyperverses
The Primordial Entities exist outside of Rememhal, in Castenia. From there, some choose to create their own personal realms — Hyperverses, pocket worlds shaped entirely by their maker's nature. Zero's Balance, War's endless battlefields, and Memory's own creation all take different forms.
The Rememhal Hyperverse is the most storied of these: built by Rememhal, the Memory Primordial, to house every Mempor he revives — and the setting where most of Rememhal's story unfolds.