AN: Thank you all for reading thus far. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to voice them.

EDIT: Found out how to scale it down, just wasn't using my brain. So there's now a picture for the first arc placed onto the fiction page. Please let me know what you think of it.

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A heavy sigh filled with sorrow flowed unceasingly throughout the whole of the giant god's army near his feet. Each were startled by such a strong emotion, as their own god was not one to reveal such a thing to those of whom are considered unworthy of such things. Many halted in their progress across the Plains of Nu'Ohn in order to express their desire of comfort towards the being above them. This action caused all to simply halt in their movements and stare upon the giant, whose eyes turned slowly to look upon them all.

'Ah,' the mental voice sighed once more, but without the strong emotion. Instead, it was filled with a calm which was used to quell those of whom had become excited over this turn of events. When one of his servants asked if everything was alright, the great head upon his shoulders nodded once before turning forward towards the great city of Necropolis in the far distance. Yes. He could indeed cause everyone to appear in front of such a city, but chose not to simply because he prefers to walk.

'As many well know, I lost my first children to those of whom were placed upon the "Tribunal". These children were to keep my mind at ease, whilst they grew up following the paths I set out before them.' Those nearest his feet nodded and gave their ascent of such a dark portion within the history of their god, then remained silent as he continued, 'Certainly, I've regained them all once we retook our world of Terra, but they weren't the same. Yes, they were each Puella, Lupa, Nox, Puer, and Igne, but they were not the same as I remembered them. Instead, they were simply different, but I took care of them nonetheless.

'Now, imagine if you were taken away from such a place, and all of your children were simply gone. Gone, removed, erased, everything disappeared. Such a thing would be devastating to you of whom are not Undead, as we each have something which removes such emotions to allow us to continue striving forwards.

'After not being without children, even those of whom are not of your loins, and suddenly being called, "Papa", how would you react?'

Those nearest his feet voiced a simple, "I don't know," or a shrug at such a query. To which he simply nodded at their answers whilst supplying his own, 'You would be confused, unable to fully react to such a title given by those who view you as such. From within my mind, I had such thoughts full of confusion, as I did not know how to react.

'Certainly, there was some elation for such a thing, but I being who I am was merely confused and not at all happy about such things. For the time being, however, I would allow this to occur as I would need to remember such emotions when the time came for us to finally claim our world of Terra. Even if it meant enduring the torture that was the past.'

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"Siuun," I called to the attention of the girl-child in my arms. Of whom seemed to be delighted about something which had crossed her mind, "Why did you call me 'Papa'?"

Her head cocked itself towards her right shoulder, as her throat released a noise similar to a small creature who was curious about that which was near it. not knowing how to properly answer, she simply giggled with, "Papa is Papa."

"That is not an answer," I sighed with exasperation.

Of which caused Sia to approach my person from her former to whisper, "She's been like this since the males mistook her for another prisoner, My Lord God."

"Yes, but this happened only moments ago, correct?" At her nod, I continued, "Then how is this possible?"

"If you can recall, she was to be sold off as a slave for work or copulation with a male. This caused some trauma within her mind, coupled with your imposition of torture..." Her head shifted towards the left side of the throne, as my own became slits of displeasure, "Perhaps it was inevitable she would become this way."

"Perhaps this is so," I spoke slowly, as my eyes flashed with a thought, "Check on the other children. Especially those of whom had been slain and respawned after this turn's events."

"My sisters are already watching the group in case such an occurrence repeats itself as with Siuun." The child tilted her head towards the Undying as though she was called out to, but simply shrugged and began to gnaw upon my right clawed fingers whilst humming an unknown tune.

"Good," my voice rumbled softly, retaking my seat upon my throne of stone and bone, "Fetch San'yuu. It is time he fulfill his requirements in order to become young and whole once more." My Undying leapt to obey with all due haste, as I simply turned my attention towards the small girl-child upon my lap. Of whom had taken up my clawed fingers, and were playing with them in whatever world her mind had created.

Yes. My mind was calm as I continued to watch her play, but it was interrupted by the Barrier Wolf. Of whom constantly whine, but not from the lack of attention. Instead, it was because of the small pack of Scarab wolves circling its small body which called out to my person for assistance.

It was here that I noticed a translucent barrier form around the creature, as its form shivered with all nine of its tails tucked beneath its body. Or rather, trying to tuck, as they were rather fluffy and its body was quite small. However, I did not wish to lose such a valuable creature, and ordered the wolves to refrain from attacking it.

Unfortunately, the female refused to obey my orders. That is, until it found herself to be floating high above the ground. Whereupon it flailed and yipped with a spark of fear from the unknown grip which was situated around its body. "As I said," my voice rumbled, shaking the air around it, "you are to refrain from attacking such a creature. Understand? If you do not, I am sure Rojaahn and his experiments upon your body will."

Once she was placed upon the ground, the female crawled towards my position with a low and flattened body. Her tail swayed slowly from side to side, as her ears were laid back, and a low whine erupted from her throat. Such a display was humiliating for any other, but seemed to be common for the others of her kind, as they each recognised her as their alpha. However, to her, I was the alpha and what I say is law.

"Integrate it into your pack, but do not kill it simply because you desire it amongst your cadre of puppets. If I find out you had done such a thing, then you will not long be able to walk amongst the living anymore." Noting the skeletal and shade-like wolves, I repeated such a statement towards them as well. This was done so in order to assure the new wolf a place of safety and one it could call home. However, the cleverness within the alpha was concerting towards my person, one that needed to be taken into account, as she would strive to kill and convert any and all animals she finds of interest. This barrier wolf was one of them, but with my eye upon it, such a task was daunting and hardly obtainable, but was not completely impossible.

To this end, I summoned up one of my smaller Dolls, a raven, and ordered it to follow and guard the Barrier Wolf without making its presence known. As I had the inclination this alpha would strive to have the other killed when I was not present. Why she would desire such a thing was simply because after her becoming an Undead Lich, she developed an intelligence many would not believe there. However, I was able to perceive such a thing from our linkage to one another, even if she did her best to hide it.

Yes. She was amongst the more intelligent of my servants, and was probably the most ambitious. As her feral dreams were full of her conquering my person and taking up my mantle as a god. No. I did not have her killed, as she was still unique, useful, and very interesting to my person at that time.

And why should I? If one of you had such an ambition, would I have you killed? No. Instead, I would watch over you more closely in order to see what you were capable of. There are very few who can challenge my person at this point in time, more so with my past self. As the I of such a time was not as powerful as the I of today. Therefore, I needed to watch out for such potential in order to convert them to my side, or kill them off immediately. One such being was this female, of whom was now leading her small pack and the Barrier Wolf away from my presence.

As this occurred, a small cough flowed over my person, bringing back my mind to the real world. Of which still consisted of the rape and torture of others, albeit less so than before, as many had already satiated themselves long ago. Whereas those still left were amongst the lesser variants of my servants.

However, the one who coughed was San'yuu, who simply bowed his scaled head in my direction. He was accompanied by Sia, of whom allowed his person to lean against her own. She did not appear at all comfortable with such an action, but endured for my sake. "You desire to see me, Lord?"

"Yes, San'yuu, I did. It is high time you were sent off to the land's main capitol in order to warn them of my presence." My body leaned back against the throne, whilst Siuun copied my actions upon my lap.

"If I may?" Began Sia, of whom was given permission to speak, "Why would you do such a thing, My Lord God? Why not simply obliterate them and be done with it?"

"And ruin the chance of having the draconic races rule over this land?" A sliver of mockery entered my voice, and was only missed out by my apprentices, "Once we are through with our conquest, and I have claimed this world for my own, there will need to be a populace to be dominant over others. They will also follow my creed and laws, as I shall be the only god for them.

"Besides," my eyes flared a brilliantly emerald as I chuckled with great mirth, "this will make a great experiment as opposed to what we have always done in the past. Not to mention there is still that human 'god' running around upon this land of Azara. Of whom will become a thorn in our sides soon enough."