Neverborn (Exalted)
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The Neverborn are characters unique to the world of Exalted and are among the most powerful beings in both First Edition and Second Edition for Exalted.
[edit] Overview
In the beginning, there was nothing but chaos and the Primordials, from whom all Creation sprang. They created the world and all things in it. When they had created everything that they had intended to create of the natural world, they created the Incarna and hosts of lesser spirits to serve them and maintain Creation while they played their Games of Divinity. Chief among the Incarna that was created was the Unconquered Sun. After a time, the gods grew discontent with their servitude and they rose up against the Primordials to take their place and play the Games of Divinity for themselves. Unfortunately, the gods could not lift a hand against the Primordials, and so the Unconquered Sun said to the rest of the gods, "Let us take men and give them the favor of the gods and use them as our champions against the Primordials, that we might overthrow them and play for ourselves the Games of Divinity." The other gods agreed and so the Unconquered Sun, along with Luna, the Five Maidens and the Five Elemental Dragons created heroes to fight against the Primordials, those touched by the Unconquered Sun being chief among them.
During the Primordial War, some of the Primordials were slain by the Exalted, and with their last breaths, they placed the Great Curse upon the Exalted, which lead to the ending of the First Age. Those Primordials that were slain are now known as the Neverborn. The Primordials who surrendered were made to swear oaths on their own names and were banished into the body of one of their brothers, Malfeas. These Primordials are not permitted to enter Creation any longer, but they seek to escape their prison and take revenge upon the gods and their Exalted servitors. These Primordials are known as the Yozis.
What were once Primordials, the Neverborn are the source of the Underworld. Because their Essence was too great to be recycled back into Creation like other creatures', when the Solar_Exalted slew some of the Primordials in the Primordial War the Underworld came into being; and at the heart of it lies the palace tombs of the sleeping Neverborn. The Neverborn are the patrons of the Deathlords and seek to extinguish all existence, seeing this as the only way to bring their torturous unlives to an end.
[edit] Known Neverborn
- He Who Holds in Thrall is one of the patrons of the Deathlord First and Forsaken Lion.
- Malhavosh, Father of Snakes and Lord of Murder is a sort of proto-Neverborn, described in the Trilogy of the First Age series of novels.
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