THE GODS OF WAR

CHAIN OF REVOLTS.

I can not have this, oh no, I am one of the old gods. one of the very oldest. a true GOD.

I cannot allow myself to be offered up like a burnt offering to a younger god.

even if my ego will not mind it, the council will not have it.

in all honesty, what council?

the very council of gods that constitute of much lesser entities.

and why I was treated like scum, I do not blame anyone but myself .

I suppose I shall have to tell,

how it all came to be.

IN THE BEGINING OF TIME....

The supreme being began the GREAT GAME.

IT decided within ITSELF to make worlds and populate them with beings of various kinds and make.

IT made some, lords over others.

IT called the lords NOBLES and allowed them the rare privilege of entering IT'S plane of existence.

IT gave the nobles special privileges to precide over the other beings, IT allowed them to draw judgements over others, IT made them representatives of their kinds, taking issues from various dimensions to IT, to be addressed.

for thousands of years the NOBLES ran the affairs of other beings, till IT decided to spice things up and introduce a new kind of being. IT said they were to be called HUMANS. these so called HUMANS were exactly like IT in all areas save in might and power.

we the nobles were infuriated by this, or should I rather say, we were extremely jealous.

this jealousy ignited a revolt in one of the NOBLES of fire and brim.

and he formed the COUNCIL OF NOBLES.

I was a record keeping NOBLE with no special power other than the great intelligence IT bestowed on me.

for my intelligence, I was rewarded a seat on the COUNCIL as it's adviser and reprimand.

AND SO IT BEGAN....

we appealed to IT against IT creation and for the first time, IT gave a long and resounding lecture that lasted a century, about why IT needed -this creation, these HUMANS to be nearly like IT .

TO my utmost surprise, i was the only one who saw and heard all of this. I realized that moment that IT had blessed me with the gift of FORESIGHT.

Initially I chaired our course, but having seen a 100 years ahead, I dropped out on my comrades, without an explanation of course, because if I had explained, the other nobles would have seen it as favouritism.

And as I foresaw, I was scorned and labelled a traitor - which is much better than being accused of being IT'S favourite.

I stalled most of the council's plans and won a lot of death challenge from other nobles, and like I foresaw, my fame dwindled and my name reduced to mere whispers.

it wasn't so difficult at first....

In fact, it was thrilling .

You see, I knew the outcome of each battle before it even began, and even if the opponent deemed himself a smart improviser, the moment he deviates from his original plans, a new path of victory opens up to me too.

Effortlessly I could make t**t any effort and make mockery of all and any hardwork.

A few centuries later, he who chaired the council approached me, after having dedicated his time to finding out why an highly intelligent noble like myself would betray my founding principles .

He deduced that I must have done what I did to avert a more disastrous end for all the nobles.

*in reality, I hadn't averted anything, I only managed to delay the inevitable - for once the SUPREME BEING sets IT heart on a thing, we all become nothing but subjects to IT will.*

Impressed by his wisdom and diligence, I went on to tell him to trust in THE SUPREME BEING, IT must've had a reason for making these HUMANS.

He trusted in me, and together, away from all other nobles, we studied and observed the relationship between the supreme being and all the HUMANS.

Centuries after our first revolt, a lot of older nobles and gullible beings - against the wish of him who chaired the council, invaded the domain of the HUMANS. they were wiped out; by IT'S ELITES - in their entirety. from the crowns of their heads to the soles of their feet, never to be seen again.

this insurbodination lead IT to create newer nobles who were now subjected to the will of he who chaired the council .

These new nobles and younger beings, as was the custom, in a bid to make it into the council challenged each other to the DUEL GAMES.

ALL of the invitations that came my way, I turned down.

not for lack of power or tact, rather from the lack of INTEREST. since I could already predict the end from the beginning.

I did manage to stay on the council!

Subsequently, I began to lose my original title as the noble of intelligence. and in time, I became the NOBLE OF SLOTH.

For I began to lose my will to do ANYTHING!!

My tales turned, I was then viewed as the noble who bailed on a course because he was LAZY . I became deeply hated by beings who never knew who I was, they swallowed modified stories of me like hungry wolves devoured innocent sheeps.

in all honesty, I definitely was not innocent, for there were elements of truths in their fabricated stories.

And although the chaired being, the COUNCIL MASTER, dispelled most of such stories, I personally accepted the name as it best helped me masked my true INTENTIONS.