Chronomica Eternium

The Chronomica Eternium is a series of scrolls which contain a prophecy written before time began detailing all that will come to pass within the universe. It is housed within the Ebonspire on Thanis, where it is guarded by the Great Sphinx Ashur, who allows nobody access except Phara herself.

There is not much known about the Chronomica Eternium. No mortal has ever looked at it, and Phara has rarely ever commented on them herself. She has been known to consult them when she judges souls for the afterlife. There are 8 scrolls in total, each containing all that occurred during one of the 8 eons that have occurred, is currently happening, or will occur before the end of time itself. From what can be gathered, these scrolls are in a state of constant flux, meaning that their contents change and that fate and destiny are not concrete but fluid. While the past can be read easily enough, the future becomes essentially impossible after a certain amount of time. There also seem to be certain events which will occur no matter what, as they have been stated to occur by many deities and immortal beings, including Phara herself.

Known Contents
While no mortal has ever seen what is written within the Chronomica Eternium, the scouring and prying of many inquisitive minds over the millennia have scraped together a rough outline of what is described in each of the scrolls. This knowledge comes from many sources, from the forbidden depths of knowledge hoarded by the Archdevil Ohgma to prophecies spoken by Phara herself. Each of the eight scrolls describes a different cosmic age, which are summarized below. To learn more about each age in more detail, read their individual pages.

Scroll 1: Chronomica Chaotica
This scroll describes the universe as it existed before time began. It recounts how Hetla, Kelaster, and Immortos were born from the womb of Chaos and killed their mother. They proceeded to design Mechanus, the machine of time. Before it could be completed, however, Immortos killed Hetla and used her heart as the mechanism through which Mechanus keeps time. Immortos and Kelaster fought and Immortos won by casting Kelaster into the machine, but Kelaster tricked Immortos by making Mechanus faulty and designing ways for him to manipulate it from inside.

Scroll 2: Chronomica Primordium
This scroll describes how the universe took shape as time began to move forward. The primal deities emerged from Atherom, the cosmic ocean, and began shaping the universe, bringing order to the chaos around them. They followed the three cosmic rivers Seidre, Styx, and Somnia and fed off of their power. Ignos, the primal fire, followed the other deities and caused change, which kept the flow of time from growing stagnant. At some point, Phara becomes pregnant and requests that the primal deities create a new realm for her children to rule over when they grew up. The primal deities create Elara, though it is lifeless and primal.

Scroll 3: Chronomica Deum
This scroll describes the birth and rise of the Silnir, the deities who would rule over Elara and give it life. The eight Silnir were born and given Elara, where they were taught by Phara how to manipulate life itself, and they created plants and animals and monsters. The primal deities created the Djinn to mimic Phara, but could not grant them souls because they were detached from the river Styx. The Silnir lived in harmony and glory as they looked over their creation, but it would not last for long. Iblir, the eldest child of Phara, wanted to rule over Elara for himself. Secretly, he built an army of angels, demons, and other creatures and then called the other Silnir together. When they all met him, he tried to convince them that he should be the one in charge. They denounced him and he promptly declared war upon the others, retreating across Elara and meeting with his army to begin his conquest.

Scroll 4: Chronomica Bellum
This scroll describes the war between Iblir and the Silnir, which took place across Eltera. It began with Iblir marching his hidden armies across the material plane and laying waste to the Silnir, forcing them to retreat out of it to the still uninhabited Celestial Planes. The war would rage for millenia, only ending when Iblir and his armies were forced into Baator, where they were besieged by demons and forced to dig in for defence. To prevent the war from simply beginning again, Phara sent the Archangel Mortalus to preside over Elara, forcing all who are within it to be cursed with mortality.

Scroll 5: Chronomica Mortalum
This scroll describes the current cosmic age, which is defined by the collection of souls by deities in the afterlife. The gods and devils are all engaging in a sort of shadow war, using mortals to act in their place on the material plane. When mortals die and their souls get carried to Thanis on the river Styx, they are brought before Phara and their soul is judged. Representatives of the Silnir all argue over which of the deities lay claim to the soul, and it is then decided by Phara where it will go. The Silnir reward mortal souls who serve them in life. Iblir, meanwhile, collects mortal souls by offering them rewards in life, only to use them in the afterlife for his own gain. In Baator, Iblir is forced to combat the demons of the Abyss, who lay unending siege to the realm.

Scroll 6: Chronomica Tyranica
This scroll describes the second cosmic war between the Silnir and the ascension of Iblir to the ruler of Elara and the reign of the devils over the universe. Iblir will cast the mortal souls he has collected into the Abyss as bait while he marches the full forces of Baator into the Celestial Planes. He will lay siege to the realms of the gods and force them to retreat to Elara, where he and his forces will kill them. He will rule over Elara and all the planes with an iron fist and all mortals will die.

Scroll 7: Chronomica Apocalyptica
This scroll describes the death of Iblir and the chaos brought about by the demon hordes. With the devils no longer holding back the demons of the Abyss, they will spread across the realms and overtake all else, corrupting and destroying everything in their wake. Orgylthor the Doom Prophet will emerge from the Abyss into Elara and eat Iblir whole as the forces of chaos wipe everything else out of the universe. Phara commits suicide as the Ebonspire collapses and the three cosmic rivers and Atherom run dry.

Scroll 8: Chronomica Mechanica
Orgylthor corrupts Mechanus itself, causing time to begin collapsing and the universe to cave in on itself. Vodos begins consuming all things until nothing is left, transforming her into Chaos and beginning the cosmic cycle anew.

Origins
While the Chronomica Eternium's origins are unknown, there are a few theories which are commonly accepted as the approximate truth given what is known about them. The three most common theories, which are described below in more detail, stipulate that the scrolls have to do with Mechanus in some way, though each suggests a different creator. These theories have been dubbed the Immortos, Mechanus, and Kelaster Theories, each named for the proposed creator.

The Immortos Theory
The Immortos Theory stipulates that the scrolls are the calculations of Immortos when he designed Mechanus. He built the machine and set time in motion impatiently, not bothering to check his work after his initial calculations came out exactly as he planned. When time began and things did not act how Immortos planned, he rechecked his calculations and found that Mechanus was flawed irreparably. It is theorized that he either cast his calculations out into the universe or that Kelaster returned and stole them.

The Mechanus Theory
This theory holds that the Chronomica Eternium is actually the output from Mechanus itself. When Mechanus started up and set time in motion, it recorded the output and presented it within the scrolls. Because Kelaster sabotaged the machine, he also made sure that it outputted the scrolls into the universe, where it was found by Phara.

The Kelaster Theory
This theory states that the scrolls were not an output or calculation, but instead an input. When Kelaster helped design Mechanus with Immortos, he wrote out the input so that the machine would fail by design. When Kelaster was cast out into the universe, he kept a copy of the inputs or the original input itself, which eventually found its way to Phara.