There was no beginning.
The world existed, perfect and unchanging, under the benevolence of the One God, neither creator nor master but guide. All creation existed in peace and harmony with itself, and the stasis was total and complete. Yet in that unchanging world something Happened, and the world fell. Darkness crept into creation, and though the One God could not detect its source, of its presence he was aware, and afraid for those he guided.
And in that time, for then the stasis was ended and time might be said to have begun, there passed a long and slow twilight. The world dimmed; one by one, each pinpoint of the sky went dark. The hearts of men faltered and fell into ruin. Man turrned upon his brother, and in the darkness was born sin and all the evil deeds of man, hidden from the sight of others who might have cast upon it shame. The twilight grew deeper.
And when it seemed that all light might fail, and every speck of the once-bejeweled sky extinguished, the One God came among men. Men had not before had dealings with God, and many cowered and were afraid. Others hid in the darkness, resenting his power and coveting it for their own, and still others, ashamed of their misdeeds but not repentant fled his passing. Only a few men would listen to what the One God would say, and to them he spoke powerfully and overwhelmingly.
To save the world from eternal darkness, men cherish their own goodness and salvage their internal light. For the light of man was tied to the light of the world in a way not even the One God understood, for he was not the creator nor the destroyer but only a being of creation. And the darkness and the fall of men fed upon each other, and had sped creation to its doom. Only men could stop it.
Though perfection could not yet be achieved, the world was saved. Some specks of light remained in heaven, and the One God gathered the fallen stars and made from them new lights that would bathe the world, and these he set before the sky and above the world. Men gathered together their strength and fought the darkness, and some remained virtuous and strong though many had fallen, and some who had fallen rekindled their flame. And so the world is today, and we keep the balance that the world might one day achieve perfection once again.