Deep within the Trench of Eternal Silence, the water was entirely black and frozen at absolute zero. This was the domain of Thalassa, the Goddess of the Abyssal Tides.
She rested upon a throne made from the bleached ribs of a primordial leviathan. Her body was a fluid masterpiece of dark water and glowing bioluminescence. For the past three cosmic cycles, she had been meditating, slowly expanding her influence across the frozen oceans of a billion mortal worlds.
Suddenly, the ambient temperature of her entire oceanic dimension plummeted even further.
Thalassa opened her eyes. Her pupils were terrifying, pitch black pearls. The fundamental cosmic leylines had just shifted in a very violent manner. The searing, arrogant heat that usually radiated from the Volcanic Pavilion was completely gone. Ignis, the God of Searing Flame, had been erased from the grand tapestry of the universe.
