SSD Elemental Eclipse ❀ Riders of Tenebris

❀❀❀ (0:01) Once, the world flowed in perfect harmony. A pattern without beginning or end. Four elements — different in nature, yet connected together — formed an eternal cycle... (1:26) The First Element — Water. It begins as a whisper. A single drop slides from a stone. It gathers strength with every passing second. A current forms, then a force, impossible to restrain. It carves the earth. Reshapes the land. It creates paths that did not exist before. Sometimes it slows, drifting in silence, untouched by time itself. Yet it never stops moving forward. Even divided, water finds its way back — always seeking unity and wholeness. As Water finds its place, Air arrives. (2:18) The Second Element — Air. A breath moves through the world — quiet, weightless, nearly unnoticed. Invisible, yet unstoppable. It races by at immeasurable speed: gentle one moment, devastating the next. It twists into spirals, conjures storms, and lifts the immovable. Still, it gives life. Each breath, filled with air, carries whispers that sustain all existence. Unseen, but always present. (3:02) The Third Element — Fire. It sparks without warning — a glimmer, barely alive. But it grows. With every breath it feeds, stretching higher, hungrier, impossible to ignore. It dances wildly, consuming everything, leaving only embers. Yet within destruction, it transforms. From ashes, something new rises. It doesn't just end things — it changes them. (4:04) The Fourth Element — Earth emerges next. It begins as fragments, grains scattered without form. Slowly, they gather. Layer upon layer, pressure shapes them into something solid, something whole. It rises — edges sharp, lines defined, order within stillness. It does not rush, yet never rests. It shifts beneath the surface, unseen and patient. Over time, it becomes everything — the ground that holds, the structure that remains, the silence that endures. (5:00) At the heart of this balance, hidden beyond reach, lay the Fifth Element. Guarded by the gods of the four, it stayed untouched. For ages, they stood watch, repelling every attempt to reach it. None could break through. None could claim it. But the struggle did not end. It grew stronger. More desperate. More violent. (5:19) Until, for a single moment, the guardians faltered — too slow, too late. The center was reached. And within it… nothing. Not power. Not creation. Not life. (5:25) Nothingness. Like the opening of a forbidden gate, it spread instantly. It devoured light. Swallowed form. Erased all that ever was. The elements vanished. The cycle shattered. Unity ceased to exist. (5:39) Only darkness remained. And it will remain forever. ❀ 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚: riders.of.tenebris ˚₊ ‧ 𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦: ambernulchii & acidcrpsse.