"Before there were years, there was the war. Before there were worlds, there was the weeping of the Seraphim. And when the war ended — it ended on Earth. Because Earth is the only one that could keep." — Fragment of the Codex Primordialis, recovered in pre-Cataclysm ruins, authorship unknown.
The Theomachy is the oldest cosmogonic event in the universe of Tales of Cross. Prior to historical creation, prior to humanity, prior to the Watchers. It defines why the Seals exist, why Earth is special, why Hell has a frontier with Heaven in human geography.
Founding iceberg-lore. No human character knows the whole story. The Curia knows fragments. Kabbalist-analogues know more. Hermetists assert things. The fallen Watchers remember part of it (they witnessed the end). Lilith may remember almost all of it (she was there before anything).
I. Before the Theomachy — the Great Void
Before everything, the Great Void. Non-time, non-space. The existence only of God + the first angelic hierarchy created.
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