Foreword
I was asked by my best friend to write down an account of my journey in this Universe . He felt it would be an important document for generations to come and perhaps widen their horizon.
At first, I objected to the idea because those who know about me consider me a God, and others think of me as a Demon . Whatever I write or say could become the basis of yet another religion and if the Universe had one thing enough it was religions.
However, most of you will dismiss all this as a tall tale as it is the nature of man. What will remain of this tale and those who read it in 10,000 or a million years?
So the idea grew on me and so I returned to the Old Burg one last time to put down this tale because during my journey through this Universe and this time I have met a host of beings and individuals.
Some became friends and some became much more, were the word friend simply isn't enough to describe the bond that is shared.
Some of these individuals became enemies and others simply played their part. It is to their memory I decided to dedicate this story.
While the true story of it all begun before time existed, for the purpose of this tale it began just a little while ago on a planet called Nilfeheim , where I was born as Eric Olafson , son ofIsegrim Olafson and Ilva Ragnarsson atGal-Date 0107-9999.91 , but staying with the ancient, traditional Terran way of keeping dates it was October 7th,4999 .
And soon this story and my part in it is ending in the year5502 .
Even after 500 years, my existence does not draw to an end, but that part of my journey, the part my friends wanted me to share has come to an end.
I am getting ahead of myself and if you find it entertaining enough to follow my tale to the end I will tell you how and why I will visit Narth Prime, where I go from there and what I have planned for my next journey.
As I said my human life and my journey began about 500 years ago in a very cold water world called Nilfeheim.
Thanks to my growing omnipresence I am able to recall the details and so I decided to tell you this story from my perspective, even if I borrow the voices of others occasionally.
Truly yours
The Dark One
(Formerly known as E. Olafson, Admiral Ret. USotG Navy)