It's hard to imagine why any sentient being would willingly create an entity as maleficent as Xavian. If a supreme deity had such power, why construct something so destructive? This line of speculation has caused many on Tikor to believe the sinister god originated from something else, from somewhere else.
Xavian, Beneath It All is a collection of Swordsfall lore about the Withering King and his Agents of Chaos. Together they make up the greatest threat to the planet Tikor.
History, however, would change its course in a single tragic day and the horrific night that followed. Mime, the Garuda deity of Wisdom, is assassinated at the hands of an alleged Vinyatian assassin. Mortal hands had never before slain a deity. As tensions between the rival nations of Garuda and Vinyata soared under a long Tikor night, a bloody battle erupted between the two sides. A truce was called once the truth of the news surrounding the assassination was called into question, but not before irreversible damage to both sides was done.
Despite the armistice between bitter enemies, the wounds of that day will forever linger. The world heaves as the one constant, the gods themselves, waver.