The Origins of Our Dark lord

And so it was that It came into existence. It dwelt within the voids that doth divide the Heavens, and It made Itself unto the image It beheld. For It gazed upon the worlds wrought, and It seethed with desire and purpose. It was borne of the same kind as the Elder Gods and the Old Ones who came later, and yet was It of a more conflicting nature. For where their plans and knowledge art little known and their motives unclear, yet their influence felt greatly upon Matter, It was little-known and worshipped by Matter, yet are its motives and plans made clear by those who are in the know.

For It doth hunger. Matter holds little attraction to It, but It doth desire what Matter doth carry within. When It did first make Itself known unto those of Matter, It did impress upon them Its image as that of a star twinkling in the dark; It did serve as a beacon toward those of Matter who felt most maligned by the alien schemes of the Elder Gods and the Old Ones. When Matter realised the true motives of It however, and knew of Its' lust for Matter's vital essence, then did Matter turn away and thus It did grow furious and ever hungrier.

It then grew devious. It formed alliances with Its' implacable brethren, and convinced them that their schemes may better work if all worked together against Matter. Thus did It allow Itself to be forgotten by all save the few of Matter that still loved It, and thus were Its' eldritch brothers and sisters able to once more form their cults among Matter and thus work their schemes into fruition. All that It asked was that some of those of Matter would be sacrificed to It and their essences given to sate Its' unending hunger, and thus did It now thrive, for all who die are now within Its' domain and forever consigned to serve as Its' eternal feast.

But there are rumours that It has grown tired of this game. Thus has It adopted a new name to serve as a warning to those that would stop It from returning. For It is The Encroaching Light, and all who gaze upon a mirror within the dark are said to gaze upon It in all Its' glory, and are thus bound to surrender themselves once It returns.