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Prologue

Note contains spoilers from previous seasons and tales

This follows on from Tales From and Around the Mystical Realms Volume Three

As humans looked out into their universe, some saw that the universe appeared to be expanding, but was this real?

Then along came Edwin Hubble

Edwin discovered the existence of other galaxies besides our own galaxy which we call the Milky Way. He also discovered that the degree of redshift observed in light coming from a galaxy increased in proportion to the distance of that galaxy from our galaxy. This became known as Hubble's law.

This discovery was the first observational support for theory of the origin of the universe known as the “Big Bang Theory”, which had been proposed by Georges Lemaître in 1927.

The astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle hated this theory about the origin of our universe, as it stated that the universe had a beginning unlike his Steady State Model which said the universe had always existed. In fact it was Sir Fred Hoyle who invented the term “Big Bang”, in a derogatory sense, on a radio programme in 1949.

As more observations came in over time, it was confirmed. We live in an expanding universe. This how ever prompted the question, if you wound this back what would you have?

Some said that the universe came from what they called a singularity right at the beginning of time. But some asked what if you went back further before this “Big Bang”?

Many astrophysicists and cosmologists pondered this question of anything coming before the “Big Bang” and most said the question was a nonsense question. How could you have time before the beginning of time?

Some were not so ready to dismiss this question and proposed an “oscillating” model with “Big Bangs” going on before

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Later observations would show, even with the alleged Dark Matter, there was not enough matter in the universe to cause it to collapse again. So maybe the Oscillating Universe model was false.

However all this speculation effectively stopped when Earth fell to the power of a troll from the tribe of the long thought extinct Ghetto clan on the world of the Mystical Realms. For so bloody and so total was her victory they pondered questions like “how may we not incur any more of her wrath?” or “How can we serve our new over lords”, the drow under their leader, Consort Vabalavich. It was these dark elves known as the drow who governed the Earth on behalf of this troll who had conquered the humans.

The troll who had vanquished all the governments of Earth, including the once mighty super powers was Brameana. After her victory over the humans she called herself “The Lady High Troll” and claimed to be the legitimate daughter of the former tyrant, the “Lord Low Troll.”

Brameana’s victory over Earth was achieved using stolen nuclear weapons from the Russians and dark magic that could replicate as many as she needed, provided by her drow lover, Consort Vabalavich. Also to assist her in victory was the former deputy clan chief of the troll Clan of the Manjura who had usurped his own clan chief and given to Brameana the use of all the dimension jump orbs she needed to deliver these deadly nuclear weapons to Earth.

But it was not only Earth she conquered, for with her victory complete over the humans, by an ancient troll law the trolls were forced to swear total allegiance to her, and they governed the world of the Mystical Realms.

Her reign over both worlds was brutal and severe, and she claimed that she had avenged her father’s humiliation and death and taken what was rightfully hers.

For the humans with the Lady High Troll in power, if there was the slightest danger of displease her imperial majesty and bringing yet more nuclear attacks, what was the point in pondering if anything came before the beginning of time? The survival of the human race and life on Earth was at stake, for it was pointed out to them, her victory over Earth would still be assured if she wiped every living thing from the planet. Humans only continued to live at her discretion, advised by her drow consort.

And anyway, as some of the cosmologists and astrophysicists had argued before, how could there be anything from before the beginning of time…