Just as Caine prepared to move forward with his plan, a sudden thought struck him, halting him in place. Waves of enlightenment washed over him, submerging his entire being.
From the presence of the first God, light came. From the fury of the first Dragon, fire burned. From the breath of the first Gryphon, storms raged. From the hiss of the first Serpent, sin proliferated. And from the cry of the first Phoenix, life and death bloomed.
Beast Progenitors were not merely embodiments of the elements or affinities, at least not in the way most beings comprehended them. No, Beast Progenitors were the creators—the originators—of these elements themselves.
Dragons were not born from fire; they birthed it. Dragons existed long before fire. Beast Progenitors were progenitors in the most literal sense.