[u]Genealogy Thalassic[/u]

When the first ocean came to be, there too was the Obscurium. When the seas dry out, the Obscurium shall fade to nothing. The concept of the ocean is essential to the existence of the Obscurium. To know the origin of the Obscurium, one must head back to the first ocean. Upon a silent moon, the waters themselves had formed a deity. The primordial deity of the sea came to call herself Mare. Mare grew lonesome, having nothing but her own expanse as company. She would come to weep. Her tears would reshape the tides into three other deities. The first was simply known as the Librarian. The next was Mori, The Torturer. Finally there was Mamon, The Duke. These deities came to be known as the Aspects of the Seas.

Later, the three had children with various mortals. Many of these children became the creatures of the Obscurium that we see today. Such creatures are what make the Obscurium such a menacing land. The rest of these children became a pantheon of demigods. The pantheon included the likes of Dr. Sue, Ouroboros, and The Captain. Each of these a child of belonging to an aspect of the sea. Following the tradition, they each have their own titles by which they are known: Dr. Sue was known as The Archivist, being of the Librarian; Ouroboros earned the title as The Faded, child of Mori; and The Captain kept true to the tradition entirely. 

These three had earned a reputation to them, being regarded as the Banes of a Sailor. Although the three of them were formidable, the Captain made himself the most notorious of the lot. He would win the hearts of mortal men, and for their service, protect against any beasts that escaped the Obscurium. One of these beasts was that of the Leviathan, which he sent home with the rune of Mamom carved into its skin.

After knowing all this, one would come to feel that a promise has been violated. The Obscuirum’s origins were promised, but all that was presented was a family tree. It is important to know what that tree represents, however. Each part of the tree is rooted at the theme of the ocean. In much the same sense, the Obscurium is derived from the idea of the sea.