𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬

 are the eldest beings of the Grand Song, entities born from the first vibrations that split the Hush. They are not gods in the mortal sense nor spirits shaped by belief but the original chords of existence itself. Each Prichordial oversees a plane, or in rare cases such as Hallenmyr, multiple; their essence is inseparable from the timbre they govern.

Unlike deities, who are shaped by faith and will, the Prichordials are self-sustaining. They do not require worship, and they rarely clothe themselves in forms mortals can easily comprehend, save for Hallenmyr who created the physical template of life and sacrificed their self to birth the material realms known as the three echoes. They represent the unyielding symmetry of Order, the sundering fire of Dissonance, the ceaseless turning of Flux, and even the silent unmaking of Void.

Though often mistaken for gods, the Prichordials are more ancient and more remote. They do not bargain or scheme like lesser divine do; their will is absolute, expressed through angelic, demonic, or entropic hosts. To mortals, their presence is less an encounter with a person than with a law of nature itself, inescapable, unyielding, and infinite. Perhaps however, they could be swayed some way, but nobody knows how.