Maraude was born into a well off family in a small town.  He grew up to believe that the world should be controlled and be what he wanted it to be.  After discovering in school that people wouldn't just do as he said and getting into fights about it, he left home to change that.  He rose to power in conniving ways to achieve his goal, gaining wealth, and some power.  Wanting more, he raised an army and set about conquering everything in order to bring it to his will.  Maraude was mercilous, killing billions and destroying the world's resources to achieve his goals.  There was resistance.  The people of the world rose to fight back, but one by one they all were conquered and destroyed.  Maurade burned all of the land and cities until there was nothing left. 

 

When Maurade claimed his final victory he stood and looked back at all that he had conquered.  All he saw was a desolate wasteland, still smouldering from his army's destructive path, with nothing left to live on.   Realizing this, Maraude's army turned on each other for survival, while Maraude fled.  The army perished at its own hands and Maraude took his own life, dying at the hands of his own ignorance. 

 

All went into chaos for a time, but through it all the planet itself survived.  The rains came again and washed the land clean.  From the depths of the ocean came a cocoon with a long teather and it washed on to the land.  After all of the destruction, the life force of the mycellium still continued.  The mycellium devoured the outer layers of the cocoon, revealing a giant seed.  It spread from the cocoon and slowly covered all of the land of the earth.  It nourished the soils, providing nutrients for plants to grow from.