Before there was anything there was Niks, the great Nothing that choked all that ever could be. Formless, shapeless, Niks remained unmoving and unchanged for eons until Tau willed himself into existence, pushing Niks back as he grew until he rivalled the size of the deep emptiness. They struggled together until Tau mustered all of his strength and roared, a great thunderous roar that sent Niks hurtling far far out of sight.

Tau had won his first battle to exist, but he was not yet satisfied. With Niks gone there was room for much more, but nothing else had yet been created. Tau set to work to fill the void that the Nothing had left. He stripped himself of half of his pelt and laid it down to create the earth, bunching it in places to make hills and valleys. His blood and sweat formed the rivers and lakes and seas, and from his eyes he made the sun and moon, which he hung in a sky made from his skull. Tau needed none of these things, as he would always be able to form a new body as long as his heart remained in tact.

The void was looking much better now that it was filled, but Tau sought more. He took his teeth and cast them across the land to become towering mountains, the largest of which sits in the centre of Solui. One tooth fell and became Zola, and another became Kasim, the first two to walk Solui. Wherever Zola walked grass and flowers burst to life beneath her paws, and where she slept large trees grew. Kasim followed after his sister, bringing with him his gift of fire and lightning, both of which sprung from his mane. When the twins played together they upturned dirt and scratched fur from each other, and all other animals were made from this.

Tau loved his children, but neither of them could ever agree on what to do. Zola always wanted to do something Kasim hated, and Kasim always wanted to do something Zola hated. Very quickly their joyful tussling turned to frustrated battles, and their blood soaked the land beneath them, creating the marshes. Finally Tau had had enough. From his bones he carved his third child, Aren, and sent him on his way; but he was thrown too hard, and cracked his eyes upon impact. His arrival shocked the twins so much that they broke apart to investigate. Aren was calm and wise and persuasive, and won over both of his older siblings with his soothing smile; whatever he decided to do, the twins happily agreed to follow.

Amare was born next, from one of Tau's whiskers. The whisker was too short and thin to make her strong like her siblings, and she fell to Solui weak and missing her tongue. Aren spoke solemnly of her imminent death, and Tau weeped for her, birthing Kendi. However the creature of Niks that was foretold to kill her found itself pitying the silent woman and instead became her tongue, helping her grow and gain strength.

For millennia Solui was a paradise, tended to by the six children and watched over by Tau. Unfortunately this was not to last. Aren rushed to Tau and warned him of Niks' return, and that the Nothing was spiteful and sought to swallow everything once again. Tau became nervous. In creating Solui and his children, he had sacrificed much of his power and wasn't sure if he would be able to fend Niks off, but he was determined. He took his place before the world he had created and waited, braced and ready, until finally he saw Niks approaching, speeding towards him in its shapeless shape. The sound of them clashing was that of the sky ripping apart.

The battle waged for a hundred years, with Tau gradually losing strength. In a final effort to cast the darkness away, Tau shattered his heart, and it burst into thousands and thousands of bright shards that shredded Niks into nothing more than a fraction of itself, barely the size of a beetle. Some shards fell to Solui, where they sprang to life as the first lions.

Exhausted from his fight and without all but the core of his heart, Tau withdrew beneath the lands of Solui to rest. With his last waking breath he formed Imani, who was to ensure the world and its new inhabitants endured while he slept and assist Zola in healing his heart.

Aren took over Tau's mantle as guardian of Solui and commander of his siblings, sharing with them a grave vision of the future. Niks will return even stronger than it once was, and Tau will rise from Solui to take part in the final battle that will end them both, referred to as the Titan War. They hope that by tending to Solui and watching over their father, they can hasten his revival and save him from demise.