Dawn at Twelve

Century System, a fully immersive program that controls countless worlds. Created by the Divine Court Council, who call themselves the Pioneers, it was designed to control the conversion of matter and energy throughout the universe. The man known as the Heavenly Father was the least sociable member of the Council, but he held more System permissions and classified information than anyone else. The Heavenly Father created twelve Maintainers to help him repair and optimize the Century System. The last Maintainer to be born was unlike his older brothers and sisters: he was named only by his number, apparently to avoid some kind of System mechanism. When the Imaginary Number Space invaded the world of phenomena, it exposed the Century System's flaws. Vast quantities of erroneous information overwrote huge amounts of data in the Fate Modules, plunging the world into chaos. The Heavenly Father was assassinated in the System Hall, and the eldest son, Prometheus, was tasked with commanding the twelve Maintainers. Most of the Maintainers were sent to the Imaginary Number Space to quell the chaos. Eventually, even the eldest was corrupted by its chaotic energy and driven mad, until the Twelve sealed him away in the First Universe. The Twelve carried out a purge of the Divine Court Council, rooting out traitors and trying to repair the maddened world on their own. They forcibly evolved the System into a new form.