Before demons walked among men… before civilizations collapsed into darkness… before the worlds were divided by Hell… there was Radiance.

Creation was once unified under a sacred cosmic force known as the Trifold Radiance—a divine balance of Aura, Life-Force, and Heavenly Radiance that sustained all living things. Humanity, born from the lineage of Adam, carried within them a fragment of this power, a divine imprint meant to connect them to Heaven itself.

But the harmony of creation was shattered when the most brilliant of angels, Lucifer, rebelled against Heaven. Cast down with a third of the heavenly host, the fallen angels descended into the abyss that would become Sheol—Hell—and from their corruption emerged new horrors.

Defying divine order, the fallen angels walked among humanity and fathered monstrous offspring known as the Nephilim. These beings ruled ancient civilizations through violence and fear. When the Nephilim died, their twisted spirits became the first demons, forming the foundation of Hell’s growing armies.

As the corruption spread, reality itself began to fracture. Massive rifts—known as Hellmouths—tore open across the world, linking Earth to other realms and unleashing demonic forces upon countless civilizations.

To resist this darkness, certain humans awakened extraordinary powers drawn from the ancient Radiance within their blood. These warriors became the first defenders of humanity, wielding divine energy to battle demons, seal Hellmouths, and protect the fragile balance of creation.

But the war between Heaven and Hell would not be confined to a single world. Through the gates of Sheol, entire universes became entangled in a cosmic conflict far older and more terrifying than humanity could comprehend.

Amid this ancient struggle emerges a hidden bloodline—one destined to influence the fate of all worlds. At its center lies a paradox tied to a man named John, whose rare mastery of Heavenly Radiance allows him to bend space and time itself. Through an impossible twist of fate, John becomes both ancestor and descendant of a future warrior whose destiny will shake the foundations of Hell.

That warrior is Gussa.

The events of Radiance Before the Fall: The War Before the Worlds reveal the hidden origins of the Radiant bloodlines, the rise of demons and archdemons, and the ancient wars that fractured creation itself. Long before the apocalyptic battles of Shattered Fragments of Radiance and the rise of Gussa in Gussa of Abyssinia: Thorn-Reaped Requiem, the fate of humanity—and countless other worlds—was forged in a war between divine light and cosmic darkness.

And the echoes of that war are still shaping the future.