Chronum

Chronum, also known as Father Time, is a primordial god in The Archaia Chronicles. He is the deity of time, including its creation and natural order. Chronum was also the first living entity to come into existence when he manifested out of the Primeval Void. After the tears of his lover, Myranda, Mother of life, spawned life into existence on Archaia, Chronum vowed to watch over the Protoarchaians by giving them his blessing of time.

To the Archaians, Chronum is worshipped in a more abstract type of way. He is seen more as a force of time rather than a physical apparition (though he does have an anthropomorphic form). In the series, Chronum is very rarely seen, more often cited in various events rather than being physically present. This also attributes to his more conceptual idolization.

Background
Chronum was the first being who came into existence in the Archaia universe. He spawned out of the Primeval Void with the ability to manipulate the raw, discordant time surging rampantly throughout the nothingness.

After Myranda came into existence, Chronum fell in love with her. The two spent the next millions of years together, bringing creation out from the void. However, Chronum could not dispel the increasing loneliness that troubled his wife's heart. When Myranda's tears flooded the empty world and created life, Chronum took it upon himself to watch over her creations so that she was never felt that kind of sadness again.

For thousands of generations, Chronum protected the world and its people, the Protoarchaians. As he grew older, he knew that he would need help in maintaining chronological order. He and Myranda eventually conceived children, which according to Filus, his top advisor, would have powers to govern the natural flow of time. The children were Auroris and Maru.

Now with children able to aid him in maintaining time, Chronum decided to watch over the Protoarchains with less hands-on intervention. Instead, he retired back to the Pantheon, the plane of existence which the Primordials and their servants lived on. He lived prosperously with Myranda in his palace until his eldest son, Maru, betrayed Auroris in the day and night cycle, also cursing Myranda to eternal sleep. A grieving and wrathful Chronum led a massive army against the corrupted night god, eventually sealing him away with the help of his younger son Auroris. Apocalypse was averted, but nothing was going to be the same again.

Because of the loss of both his wife and son, Chronum continued his hands-off ruling on Archaia, entrusting Auroris to be the representative of his will. As a result, the Archaians gradually regarded him as more of a natural, conceptual deity, the manifestation of time itself.