THE
POWERS THAT BE
When Eru The One, spoke all creation—the multiverse—into
existence, He placed one of The Powers That Be over each individual
universe. This member of the Upper Echelons, in responsible
for the enforcement, upkeep
and continual maintenane of all laws fashioned by Eru. The only ones
above The Powers That Be, other than Eru, is the Control Character and
the Autoexec. Below The Powers That Be is the host of Implementors.
Each of one of The Powers That Be are believed to have had an active
hand in the
creation of
the particular one to which he is assigned.
In the early
years
of creation, many Implementors left their heavenly homes and had
intercourse with any humans that they beheld as lovely, thus producing
hideous half-human, half-implementors monstrosities. These oddities
wrecked so much havoc upon Zork that the Control Character was
instructed to cause worldwide devastation upon the surface of the
planet in order to destroy not only all of these aliens, but to
eliminate all of the wicked mortals save a couple of each race. Once
the disaster had passed, all of the rebellious Implementors were
punished, along with their offspring. But these half-implementor beasts
had only their bodies destroy, while their disembodied spirits were
free to roam. Bearing extreme hatred for the one who had done this to
them, they went around deceiving the replenishing population all over
Zork by naming themselves ‘Gods’ and claiming to have ultimate power.
These
evil supernatural beings collected together to rally against those
above. In order to govern and prevent this tremendous population from
corrupting all of creation, the Autoexec and The Powers That Be decided
to delete them all. Belegur petitioned the Control Character not to
destroy the full number of the spirits, saying, “Let some of them
remain under my control, and let them attend to my voice. For if some
of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of
my will over those wicked men that have given themselves over to
iniquity. Let these be for corruption and leading astray.”
And
the Control Character, acting in accordance with the will of Eru,
granted a tenth of these spirits to Belegur, and letting the other nine
parts descend into the place of condemnation. In order to prevent these
spirits from destroying Zork prematurely, the Autoexec and The Powers
That Be formed for them an organization known as the Supernatural and
Fantastic Wayfarers Association.
From
then on, The Powers That Be frequently was responsible for the
issuing of pamphlets and other literature to the Association, ranging
from guidebooks to Hades, to the Tortle, to fire safety procedures for
hotels.