WHEN OUR CIVILIZATION WAS READY, WE BEGAN COMMUNION WITH THE GREAT ONE.
IT GUIDED US TOWARD THE ULTIMATE VIRTUE, THE PROTECTION OF THE CRADLE.
THE AGE OF CULTIVATION HAD BEGUN, AND WITH ITS WISDOM WE PROSPERED.
BUT THE ULTIMATE THREAT TO CRADLE SOON CAME.
THE FINAL PLAGUE SOUGHT CRADLE, AND THE GREAT ONE WAS FORCED TO GIVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
The Cultivator was the godlike entity that was worshipped by the Ancients, said to have ended the Ancient War by sealing the Ruin 300,000 years ago and sacrificing itself in the process. Archaeologists debate whether the Cultivator was real or simply a figure of religion that the Ancients wrote myths and stories about, but its significance in Ancient history and religion is clear.
In Ancient statues and murals, the Cultivator is typically depicted as an astronomically large bipedal humanoid with a visor-like face. In Ancient art, the Cultivator is depicted as a force of balance and order, whereas the Ruin is depicted as a force of chaos and destruction.