| Category | Lexicon |
| Type | religion lore |
The Primordial Mandate was a universal accord among the Primordial Lords stipulating that Creation must be halted, and all that had been claimed restored as flotsam to the Sea of Entropy.
The primordials sensed the alteration, with the most powerful among them experiencing trepidation. Our actions were not mere randomness and disorder, but rather the manifestation of order, each wondrous creation imbuing Negative Entropy with lasting permanence.
Prime Architect, inscription within the Primus Hexaconta - "Harmony Emerging from Disorder"
The Black Hold was built to hold excess soul energy stolen by Maen Grirngrim and his minions. For Maen Grirngrim, he considered it a repurposing of energy, crushing one's soul to serve the Creation-Undoing goal of the Primordial Mandate and using the captured energy to delve deeper into his necromancy and the workings of the energy types. This work at The Black Hold led to the combining of soul energy and unholy energy, and eventually they created perhaps the most pernicious energy of them all, Necrotic Energy.
When the conflict with the demons has concluded, we will need to purify this sacrilegious location.
Bahamut, from a Scroll of Dawn - "The Black Hold"