Long ago, before the TVA existed, there lived a scientist named Nathaniel Richards on Earth in the thirty-first century.
He discovered that beyond the world he lived in, there were Parallel Universes.
At the same time, his variants—those variants of his living in different Parallel Universes—realized it as well.
Naturally, they began communicating. For a long time, they exercised restraint and lived in peace.
But that peaceful coexistence was really nothing more than self-indulgence.
They shared knowledge and technology, learning from one another across the universes. But not every version of the scientist had such simple intentions.
For some, the only meaning of a new world was a new target for conquest.
Peace eventually became an illusion, and all-out war erupted. Every variant fought for the survival of his own universe while destroying the others.
The multiversal war entangled nearly everything. Most people were dragged into it without even knowing.
Then, the original variant discovered a creature, one formed from the grief of reality itself, capable of devouring time and space.
That creature was Alioth.
The original variant killed one version of himself after another, destroyed one universe after another, and eventually...
The One Who Remains told the story of the past. When he mentioned Alioth, something seemed to come to mind. He put away his earlier mockery and ridicule, gritted his teeth, and said:
"I harnessed the power of that beast and began experimenting on it. I... turned it into a weapon!
Then I! I ended the multiversal war!"
The two Lokis merely listened quietly, their thoughts churning.
"After I sorted out our Timeline, all I had to do was manage the flow of time and prevent any other branches from appearing. That was why the TVA came to be!"
The One Who Remains grew increasingly excited, even jumping