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Millions of years ago, the modern branches of Humanity evolved, the Alterans, lived in a distant unknown galaxy.

Ori Schism
Roughly around 850,000 B.C.E., a philosophical division emerged among the Alterans, dividing them into two factions: the Ancients (still calling themselves the Alterans), who came to rely more heavily on science and rationality, and the Ori, who continued to become more and more fervent in their religious beliefs. Records indicate however, that while the Ori started out with good intentions they soon became corrupted.

Ultimately, the Ori became so extreme in their beliefs that the two factions split apart and began to oppose each other, culminating in the Ori attempting to wipe the Ancients out. The Ancients were too few in numbers, however, and were ultimately forced to hide their ways. Though they considered using their knowledge to defend themselves, they faced a war of attrition, one they ultimately believed that they could not win. To avoid genocide, the Ancients built a colony fleet and left their home galaxy, while the Ori remained. After many thousands of years, the exiled Alterans discovered the Milky Way.

After settling there, the Alterans slowly evolved into what is considered the contemporary Ancients.

The fate of the Ori is unknown.