Upon the creation of the Anti-Matter Universe, the dark counterparts of the planet Oa and the Guardians of the Universe were formed. Based on their home planet of Qward, the Qwardians eventually came to believe in a powerful deity in their religion which was a god of destruction in their universe and was known as Erdammeru. This dark god was said to had stalked the stars in a neverending search to devour them, it was only the neophilithic crusts of the world of Qward which saved that civilization from the deity's hunger.