Prelude: The Sky Woman.

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There once lived a powerful woman of the sky named Anna who spent most of her life guiding the clouds.  She was the heir of the Sky Lady Jin and her tyrant husband Jun whom were supreme rulers of the skies. Children of Light, whom Jin bared during her reign, poured from the sky in her tears and through the clouds. Jun was unhappy in their marriage and decided to divorce Jin and marry the Moon Woman Kalie. Together, they created the most respected ruler of the skies: the Sun God. He had no name; he had no face; but he had all the power in the universe. Jin found no other lover and spent the rest of her days nurturing her first-born Anna who was crowned The Sky Woman after Jin's passing. All Children of Light returned to the oasis in the clouds one by one. The day of Anna's coronation was the day the Sun God fell and darkness took the sky, leaving all surviving Children of Light the only sources to guide the clouds.

Jin once told Anna to take down Jun's heir in a bout of rage inside of her broken heart. Anna complied and mastered the four elements: water, earth, fire and air, in order to defeat the Sun God. In the days of darkness that followed, another Child of Light approached Jin and bowed to her feet as she sat upon the monstrous throne.

"I will fill the skies with light," he proposed and the Sky Lady scowled at him with her pain renewed.

"I want to guide the clouds and spread light to the farthest points of our galaxy. Please, Sky Lady, allow me to create a new sky. I am no tyrant, I am no evil dweller. I am your son. Allow me to take on this responsibility so it is no longer your burden."

And so the Sky Lady trained the young Sun God so that he could take the position and spread joy and love through the clouds. Anna, his sister, was the last to be persuaded. Over the years, Anna and the Sun God grew closer as siblings and guided the clouds in perfect harmony. It was the first time in eons that peace became of the Sky Lands. The clouds were a cotton white, no longer the dark and stormy mountains that had poisoned them for so long. The Sun God shone brightly every single day and found neutrality with the new Moon Lord Sirius as prosperity became of the Children of Light. Anna took care of her nieces and nephews of Light, who would come with her children to deliver gifts of light to show their appreciation and love for the new peace. In her heart she kept the largest flame of Light that grew bigger and bigger with the gifts she received ... so when the flame grew far too large for her heart, she traveled to see the Sun God. She kneeled upon one knee, her white robes touching the clouds for the first time in her life as she offered half of her Light. The Sun God hesitated, his Light and his glow unreachable. He was unpersuaded that accepting this gift would grant the perfect alliance needed within their community of Light. He turned away, his Light dimmed and a dismissive hand raised, to reject Anna. He refused ... and the clouds grew dark again.

The Children fell one by one upon the Lands, dropping like tears on mountains and rivers, forests and plains. There, they wept and reached to be rescued from the Sky Woman, but to no avail. Anna perished against the gradient of the Sun God's eclipsed glow and became a memory to the Children who loved her dearly. The skies darkened gently and left the clouds stagnant, unable to move without the proper guidance. The Sun God knew he couldn't do it all on his own no matter how hard he tried. Even he tried to receive the Children of Light but they were not his own. The Children felt themselves dim in the absence of their Sky Woman.

So now, we call upon you, Child of Light, to restore balance in the skies and bring home the Light. We call upon you, to persuade the Sun God to accept this gift and guide the clouds until the end of our days.

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