A N T E C E D E N T
an·te·ced·ent /ˌan(t)əˈsēdnt/ noun: antecedent; plural noun: antecedents a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another. Before the ceremony, Asteria was just a girl. Yes, maybe she practiced the outlawed olde religion but they had been in hiding for centuries, never found. Her life surrounded her...