Dawn on Fire

The oldest legends will say it was a phoenix that breathed the first light into the universe. Long before stars blinked into existence, before the galaxy held the weight of worlds, the phoenix soared alone in the dark void. With a single breath, she ignited the cosmos, setting the heavens aflame and painting the sky with the first light. They say her feathers were spun from the very essence of creation, glowing brighter than the sun.
But all things born of fire must eventually return to ash, and so the great bird, exhausted from her work, collapsed into a cloud of glowing embers, power scattering across the heavens. And so she was forgotten.

The legends, however, remained - whispering of a creature reborn of shadows and darkness, who would rise to claim her place among the stars.

And set the universe ablaze once more.