EMBER

Eighteen years ago, there were seven prosperous motherlands sharing the bountiful blessings of the gods. Then came the darkness uprising, the seven Great Mothers were judged and put on a trial. The Great Mothers failed the judgment trial thus all of their children were sentenced to vanish, and latter purified the world from all sins. But before the Great Mothers vanished, they asked the gods for one condition: to spare the faithful ones from the salvation and to let their faith dictate their deliverance. Then the Great Salvation began. The world turned into darkness and became an ocean of great despair.

But people beneath the ground survived and now facing the Great Age of Deliverance. Among these people was Ember. He was born few weeks after the spark of the Great Salvation. His first taste of air was the rotten smell of the corpses below the dungeon. His first sight was the flaring torch in the cave of darkness. He had never seen a light ever since he was born, nor experienced the desired life people had before the Great Salvation.

In this world of darkness, what hope lies ahead for Ember? Will there be light again if the world will thrive once more?

[Published in April 1st, 2022]