Ashen

Among the stars fly the Ashen, great creatures of living light. Below, stretches a great darkness where the nine realms fan out beneath the branches of the tree of worlds. It was when one of these radiant beings rested upon the boughs of the tree that Light was gifted unto the land. Eons passed, and the great Ashen eventually grew weak from age and fell from the tree down to the plains of darkness below. Its death at hand, the Ashen's final three breaths became the three golden ages of light. The first was ruled by the Elder Dark, three creatures who fed upon the light. The second marked the coming of the Listener Matriarchs, who worshipped the light. The last saw the rise of humanity, the children of Gefn. When the final breath ended, there came an age of darkness and the once great cities of men fell into ruin. Yet life went on, with the few survivors of that dark time eking out a meager existence in the lightless world.

But soon, the Ashen will be reborn and a new age of light will begin.

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Dark Fantasy