Rain of Shadows and Endings (The Legacy)

by Melissa K. Roehrich

In all things there must be balance. Beginnings and endings. Light and dark. Fire and shadows. The sky, the sea, the realms. The worlds are no different. Beings emerged from the Chaos to create such a thing. Among those to emerge were six Firsts: Falein, goddess of wisdom and cleverness; Celeste, goddess of the sky and moon; Anala, goddess of day, fire, and the sun; Serafina, goddess of the stars and dreams; Achaz, god of beginnings; and Arius, god of endings. Achaz and Arius emerged first. They became the most powerful of the gods, working together to maintain the balance. Beginning created. Ending judged. The First gods created the Lesser gods. They went to various parts of the stars, setting up their own kingdoms among the realms and maintaining balance, and from them, worlds grew and prospered. Some grew faster than others. Some were favored more than others. Some were lost, and some were forgotten. New beings were created and scattered among the realms. Other beings were created and kept close. But as more and more came into existence, tension bloomed among the gods. Power balances began to shift, and the gods began to create beings with mortals— demigods, whose descendants became their Legacy. Fear took root that one of those bloodlines would become more powerful than the rest, so an accord was struck. There would be no more demigods created, and the Legacy across the realms were to be brought to one world. A realm created solely for them to grow and prosper and thri...