Over the next five millennia, Annani was blessed with five children. Her first child was born after three thousand years, during which she almost despaired of ever conceiving. Alena, her eldest, proved to be a blessing beyond measure. For an immortal, she was a miracle of fertility, delivering thirteen wonderful children in the span of five hundred years. Kian was next, born only a few decades after Alena. Annani named her firstborn son in memory of her lost love. Except, she changed it a little so as to not bait the Fates. Kian would become the most instrumental in her quest to enlighten
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