A/N: This chapter will also be told as if it was taken from Fine's textbook.
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Cynder 7: Rein definitely got launched under the bus, high key, by the historians, nobles, etc. There's a reason for it. Is it a good reason? Not really, but in the historians and nobles eyes? Perfectly reasonable. What this reason is will be revealed within the chapters of certain queens. Glad you find it interesting so far though~.
Before there was the blessing there was the Light of Apricus, which floated near the Apricus Kingdom. During the year 13 A.S. The light began to dim, however, there was nothing to be done about it. Queen Anisadora did not have access to Prominence as it was bestowed upon her sister Pandora who had since been exiled from the Mysterious Star, selfishly taking the Luché with her. Three years later, in 16 A.S., the light finally gave in and disappeared, plunging the entire star into darkness except for one small, floating orb of light. When Anisadora touched it, it solidified into a glowing ball into her hands.
The Blessing of the Sun came to be after Anisadora swallowed that orb. Upon swallowing it, what used to be "Anisadora" became an ethereal being of pure light, her earthly body disappearing. The vessel that used to hold the Light of Apricus combined with the floating kingdom, becoming part of it, seemingly in response to this. What used to be Anisadora engulfed the entire kingdom before settling into the vessel and restoring light to the Mysterious Star.
And so came an end to Anisadora, but the birth of the Blessing of the Sun.
The Light of Apricus was able to regulate itself, but the Blessing of the Sun was much more fickle, perhaps because it was born from combining a mysterian* with the remnants of the Light. Unlike the Light, the Blessing required it to be regulated by the Sunny Queens and Princesses using their Birthright Prominence. With this Prominence it also helped them siphon power directly from the Blessing and distribute it, something that could not be done before with the Light.
Sunny Kingdom's Prominence
As far as it is believed by all in the universe, Prominence is something bestowed upon Sunny Princesses when their planet is in grave danger. However, only Blessed and Universal Prominence are bestowed.
There are currently four known main types of Prominence:
-Birthright Prominence, possessed by every princess born to a family where at least one parent possesses Royal Sunny Blood.
Birthright Prominence is, as the name suggests, a birthright every Sunny Princess has for simply being born into the Sunny Royal Family. This Prominence manifests differently for every princess. In Queen Rohesia's case, she had quite a green thumb, her Birthright Prominence made it so flowers she took care of grew faster than most. Queen Nian Zhen's Birthright Prominence manifested with her imagination, she was able to make her stories truly come to life and play out. In Mian's, Guiyang's sister's, case her Birthright Prominence allowed her to go longer without sleep.
Birthright Prominence isn't particularly strong and, for most princesses, is only truly useful to siphon energy from the Blessing of the Sun and distribute it where it is needed. Most other uses are quite mundane.
People outside the Sunny Royal Family believe Birthright Prominence to simply be "light magic". The truth of it must be kept a guarded secret, only passed down to others within the family, remember this Princess.
-Blessed Prominence, bestowed upon a Sunny Princess when the Mysterious Star and/or the Blessing are in danger.
Blessed Prominence transforms the user with the help of a Sunny Luché. This Prominence starts out by giving their user the power of a Blessed Princess and gives them access to the type of spells you and your sister used. In your cases you have used "Twin Twinkle Bloomish" alongside Rein and "Twinkle Bloomish" in your first form: the Blessed Princess.
From there your Blessed Prominence will get stronger and you ascended to the Fortune Princess form giving you access to new spells and use of the fortulet.
Your final Blessed Prominence ascension will be to Eternal Solar Princess, which gives you access to even more spells and power.
When using Twinkle Bloomish you used spells that allowed you to stop a foe in their tracks ("Red Light, Green Light") or to turn yourself invisible ("Hide-and-Seek"), however, both the spell names and their uses change depending on the user.
In the case of Queen Rubina the Warrior, her spells helped her in the war against the Windmill and Waterdrop Kingdoms. A spell she liked to use was called "Strength Bestow" which allowed members of her army to borrow a small portion of her Blessed Prominence power. Despite it being a very minuscule amount of power they were lent it gave them the edge over the ordinary armies of the Waterdrop Queen and the Windmill King.
Blessed Prominence has limitations:
-It can only be used for others, not for your own benefit (some say Queen Rubina's "Strength Bestow" broke this rule, but strengthening her army was to save the kingdom. It was not for her own benefit, but for the people's.)
-It cannot be used to create a living being.
-It cannot change the universal laws.
Most Princesses who are bestowed Prominence, only get Blessed Prominence.
-Universal Prominence, a step up from Blessed Prominence which further enhances the princess's power. In this form, they are able to restore not only the Blessing of the Sun, but also any sun across the universe, but it comes at a great cost.
Queen Ying Yue had this level of Prominence. Like Blessed Prominence you can also ascend in this form.
You begin as a "Universal Princess" and are given a variety of spells in your arsenal.
The Universal Princess form has the same limitations as the Blessed Prominence's forms.
The next and only ascension is to "Grand Universal Princess", according to Ying Yue, this form offers little to no restrictions in its uses, but requires equivalent exchange.
For example: should you want to create a living being, another living being must give up its life.
-Pandora Prominence, a dangerous form of Prominence. It has only ever been used by Princess Pandora.
As Princess Pandora was the only one to ever use this power, much about it is unknown. However, due to the destruction Pandora caused and her subsequent exile of the planet, it can be assumed it is highly dangerous. As it was only used when the Light of Apricus was around, it is also assumed that this form cannot be reached with Prominence from the Blessing of the Sun.
Whether or not this form can be reached, we implore you to never attempt to grab such an awful form of power.
*Mysterian – similar to "human". As there are many different species other than humans on the Mysterious Star that walk and talk like humans, when taking them all into account they will be referred to as "Mysterians".
