fall from grace
The first time Jane sees Meltokio, she is two years old. She and her parents are moving into the temple, and she stops to admire it before her mother ushers her inside. It awes her- the absolute might of the castle, looming ominously over the rest of the city. They are miles away from the royal capitol, but it can be clearly seen on the horizon.
She doesn't visit Meltokio until she's nearly eleven. Her father has been summoned to meet with the queen again, and he's going to take her along this time. She spends most of the trip in their chambers, sick and tired, but at least she gets to be there in the city.
Jane wakes up the night before her fourteenth birthday and sees Meltokio burning in the distance. A Sylvaranti regiment had passed by the temple earlier that day. No doubt that they are the cause of this trouble.
The second time she visits Meltokio, it has been rebuilt and the soldiers have all come home. The crowds sing as they approach the palace, and her heart swells up with a strange combination of joy and embarrassment. That night, Mithos kisses her properly for the first time.
Years later, she holds her newborn daughter in her arms and watches from a distance as angels strike down the only city which refused to accept the goddess Martel. The unnamed Chosen One squirms in her arms and the midwife tries to take the baby from her, but Jane holds on tightly, afraid to ever let her go.