Startica Legends
Chapter Two
Once upon a time, many, many years ago, when Jurai was still a very new planet, there lived a boy and a girl, twin brother and sister. When they were very young, their parents were killed, along with many other people, by a cruel and evil tyrant who had taken over the throne of Jurai.
Though he was only mortal, Tsunami could do little to stop him. Being a goddess of good, She could not attack, only defend. This She did, wholeheartedly; but even a goddess may tire. However, there was one thing Tsunami could do.
She took the boy and the girl from the home where their parents had died. She took them deep into the forest of Jurai, where not even the evil king could penetrate; the last stronghold of the free people of Jurai.
She gave the two children to a woman living there, the last of Her priestesses, and commanded that she raise the siblings as her own. This she did, and the two grew up in a loving home, raised by the woman they called Elder Sister.
On the morning of their fourteenth birthday, Tsunami came to them. She told them that they were to be her Chosen Ones, and that they would restore Jurai to its people. She said that the boy must be trained in the ways of battle, and learn courage; and the girl must be taught by the priestess, and that she must learn magic, and healing.
For eleven months, the two worked hard at the tasks set to them, until they ghad mastered all that it was in their teachers' power to impart to them. Then, again came Tsunami, and took them away into the deep forest, to a place where her power was strong, and for one month they were taught by the goddess Herself. At the end of that time, She pronounced that they had learned everything they would need to know to defeat the tyrant.
The very next day, their fifteenth birthday, they set out together, bidding farewell to their "sister" and the people they had grown up with.
The boy and girl had many adventures. They freed the people of Jurai from oppression, healed their wounds, and destroyed the servants of the evil king. Wherever they went, Tsunami's light followed, and they accomplished much good in a very short time.
Eventually, they came to the castle-fortress of the tyrant. They fought their way through, into the very center of the citadel, where they found the king himself. For two days, the boy battled with the evil man, while his sister used her magic to protect him and heal his wounds. On the dawn of the third day, the evil king was destroyed. As they stood together in the light of the morning sun, Tsunami came to them.
She told them that they had done well as Her Champions, and that they would be forever remembered. She also appointed them as the new Emperor and Empress, and decreed that the day of the king's defeat-their sixteenth birthday-would always be celebrated. It came to be known as Startica, because it was both the first day of the new year, and the start of a new age for the Juraians, an age of peace and prosperity.
Chapter Two
Once upon a time, many, many years ago, when Jurai was still a very new planet, there lived a boy and a girl, twin brother and sister. When they were very young, their parents were killed, along with many other people, by a cruel and evil tyrant who had taken over the throne of Jurai.
Though he was only mortal, Tsunami could do little to stop him. Being a goddess of good, She could not attack, only defend. This She did, wholeheartedly; but even a goddess may tire. However, there was one thing Tsunami could do.
She took the boy and the girl from the home where their parents had died. She took them deep into the forest of Jurai, where not even the evil king could penetrate; the last stronghold of the free people of Jurai.
She gave the two children to a woman living there, the last of Her priestesses, and commanded that she raise the siblings as her own. This she did, and the two grew up in a loving home, raised by the woman they called Elder Sister.
On the morning of their fourteenth birthday, Tsunami came to them. She told them that they were to be her Chosen Ones, and that they would restore Jurai to its people. She said that the boy must be trained in the ways of battle, and learn courage; and the girl must be taught by the priestess, and that she must learn magic, and healing.
For eleven months, the two worked hard at the tasks set to them, until they ghad mastered all that it was in their teachers' power to impart to them. Then, again came Tsunami, and took them away into the deep forest, to a place where her power was strong, and for one month they were taught by the goddess Herself. At the end of that time, She pronounced that they had learned everything they would need to know to defeat the tyrant.
The very next day, their fifteenth birthday, they set out together, bidding farewell to their "sister" and the people they had grown up with.
The boy and girl had many adventures. They freed the people of Jurai from oppression, healed their wounds, and destroyed the servants of the evil king. Wherever they went, Tsunami's light followed, and they accomplished much good in a very short time.
Eventually, they came to the castle-fortress of the tyrant. They fought their way through, into the very center of the citadel, where they found the king himself. For two days, the boy battled with the evil man, while his sister used her magic to protect him and heal his wounds. On the dawn of the third day, the evil king was destroyed. As they stood together in the light of the morning sun, Tsunami came to them.
She told them that they had done well as Her Champions, and that they would be forever remembered. She also appointed them as the new Emperor and Empress, and decreed that the day of the king's defeat-their sixteenth birthday-would always be celebrated. It came to be known as Startica, because it was both the first day of the new year, and the start of a new age for the Juraians, an age of peace and prosperity.
